Polar Dirigible Outrides St Olaf on Third Flight
Gen Umberto Nobile landed the Italia at Kings Bay Spitzbergen at 1 pm completing a flight from Vadsoe Norway. Heavy snowfall and strong winds challenged the crew as they pressed the leg, with wireless contact to the Citta di Milano and Tromsoe weather support throughout the voyage.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Wadsoe
Norway
Vadsoe
Nobile
Milan
Italy
Stolp
Germany
Citta di Milano
Georgsiske Institute
Tromsoe
Italia
Four Men Slain Five Injured in Dange Gunfight
A deadly gunfight in Dange leaves four men dead and five wounded. Kentucky officers respond to the scene as friends and relatives assist a man in distress. an officer is killed during the attempted arrest.
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Kentucky
Congress Awaits Mississippi Flood Control Decision
President Coolidge invites the Mississippi flood control bill conferees to a White House meeting to resolve differences and avert a possible veto. The Senate and House conferees recently finished the bill draft and a public statement on revisions was not given.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
White House
Senate
House
Jones
Senate Commerce Committee
Reid
Destroyer Paulding Cleared in S-4 Disaster
The coast guard board exonerates the destroyer Paulding and its commander Lieut. Commander J. S. Baylis in the S-4 submarine disaster near Provincetown Mass. The report approved by Secretary Mellon and Rear Admiral Billard finds no fault by any Paulding crew member and suggests no further action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Naval Court of Inquiry
Coast Guard Board of Inquiry
Mellon
Paulding
Billard
Coast Guard
J.S. Baylis
Provincetown
Mass
Baylis
Naval Board of Inquiry
Wilbur
Navy Department
Treasury Department
Quake at Smyrna Does No Damage
A brief but violent earthquake struck Smyrna last night in the Ottoman Empire. No serious damage or injuries were reported. Constantinople notes the tremor but confirms minimal impact on the city and surroundings.
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Smyrna
The
Associated Press
Constantinople
Political Week Set With Senate Probe and Indiana Primary
The week brings a Senate inquiry into presidential campaign expenditures and a heated Indiana Republican primary pitting Hoover against Watson for 33 Kansas City convention delegates. Democrats in Indiana back Evans Woollen for Houston, while Maryland Republicans designate Hoover’s delegates with no opposing Democratic primary.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Indiana
Herbert Hoover
James E. Watson
Kansas City
Congress
Hoover
Watson
Hoosier
Evans Woollen
Indianapolis
Houston
Woollen
Maryland
Ritchie
Prince Carol Denies Bid for Roumania Throne Amid Plot Claims
In Surrey England Prince Carol, exiled father of Roumania’s King Michael, says he does not seek the throne and would answer if called by Roumania. The London Express reports a plot to overthrow the government with British airplanes allegedly to scatter manifestos, which the British government supposedly blocked.
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London
Carol Center
Associated Press
Godstone
England
Albajulia
Roumania
Prince Carol
Surrey
Oakhurst
Jonesen
Peasants’ Congress
The
London Express
Michael
Croydon
Ban on Japanese May Be Outcome of Tsinan Clash
Shanghai reports that the Kuomin News Agency says plans are under way to sever all economic ties with Japan in retaliation for Shantung actions. A mass meeting will perfect boycott plans, followed by a Students' union campaign to cut relations. Schools shops and factories to close tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Kuomin
Today
Japan
Shantung Province
Nomination Prediction for Al Smith on First Ballot
Montana Democratic committeeman Bruce Kremer predicts Al Smith of New York will be nominated on the first ballot at the Houston convention in June. He praises Senator Walsh’s withdrawal from the race as a move toward party harmony at the Montana convention in Helena.
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AL Smith
Montana
Bruce Kremer
Butte
Democratic National
National Organization
New York
Houston
Kremer
National Democratic Club
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana Sclon
Lke
Walsh
Helena
New Council to Organize Today in Butte
A new city council will take over city af fairs as the old body dissolves. The noon session will adjourn sine die, and at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Kerr Beadle will chair a meeting to elect officers and name committees for the coming fiscal year. The change brings Don McAllister and John J. Haggerty into the council, producing 12 Democrats and four Republicans.
