Allied French pilots reported missing over Atlantic
AP reports Captain Nungesser and Captain Colt, veterans, flying White Bird from Le Bourget toward Newfoundland, encountered storms and vanished off Ireland. Radio and ship sightings fail to confirm their status as weather worsens and no contact is made by 10:30 pm Sunday. Weather and distance hinder sightings. route may avoid regular steamers.
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Nungesser Half Metal After War Injuries Survive Flight Feat
Captain Charles Nungesser, famed for 47 enemy planes, was patched with metal after World War I injuries. Surgeons replaced skull, elbow, thigh, knee, and foot bones with metal. he aimed to fly Paris to New York. Co pilot Captain Francis Coli also suffered a war wound costing sight in one eye.
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Francis Coli
Montana 13 in its path storm hits Rocky Mountain region
A broad storm area centered over Pueblo Colorado moved northeast through seven Rocky Mountain states. Heavy rains, high winds peaking near 62 mph in El Paso and 48 mph at Denver, disrupted telegraph service, halted air mail flights, and blanketed Denver to Billings with sustained snow. Impacts include delayed seeding for spring wheat and continued unsettled, colder weather across the region.
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Noisemaker killed by angry lodger in rooming house
Christian Penico 34 of Cokeburg shot and killed John Landis 40 after Landis kept loud noise awake. Penico confronted Landis in their rooming house and an argument followed, ending in Landis's fatal shooting. Government reports cite police as the source.
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Northwest narcotics ring broken up by U S agents
U S federal agents in two raids disrupted a narcotics ring supplying dealers in Idaho Montana Washington Utah. One raid targeted a palatial Seattle area residence. Five states were affected. three women and one man were held without bail, including Mrs Cherry Adams described as the brains of the operation.
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Erstwhile Kansas Girl Now Turkish Princess Returning for Fortune
Kansan girl Sidi Wirt Spreckles, now Princess Saad Bey of Turkey, sails from the Bosphorus to claim her share of John D. Spreckles Jr.'s estate for her daughter. Her youthful life included Kansas University studies, a Brazilian noble husband, and a series of high profile connections and separations in San Francisco and Hutchinson.
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Willams
Sids Bla
San Fran
Flood Threat Grows as South Central Louisiana Fleet Concentrates
Federal and star agents estimate imminent devastation in South Central Louisiana as a rescue fleet and supplies are concentrated against possible levee breaks. The Atchafalaya and Bayou des Glaisses regions face the heaviest pressure from the Mississippi flood, risking major breaches that could divert floodwater and ease pressure north of Baton Rouge toward New Orleans.
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Italian Birdman Reaches Boston in New Airplane
Italian aviator Commander Francesco de Pinedo arrived in Boston aboard the Santa Maria Monoplane, welcomed by military planes and crowds after resuming his continent to continent aerial journey. The Mussolini envoy said the craft performed perfectly on the flight from Miller Field. He landed at Squantum naval air base, two hours and fifteen minutes after taking off.
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Accidental Gunshot Fatal to Denver Oil Leader
Denver oil magnate Colonel A Humphreys died in Mercy hospital after a shotgun discharged in his home while he was inspecting firearms and tackle ahead of a fishing trip. He was alone when wounded and died after hours of surgery.
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Hankow Japanese Urge Government to Oppose Reds
The Hankow district resolution urged the Japanese government to take strong action against communists. It warned that if a soft policy continued, every Japanese in China would be forced to leave, signaling stricter measures amid the civil tensions in Hankow and Shanghai.
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Funds on Hand From Auto Licenses
Funds on hand from auto licenses are sufficient to build a paved road and cover maintenance, says Loughran. Postulates the revenue can finance construction and ongoing upkeep without additional funding.
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Engineers Inspect Route for Silver Bow Road Plan
James H. Rowe and engineers outlined a 20 foot concrete road if Silver Bow county voters approve a 160000 plan matched by federal aid. The commission meets today to consider an election with county printing as the sole cost. officials say polling places will be provided at no county expense. The route runs five miles from the continental divide to city outskirts, with a five percent grade, extending from the Park-Woodville road to Park Street.
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Newland
Second Arkansas Mystery Cleared
Lonnie White an 11 year old boy who vanished April 1 was found drowned in Driftwood five miles east of Little Rock Arkansas river backwater carried his body three miles from the channel and lodged in driftwood. The McDonald girl Fiocita aged 12 found earlier in the bell tower of the First Presbyterian church. A janitor named Lonnie Dison confessed to assault and murder, clearing the case of both disappearances.
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Rebels Struck As Mexican Troops Fire On Group
Official dispatch from Kin Parish reports Catholic extremists led by Martinez were fatally wounded along with 35 followers when federal troops under General Mendona confronted and captured Coal- The attack occurred amid a revolt at Kin Parish as authorities seek to quell mounting violence.
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Kin Parish
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Snyders Case Heads Toward Verdict in Breakfast Trial
New York May 8 The case of Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray over the murder of Albert Snyder nears a verdict after closing testimony and the final summations. The trial schedule indicates the jury will hear the judge's charge and then deliberate, with verdict timing dependent on the length of summations.
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New York
Ruth Snyder
Saleeman
Henry Judd Gray
Albert Snyder
Lindbergh to Hop Off for Paris Tomorrow
San Diego May 8 Captain Charles Lindbergh announced he would depart from San Diego on his New York to Paris St Louis at 3 p m tomorrow despite eastern storm reports He spent today testing the plane for the start He praised Nungesser and said his own plans would not be affected by the Paris to West Atlantic crossing effort.
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San Diego
Charles E. Lindberg
Atlantic
Nungesser
Candidacy Initiation Leads Butte Knights of Columbus Class
Forty six candidates were initiated into Butte council number 668 Knights of Columbus yesterday in ceremonies spanning from morning to evening. John F. Cullerton led degree work with Ray Neagle assisting. mass at St. Lawrence's church preceded a Hibernia ball breakfast, K C home degree work, and a gymnasium dinner with talks by local officials.
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J. J. Lynch
Charles P. Nevin
Francis Kelly
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