Five Trans Atlantic Fliers Return to New York Amid Rain
Thousands cheer as Byrd Acosta Neville Blanchan and Chamberlin disembark from the liner Leviathan aboard the Macom in a rainy welcome. Lindbergh and Lloyd Bennett join the reception while Mayor Walker honors the aviators with medals at city hall.
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New York
Europe
Richard E. Byrd
America
Bert Acosta
George Neville
Bernt Brachen
Clarence Chembertin
Columbia
Acosta
Neville
Byrd
Battery
Chamberlin
Lindy
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Lloyd Bennett
Governor's Island
Broadway
Financial District
Manhattan
City Hall
Walker
Madison Square
Mitchell Field
Teterboro
N. J
Hasbrouck Heights
Lindbergh
Slayer Dies in Chair for Slaying Pen Guard
Columbus Ohio July 18 Philip Oveleck 20 paid with his life in the electric chair at Ohio penitentiary for the murder of Urban Wilford Mansfield reformatory guard. Clemency appeals to Governor Donahey failed to intervene and Orelock went to his death calmly.
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Columbus
Philip Oveleck
Ohio Penitentiary
Urban Wilford
Mansfield
Donahey
Uct
Orelock
Six Die When Train Strikes Their Auto
Six persons were killed at Brady Kentucky near Morehead when their automobile was struck by a C and a passenger train. The dead include Elmo Caudill age 6 Alec Patton 55 Mrs Alec Patton 45 Grace McClain 16 Albert McClain 4 Alla Patton and were residents of Morehead.
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Ashland
Brady
Morehead
Elmo Caudill
Alec Patton
Grace McClain
Albert McClain
Alla Patton
Montha
No Place In America For Pleasure Student
In Chicago on July 18 the Institute for Administrative officers of colleges and universities heard Arthur E. Morgan of Antioch College and Frank L. McVey of the University of Kentucky condemn the so called pleasure student. They urged immediate action to raise admission standards and find earnest minds. With 850000 registered students and many schools at capacity, officials warned that the system could collapse if serious minded students are not prioritized.
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Chicago
America
Institute For Administrative Officers
Institutions of Higher Learning
Arthur E. Morgan
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Frank L. McVey
University of Kentucky
Clemson president speaks at Bluefield chamber meeting
Dr. D W Daniels president of Clemson college delivered the principal address at the Bluefield chamber of commerce annual meeting. The gathering inducted new officers and heard reports on chamber activities while highlighting health, industry, and cooperative city improvement efforts.
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Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
D. W. Daniels
Clemson College
South Carolina
Herbert Markle
Beaver High School
Marian Smith
Bluefield
Gertrude Watts
Markle
Conrad Brevick
Doctor Gunn
Westminster Church
Co. M. Long
Blue Valley Creamery Institute of Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
Woodsmen report sighting airplane near Metabetchouan river
In Chicoutini Quebec Alfred Gaudreault and Pitre Des biens said they saw an airplane on the shore of the Metabetchouan river in May while working in the woods at St Andre De L Eveur. Their account is being investigated in connection with the missing aviators Nungesser and Coli.
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Chicoutini
Que
Alfred Gaudreault
Pitre Desbiens
St. Andre de L’epouvante
Metabetchouan River
Nungesser
Coli
Virginia native identified in Montreal suicide case
The body of a man who committed suicide by inhaling gas in a rooming house in Montreal was tentatively identified as J. L. Malone a Virginia native and former billiards champion. Police found a scrapbook with clippings from 16 countries detailing his billiard career and letters to him from Richmond and Covington Virginia.
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Montreal
Que
J. L. Malone
Virginia
Richmond
Covington
Nations Reach Tentative Cruiser Accord at Geneva
At Geneva the chief delegates report a tentative deal for 12 10000 ton cruisers for the United States and Great Britain and eight for Japan. The talks hint at concessions on cruiser size and armament with British and American views clashing over 6 to 8 inch guns and 6000 to 8000 ton limits. The submarine balance and obsolete ships remain key issues to resolve.
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Geneva
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Tri-Partite Naval Conference
Brit#h
Operon
Uncle Sam
Washington
Escoe A
Hugh S. Gibson
Sex and Business Must Be Divorced Is Claim
Oakland California July 18 The keynote at the national convention of business and professional women's clubs centers on independence in work. Myrtle Konde public administrator East St Louis argues sex must be dissociated from business for women to succeed. Lena Lackey Little Rock notes women are underpaid and too dependent on men. Lena Phillips New York is the organization president.
