German seaplane completes Atlantic flight to Brazil
The DO X, the giant German seaplane, landed at Porto Praia Cape Verde as it headed toward Brazil under its own power. The 1400 mile Posta to Brazil leg was the longest ocean crossing yet for the DC X, which has 12 engines and a 100 passenger capacity.
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Posta
Brazil
Fernando Noronha
Porto Praia
Cape Verde Islands
Posto
Lake Constance
United States
Properehce
Holland
England
France
Prince of Wales
Lisbon
Canadry Islands
Rio de Oro
Africa
Bolama
Guinea
Proto Praia
South Atlantic
Reno Gambler Exonerated in Haymarket Club Shooting
Reno Nevada June 4 coroner's jury exonerates William Graham known as one of Reno's big three gamblers in the shooting death of F R McCracken at the Haymarket club. Jury found Graham fired in self defense after McCracken fired twice.
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Reno
William Graham
F. R. McCracken
McCracken
Haymarket
Graham
Allied dry pl an e campaign for 1920 conventions
Dr Daniel A Poling of New York says allied forces for prohibition will enter the 1920 party conventions with a pledged vote total over a million. Mrs Rushmore Patterson named chair of the women’s branch. Campaign runs from Columbus Sept 8 with three day tours to Oct 18 and city meetings through next July in 257 cities. Borah and Sheppard named to speak in a broader speakers corps. Estimated minimum cost 350000 dollars, max depends on contributions.
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Washington
Prohibition
Daniel A. Poling
New York
Allied Forces
Rushmore Patterson
Columbus
Ohio
Borah
Republcan
Idaho
Sheppard
Democrat
Texas
Poling
Jefferson Davis Statue Unveiled in National Capitol
The ceremony in Statuary hall features the unveiling of a bronze Jefferson Davis statue. Attending are Mississippi figures Senator Hubert B. Stephens and Davis Clay Bramlette, Katy Boyd George, Adele Hayes-Davis, Senator Pat Harrison, and others.
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Efferson Davis
Statuary Hall
National Capitol
Hubert B. Stephens
Davis Clay Bramlette
Mississippi
Katy Boyd George
James Z. George
Adele Hayes-Davis
Jefferson Davis
Pat Harrison
Two Workmen Killed in Warrior Gas Blast
Two machine runners Alva Couch and Tycian Woosley died when a pocket of gas ignited in the No. 2 left east main section of Warrior Coal’s No. 2 mine in Warrior McDowell County. The blast at about 8 15 pm left light damage with other workers unharmed. Inspectors Prentice and Kerr recovered the bodies and an official investigation was to follow.
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Warrior Coal Company
Warrior
McDowell County
Alva Couch
Tycian Woosley
Couch
Woosley
Archbishop of Canterbury Advocates Clear Lead on Marriage and Divorce
London June 4 The Archbishop of Canterbury urged a definite church stance on marriage and divorce at the convocation of the upper house. A resolution called for a joint committee of both houses to study Lambeth conference guidance and coordinate with York convocation. The Lambeth recommendation bars rites for someone whose former spouse is still living.
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London
Canterbury
York
Fall Too Ill to Start Century Prison Term
Washington reports District Attorney Leo A. Rover said former Interior Secretary Fall cannot begin a year's bribery sentence while ill. Four doctors found him unable to travel from El Paso to Washington, delaying committment as special prosecutor Pomerene may appoint a physician to reassess his fitness.
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Washington
Leo A. Rover
Fall
el Paso
Texas
Atlee Pomerene
Edward L. Doheny
Harding
Supreme Court
Rover
Frank Hogan
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Hogan
Pomerene
Interior secretary faces jail commitment in bribery case
El Paso report notes physicians concurred today that Albert B. Fa secretary of the interior, early unable to go to Wash to face commitment to jail in connection with a bribery conviction.
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el Paso
Tex
Albert B F
Cashier Arrested After Bank Closure in Fairmont
J McDaniels cashier of the Orthington bank closed recently was arrested at his home by Deputy US Fred Richmond. He faced charges of malfeasance and false entry and was held for federal court action.
