Akron May Balloon Race Opens To Elimination Round
Fifteen balloons launched in the national elimination race for the American ballooning championship near Akron. Navy and Army crews led the field as weather threatened with possible storms, each craft climbing to about 6000 feet before pursuing a challenging course toward the next September Gordon-Bennett cup.
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Akron
Ohio
DeForest Grandler
Washington
United States Army
James Powell
Maurice R. Smith
Akron Beacon-Journal
Racing Bell Consis
Navy No. 3
Charles @aurch
F. R. Richeldef
W. A. Kickoff
Navy
G. V. Whittle
Rigger Franklin Masters
Army
Paul Everett
R. R. Gillesvie
Detroiter
Edward J. Hill
Arthur G. Schlosser
Army No. 3
W. E. Eepner
W. ©. Eardsen
Army No. 4
Frank McKee
8. T. Moore
Scripps-Howard
Jack A. Boettner
John Cooper
Davey Tree
Robert P. Lehr
Charles H. Roth
W. Steetman
George Wm. Settle
Beacon-Journal
Carl K. Wollam
Howard Welf
Fund of 40000 Dollars Set for Missing French Fliers Search
United Press reports a $40000 fund for a renewed expedition to locate Captains Number Nungesser and Coli, the missing French aviators. Daniel Guggenheim added $26000, supplementing the $15000 provided to trustee French Tichenor of Aero Digest to finance the search.
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New York
Nungesser and
Coli
Daniel Guggenheim
French Tichenor
Aero Digest
Four Missing Seekers Reported In Iron County Cave
Four travelers, Tom Freeze Luther Anderson and two young women, are missing after entering a cave on the J D Sugg estate near Mertzon Iron County. Search crews traced their car near the cave and notes indicate visitors were inside. The cave extends two miles underground with dangerous passages and wildlife, once rumored to have sheltered outlaws.
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San Angelo
Tom Freeze
Luther Anderson
Walker Smith Company
J. D. Sugg
Iron County
Mertzon
Mertzson
Cole Younger
James Brothers
Respondent Man Strangles Wife Then Kills Self
Lawrence B Mueller, 35, strangled his wife Pearl Evelyn Tatum, an actress, after believing he lost her affection, then hanged himself with a sheet. A chambermaid found the bodies in a downtown Los Angeles hotel.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Pearl Evelyn Tatum
Lawrence
Mueller
Chinese Troops Fire on Yachts Near London
Chinese troops fired on a fleet of yachts near London as an American naval patrol escorted them to safety. Bullets struck the yachts but no injuries were reported.
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United Press
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Gallaher and Combs' Mary Jane Wins Kentucky Oaks
At Churchill Downs on May 30 the horse Mary Jane trained by Gallaher and ridden by Combs won the fifty third Kentucky Oaks. Handy Mandy finished second with Fresco third as nine ran. The winning time for the mile and one eighth was 1:63 2 5 and the race carried a $10,900 net purse for the winner.
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Churchill Downs
Associated Press
Louisville
Prominent Social Leader James Van Alen Dies in London
James Laurence Van Alen, a prominent American social figure in London New York Newport and Paris, died today at the Ritz from Bright's disease aged 49. He had been ill weeks and died surrounded by his wife Margaret L. Post Van Alen and their children. Funeral services will be in New York with burial at Newport. He was a member of Morgan Grenfell and company’s.
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London
James Laurence van Alen
New York
Newport
Paris
Bright
van Alen
Ritz
Margaret L. Post van Alen
Co of Morgan, Grenfell and Company
Ku Klux Parade Sparks New York Riot
A May 30 skirmish in Jamaica New York saw 1500 Klansmen including 500 women clash with 110 police. Officers tried to block the route and with bystanders throwing missiles, amid car obstructions and a Klansman’s leap onto a police machine. No serious injuries were reported.
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New York
United Press
Jamaica
N. Y
Ku Klux Klan
Red Cross chief killed in seaplane crash near Howen
Earl Kilpatrick 45 year old Red Cross rehabilitation chief was killed when the UO-16 seaplane crashed in a field near Howen 40 miles south of Baton Rouge while en route from Memphis to New Orleans Lieutenant Joe Gregory the pilot escaped injury and said the plane slipped into a nose dive Kilpatrick's body was held at the crash site for coroner inspection before transport to Memphis Kilpatrick directed flood relief work in the Mississippi Valley and was en route to a Reconstruction conference in New Orleans
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Gregory
New Orleans
Kilpatrick
A. R. Sheppard
Red Cross
Iberville Parish
Memphis
Mississippi Valley
Pensacola
Fla
Webster Grove
St. Louis
Arkansas
Missouri
Harry M. Baker
The
Memorial Day Motorcycle Crash Claims Two at Charter Oak Fairgrounds
In Hartford on Memorial Day a motorcycle racer lost control and crashed into a crowd at Charter Oak Fairgrounds. The rider and one spectator were killed, with several others injured in the incident.
