Hawaii to California airmail race readies for takeoff
Two pilots race to start the Hawaii to California voyage before the Army test flight. Ernest Smith expects a final check of his rebuilt Travelair. backer Edmundo Moffett may delay. Shiphard Grace plans to fly from Honolulu toward Barking Sands on Kauai with his Cruisair, aiming for California. The trio could launch nearly together, each hoping to beat the Fokker monoplane across 2408 miles.
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San Francisco
U.P
Oakland
Honolulu
Hawaii
California
Army
Ernest Smith
Travelair
Edmund Moffett
Grace
Barking Sands Field
Kauai
Smith
Charles Carter
Lester Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
Crissy Field
Oak and
Bay Farm Island
San Francisco Bay Island
Southern Railroads Cut Ten Cents a Ton on Lake Coal Freight
News from Washington June 27 reports southern railroads will reduce coal freight rates by ten cents a ton for lake cargo. Ohio and Pennsylvania operators rivaling West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia mines are expected to contest the cut before Interstate Commerce Commission approval. The change could shift up to 30 million tons of annual coal production between northern and southern mines depending on rate adjustments.
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Southern
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio
Penn
Sylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Case expands union mine dispute at Lick Run
In a Common Pleas filing the Lick Coal and Clay Co seeks a sweeping permanent injunction against 11 000 Hocking Valley miners of United Mine Workers subdistrict 1 district 6. The petition adds new defendants and 12 more witnesses as the case extends into Wednesday morning in local court.
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Hocking Valley
Subdistrict 1
District 6
United Mine Workers of America
Lick Coal and Clay Company Common Pleas Court
Robert Bell
Low Cal Union
Floodweed
United Mines Workers of America
Er Bell
Conrad Wein
Thirteen Killed In Auto Accidents In Chicago Area
Thirteen people including five children died in Chicago area motor car accidents over the weekend the highest single day toll in district history. A party returning from a roadhouse died when their water car overturned after speeding and possible intoxication. A motorcycle officer collided with Mrs. Sadie Kops injuring her severely as a crowd threatened the officer and police guards were needed to protect him.
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Chicago
U.P
Sadie Kops
Ohio Knights of Columbus Outing Opens at Cedar Point
The Cedar Point gathering of the Knights of Columbus begins with a reunion and outing. The event started yesterday with masses celebrated at the three Sandusky Catholic churches as part of the 1917 observance.
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K. OF C
Cedar Point
Ohio
Columbus
Sandusky
First Woman to Be Hanged in Cook County
Chicago reports Mrs. Catherine Cassler choosing execution over a life sentence. Convicted of complicity in the William Lindstrom murder, she faces July 21 as the first woman hanged in Cook County. Loren Patrick and Mrs. Lillian Fraser pleaded guilty and received life terms.
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Chicago
U.P
Catherine Cassler
Cook County
Loren Patrick
Lillian Fraser
President of Union at Adena to Urge Peace
John Cinque, president of sub-district No 5, plans a Adena rally to press miners for peace and deter non union workers at the Robeyville mine. Judge Benson Hough had reprimanded union officials over disorders in Adena as the Ohio Coal Operators Association prepares a Wednesday meeting to discuss suspensions.
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Adena
Columbus
U.R
John Cinque
Benson Hough
Cinque
Robeyville
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
Barn at Chauncey Destroyed by Lightning Blaze
A severe electrical storm struck Chauncey around 1 30 Saturday night, leveling a 20 by 40 foot frame barn on Frank Lands farm north of Chauncey. A tractor hay baler wagon and three tons of hay were burned. no livestock were housed there. Loss total not yet estimated. The property is also known as the W E Day place.
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Chauncey
Frank Lands
Sands
Mr. Lands
W. E. Day
RS-1 to attempt long range dirigible flight
The War Department announced authorization for the RS-1, the army's largest dirigible, to fly from Scott Field Belleville Illinois to Bolling Field Washington. The mission aims to train operating personnel and test facilities and long distance performance of the airship.
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Washington
Trans-Allegheny Airway
Shenandoah
Army
Scott Field
Belleville
Bolling Field
War Department
Pilotless plane crashes at airfield injures no one
In Galesburg Illinois on Sunday a pilotless airplane crashed into a fence after an uncontrolled descent. Woman passenger Mrs. Zelma Turney was uninjured. Pilot Ned Hatch was helping another passenger when the craft plunged forward about 200 yards.
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Galesburg
Zelma Turney
Ned Hatch
Large Mine Payroll Drains Pomeroy Stores
The New Pittsburgh Coal company issued its largest payroll in months on Saturday as mines operated steadily. Pomeroy merchants prepared to change many fifty dollar bills for pay envelopes, after recent paydays left shops short on change.
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Pomeroy
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Southern Illinois Miners Lose Savings in Royalton Bank Crash
Royalton bank failure shocks coal town as state examiners audit accounts. Cashier Lovel admits a short balance, closing the bank after miners faced unemployment since the April wage agreement expired. Depositors include many Southern Illinois coal workers who saved for hard times.