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Fairmont
W. Va
J. McDaniels
Orthington Bank
United States
Fred Richmond
Peace Looms in Northern Fields
Negotiations for peace spread through coal regions of southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia as miners strike. In West Virginia, United Mine Workers and Pursglove Mining officials eyed a possible reopening, while Pennsylvania mines faced recognition disputes and planned talks. Tear gas dispersed a Cedar Grove crowd, and a Library march was limited by authorities.
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West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
National Miners Union
P. A. Ramsey
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Joseph Washington
Washington
Mise Emmeliine Pitt
United States Department of Labor
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers
Pursglove Mining Company
Scott’s Run
Morgantown
Joseph Pursglove
Cleveland
Cedar Grove
Atlasburg
McDonald
Carnegie Coal Company
Primrose
Washington County
Randell Coal Company
Bittner
Poland Coal Company
Poland
Greene County
Montour No. 10
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Library Pa
Manifold and Enterprise
Youngiogheny and Ohio Coal Company
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
Library
Robert 8. Cain
Page
Lindberghs to Fly Pacific North Route Within Month
Mr and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh plan a north Pacific flight within a month, then a Orient air tour before returning home to their year old son. Exact departure date and route await diplomatic clearance and may include landings in China or Japan. The monoplane will have pontoons and safety precautions will be observed.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
North Pacific
Orient
Castle
State Department
Atlantic
New York
Paria
Lindbergh
Pacific
Lindberghe
China
Japan
Attu
Aleutian Islands
Alaskan
Shumstui
Soviet Kamchatka Peninsula
Central
South America
Storm Lashes Aleutian Islands Menaces Lindbergs Route Choice
Storm battered Aleutian and Kurile islands may challenge Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh as they pick a Pacific crossing route for a projected Orient trip. The 1920s stepping-stone path from Alaska to Kamchatka to Soviet Russia then Japan was traversed by the Army in 1924, with a similar cross in 1929.
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Soviet Information Bureau
Lindbergh
Pacific
Charles L. Mitchell
States Weather Bureau
Central
South America
North Pacific
U. S. Army
Alaska
Japan
Lowell M. Smith
Semyon Shestakov
Graf Zeppelin
Tokyo
San Francisco
Hawaii
Kingsford-Smith
Australia
Fiji Islands
Washington
Aleutian
Kurile Islands
Charles A. Lindberg
Orient
Kamchatka Peninsula
Soviet Russia
Lutheran unit votes to withdraw from council
The Lutheran ministerium of Pennsylvania adopted a resolution urging the United Lutheran church to withdraw from the Federal Council of Churches over its stance on birth control and divorce. The action comes as the convention closes after a day of debate, reflecting moves by other Lutheran bodies in the region.
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Allentown
Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania
United Lutheran Church
Federal Council of Churches
Council On
United Synod of New York
Pennsylvania
New York
Cannon Says Suit Is To Decide His Guilt
Bishop James Cannon Jr. says his $500000 libel suit against Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts aims to determine whether he is a shameless violator of the federal corrupt practices act. The suit, filed yesterday, centers on a June 1930 statement accusing him of violating the act and harming his reputation as a churchman and citizen.
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Washington
James Cannon Jr
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Opponents and Friends Debate Impeachment of Tennessee Governor Horton
In Nashville on June 4, opponents and supporters of Governor Henry Horton debated impeachment. House Speaker Walter M. Haynes backed eight articles from a special committee while Rep J D McMurry defended Horton, criticizing Ed Crump and Shelby County as overruling state affairs.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee House of Representatives
Walter M. Haynes
House
Horton
J. D. McMurry
Trousdale
McMurry
F E. H. Crump
Memphis
Ed Crump
Tennessee
Shelby County
Robbers take $200 from Richlands Farm Bureau
Stocks and notes valued at about 9800 and $200 in cash were believed stolen from the Farm Bureau in Richlands Virginia late Wednesday night. The safe was wrecked and the loot found crammed under it by Sheriff Harman and deputies. Investigators pursued multiple clues but no arrests by nightfall.
