First Woman Completes Atlantic Hop After Southwest Storms
Southwest swamped by a week end of tornadoes floods hail and rain. Four dead about twenty five injured and thousands homeless. In Missouri and Kansas flood waters threaten 75000 acres of farmland while levee breaks worsen the damage. Red Cross aid tents Jackson county Arkansas and Kennett Missouri mobilize relief as storms forecast to continue.
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Kansas City
U.P
Southwest
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Kennett
Newport
Ark
Fort&ill
Okla
St. Francis
Red Cross
Jackson County
Kansas Wheat Belt
Stafford
Reno
Students May Enroll This Summer At High School
Room is available for students wishing to take work in the summer term at the high school. Registration at the new building on West State street will continue through Wednesday. No tuition is required.
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West State Street
Doctor Beats Odds to Save His Life at Hospital
In Chicago on June 18, Dr. Clyde Jensen, an eminent pathologist, autopsied a peritonitis victim and contracted the disease himself. He directed his own treatment with Rush Medical College trained colleagues carrying out orders, and his recovery is now assured.
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Chicago
U.P
Clyde Jensen
Presbyterian Hospital
Rush Medical College
Labor Train Carries 61 to Modoc Mines from Glouster
In Glouster, 61 workers rode the labor train to Modoc mines this morning, the largest turnout since service resumed. Fifteen from Jacksonville and four from Trimble joined, with two from Burr Oak. Several others reached the mines by automobile as Mine No. 10 at Derthick reported 65 workers on duty, four more than Saturday. The Mine No. 10 notice set a 99 year expulsion from the UMWA and $200 fines for those who renewed after the deadline.
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Modoc
Derthick Mine No
U. M. W. of A. Dies
Glouster
Jacksonville
Trimble
Burr Oak
Derthick
Bond Furnishers Named in Modoc Riot Arrests
Bond totaling 3600 dollars was posted for 20 of 31 defendants arraigned after Modoc rioting. Bondsmen included A B Wells and John Wycoff. Four more defendants posted 800 bonds this morning with Wells acting as bondsman for the women.
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Modoc
Justice of the Peace
Carl Porter
Bond
Harry Schoonover
Walter McLattimer
Ellis Burton
Fred Evener
Abner Phillips
Charley Arnes
James Locke
William Collins, Jr
Ernest Airshire
Joe Safreed
Bert Norris
Clarence Mingus
Wiley Mingus
Hattie Mingus
Anna Kovach
Wilbert Drake
Charlies Stranbaugh
A. B. Wells
John Wycoff
Ed Michael
Nick Dobrinski
Adam Koleman
Mike Pollock
Mia
Mike Lobo
Varying Fluctuations in Ohio Employment Reported by Bureau
Ohio Universitys Bureau of Business Research reports mixed changes in manufacturing jobs from March to June 1 1928 with some industries improving May over April while others declined Iron and steel shows 3 percent higher employment in May 1928 versus May 1927 with no April change Automobile industry gains may bolster iron and steel outlook if sustained through 1928.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.R
Bureau of Business Research
Ohio University
Iron and Steel Group
Spurgen Bell
Guard of Mine Beaten on Way Home at Greens Run
Skeet McAllister, guard at Ohio Collieries Mine No 281 Greens Run, was beaten returning home Saturday night. Union picket Alex Ross was arrested after questions about the assault. both men appeared before Mayor Gormley with McAllister bound over on $200 bond and Ross set for trial Tuesday.
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Skeet McAllister
Ohio Collieries Company
Greens Run
Alex Ross
F. H. Heck
McAllister
Heck
Gormley
Glouster
Ross
Farmers Now Being Wooed by Politicians
Raymond Clapper reports that farmers in the Midwest are suddenly courted by both parties as their bloc could tilt the upcoming election. Democrats may push farm relief via tariff policy and tie to the McNary Haugen bill, while cautious leaders seek a broader program beyond new machinery.
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Kansas City
Tammany Hall
Hudson River
Smith
Washington
Wagner
New York
Million Bequest Offered to Abolish Flats at Cornell
Hayward Kendall, Cleveland coal operator and 1900 graduate, offered to will Cornell University one million dollars with conditions. The gift would require abolishing fraternities and moving Cornell co‑eds to a separate college away from male students. Kendall sent the letter to President Livingston Farrand during commencement.
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Ithiaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Hayward Kendall
Cleveland
Livingston Farrand
Cornell
Byrd Calls Friendship Flight A Necessary Aviation Step
Worcester Mass June 18 Commander Richard E Byrd praised the Friendship crew for a non stunt flight, calling it a necessary pioneer undertaking in aviation. He said the three engined plane with pontoons proved trans oceanic feasibility and next steps in trans Atlantic flying.
