Balloons Vie In International Gliding Races
Thirteen balloons started the national race to pick the U S entrants for the international event in Switzerland. Navy pilot Lieutenant Reed remained missing after last night while others including Honeywell Major Westover and several others had landed in Missouri Illinois Quebec and Hancock Massachusetts.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Army
Navy
Gestedrtm
Switzerland
Lieunant W. F. Reed
Milwau
Great Lake Region
United States
H. E B. Honeywell
St. Louis
Joplin
Oscar Westover
Washington
Lake St. John
Quebec
Canada
Major Westover
Mr. Honeywell
Lieutenant Reed
J. P. Norfleet
Hancock
Harold W. Weeks
Witt, Ill
Ward T. van Orman
Akron
Fayette, Mo
Southern Association payee and scores summary
A fragmented OCR list shows Southern Association teams and scores with entries like New Orleans three, Atlanta ten, Birmingham three, Nashville six, Memphis ten, Little Rock three. The legible items indicate a regional standings style summary from a historical sports page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payee
New Orleans
Atlanta
Birmingham
Nashville
Little Rock
Buckhannon Girl Wins Edna Winifred Anderson Oratorial Contest
Miss Syby Reppert of Buckhannon West Virginia won the Edna Winifred Anderson oratorial contest at Wesleyan College Thursday night. She is the second girl to win the prize first awarded to Irma Workman in 1917, with a fifty dollar gold award.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
Syby! Reppert
Edna Winifred Anderson
Wesleyan College
Miss Reppert
Anderson
Irma Workman
West Virginia Triumphs Over Grove City In Rainy Tri State
Morgantown W Va June 2 West Virginia University defeated Grove City College 7 to 4 in a drizzle. The Mountaineers claim the tri state championship with an eleven wins one loss record in the series.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Grove City College
Mountaineers
Railroad Brotherhood Heads to Meeting in Cincinnati
A telegram from B M Jewell of the AFL Railway workers department confirms a June 6 meeting of sixteen railroad brotherhoods and officials in Cincinnati to discuss matters vital to workers. The message refutes earlier reports that the gathering might move to Chicago.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Howard H. Fitzgerald
The
Brotherhood of Railway
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Fitzgerald
Chicago
Eleven Labor Unions Plan Talks on Wage Reductions
Heads of eleven railway labor unions meet in Cincinnati to discuss wage cuts ordered by the railroad labor board. Leaders from all railroad labor classes will decide on concerted action and expect strike votes within each union, with members voting per their constitutions.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
B. M. Jewell
Railway Emp S Department
American Federation of Labor
Railroad Labor Board
Jewell
McCormack Appointed Guardian of Daughter Mathilde
Harold F. McCormick was named guardian of his seventeen year old daughter Mathilde in probate court. Mrs Edith Rockefeller McCormick had sought to bar his consent to Mathildes marriage to Max Oser the Swiss riding master but that action was dropped. Johns D Rockefeller supported Mrs McCormick in opposing the match.
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Chicago
Harold F. McCormick
Ter
Mathilde
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Aviator Fahy to Lose Army Commission Over Memorial Flight
The aviation officer Herbert J. Fahy will have his reserve commission as a second lieutenant in the army aviation service cancelled for a flight over the Lincoln Memorial during Memorial Day ceremonies. Secretary Weeks announced the action to be ordered, citing misconduct for disrespect to the president and endangering lives, despite three officer requests not to fly. Fahy said he misunderstood the instructions.
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Herbert J. Fahy
Lincoln Memorial
Army Aviation Service
Weeks
Fahy
Former banker caught after eight years fugitive
Cincinnati June 2 Special agents of the Justice Department arrested Homer H. Dean of Sutton West Virginia a former vice president of the First National Bank of Sutton. He is said to be indicted in Charleston for embezzlement exceeding 26000 under the national banking act. Dean was working at a factory in Cincinnati since 1914 and had lived in Columbus Ohio. He pleaded guilty when arraigned and is held on 25000 bond.
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Cincinnati
Department of Justice Today
Homer H. Dean
Sutton
W. Va
First National Bank of
Charleston
National Bankings Act
Dean
Ohio
Columbus
Landis to Aid in War Fraud Prosecutions
Chicago June 2 Kenesawa M. Landis former federal judge and Francis E. McGovern former Wisconsin governor will be asked to aid the federal government in prosecuting war fraud cases. Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty announced a conference with Landis in Washington and said he believes Landis favors the reassignment.
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Chicago
Kenesawa M. Landis
Francis E. McGovern
Wisconsin
Harry M. Daugherty
Landis
Washington
Mr. Daugherty
Montreal Man Must Stand Trial for Murder of Half Brother
Abtee Adelard Delorme, charged with stabbing his half brother Raul an Ottawa University student, must stand trial after the grand jury returned a true bill. Justice Monet set the trial for Friday June 9 and indicated the Roman Catholic church had dispossessed the accused of clerical status.
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Montreal
Adelard Delorme
Raul
Ottawa University
King’s Bench Court
Justice Monet
Acc
Illinois Favored To Win Western Conference Meet
Illinois appears strongest as finals approach in the western conference outdoor track meet opening in Iowa City. Ken Milton Angier set a conference javelin record at 195 feet 3 3-4 inches, while Yates led the 440 yard trials and Morrow beat Kloepper in the 880 heat. Lieb of Notre Dame threw the discus 147 feet 8 inches as finals loom.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Illinois
Ilinois
Ken Milton Angier
Morrow
Kloepper
Illinois
Harrison
Perdue
Lieb
Notre Dame
Cadock and Zbyszko Wrestle to Draw in Columbus Bout
In Columbus Ohio on June 2 the wrestling match between Earl Cadock and Stanislaus Zbyszko ended in a draw after two hours with one fall apiece. Cadock won the first fall in ninety four minutes and Zbyszko the second in seventeen minutes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Earl Caddock
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Caddock
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Toronto
Syracuse
Telegraph
Giants
Miller
Cincinnadr
A. B. Burns
Ef Daubert
Duncan
Harper
Wingo
Bohne
Pinnelli
Gillespie
Xpressler
A. E. Statz
Seen
Hollacher
SB Nee Krug
Grimes
Heathcote
Callaghan
Caveney
Caven Krug
Daubert
Leon
Freeman
Jones
Couch
Gillespie Stueland
Kaufman
Stueland
Byitcher
Pas
Wirts
Balk
Winnin
McCormick
Sentelle
West Virginia
Grove City
Rail Brotherhood
M’cormack
BY Ahern
Borneo
Turis
London
Big City
Veal Chops
Das
Ib. Dc
Ib. Cc
Big
Piggly Wiggly
Coney Island
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