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Butte
Kerr Beadle
Don McAllister
William Lowney
John J. Haggerty
John Lindquist
Writer of Wild Marriage Files Suit for Divorce
Dr Benjamin Harrison Lehman, UC Berkeley English professor and novelist, sues Mrs Gladys Collins Lehman for divorce in Oakland. Friends say Mrs Lehman is a Hollywood scenario writer. The complaint cites desertion after a trial separation following the completion of Lehman's novel Wild Marriage.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Cal
Benjamin Harrison Lehman
University of California
Gladys Collins Lehman
Hollywood
Injured Birdman Saves Two After Tail Spin
In Seattle a flying service plane plunged 300 feet into the Duwamish river. Pilot Lon Brennan freed two unconscious passengers Edwin Kinsey and W L Coleman, both 26, from submerged seats as bystanders helped. The pilot also suffered a broken ankle.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Seattle Flying Service
Duwamish River
Here
Lon Brennan
Edwin Kinsey
W. L. Coleman
Butte to Probe Carl Smith Death After Brick Injury
The death of Carl Smith a colored veteran of two wars is to be investigated by county authorities. Smith was struck with a brick on Feb 14 leading to a head injury and surgery from which he did not recover. William Jones, also colored, was fined on a disturbance charge and later turned over to county officials. Smith died at the State hospital in Warm Springs in April and was buried in Butte. Authorities cited treatment for a drug habit and a mas toid head condition prior to death.
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Carl Smith
Tim Downey
Smith
William Jones
State
Warm Springs
Butte
State Hospital
Memorial Services Held by Congress
Memorial services were held in both house and senate for recently deceased members. The house paid tribute to Representative Gallavin of Massachusetts while the senate honored Senator Ferris of Michigan. Senators Vandenburg and Couzens eulogized Ferris as a notable Michigan Democrat.
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T’rees
Washington
House
Senate
Gallavin
Massachusetts
Senator Ferris
Michigan
Congress
Vandenburg
Ferris
Couzens
Three Die in Floyd County Dance Hall Battle
In Ligon Floyd County Ky five others were wounded and three men killed during a dance hall confrontation after deputies attempted to arrest a Newson family member. Deputies James Bush and Greer Gibson were killed and wounded respectively. Others killed were Alex Newsome P L Miner and C Reynolds. No arrests were reported.
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Associated Press
Prestonburg
Ligon
Floyd County
Verlie Banks
Garrett
James Bush
Greer Gibson
Newson
Banks
Bush
Gibson
Alex Newsome
P. L. Miner
C. Reynolds
Three Coast Children Die in Greybull House Fire
Three kids Roberta 7 Willis 13 and Howard 3 of Mr and Mrs O W Coast burned to death when a fire destroyed their home five miles east of Greybull on Shell creek. A lamp in the incubator is believed to have started the blaze while parents were at a dance. Continued on Page 2 Column 5.
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Associated Presse
Basin
Wyo
O. W. Coast
Greybull
Shell Creek
Roberta
Willis
Howard
Shell
Noose Used by Endurance Flier to Stay Awake
Lieutenant Royal V. Thomas, an endurance flyer, said a rope looped around his neck served as a safety to prevent sleep during a recent solo endurance flight. He described the device as fastened to his back in the cockpit and not used on the last mission, and noted plans for another attempt within a week to ten days.
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Associated Prensa
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Royal V. Thomas
Endurance Flier
Ehe
Associated Press
Thomas
Belief in God Aided Bremen Flight Crew Says Baron
Baron von Huenefeld told St Pauls church that belief in God sustained the Bremen crew through fog over Newfoundland and ice in Labrador. He praised Prof Hugo Junkers for the technical groundwork and cited divine presence during the perilous voyage. The Bremen crew plan a two week air tour stopping in Philadelphia Cleveland Chicago Milwaukee St Louis Detroit Boston Montreal Quebec with returns to New York May 23.
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Associated Presse
New York
Bremen
Newfoundland
Baron Gunther von Huenefeld
St. Paul's
St. Agnes
Baron von Huenefeld
Hugo Junkers
United States
Canada
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Detroit
Boston
Montreal
Quebec
Junkers
Koehl
Fitzmaurice
Curtiss Field
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Lutheran Church of Feeling
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