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Hartford
Lindbergh Says Air Travel Can Reach Any World Point
Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh told reporters that there is no place on earth unreachable by air. He noted a nonstop San Francisco to Tokyo flight is possible only with intermediate stops and changes.
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London
Charles A. Lindbergh
San Franquisco
Tokio
Memphis High School Graduates Largest Class in Panhandle History
The Memphis Texas senior class of 76 earned diplomas at May 20 commencement. Names include Raymond Bramey Joe Bounds Nat Bradley Paul Conwell Morgan Dennis Hubert Dennis and 42 more graduates. Emil Brewer was valedictorian and Mary Louise McNeill salutatorian. 51 graduates exempted from final exams.
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Memphis
Texas
Memphis High School
Raymond Bramey
Joe Bounds
Nat Bradley
Paul Conwell
Morgan Dennis
Hubert Dennis
T. J. Dunbar
Homer Grant
Julius Gable
Sterling Green
Communists Suspected of Cavite Plot
Washington May 30 The United States investigates links between Chinese Communist leaders and Philippine labor elements. Navy officials confirm a Cavite navy yard plot to blow up ammunition dumps discussed by Shanghai communists and Legionnaires del Trabajo. Several Cavite workers were dismissed for radical activity amid claims emissaries from the Soviet government sought propaganda to weaken U S sovereignty in the islands. Admiral Kittre tle notes documents found in the raid on the Soviet embassy in Peking contain related disclosures.
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Washington
China
Philippines
Legionnaires del Trabajo
A. P. Seudo-Masonic Organization
Cavite Navy Yard
Manila
Manila Times
Shanghai
Legionnaires
Cavite
Sumner E. W. Kittrelle
Kittrette
United States
Peking
Capitol House Senate Free Conference Adopts Judiciary Bill
The senate adopted the free conference report on the judiciary bill carrying 4 880 499 dollars in appropriation with small cuts to the supreme court and criminal appeals. If the house agrees the measure goes to the governor. A rural school aid bill of 3 000 000 was sent to free conference after the house substituted its bill in the amendment.
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Austin
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Supreme Court
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The
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Drowning Toll After Mountain Storm Hits Mayo Trail Area
A killer storm swept the Mayo trail near Paintsville killing three members of Dr. T B Bailey's family and flooding homes along Big Sandy valley. Reports confirm at least one other fatality at Garrett Kentucky with properties damaged in Wrightsville Martin Allen and Royalton. Telephone lines were down hindering full casualty counts.
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Pine Creek
Wrightsville
Martin
Allen
Royalton
T. B. Bailey
Mayo
Paintaville
Bailey
Maude Bailey
Tom
Dr. Bailey
Tennessee storms claim six lives across region
United Press reports deadly storms in upper East Tennessee and southwestern Virginia killed at least six people. Drowned victims include Mrs. Millie White and Virginia Whitemore. one man electrocuted near Piney Flats. A home washed away in Elizabethton with Mrs Amy Lewis and infant daughter drowning.
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Tennessee
United Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Esat
Virginia
Scott County
Big Moccasin Creek
Millie Whitemore
T. B. Whitemore
Virginia Whitemore
Piney Flats
Dave Humphries
Amy Lewis
Elizabethton
Memorial Day Observance At Denver Dog Cemetery
Denver observes Memorial Day with a unique log cemetery by the Platte honoring 300 pets buried since 1919. Families, children and mourners visit graves, reading inscriptions and laying wildflowers, violets and daisies on plots while recalling Senator West’s tribute to the dog as man’s unfailing friend.
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Frederick Cothman
United Press
Denver
Colo
Platte River
Platte
Senator West
West
Denvers
Tunney Buys Poppy at New York VFW Drive
Former heavyweight champ Gene Tunney smiles as he buys a VFW poppy in New York from volunteer Miss Georgia Leffingwell, a vivid brief of the charitable sale.
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Gene Tunney
New York
Georgia Leffingwell
Finance bill passes in senate limits school aid
May 30 in Austin the finance committee won again as the senate approved a supplemental school aid bill granting only 1,000,000 for the biennium. The measure would raise per capita to 15 but creates a 3,500,000 gap with the house which proposed 4,000,000. No funds would be allotted in the first year, all 1,000,000 to the second.
