Hindenburg Honors 10 American Fliers in Berlin
Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine meet with President Von Hindenburg at the presidential palace. The aviators receive signed portraits and formal recognition as crowds cheer in Berlin. Chamberlin signs about 5000 autographs and plans future trips to Vienna Rome and Paris.
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Berlin
Columbia
America
Germany
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Jacob Gould Schurman
Presidential
von Hindenburg
Marshal Foch
Paris
Chamberlin
Tempelhofer
Lass
Scholl Seeks Clemency From Electric Chair
Walter A. Scholl, 38, who pleaded guilty to murdering his two children, began a bid for clemency by accusing his estranged wife Margaret Scholl of aiding the homicides. A hearing opened as his defense pursues mercy. Mrs. Scholl, separated and suing for divorce, now lives in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valpariaso
Ind
Walter A. Scholl
Margaret Scholl
Scholl
Four Die in Fall on Demolition Scaffold Collapse
Four workmen died when a scaffold at the top of an elevator shaft collapsed during demolition work. The incident occurred in New York as the building was being torn down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Earl Carroll Begins Federal Prison Term in Bed
New York theater producer Earl Carroll, sentenced to a year and a day for perjury after his Washington bathtub party, starts his federal prison term as prisoner No 24909. He was placed in a hospital ward pending full recovery and spent his first day in bed with visitations restricted.
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Atlanta
Greenville
S. C
Carroll
John W. Snook
Famous bandits captured in Steubenville Oregon killings linked
Steubenville Ohio June a pair of brothers Ray and Roy d Autremont wanted in Oregon for the 1923 Siskiyou mail train holdup and killings were arrested by federal agents and local police. They admitted identity, worked at Wheeling Steel in Steubenville since January, were held for questioning, two guns found, and await arraignment or transfer to Columbus.
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Steubenville
O. June
Ray
Roy d’Autremont
Oregon
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Siskiyou
Ore
Hugh d’Autremont
Philippines
United States Department of Justice
Elmer
Clarence Goodwill
Department of Justice
Po- Mee Cunningham
Roy
United States
Borkowski
d’Autremonts
Columbus
Postmaster Sealy Cancels Stamps On Transatlantic Mail
New York June 8 Fred M Sealy Hempstead L I postmaster stamped mail carried to Germany in the Bellanca monoplane Columbia by Charles A Levine flight companion of Clarence D Chamberlin Sealy said he sent a report to Washington where the post office is investigating his action He said I felt patriotic and wanted to do a personal favor Former State Senator Charles C Lockwood counsel for Columbia Aircraft Corp said the implication that stamps would fetch 1000 apiece from collectors was unfounded The cancelled stamps were to be delivered to the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Stamp collectors doubt any sale would bring 50 apiece
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New York
Fred M. Sealy
Hempstead
L. I
Germany
Charles A. Levine
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Sealy
Washington
Postoffice Department
Levine
Charles C. Lockwood
Columbia Aircraft Corporation
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Humane agents hunt for monkey and babe in Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Humane society agents spent a fruitless day seeking a female monkey and her infant in Pittsburgh. The pair had escaped from a circle Monday night while five other monkeys that escaped earlier were recaptured.
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Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
More Miner Eviction Suits Filed at Castle Shannon
Seventy five additional eviction suits against miners occupying company houses at Castle Shannon were filed today by the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal corporation. Counsel for the United Mine Workers said the suit would be contested.
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Pittsburgh
Castle Shannon
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
United Mine Workers
Lindbergh Welcome Plans Fill Washington Weekend
Washington on June 8 reports swelling requests from patriotic and other groups to honor Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh during his weekend in the capital. The timetable is tight with a noon Memphis arrival and a Sunday program including a tomb visit and a reception at Walter Reed Hospital. The official committee includes ten House members, while Byrd and Read will greet Lindbergh on ship transfer and a grandstand near the Washington Monument will host dignitaries with police protection surrounding the aviator all weekend.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Organization of War Veterans
United States Flag Association
Capitol
Memphis
Walter Reed Hospital
War Department
Lindbergh
Memphis’ Gangplank
Longworth
House of Representatives
Washington Monument
President Coolidge
White House
Arlington
Calvary
McAdoo Supports Prohibition At Mercer University
William G. McAdoo spoke to Mercer University graduates in Macon about the eighteenth amendment enforcing prohibition. He argued the constitution grants coextensive power to both federal and state governments to enforce the law, aligning the South with states rights in this issue.
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Macon
South
William G. McAdoo
Mercer University
Poland probes slaying of Soviet envoy in Warsaw
Warsaw reports the assassination of Peter Volkoff, Soviet envoy, may be tied to a Russian monarchist plot. Police conducted searches and arrested 34 Russians including five in Warsaw and 29 in Vilna, as Poland joins the Soviet inquiry and treats the incident as an internal Russian matter on Polish soil.
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Warsaw
Peter Volkoff
Voilkoff
Vilna
Five to Try Pacific Flight Broadcast Entries
Five more filers unofficially entered the proposed San Francisco to Honolulu flight today by informing the citizens' flight committee of their intention to compete. The official entry list has not been opened yet.
