Yellow Bird Takes Off for Paris as Green Flash Crashes
Old Orchard Maine June 15 The Yellow Bird big French monoplane with Arrveno Lotti Jean Assolant and Rene LePevre aboard begins its trans Atlantic flight toward Paris while the American Green Flash with Lewis A Yancey and Roger Q Williams crashes on the beach during takeoff, no injuries.
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Old Orchard
Maine
Rome
Coast Guard
Yellow Bird
Paris-bound
Rockland
Matimeuss
Arrveno Lotti
Jean Assolant
Rene LePevre
Assolant
Pauline Parker
New York
Aie
Bear
Lottl
Wright
Light Bulb Blamed for Cleveland Clinic Tragedy
NEA Service reports a coroner’s inquest finding that a 100 watt bulb caused ignition of X ray film at the Cleveland Clinic, igniting nitro cellulose and releasing deadly gases. Investigation by Mac Laurin and Val Hausman cites direct heat from the bulb and a film residue as key evidence in the blast that killed 126.
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NEA
Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
R. D. McTereth
Hopkins
MacLarrin
Val Hausman
MacLaurin
Senate approves census reapportionment bill in extra session
Washington June 13 The senate approved the census reapportionment bill and sent it to the White House. By a 48 to 37 vote the conference report adjusting differences with the house was adopted marking a major legislative proposal of the extra session.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
White House
Conference
House
Weather and road conditions across Kansas and Missouri tonight
The Weather reports mostly fair conditions in Kansas tonight and Friday with slight warming. Missouri sees fair weather, cooler in the southeast, and warmer Friday. Local temps show 76 this afternoon versus 77 a year ago. travel conditions range from clear to good with several towns reporting good roads.
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Kansas
Missouri
Atchison Boy Scouts Benefit From Community Chest Drive
The Atchison district council of the Boy Scouts of America, a beneficiary in the Community Chest drive, has expanded to six troops with over 200 local youths. The council, led by John Kaff as president, emphasizes citizen building and civic service, aided by limited funding yet delivering substantial community impact.
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Atchison
St. Joe
Ihe Atchison Council
Boy Scouts
John Kaff
Wiliam Hays
F E. Clingan
A.C Berger
O. B. Tusk
Community Chest
Borah Carries Tariff Fight on Senate Floor
Senator Borah Idaho Republican offered a resolution in the Senate to have the finance committee confine hearings on the house tariff bill to agricultural schedules. Democrats sought to limit the revision to farm rates but Borah carried the contest for a limited tariff revision to the floor with expected Democratic support.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Farm girl Eva Cofer acquitted in Tennessee slaying case
Chattanooga June 13 Eva Cofer of Georgetown Tenn was found not guilty by a jury in the slaying of Lee Atchley a 35 year old merchant two weeks earlier in Atchley store Cofer faced a wagon spoke weapon charge arising from an alleged insult in the store
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Eva Cofer
Georgetown
Lee Atchley
Modernism Reignites Controversy at Denver Baptist Meeting
Denver Baptist Convention faces internal discord as modernist principles resurface as a central issue. Leaders debate interpretation of doctrine, with tensions evident among delegates and pastors during the Denver gathering.
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Baptist Convention
Denver
Quarrel Over Guest Speaker Breach Threatens Baptist Meeting
Denver ministers protest Bishop Francis J. McConnell as keynote at the Northern Baptist convention. McConnell’s modernist views and a 1927 pamphlet on evolution are cited by critics. The controversy follows a reordering of the program and dispute over his eligibility to address the gathering.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Francis John McConnell
New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
Northern Baptist Convention
McGonnell
Avery Shaw
Dennison University
Grantville
McConnell
Joshua Gravott
Gravott
Federal Council of Choereries of Christ In America
The
Coun
Kansas City
Francis J. McConnell
Methodist General Conference
H. P. Sloan
New Jersey
Sloan
American Civil Liberties Union
Pittsburgh
Wilmington
Slaying Near Caney Claims 20 Year Old Margaret White
Independence dispatch reports Margaret White aged 20 was shot to death on a highway one mile west of Caney Kansas. Elmer Cales 22 of Caney is the sought suspect after leaving the vehicle near the theater with the victim. The sedan is missing and a trail of blood led to the body found by Clarence Warineke and companion about an hour after authorities note the murder scene had shifted from ten to eleven o'clock.
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Independence
Kas
Margaret White
Caney
Elmer Cales
Cales
Lelia White
Jackson Cales
Margaret
Clarence Warineke
Torch Slayer Found Guilty in First Degree Murder
Henry Colin Campbell was found guilty of first degree murder for the torch slaying of his bigamous wife Mildred Mowry in Elizabeth New Jersey. The jury did not recommend mercy, making the death sentence in the electric chair obligatory.
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Associated Press
Elizabeth
N. J
Henry Colin Campbell
Mildred Mowry
Scenic overlook at Guerrier Hill in Jackson Park
Visitors are invited to view the panorama from Guerrier Hill perched at the highest point of Jackson Park and River View drives. Access from the Sixth Street entrance and proceed through the park to the hill then return via Riverview Drive for additional city views.