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Oakland
Calif
National
Convention of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Myrtle Konde
East St. Louis
Lena Lackey
Little Rock
Ark
Lena Phillips
New York
Lightning Strikes Golfer but Causes No Injury at Newport
On July 18 at the Newport Country Club Newport R I Robert Goelet a New York banker was felled but unharmed by a lightning bolt. His partner William D Rogers also of New York stood about 50 yards away and was momentarily blinded by the flash.
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Newport
R. I
Robert Goelet
New York
Newport Country Club
William D. Rogers
Judge Denies Dismissal in House of David Nuisance Suit
Judge Louis H. Fead refused defense motions to drop Michigan suit seeking dissolution of the House of David as a public nuisance. He found evidence of a continuing nuisance with testimony of immorality as late as 1924 and allowed the case to proceed.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Louis H. Fead
House of David
Fead
H. T. Dewhirst
Benjamin Purnell
Benjamin
Flood Recedes Leaving Refugees to Rebuild in Abbeville
Abbeville Louisiana July 18 The slow retreat of the southern Atcafalaya flood reaches Acadian refugees returning to their vanished homes. Each receding inch reveals new acres of silted land where cabins drifted away and fences mark property lines. Fields are ponds of green slime with crops ruined and wildlife circling overhead.
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Abbeville la
Atcafalaya Basin
Lengel Seeks New Trial In Mellett Slaying
Canton Ohio July 18 defense counsel for S A Lengel filed a motion asking a new trial for the former police chief found guilty of first degree murder in the Don Mellett case. Eleven grounds cited including juror misconduct. Judge Frank Cleven ger will hear the motion Friday. Steve Kascholk, star state witness, was released after posting 5000 bond and may claim part of the reward.
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Canton
S. A. Lengel
Don R. Mellett
Frank M. Clevenger
Wilmington
Steve Kascholk
Mellett
Third Man Dies in Love Slaying in Huntington
Huntington West Virginia July 18 two deaths already from a love triangle ended in a triple tragedy John Turner 50 was shot in a car as Bertha Long 42 who was to wed Arthur McCreary left her fiancé after a shopping trip Circle 63 shot Long twice then fatally wounded Turner then killed himself Circles funeral set for tomorrow Long buried today Turner survived by a married daughter.
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Huntington
W. Va
John Turner
Miss Bertha Long
William Circle
Circle
Miss Long
Arthur McCreary
Turner
Long
Hunger Strikers May Be Too Hot
Boston July 18 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti abstained from food at the state prison today Vanzetti drank coffee at breakfast and lunch The two men sentenced to die next month for murder have not clearly begun a hunger strike The defense committee says Vanzetti plainly will eat no more while officials think abstention is temporary and weather related Sacco’s wife visited him and did not indicate plans for a hunger strike The question of forcible feeding would be left to Warden Hendry if the strike prolongs Governor Fuller and the advisory committee continued independent investigations of the case
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Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Vanzetti
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
Alvin T. Fuller
Hendry
Sacco
Sanford Bates
State Commissioner of Correction
Warden Hendry
Negro Slayer Sought After Fatal Mine Shootings
Washington Pennsylvania July 18 Tony Sick 14 was shot and killed during a dispute between union and non union miners at the Tyler mine of Washington Gas Coal Co The shooter Joseph Hunt 35 a Tyler mine employee fled and is being sought Fifteen black miners from the same mine were detained for questioning Earlier three union miners wives were arrested for assaulting Ellis Burns as he left the Tyler mine and charged with pepper spray and beating names Mary Cunya Gladys Sokar and Mary Pokoff were listed In the incident context race and union tensions dominate the report
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Washington
Tony Sick
Tyler
Washington Gas Coal Company
Joseph Hunt
Hunt
Ellis Burns
Mary Cunya
Gladys Sokar
Mary Pokoff
Burne
Leased Land Believed to Yield Gold Quartz Near Parson
Elkine West Virginia July 18 It is learned that John Fleming O D McIntyre and O E Coffman of Fairmont have leased land in Tucker county near Parson believed to contain gold bearing quartz A Bailey brothers of Pittsburgh also active in the field Quartz vein reportedly runs twenty miles from Valley Furnace Barbour county to the Cheat river in Tucker and has yielded paying quartz at 62 a ton
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Elkine
W. Va
John Fleming
O. D. McIntyre
O. E. Coffman
Fairmont
Tucker County
Parson
Bailey Brothers
Pittsburgh
Parsons
Valley Furnace
Barbour County
Cheat River
Tucker
Boxer’s Mother Dies in Long Beach Ridge
Mrs. C. W. Shade mother of a boxing family, including welterweight Dave Shade, died in Long Beach tonight while his brother boxers train at Jack Deere’s camp.