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Worcester
Mass
Richard E. Byrd
Trans- Atlantic and Polar Flier
Byrd
ST. Johns
N. F
Mabel Bell
Marathon dance derby returns in Youngstown sweep
The epidemic of marathon dancing contests reaches Youngstown with a second dance derby starting at Sunday midnight as part of a nationwide wave.
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Youngstown
U.P
Fire destroys Immaculate Conception school in Youngstown
A fire in Youngstown caused by defective wiring destroyed the Immaculate Conception school early today. The estimated loss is $50,000, with investigators attributing the blaze to faulty electrical wiring.
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Youngstown
O.R
Immaculate Conception
Youths Rob Milford Center Bank Loots $910
Officials report $910 stolen from Farmers and Merchants Bank during Saturday robbery at Milford Center. Two youths were identified as bandits after the check-up by bank officials.
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Marysville
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Milford Center
Earhart and Stultz Fly Trans Atlantic From Newfoundland
Pilots Miss Amelia Earhart and Wilmer Stultz fly the trans Atlantic ship Friendship. The departure from Newfoundland follows days of waiting on the North Atlantic coast for favorable weather. Earhart’s likeness to Colonel Lindbergh is noted in the accompanying photograph.
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Amelia Earhart
Boston
Wilmer Stultz
Newfoundland
North Atlantic
Miss Earhart
Col
Nobile and Companions Miss Airplane Search Over Ice
Gen Umberto Nobile and five companions in the polar dirigible Italia had waited 26 days in solitude when Capt Risler-Larsen and Lieut Luter Holm circled above their ice camp but failed to spot the red tent. The Norweigian aviators returned to the Braganza at 10 p.m. and learned from Nobile’s radio that they had flown over the encampment off North East Land.
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Braganza
Arctic
Umberto Noble
Italia
Risler-Larsen
Luetzow Holm
Nobile
Rilser-Larsen
Luteran Holm
General Nobile
North East Land
Hoover Meets Tilson In Campaign Talk In Washington
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover conferred with Rep John Tilson Republican House floor leader about campaign procedure. Tilson declined to release conference details. Others visiting Hoover included W. W. Atterbury of the Pennsylvania railroad and officials Ogden Mills and Woodrow Cox.
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Washington
U.pr
Secretary of
Commerce
Herbert Hoover
John
Tilson
Connecticut
Republican House
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hoover
Treauury Ogden Mills
Davis
E!wood Cox
Hoover Committee
North Carolina
Eight Die in Erie Car and Streetcar Collisions
Eight persons were killed and four injured in motor car accidents near Erie on Sunday. Six people died when their car was forced from the road and struck a street car.
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Erie
Allen family adopts orphan French child in transfer
Captain and Mrs J Allen have taken into their home a three year old French girl whose mother died at birth and whose father with two older children returned to France. With no relatives here he left the infant in the care of a Mother Superior in a southern hospital. The child will be named Marjory Helen Allen.
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J. B. Allen
France
Marjory Helen Allen
Meredith Dies in Iowa Former secretary of agriculture dies
Mr. Meredith former secretary of agriculture under Woodrow Wilson dies at his Iowa home. A leader of the Democrats of the Middle West he was talked of as a favorite son for the Democratic nomination and regarded by many as a dark horse at the Houston convention.
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Mr. Meredith
Agriculture
Woodrow Wilson
Iowa
Middle West
Houston
Friendship flies blind for eight hours over sea
Amelia Earhart co pilots the Friendship with Wilmer Stultz and Lew Gordon completing a 2000 mile trans Atlantic flight from Trepassey Bay Newfoundland to Barryport Bristol Channel landing safely at 12 45 pm. The crew flew blind for eight hours and landed about a mile and a half offshore off Barryport.
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Leonard Smith
United Press
Barryport
Wales
Amelia Barshart
Barry Inlet
Bristol
Chamnel
Trepassey Bay
Newfoundland
Wilmer Stultz
Lew Gordon
Ireland
Stultz
Lands End
Barry
Fisher
Miss Earhart
Gordon
Southampton
Friendship
Ohio highway tragedies claim at least six lives
Columbus report errors note at least six persons died in Ohio traffic accidents over the week end. Among the dead were Michael Kish aged 52 and Alton Ross aged 21 after a trailer attached to a railroad speeder derailed two miles east of Bucyrus. Several others were injured, victims suffered fractured skulls.
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Columbus
Ohio
Michael Kish
Alton Ross
Bucyrus
Special Portrait Ready For Egies Nominee Display
Washington Information Bureau prepares a special 6 by 9 inch portrait of the States presidential candidate for display. A limited edition clipping is offered, priced at ten cents with a coupon.
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Egies
Our
Washington Information Bureau
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Kansas City, Mo
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Prederic J. Baskin
Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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