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Guerrier Hill
Jackson Park
Riverview Drives
Sixth Street
Riverview Drive
French Reinforcements Rush To Aid Ait Yakoub Siege
French Foreign Legion units race by motor truck to assist the beleaguered Senegalese infantry and Moroccan camel corps at Ait Yakoub desert post. Two thousand Moorish tribesmen surround the fortress after an ambush on June 9 near Taf ilalet and Atlas foothills. General Freydenberg leads the relief. Military officials downplay wider spread of the conflict.
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Associated Press
Rabat
Morocco
French Foreign Legion
Sahara
Desert Post
Ait Yakoub
Atlas Mountains
Moroccan Camel Corps
Freydenberg
Ait Yekoub
Great
Tafilalet
Colomb Bechar
el Bordj
Ait Yakou
Liquor Killing Justified By Federal Officials
Washington reports Seymour Lowman says Customs Patrolman Cox acted in the regular line of duty when Archibald Eugster was shot during a seizure recapture by rum runners. Rep. Clancy found the shooting justified amid congressional scrutiny over prohibition enforcement in a wider anti smuggling push across Lakes and the border.
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Associated Press
Washington
Seymour Lowman
Eugster
Canadian
Congress
Clancy
Detroit
Detroit Free Press Today
Prohibition
San Francisco
United States
George Hatfield
Dawes to Visit Scotland for MacDonald Conference
Ambassador Dawes will travel to Scotland to meet Premier MacDonald at Forres during a short vacation. Dawes arrives in Southampton tomorrow and presents credentials at Windsor Castle on Saturday. They plan talks over a luncheon table on Anglo American cooperation for disarmament and permanent peace.
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London
Dawes
Scotland
MacDonald
Forres
Lossiemouth
Southampton
King George
Windsor Castle
United States
Americans of 25 000 Years Ago Described By Scientists
Melbourne Fla June 13 Man lived at least 25 000 years on the North American continent, says Dr J W Gidley Smithsonian on new finds near here An ancient scraper and crude arrow head beneath a mastodon bone support an early human presence The discoveries challenge claims that man first appeared in North America less than 6000 years ago The finds span extinct animal remains in a single swamp layer with flints mid layer and a Pleistocene time frame Singleton and Dr Barbour coordinate further digs with Harvard University plans
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Fla
North American
J. W. Gidley
Smithsonian Institution
Charles P. Singleton
Gidley
Old World
Singleton
Thomas Barbour
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
Father’s Day Observance: How Dad Will Be Feted
The piece recalls Father’s Day on the Sunday after next and contrasts it with Mother’s Day in May. It cites common tokens like cigars and neckties and notes church sermons and home observances nationwide. It hints at family humor about bills due at month’s start and back seat driving.
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Dad
Old breach in Mexico healed amid Vatican talks
Mexico City reports a breakthrough in the long running religious dispute as talks with the church proceed toward papal sanction. Officials say both sides would gain from a broad interpretation of religious laws while enforcing them. a Vatican decision is expected soon. President Portes Gil and church leaders met privately, signaling the matter is under papal ratification.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Rome
Vatican
Monsignor
Leopoldo Ruiz Y Flores
Michoacan
Pascual Diaz
Tabasco
Portes Gil
Pius
Tax debate looms in Kansas campaign future
Special to The Globe by A L Shultz surveys shifting tax issues as Kansas contemplates revisions after Governor Reed’s proposal. The piece traces political maneuvering, legislative delays, and the creation of a tax code commission amid talk of tax relief and exemptions.
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A. L. Shultz
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Reed
John Trouble
Love
House backs Hoover on farm relief measure
The House rejected the export debenture plan by a 250 to 113 vote, siding with President Hoover. The move signals a likely Senate reversal and a quick relief bill without the debenture, with conference leaders named to negotiate with the Senate.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Today
Hoover
Senate
House
White House
Longworth
Haugen
Agriculture Committee
Farm Conference
Parnell
Indiana
Williams
Illinois
Kansas Representatives Split on Farm Bill Debenture Provision
Washington report lists six Republicans Gover Hoch Hope Sparks Sproul and Strong voting to eliminate the expert debenture provision in the farm bill. Democrat Ayers and Republican Lambertson voted to retain the debenture provision.
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Washington
Kansas
Gover
Hoch
Hope
Sparks
Sproul
Strong
Ayers
Lambertson
Laws Governing Radio Interference Won't Work
Washington June 13 states and cities enacted laws to curb radio interference from oscillating receivers but experts say enforcement is nearly impossible. Paul M. Segal and P. D. Spearman note many devices and configurations cause interference and no statute can reliably identify a source or prove violation in court. They argue manufacturers must eliminate oscillations without legislation as it may restrict interstate commerce.
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Associated Press
Washington
Paul M. Segal
Federal Radio Commission
Segal
P. D. Spearman
Flying Cadet Killed in Kelly Field Crash
Flying Cadet L H Troup age 24 died when his plane collided with Flying Cadet Floyd Bernard Wood age 21 and Wood escaped by using his parachute as their aircraft locked wings over Kelly Field in San Antonio Texas today June 13.
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Tex
Flyings
L. H. Troup
Kelly Field
Floyd Bernard Wood
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