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Associated Press
Austin
Finance Committee
Senate
Carlsbad Cavern Draws El Paso Visitors and Plans Event Moves
El Pasoans staying at Carlsbad hotels plan a Cavern visit on Saturday. The Carlsbad Rotary donates to the Jim White monument fund. Local government to close for Memorial Day with a parade and ceremony at the courthouse square. Farmers ship 76 tons of alfalfa for $11 per ton on the irrigation project.
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N. M
Carlsbad Rotary Club
Jim White
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Bryan Mudgett
American Legion
Court House Square
Greene Street Bridge
Carlabad Municipal Band
America
Carlsbad Cemetery
Car Race Tragedy Raises Death Toll and Sparks Fire
A crash on the south turn injures H Kohlert of St Charles and other drivers including Jules Ellingbee of Memphis Norman Batten of Brooklyn sustains severe burns as a car bursts into flames. The race continues amid crashes with momentum, fast laps and substantial prize bonuses for leader Lockhart.
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H. Kohlert
St. Charles
Fred Leckleider
Elgin
Kohlert
Bergere
Ilinois
Jules Ellingbee
Memphis
Norman Batten
Brooklyn
Batten
Lockhart
Buray
Charles
Bauman
Indianapolis
Jules Ellingboe
Ellingboe
Abilene Cheers Local Garageman Turned Indy Champion
Abilene fans celebrate George Sanders, a former local garage employee, after he wins the fifteenth annual 500 mile automobile race at Indianapolis. Sanders became a beloved West Texas figure after early statewide wins and making Abilene his home in 1926.
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Abilene
Associated Press
George Sanders
Indianapolis
Souders
Prominent Social Figure Cole Greeley Dies at 90
Seth Greeley passes away at age 90 following a heart attack. He was widely known in social circles and leaves a notable presence in the community.
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Seth
Elks to Aid Mississippi Flood Victims
Elk lodges nationwide plan to raise 1 million dollars in coming weeks for Mississippi flood sufferers. Grand Exalted Ruler Charles Grakelow announced the effort in Atlantic City on May 80.
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ELKS
United Press
Atlantic City
United States
Mississippi
Charles Grakelow
Polite Robbers Loot Livermore Home In Courteous Burglary
detectives hunt two courteous burglars after jewelry valued between 50000 and 100000 is taken from Jesse L Livermore’s residence in Kings Point New York. Guests Mrs Aronsohn and husband are spared and key gems including a 26000 sapphire ring and a 40000 sapphire ring are recovered along with a $4000 wrist watch and cash.
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United Press
Kings Point
N. Y
Jesse L. Livermore
Livermore
Harry Aronsohn
Aronsohn
Aronsohns
Livermores
Wall Street
Pinedo and crew with Santa Maria safe at Horta
Francesco de Pinedo and his seaplane Santa Maria arrived at Horta on May 30 aboard the Italian steamer Superga after a delayed tow from Trepassey Newfoundland. Weather hindered progress with fog and head winds forcing a water landing. repairs from Italy awaited before resuming flight.
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Santa Maria
Horta
Manuel Camara
United Press
Fayal
Azores
Francesco de Pinedo
Trepassey
Newfoundland
de Pinedo
da Pinedo
Italy
Cheney award to honor aviation valor by soldiers and civilians
The War Department announced a new aviation medal named the Cheney award. It will be given annually by an Army Air Corps board in memory of Lieut Charles H. Cheney, who died in a 1918 Italy plane collision. Donors include Mrs Willig H. Schofield of Petersborough New Hampshire and Mrs Thomas W. Streeter of Morristown Vermont.
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United Press
Wahington
War Department
Chenzy
Army Air Corps Board
Chas. H. Cheney
Italy
Willig H. Schofield
Petersborough
N. H
Thomas W. Streeter
Morristown
N. Va
Sheffield May Resign or Take Three Month Vacation
United Press reports rumors that U S Ambassador Sheffield planned to resign or take a three month vacation in Mexico on May 30 He denied poor health and said the vacation had no significance and does not imply resignation
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Mexico
Aly
U. S
Sheffield
British troop movement to North China ordered by Dun can
General Dun can commanding British forces in Shanghai orders the second battalion of the border regiment to North China. The unit will depart June 6 with Dun can accompanying them. General Smedley D. Butler and U S Marines officials met with Dancan, but no Marines were sent north today.
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United Press
Shanghai
General Duncan
Border Regiment
China
Duncan
Smedley D. Butler
United States
Dancan
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