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September 3, 1927

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Switchman Trapped 2 Hours in Subway Crash, Legs Broken, Smokes and Jokes With Rescuers

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Roberts, G, switchman of I R T, breaks both legs as trains crash on White Plains Rd

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WALKER IN GONDOLA GLIDES ABOUT VENICE AS THRONGS CHEER; Mayor Receives Enthusiastic Welcome, His Democratic Bearing Winning All. HIS YOUTH STIRS WONDER Comments on 'Wet Taxi Drivers' and Favors Waterway Streets Here for Economy. TRAVERSES GRAND CANAL Podesta Escorts Him to City Hall, Where He Views Splendors of the Ancient Republic. WALKER IN GONDOLA GLIDES ABOUT VENICE

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Receives Mayor Walker in Venice

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Turks Compel Long Detour; WORLD FLIERS MAKE LONG HOP TO BAGDAD

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CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 2. (AP). -When the Pride of Detroit hopped off here at 5:20 o'clock this morning, the airmen, William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, hoped to reach Bagdad, about 1,075 miles from Constantinople, by 4:30 in the afternoon.

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ZITTENFELDS OFF ON CHANNEL SWIM; Young Twin Girls Started at 11:43 Last Night -- Doing Well at 1 o'Clock. WEATHER FAVORS ATTEMPT Air and Water Are Warm, but Fog Is Thick -- British Woman Follows New Yorkers.

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Start on channel swim

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