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July 29, 1934

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Headlines from July 29, 1934

STRATOSPHERE FLIERS JUMP TO SAFETY IN PARACHUTES; BIG BAG RIPS 60,000 FEET UP; LEAP FROM FALLING CRAFT Occupants Jump From the Gondola at 3,000, 2,000 and 500 Feet. ALL LAND WITHOUT HURT Car Is Only Slightly Damaged and the Scientific Instruments Are Saved. STALLED AT 14,000 FEET Craft Then Continued On, Reached Stratosphere and Was Up Ten Hours. BALLOON RIPS IN STRATOSPHERE

By Telephone To the New York Times

balloon rises to about 60,000 ft; starts to rip in air; fliers Jump to safety; instruments believed saved

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COAST CITY TURNS ITS WRATH ON REDS; Police of San Francisco Join Vigilantes in Raids on Communists.

By George P. West

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26. -- San Francisco by common consent seems to have decided to blame the Communists for its general strike troubles, and the city has accordingly witnessed a remarkable spectacle of raids on Communist offices, halls and hangouts in which constitutional rights were either disregarded outright by vigilante bands or lightly brushed aside by the constituted authorities.

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Notable Deaths

Didier Pitre

1934Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1883)[†]

Joseph George Didier "Cannonball" Pitre was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Nicknamed "Cannonball," he was renowned for having one of the hardest shots during his playing career. One of the first players to join the Montreal Canadiens, Pitre and his teammates' French-Canadian heritage led to the team being nicknamed The Flying Frenchmen. His teammates on the Canadiens included Jack Laviolette and Newsy Lalonde.