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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1927
Page
5
Headlines report an early morning bank robbery at First Trust where an employee was robbed of eight thousand dollars. The raid is described alongside other wire service briefs covering diamond thefts, train derailment injuries, and aviation fatalities in England.
Clergy and lodge members gathered yesterday for a joint memorial notices service conducted by the Royal Neighbors and Modern Woodmen. Attendance included Neighbors and Woodmen officers at the building site where the event was held in a solemn ceremony.
A Denison Iowa town holiday marks Clarence D. Shamberlin the transatlantic flier with parades a fireworks show and bonfire. Parents Mr and Mrs R C Chamberlin are in Omaha while townsfolk celebrate amid cheers and a few mishaps including a leg injury from a box thrown at a bonfire.
The United States Marine Corps Reserve is open for enlistments. Male citizens of good character aged 18 to 34 are eligible. See W Carey Martin of the American Legion Swan Martin & Martin law office for details. Sgt Veatle McKean of the Marines is stationed nearby handling enlistments.
King Albert of Belgium opened the Rotary International session in Ostend praising Clarence Chamberlin and urging nations toward closer ties. He lauded Belgium's aim for justice and welcomed many women delegates. Rotary President H R Rogers called international peace the keynote and urged using manpower for constructive power, hinting at German adoption of Rotary ideas.
Residents of Cavs County are notified that the meeting on improving highways and voting bonds has been postponed to Wednesday evening at City Hall. The gathering aims to discuss the new law and local infrastructure funding.
Chicago inquiry reveals promoter Demetral accused Ed Strangler Lewis and others of fixing prize fights and wrestling matches in 1924. Demetral claims cash guarantees and quit-claim deeds as pressure to throw bouts. Lewis suggested staging a quick gym bout to expose the scheme.
Des Moines June 6 The state department of health enforcing the new barber and cosmetology bill warns barbers and beauty shop owners about pushy salesmen offering costly sterilizers and appliances. Health commissioner Dr Henry Albert says exhibitors misrepresent compliance and stresses the department aims to help shops meet sanitary rules which will be simple and issued soon. He adds there is no plan to close shops and emphasizes earnest compliance rather than opposition to regulation.
New York, June 6. Mrs Clarence Chamberlin and Mrs Charles A Levine prepare to sail at midnight for Germany as guests of the German government aboard the Berlin. They travel with Mrs Charles Lockwood and Mrs Levizia’s attorney Samuel J Hartman. The invitation came through Consul General Garl von Lawinaki. Passport and visa arrangements were made by the German consulate.
Epworth League chapters of the district will convene at a church Wednesday with about 200 members expected. President B Nave has been asked to display three banners in honor of the occasion.
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles Levine had just landed in Germany when C. E. Barber’s plane plunged into a house in Iola Kansas. Mrs Wilhelm and four children were inside. an 8 year old boy near a cot could have been killed. Passenger William Grover of Ina escaped unharmed. The engine ran out of gas.
Charles La Jotte, noted aviator, was arrested after landing in Los Angeles on suspicion of abducting Miss Noreen Burke, a San Diego socialite. Her father confronted him with an officer present as the arrest followed. Burke reportedly remained with him during the landing.
Cottbus Germany June 6 The final leg of the Bellanca flight carrying Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A Levine reached new heights amid dense fog and night. Chamberlin reported steering above the fog to morning and then dropping to over a coast city with factories beneath. Officials estimate the New York Eisleben distance at 3005 miles, noting possible extra miles due to weather avoidance.
The Bellanca monoplane Columbia, flown by Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine on their historic New York to Germany journey, landed in soft mud near Cottbus, about eighty five miles from Berlin. Both pilots were unharmed but disappointed the flight could not be completed. Officials escorted them to the Hotel Ansorge as crowds of 10,000 gathered to greet the aviators after a foggy, wayward cross over Dortmund.
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