Committee Named to Receive Flood Relief Funds
Murray City reports a flood catastrophe with Main Street buildings moved from foundations. A relief committee led by Warren Darby coordinates donations to George Jones, treasurer, for immediate aid to homeless residents as debris cleanup, repair work, and temporary bridges begin across Corning valley.
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Murray City
Snow Fork
George Jones
Warren Darby
F. M. Murphy
Fred Surgeon
George Brooker
Jones
Lindbergh Receives New York Medals in Busy Arrival Day
Lindbergh arrives in New York and is greeted with a municipal medal at city hall. A military parade, wreath laying at Madison Square, and a New York state medal presentation follow before he and his mother travel to Roslyn for dinner with Clarence Mackay.
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Lindy
New York
Madison Square
Lindbergh
Other Half of We Has Had Its Share of Honor
Washington crowds flocked to see Lindbergh’s slender monoplane on a flag draped barge off Mains Point as five marines guarded the craft. The welcome to Lindy was immense with automobiles lining Potomac banks and traffic officers permitting only brief glances.
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Washington
U.P
Charles Lindbergh
Lindy
Potomac Peninsula
Mains Point
Youth Killed in Greenville Auto Crash
Walter Poe age 16 was killed and Joseph Strobel 19 injured when their car overturned on a road sight miles from Greenville. Driver Harold Folkerth 17 was seriously injured after losing control when two quail hit the windshield, causing confusion and fright.
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Greenville
U.P
Walter Poe
Joseph Strobel
Here
Harold Folkerth
Folkerth
Clothing Drive For Murray City Sufferers Underway
Salvation Army Captain R. Benton of Athens leads an Athens effort to gather bed clothing and children's clothing for victims of Friday night Murray City cloudburst. Benton, who lives at 64 Stewart Street and can be reached at 9304, inspected damage Sunday and urged Athens churches to assist.
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Murray City
R. Benton
Salvation Army
Athens
Stewart Street
Benton
Twins Seen by Operatives For First Time
D Autremont brothers are observed by investigators for the first time amid questions about their involvement in a string of fast fading trials. Authorities seek answers as inquiries broaden.
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D’ Autremont Brothers
Twins in Oregon Train Robbery Case Draw National Investigators
Six government agents from diverse locations arrived in Columbus to question Roy and Ray D Autremont, accused of a 1928 Siskiyou mountains train raid that ended in murder and destruction. The post office inspection service has pursued the fugitives since their arrest near Groubenville, with sightings reported across many cities, including Steubenville.
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Columbus
Roy
Ray D'Autremont
Siskiyou Mountains
Oregon
Post Office Inspection Department
Groubenville
United States
Steubenville
Lindbergh Arrives in New York Amid Eager Crowds
Charles Lindbergh departs Washington in a dramatic display, piloting an army pursuit plane after a St Louis valve issue forces a swap. Escort pilots monitor, crowd cheers mount as Lindbergh heads toward New York with Byrd and other aviators in convoy.
Lindbergh Returns in Spectacular City Welcome Parade
Charles A. Lindbergh arrives back in New York after his solo flight to Paris. A six plane escort, vast crowds, banners, wreaths, and a grand harbor parade mark the triumphant homecoming as business halts and aerial and naval displays unfold along Lower Broadway and Manhattan shoreline.
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A. Lindbergh
New
Paris
New York
Lindbergh
Broadway
Macom
Hattan Island
Batelery
Mae Com
Lindbergs
T Cliy
State
Lindbergh Parade Draws Largest Demonstration in History
New York crowds greet Charles A. Lindbergh as he lands and walks ashore, with Mrs. Lindbergh watching on a pier. Graham McNamee on WEAF calls the scene the greatest demonstration in history for any man as police struggle to hold back cheering crowds along Broadway from Battery Place to the harbor.
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New York
U.R
Graham McNamee
WEAF
Charles A. Lindbergh
Broadway
Washington
Lindbergh
Mike Fear
Com
Byrd
Battery Place
Harbor
Lindgeigh
Lindbergh Plane Valve Missing Halts Flight Prep
Report from Washington states on June 13 that mechanics found a missing valve in the Wright Whirlwind motor of Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis. Officials decided to switch to an Army pursuit plane for his New York flight.
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Washington
National Capital
Adin
Charles Lindbergh
New York
Bolling Air Field
Capitol
Washington Monument
Bolling Field
Byrd
North Pole
Anacostia River
Lindbergh
National Aeronautic Association
Bolling Cield
St. Louis
Davison
Army
Asa
Lindbergh Homecoming Pictures From Washington
A complete photographic record of Lindbergh’s Washington visit shows his homecoming and day of honors. NEA Service sent top photographers under Herbert W. Walker to cover events with travel by air, telephoto wires, and rapid New York layouts. Page 9 features more pictures.
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Athens Messenger
Lindy
Washington
NEA Service
the Messenger
Lindbergh
NEA
Capital
Herbert W. Walker
Cleveland
Walker
Robert P. Dorman
New York
Rodney Dutcher
Middle West
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Main Street
Corning
New York Harbor
Macon
City Hall
Fifth Avenue
Quail
I. H. McAnally
United Press
Bulletin New Lead
Carl D. Groat
Potomac River
Spirit of
Morris Dehaven Tracy
Charles
Monument Grounds
President Coolidge
Colonel Lindbergh
America
Davis
Zenith
Was Grounds
Kellogg
Coolidge
Coolidges
Commander Byrd
War
John Hays Hammond
Nature
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