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Farm Bureau
Richlands
Tazewell County
Clinch Valley
Harman
Kitts
Peery Bailey
Submarine Nautilus Undergoing Trial Run Off Provincetown
The Nautilus, commanded by Sir George Hubert Wilkins, is on a trial run over a one mile course off Provincetown Massachusetts. He plans to have the cutter Poncha accompany to the Grand Banks to check instruments and intends to sail for England then toward the pole.
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Provincetown
Mass
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Navy
Sir George
Coast Guard
Grand Banks
England
Pole
Rivera Leaves San Francisco Amid Art Satire
In San Francisco on June 4 a mural by Diego Rivera prompts backlash from prominent locals. Arthur Brown Jr. is depicted with a jaunty hat angle displeasing Mrs. Brown, while another sponsor’s logo appears bowed in a California School of Fine Arts mural. Rivera’s associates say perspective and illusion explain the alterations.
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San Francisco
Diego Rivera
Mexico
Arthur Brown Jr
Brown
California School of Fine Arts
Rivera
Churches in Spain observe holy day amid crowded services
Catholic communities across Spain filled churches for a religious holiday as parades were curtailed in Madrid and major cities to curb unrest. Minor incidents occurred in Bilbao and Barcelona as mobs tore down monarchist and Catholic flags.
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Madrid
Spain
Bilbao
Barcelona
Pius XI Receives Queen Marie of Romania at Audience
In Vatican City on June 4 Pope Pius XI held a private hour long audience with Queen Marie of Romania and Princess Tileara. They were presented by the Romanian minister to the Holy See.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Marie of Rumania
Tileara
Holy See
Mortimer Schiff Dies in New York Financier and Scout Leader
Mortimer L. Schiff of Kuhn Loeb and Company and a NYSE member died today at his Oyster Bay home from a heart attack. He would have been 54 tomorrow. Elected May 6 as president of the Boy Scouts of America, he served in multiple roles including director at Chemical Bank and Trust, Western Union, and trustee of the New York Zoological Society and Botanical Garden. He held the Legion of Honor and other honors and led war service coordination efforts. Funeral plans await word from Mrs. Schiff.
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New York
Mortimer L. Schiff
N Kuhn
Loeb and Company
The
Stock Exchange
Oyster Bay
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scouts of America
National Council
Memphis
Tenn
Jacob Henry
Theresa (Loeb) Schiff
Schiff
Amherst College
London
Hamburg
Chemical Bank and Trust Company of
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York State Chamber of Commerce
New York Zoological Society
New York Botanical Garden
Jewish Board of Guardians of New York
Military Intelligence Division
Legion of Honor of France
Order of the Sacred Treasure
British
Boy Scouts Association
McAdoo Proposes National Economic Council for Peace Industries
William Gibbs McAdoo urged creation of a peace industries board or national economic council to stabilize industry and agriculture and curb waste and unemployment. The body would operate under government sanction, publish findings, and include manufacturers, merchants, farmers, labor, and mining and transportation reps.
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San Francisco
Peace Industries Board
National Economic Council
William Gibbs McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
War Industries Board
McAdoo
Mr. McAdoo
Roosevelt welcomed as Democratic standard bearer in Cincinnati
Gov. Roosevelt arrives in Cincinnati after attending governors conference. Democratic leaders hail him as the 1932 standard bearer though he says he will not discuss politics and will focus on duties as New York governor.
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Roosevelt
Cincinnati
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
French Lick
Ind
War Lass Sends Bullet To Heart War Lass Sends Bullet To Heart Los Angeles
June Taylor who had been sought for two weeks as a witness in the slayings of Charles Crawford and Herbert Spencer was found in Los Angeles and brought to the district attorney for questioning. Police plan to question her about David H. Clark and her link to Albert Marco the former LA vice lord now at San Quentin. Marco identified the visitor as Mrs A M Donovan.