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Long Beach
Calif
C. W. Shade
Dave Shade
Jack Deere
Outbreak Ended by Socialist Surrender in Austria
Austria halted three days of street clashes as the socialist party and labor federation surrendered unconditionally. Parliament will review the settlement, with Seipel and Seitz among leaders, while a public funeral is planned for riot victims.
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Vienna
Austria
Socialist Party
Labor Federation
Seipel
Social Democrats
Palace of Justice
Neue Frie Presz
Burgzeols
Tyrol
Karinthia
Styria
Herrick Too Ill to Meet Lindbergh in Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick the U S ambassador to France is too ill to greet Col Charles A Lindbergh in Cleveland on August 1 doctors report his condition improved but say an operation was performed yesterday Herrick remains resting and no further surgery expected Lindbergh will still be the featured guest at the homecoming plan now centered on him alone
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Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick
France
Charles A. Lindbergh
Parmerly Herrick
Tonght
Colonel
Home Brew Ruling Frees Dock Williams in Williamson
Judge R. D. Bailey of the circuit court in Williamson West Virginia ruled that possession of home brew is not a violation of the prohibition law and freed Dock Williams who had been fined 200 dollars and sentenced to 60 days in jail after a raid on his home discovered home brew. The judge offered no further explanation for the decision.
Coal Operators Jill Plans to Reopen Mines
Coal operators in Ohio and nearby states push to resume non union mining with a five dollar wage scale. Unionists report little activity beyond two Hocking district mines as pickets stand down. Officials say openings may occur later in the week but time is needed to ready mines.
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Columbus
Ohio
New York Coal Company
Hocking
Buchte
Luhbrig
Big Run
Bellaire
Rail and River Coal Company
Cleveland
Lee Hall
Miners’ Union
J. L. Good
Ohio Bureau
Wheeling
W. Va
C. J. Albasin
Bridgeport
Eastern Ohio Operators’ Association
Albasin
John Cinque
Eastern Ohio
Cinque
Edison Starts Hunt for Native Rubber
Fayetteville Arkansas July 18 Thomas A Edison recruits field students to aid research on native rubber plants. Dr W H Young selects Lacy McCullough of Arkansas University agricultural department and he buys a car charging it to Edison. Telegraph authorization from East Orange arrives the same afternoon.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
University of Arkansas
W. H. Young
Lacy McCullough
Agricultural Department
McCullough
Thomas A. Exjinon
East Orange
N. J
Marines Win Bloody Battle in Ocotal Nicaragua
U S Marines and allied constabulary hold Ocotal after a 17 hour clash with Sandino forces. About 300 of 500 attackers lie dead or wounded. one Marine killed and another injured. Air reconnaissance and five bombers helped turn the tide driving Sandino's forces from the field.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Ocotal
Sandino
Logan Feland
Marines clash with Sandino forces amid Pan American congress
At Ocotal Nicaragua American marines clash with General Sandino’s troops. The Pan American labour congress hears Nicaragua’s Salomon De La Selva condemn the Marines as outlaws. Kellogg defends U S policy while Green opposes war as a means of settling Latin American disputes. Two U S marines are casualties and adjournment delays a possible resolution.
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Washington
Latin America
Nicaragua
Sandino
Ocotal
Pan-American Labor Congress
Salomon de la Selva
State Department
Secreaary
Kellogg
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Pan-American Congreaa
Department
de la Selva
Labor Congress
United States
Michael A. Obleski
Roulette
Charles Sidney Garrison
Asheville
N. C
Garrison
Congress
Candino
Luis Moronca
Commerce, Labor and Industry
Mexico
Disputed Managua Claim on Ocotal Attack
United States Marines questioned a garbled report from Managua about General Sandino renewing the Ocotal assault. A Marine air crewman, Michael Wodarscyk, returned from a reconnaissance patrol after landing at a military airfield.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Aibert S.S. Munsch
Sandino
Ocotal
United States Marines
Michael Wodarscyk
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Blanchen
C. M. Long
Beaver High School Orchestra
U. S
Britain
Lengel
Tony Sisk
Associated Press
Herrick
Union Collieries Company
Benton
Allegheny County
Plum Township
Hillman Coal and Coke Company
United Mine Workers
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