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Pacific Flight
San Francisco
Governor Appointee Names Sent to State Senate
Governor forwarded a substitute list of appointments to the West Virginia Senate including reappointments to the state road commission and health commissioner. The governor did not reveal compensation or penitentiary warden picks, while plans for an executive session were set for the next morning to consider confirmations.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
Henshaw
C. P. Fortney
State Road Commission
W. T. Henshaw
Taeam
C. L. Hlin
Beckley
House of Delegates
L. M. Robinson
Clasalon
Rae
Geese New Boty
D. A. Burt
Wheeling
Frank H. Babb
Keyser
E. G. Smith
Clarksburg
Gertrude Roberts
Huntington
H. J. Shott, Jr
Bluefield
Arthur B. Koontz
Robert L. Ramsey
Wellsburg
Gio
Highland
Hallanan
Monument to be unveiled in McDowell County
The first McDowell county monument will be unveiled next Tuesday Flag Day on the county road near Black Wolf. A blue sandstone marker already stands with a bronze tablet detailing the Henry Harmon family and a Shawnee band clash. Former congressman Wella Goodykoontz of Williamson will speak at 4 PM, with the tablet unveiled by six descendants of Henry Harmon.
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McDowell County
Black Wolf
Henry Harmon
George
Mathias
Wella Goodykoontz
Williamson
C. Henry Harmon, Jr
Nancy Harmon
C. Henry Harmon
Tazewell
Katherine Harmon
Shields Harmon
A. M. Harmon
War
Local man starts Lindbergh scrap book collection
W. A. Haun a Norfolk and Western railroad telegrapher has begun a scrapbook on Captain Charles A. Lindbergh the Columbus of the Air. The volume contains newspaper clippings from the Daily Telegraph and Sunset News covering the flight from the preliminaries to the present.
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W. A. Haun
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Charles A. Lindbergh
Columbus
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Haun
First US picture of Chamberlin and Levine at landing site
The image shows Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine beside their downed Columbia in a swamp at Kottbus Germany after their nonstop flight from New York. Chamberlin points to a broken propeller while a German observer looks on. The photo reached England first and was telecast to New York via RCA, then broadcast nationwide.
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BRE
America
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Kottbus
Germany
New York
Chamberlin
Columbia
Levine
London
England
Condon
Radio Corporation of America
Cent
Daily Telegraph
Kottbua
Cause of Mine Blast Unknown at Everettville
Morgantown West Virginia June 8 coroner s jury found the cause and origin of the April 30 explosion at New England Fuel and Transportation Everettville mine unknown after 14 witnesses testified Three state mine inspectors believed the blast originated in a shaft heading about two miles from the main entry and was sparked by a motor igniting gas with coal dust fueling the spread They noted rock dusting could have localized the blast and limited deaths but dusting was delayed due to prioritizing another mine Officials cited machine use at Grant Town as a reason for the delay and promised further action
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Morgantown
W. Va
New England Fuel and Transportation Company
Everettville
Martin M. Moore
W. B. Riggleman
Thomas Jarrett
Evan L. Griffith
Jarrett and
Riggleman
Everettsville
R. M. Lambie
State Department of Mines
J. A. McKay
H. B. Lee
Grant Town
Altes
If Chamberlin Drinks It Is His Affair
Denison Iowa June 8 from a mother of Clarence D Chamberlin declares that whether he drinks is his affair not the public. She, a strict prohibitionist, says Clarence is old enough to know right from wrong and notes he has refused to drink in the past despite many chances.
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Chamberlin
Mother
Denison
Iowa
Clarence D
Berlin
Clarence
Van Sweringen Denies Charge At Interstate Hearing
At an Interstate Commerce Commission session on Chesapeake and Ohio stock control plans, O P Van Sweringen denied using deposits at major banks to secure credit. Attorney Henry W Anderson pressed for a complete loan record from 100 banks including Union Trust Cleveland and National City New York. The judge ordered production by two days of cross examination as Van Sweringen agreed to furnish data. The witness said he and his brother hold substantial independent railroad property and wealth.
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Washington
Cheseleake and Ohio
J. P. Morgan & Co
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
O. P. van Sweringen
Henry W. Anderson
Chesapeake and Ohio
Erie
Pere Maronette
van Sweringen
Chesapeake and Ohio Fonds
Anderson
Union Trust Company of
Cleveland
National City
First National Banks of
New York
Guardian Trust Company of
Detroit
C. D. Mahaffie
Lengel Held For Mellett's Death
Canton Ohio June 8 58 year old former police chief Lengel was charged with complicity in the killing of Canton editor Don R Mellett almost a year earlier. An indictment naming him as the fifth conspirator was returned by the county grand jury and he was arrested minutes later. Streitenberger already serves life for the slaying.
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Canton
Ohio
Sejanus A. Lengel
Stark County
Don R. Mellett
Lengel
W. Bernard Rodgers
Canton Police Department
Floyd BH
Streitenberger
Pen
Patrick McDermott
Ben Rudner
Massillon
McDermott
Louis Mazer
Henry W. Harter, Jr
Mazer
Judge Daniel H Sowers Dies In Portsmouth Ohio
Prominent judge Daniel H Sowers of Columbus Ohio and president of the Ohio Association of Common Pleas Judges died in Portsmouth today. He was a leading figure in Ohio judiciary and active in legal circles across the state.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Daniel H. Sowers
Columbus
Ohio Association of Common Pleas
State House Debates Bond and Tax Plan for Capitol
West Virginia legislators consider a $5 million capitol bond issue and tax shifts to fund building costs. The House finance committee works on a report while the Senate discusses revenue bills and invites Charles Lindbergh with a state tribute.
Lindbergh Feasts As Whale Sighting Delights Memphis Crew
Charles Lindbergh aboard the Memphis reacts with thrill after spotting a whale off the cruiser. Ensign Krieg relays the sight, Lindbergh tours the bridge, recalls the Spirit of St Louis flight, and dines with officers. Radio networks plan a nationwide broadcast for the Lindbergh reception next Saturday.
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Memphis
America
Charles Lindbergh
William Krieg
Lindbergh
Moby Dick
St. Louis
Ireland
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Gore
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