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Los Angeles
June Taylor
Charles Crawford
Herbert Spencer
Joseph Taylor
David H. Clark
Miss Taylor
Albert Marco
San Quentin Penitentiary
Marco
Clark
A. M. Donovan
Operators Agree to Maintain Wages in West Virginia Coal Fields
John Laing reports the West Virginia Smokeless Coal Operators association voted unanimously against wage reductions in the smokeless coal fields. The meeting in Washington urged members to influence others to keep wages, arguing reductions would not increase coal sales and would unjustly affect miners, employees, operators, and the estate.
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Charleston
W. Va
John Laing
Conley
West Virginia Smokeless Coal Operators Association
Washington
West Virginia
New River
Winding Gulf
Pocahontas
Department of Mines
Laing
Mrs Nixon-Nirdlinger to Sail for America
Mrs. Charlotte Nixon-Nirdlinger plans to sail for America from Nice after resting at Beaulieu-sur-Mer following her acquittal on a murder charge against her husband. Fred Nixon-Nirdlinger, former American theater man, is mentioned in connection with the case.
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Nice
France
Charlotte Nixon-Nirdlinger
America
Beaulieu-sur- Mer
Fred Nixon-Nirdlinger
Papal State Vatican Talks as Catholic Clubs Face Fascist Ranks
In Rome, June 4, Papal diplomats met with Pope Pius about the church state rift while Italy shows no move toward conciliation. Catholic clubs closed by the government may join Fascist ranks by July 1 or face higher barriers. To protest, the pope forbade Corpus Christi processions outside churches.
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Rome
Italy
Pius
Trainmen Elect Whitney to Lead Brotherhood in Convention
Alexander F. Whitney of Cleveland Ohio was re elected president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen during a convention session in Houston Texas today Other officers elected were J A Farquharson Cleveland secretary treasurer George W Anderson Cleveland senior vice president W J Rabe St Thomas Ont second vice president 8 R Harvey Cleveland third vice president William Bishop Chicago as officers for the order.
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Houston
Tex
Alexander F. Whitney
Cleveland
Ohio
Brotherhood of Railway Trainfmen
J. A. Farquharson
George W. Anderson Cleveland
W. J. Rabe
St. Thomas
Ont
R. Harvey
William Bishop
Chicago
Death by suicide shocks War community
Fifteen-year-old Miss Helen Lovas, a War junior high graduate, killed herself Wednesday night at her mother Mary Lovas’s home. Coroner Dr. W C Hall cited temporary insanity and noted prior typhoid and meningitis illnesses. Survived by mother and siblings Anna Julia Pauline T F Lovas and Dr E E Lovas.
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Helen Lovas
War
Mary Lovas
Thomas Lovas
W. C. Hall
Welch
McDowell County
Fall
Hall
Helen
Mra
Poeneee
Reussey
Miss Lovas
Anna Lovas
Julia Lovas
Pauline Lovas
T. FE. Lovas
E. E. Lovas
Berwind
Russia bars pastor of New York church
The Rev. Dr. John Haynes Holmes, pastor of the Community Church, said he has been barred from entering Russia where he planned a visit later this month. Holmes, also chairman of a city affairs committee that charged Mayor Walker, remarked the exclusion did not surprise him and he hopes the ruling will be revised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Haynes Holmes
Community Church
Russia
Holmes
Walker
Roosevelt
Witness Testifies in Gil Market Conspiracy Case
San Diego June 4 John P Mills wealthy real estate man testified as a state witness in the Pantages girl market case admitting a prior guilty plea to one count Mills was paired with Alexander Pantages Jesse H Shreve and William Jobbmann Olive Clark Day in a conspiracy to bring 17 year old Borg Nitto to a hotel party The defendants face charges of conspiring to procure immoral acts with the girl Turn to Page Two.
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San Diego
Calif
John P. Mills
Pantages
Mills
Alexander Pantages
Jesse H. Shreve
William Jobbelmann
Olive Clark Day
Hollywood
Oborg Nitto
Shreve
Ginlea
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Madoo
Economic Council
Idea
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Rody
City Affaire Committee
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Groe
Pantages, Shreve
Jobbelmann
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