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Show r w J f NEWS BRIEFS r- CONSTANTINOPLE, August 2 ! i his city breathed easier todav under !the general conviction that danger of Jan attack by the. Greeks had been averted. j MOfeCOW An airplane piloted by Mi-rr Qotte accompanied by a mechanic mechan-ic and on.- passenger has completed the first non-stop flight from Berlin to ; Moscow, a distance of IliO miles The journey occupied 3 0 hours and 40 mln-lutes mln-lutes the average speed being approz- 1 llmately HO miles an hour. CHICAGO W. L. McMenlmen labor la-bor group member of the United States railroad labor board. who lias I,.,,, generally credited with having done so I much to prevent spread of the rail ! strike to over a half million men In addition to the shopmen, today departed de-parted to California on his way to I Honolulu for a vacation PETROt iRA 0 The revolutionary ! tribunal has sentenced to death ten members and employes of the Esthon- i .n repatriation mission after conviction convic-tion upon charges of espionage. Blght- ii n others; accused of systematic! luggilng, were given prison acntencea While 13 weTe acquitted. WASHINGTON Representative L. P. Padgett of Tennessee, died early today at his home here. HONOLULU A cable from Toklo. to ffippu Jlji. a Japanese venaculnrl newspaper here, states that Baron Shi- ! dehara, Japanese ambassador to . Washington, who Is in Japan, on an, extended sick leave, is ImnrovLog rap- , idly. It states that he probably will ! not return to the United States." how- ever, fearing that his restored good health might suffer. PARIS Menclslas C harrier, was I guillotined today for hts part in the only train holdup on record in France which took place on August 1. 1021. The holdup attracted much notorl-ety, notorl-ety, bi-m' referred to by the press as, "a real American wlldwest train rob- i l" i v as depleted in the motion pic-turea pic-turea " I '"RVALLIS. Ore With delegates from 33 states and Canada In attend- i ance, tho 15lh annual convention of t the American Home Economics assu- 1 elation opened here today. |