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Royalton
Southern Illinois
State Bank of
Lovel
Illinois
New UMWA Strike Policy Seen Easing Coal Shutdowns
Indianapolis June 27 The United Mine Workers adopt a new strike policy during suspension aiming to gradually settle wide shutdowns in soft coal regions. Observers warn districts may disappear from union wage basis as low cost mines resume while high cost mines struggle to reopen.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Miners’ Union
Jacksonville
International Policy Committee
Fourteen Die In Ohio Weekend Traffic Toll
Ohio ends the weekend with fourteen lives lost in traffic and transit crashes. Victims include Charles Ewart 19 of Logan who died after a car traction crash near Columbus, and several others in Cincinnati Dayton Newark and Cleveland incidents.
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Logan
Columbus
Ohio
Charles Ewart
Ralph Stubbs
New Straitsville
Walter Dean
Orient
Three Ribs Removed To Free Novak's Strained Heart
Gustave Novak at Lakeside hospital in Cleveland survived a risky operation after three ribs were removed to free his heart from a growth binding to the chest wall. Surgeons reported improved circulation and a path to recovery as the heart could beat without the rib-imposed load.
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Cleveland
U.R
Gustave Novak
Lakeside Hospital
Novak
National Air Tour Showcases Aeronautical Progress Across Nation
Detroit dispatch reports the National Air Tour will begin from Ford airport with 15 planes carrying 52 passengers for a 4000 mile circuit. Airliners fly from Detroit to Buffalo Boston New York Baltimore then west to Dallas Tulsa and back to Detroit while competing for 20000 in prizes and the Edsel Ford trophy. Plans stress strict schedules and 85 mph speeds to score points.
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Detroit
U.P
Union
Ford
Ontario
Buffalo
N. Y
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Dallas
Tex
Tulsa
Oklo
Screen Stars wed in California in honeymoon to Canada
Wilma Banky and Rod La Rocque, famed screen couple, married yesterday at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills and left for a Vancouver honeymoon. The pair plan a two month tour of the Canadian Rockies. Banky’s birth name is Vilma Konsics.
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Vilma Banky
Rod la Rocque
Canada
Hollywood
Calif
Wilma Banky
Vancouver
Canadian Rockies
Miss Banky
Hungary
Vilma Konsics
la Rocque
Church of the Good Shepherd
Beverly Hills
Willis Sheeler Charged With Intent to Kill
Willis Sheeler of Shawnee goes on trial in New Lexington on charges of assault with intent to kill. He is alleged to have struck 16 year old Leota Sharkey with a mattock, with the victim not yet fully recovered.
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New Lexington
Willis Sheeler
Shawnee
Separate Naval Conference Will Be Called Later
Geneva reports a separate naval limitation conference may be held after the current talks with France and Italy represented. Britain pushes capital ships into dispute while no official decision exists. Indications came from Hugh S. Gibson and Admiral Saito amid murky official status.
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Geneva
U.pi
France
Italy
Great Britain
Hugh 8. Gibson
Admiral Saito
Ohio Senator to Discuss U S Policy in Latin America
Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio will address Buckeye club members in Cincinnati tomorrow noon on U S policy toward Mexico and Central America, outlining key problems and implications for the region.
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Cincinnati
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
United States
Mexico
Central America
Buckeye Club
William C Ballard Found Dead in Cincinnati Hotel
The body of lumber dealer William C Ballard was found in a hotel room in Cincinnati yesterday and sent to his Louisville home. Coroner F C Swing ruled the death caused by indigestion.
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Cincinnati
William C. Ballard
Louisville
F. C. Swing
Farmer Edward Tackett Dies After Home Shooting
Ed ward Tackett died in the hospital after his left arm was amputated following a shooting in his yard on Saturday. The 50 year old farmer and father of nine had said he was fired upon with a shotgun as he tried to stop youths who were "rocking" his house.
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Portsmouth
Edward Tackett
Farmer
Tackett
Tax collections lag in Champaign county
Urbana June 27 Only 20 percent of Champaign county taxes have been collected though payment time ends July 30 County Treasurer George J Stallsmith warns penalties will be added if taxes arrive late.
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Urbana
Champaign County
George J.stallsmith
Freak cyclone wreaks havoc in Logan County
A freak cyclone struck Logan County for the second time in a month, hitting the Paul Thompson farm. It lifted a poultry house over a fence, toppled trees, and destroyed a barn, but no injuries were reported.
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Bellefontaine
Logan ‘County
Paul Thompson
Booklet on Mammoth Cave Promoted by Athens Messenger
Athens Messenger advertises an illustrated booklet about Mammoth Cave and Ossal Cavern in Edmonson County. The brochure, prepared for the Information Bureau in Washington, D. C., promises a world renowned subterranean tale. Send four cents for postage and handling to Frederic J. Haskin.
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Athens
Mammoth Cave
Edmonson County
Lucky
Ossal
Washington
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Harley Folkerth
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Julius Yale
Mark Tanner
Clarence Oldacre
Gallipolis
Edward Yeanger
Cheshire
Gallia County
William Carthal
J. F. Carthal
Newark
Hanover
E. C. O. Alexander
Troy
Lloyd Woods
Joseph Kuhle
Samuel Bell
Ohio State University
Joseph McCann
Richard Grace
Screen Stars
New One
Frederic J. Haskin
Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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