Balloon Race Opens With Eight Entrants For Gordon Bennett Trophy
Eight balloons representing seven entries took to the sky in Brussels for the Gordon Bennett trophy race. Ernest De Muyter, Van Orman, and Maurice Pierronne are listed as favorites as competitors aim to outlast rivals and reach distant Atlantic routes. About 150000 spectators watched the start from Solvay Plain.
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Brussels
Rance
Atlantic Ocean
English Tunnel
Ernest de Muyter
Campion
Wade Tn Orman
United States
Andaurice Piename
France
Vorites
van Orman
Sola Sch Plain
Loeb Remains Under Observation After Mental Breakdown
Joliet Illinois June 7 AP Richard Loeb life prisoner with Nathan Leopold for the Bobby Franks murder shows slight improvement under close observation after a fatal breakdown. Warden Whitman says doctors have not yet ruled on his sanity. escape triggers have disappeared, and his condition resembles a typical mental breakdown among inmates.
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Joliet
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Bobby Franks
Loeb
John Lhitman
Whitman
Rickard Lures Leonard for Walker Welter Title Fight
Promoter Tex Rickard has offered Benny Leonard a bout with Mickey Walker for the welterweight championship before the outdoor season ends. Leonard, retired last fall, is reportedly weighing a comeback to chase the title.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Benny Leonard
Mickey Walker
Leonard
Iowa man aged 82 scales Green Mountain in Colorado
George R D Kramer 82 of Cedar Falls Iowa allegedly sets a record by climbing Green Mountain near Estes Park while visiting his son George H D Kramer Jr of Fort Dodge Iowa a delegate to the YMCA general assembly in progress at Estes Park Colorado.
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Estes Park
Colo
George R. D. Kramer
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Green Mountain
George Hk. D Kramer, Jr
Fort Dodge
General Assembly
Nansen Plans 1927 Pole Flight By Dirigible
Berlin reports Dr Friedtjof Nansen Arctic explorer and Commander Walter Bruns outline a 1927 plan to explore the north pole region by airship. The craft would carry 50 people with 90 days of provisions, performing a Amsterdam to Yokohama route via the pole in about five and a half days.
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Berlin
Friedtjof Nansen
Walter Bruns
North Pole
Amsterdam
Yokohama
Earthquake Shakes Kingston Jamaica Briefly
A severe quake was felt in Kingston Jamaica this morning lasting several seconds. A few buildings cracked but no serious damage occurred and some residents fled fearing aftershocks.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Lawrence Dow Joins Albuquerque Summer Session
Lawrence Dow, former Lobo track and baseball man, arrived in Albuquerque Sunday to attend the summer session at the University. Dow has been teaching at Springer High School during the past school year.
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Lawrence Dow
Lobo
Albuquerque
Dow
Springer High School
Coolidge Arrives in St Paul for Norse-American Centenary
President and Mrs Coolidge arrived in St Paul to attend the Norse-American centennial celebration. A large crowd lined the concourse as the presidential party toured the Twin Cities. He planned a noon luncheon in Minneapolis and a state house reception with four Norwegian-descent governors.
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President Coolidge
St. Paul
Minn
Coolidge
Washington
Christianson
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Kellogg
State Fair
United States
Stretching the Imagination as a Budget Strategy
A brief editorial notes that stretching imagination is ineffective for balancing budgets, urging practical planning and clear financial measures instead. The piece argues for concrete steps over speculative thinking to meet end goals.
Children's pictorial puzzles headlined in features
A puzzle page explains how to solve pictorial crosswords with numbered start squares. Instructions note one letter per white square and that completed words form the running down words. The first word is shown in the drawing, with two keys: a European country and the head of an empire.
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Europe
Gangster’s Brother Wounded as Companions Die in Beer War
Walter O'Donnell brother of Spike O'Donnell lies seriously wounded in a Chicago hospital and his companion Harry Hassmiller is dead after an Evergreen Park inn visit. Police say the killings followed an attempt to collect beer running fees from Thomas McLaughlin, who was said to order his bartender to pay. A bystander seized a gun as Hassmiller reached for one of two pistols, and gunfire struck both men. McLaughlin and others are held for questioning amid reports of a rum war background.
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Chicago
Walter O'Donnell
Spike O'Donnell
Harry Hassmiller
Evergreen Park
Haassmiller
Donnell
Thomas McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Hassmiller
O'Donnell
Kentucky visitors seek Ontario beer in Windsor trip
A 1,600 strong Kentucky party from Louisville headed to Windsor Ontario to sample Ontario's 4.4 beer. They crossed the Detroit River by ferry in 24 day coaches, spent the day at Belle Isle, and returned praising the local brew as similar to home faucet beer.
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Detroit
Mich
Louisville
Windsor
Ont
Ontario
Belle Isle
Kentucky
Flood Drowns Whole Families as River Bursts Banks
Tehuantepec reports indicate entire families drowned when the river overflowed its banks yesterday. The flood swept away houses at Jalapa de Marquese Comitan cillo and Mixtequillo and flooded numerous ranches. Rail service on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec line was disrupted.
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Vera Cruz
Tehuantepec
Jalapa de Marquese
Comitancillo
Mixtequillo
Madrid shuts out Watt's Kids 20 to 0
Madrid, New Mexico, on June 7, defeated Watt's Kids of Santa Fe 20 to 0. Madrid racked up 28 hits off three pitchers, while Santa Fe made five hits off two hurlers. This marks the third Madrid victory over Watt's Kids this season.
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Madrid
Watt
N. M
Santa Fe
Delgado
Lobata
Ortiz
Griego
Argentine Aviator Abandons World Flight
Major Pedro Zanni, Argentina, says援 convoys to assist his Pacific hop return to Seattle this afternoon. His damaged plane forces abandonment of the globe circumnavigation. He will ship the craft to Argentina and aims to reach New York in July for a possible new airplane to resume toward Buenos Aires.
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Tokio
Pedro Zanni
Pacific
Seattle
Globe
Argentina
Zanni
New York
Buenos Aires
Divide Swimmers at Y Into Three Schools for Instruction
The Y M C A free swimming program is split into three schools named tadpole frog and trout. Tadpole requires 40 yard swim dives strokes and a full length of pool with each stroke. Frog demands 220 yard swim 12 second 20 yard back and 20 yard calls. Trout needs multiple dives 100 yard swims in various strokes junior lifesaving test and repeated bobbing.
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Spain
Senorita
Carmen Navascues
Rickard
Walker
Nansen
Tarong Cheersghtee
Minnesota
Roanoke Times
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg. Chemists
Buffalo, N. Y
Uli
the Morning Journal
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