Lindy Attends Lat Banquet in New York
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh attended the final New York function in his honor, dining with 1500 guests at the Waldorf Astoria. A gold plaque was presented to Charles M. Schwab for the flight, and a jeweled badge was given to Lindbergh for his mother. He warned against wild cat aviation promotions and the proliferation of prizes, urging a competent committee to evaluate flight capabilities and safety before taking part in prize contests.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Waldrot- Astoria
Paris
Charles M. Schwab
Lindbergh
F. Trubee Davison
America
Merchants Association Opposes More Firemen
Report on Thursday city directors meeting shows the Merchants' Association not endorsing extra firemen. Individual members favored hiring seven thousand dollars annually, but leaders noted that such views do not represent the group. The association also sought a reduced tobacco tax.
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Merchants’ Association
Te Association
Telegraph
Lindbergh’s Surprise Rally Flight From New York
Charles Lindbergh abandons dinner plans to pilot a borrowed airplane to Mitchell Field then flies to Bolling Field Washington in the Spirit of St. Louis. After a brief Washington stop he returns to New York for breakfast in his evening clothes, joking about a wild party. He says he hasn’t had time to read the papers.
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Broadway
Park Avenue
Mitchell Field
Bolling Field
Washington
St. Louis
France
Lindbergh
New York
Booze Battle Ends in 128000 Dollar Whiskey Haul
San Francisco reports a gun fight with prohibition agents near Yellow Jacket Bay fifty miles south of the city. Louis Ashland and three other men were captured with a haul of whiskey valued at 128000 dollars. Bail for Ashland was set at 20000 dollars and 10000 dollars for each companion.
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San Francisco
Prohibition
Yellow Jacket Bay
Here
Louis Ashland
Ashland
George Bernard Shaw attacked at vivisection meeting
At Caxton Hall the Society for the Abolition of Vivisection faced a violent scene as George Bernard Shaw spoke against animal testing. About 200 medical students shouted with rattles and whistles, interrupting him repeatedly until he left the platform and the meeting devolved into a melee.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Caxtom Hall
Society For the Abolition of
Shaw
Sails Million Miles But Can't Quit Sea
Portsmouth England June 00 The call of the sea proved too strong after five months idle ness so at 60 years of age Miss A Dale a New Zealand government matron in emigrants ships is once more on the ocean. In her round trips to the Dominions Miss Dale has traveled nearly 1 500 000 miles
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Portsmouth
Eng
A. Dale
New Zealand
The
Dominions
Miss Dale
Flood Strikes Greenville Area Hurdling Farming Prospects
Stationary today Greenville residents faced no immediate danger as work continued on piling sack on the city protection levee. Water reached the fifth row of sacks in places while backwaters rose two feet, dashing Washington county crops hopes for the year. The Red Cross feeds 46 000 people and thousands of livestock amid the flood.
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Greenville
Washington County
Red Cross
Second flood blasts hopes of 1927 crop
Greenville Mississippi June 16. With the back waters of the Mississippi river remaining virtually stationary the 1927 crop prospects were hit again by flood conditions. The report notes continued river overflow affecting planting and harvest plans and possible losses to farmers in the region.
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Greenville
Miss
Mississippi River
Geneva
Switzerland
M. Briand
Paris
Council
League Council
One Armed Driver Kills Pair in River Embankment Crash
Fairmont West Virginia June 16 G C Ball 45 was killed and his companion Luther Wolfe one armed man probably fatally injured when a truck Wolfe was driving went over an embankment into the Monongahela river near Riveeville on the state highway late this afternoon. The right front tire blew out causing the driver to lose control.
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Fairmont
W. Va
G. C. Ball
Luther Wolfe
Wolfe
Riveeville
Monongahela River
J A Litchford Dies At Home
John R Litchford aged 64 longtime Bluefield resident and former Raleigh mine worker died at 2 45 am at his home 326 Rogers street after seventeen years as an invalid following a 1910 mine accident in Raleigh West Virginia He leaves a widow and three sisters and was active in First Presbyterian church Funeral services will be held at his home with Rev S W Moore then burial at Walnut Grove cemetery He was born in Amherst county Virginia and was uncle to J L Albright and W E Albright.
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John R. Litchford
Rogers Street
Mr. Litchford
Raleigh
W. Va
Bluefield
Litchford
First Presbyterian Church
S. W. Moore
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Amherst County
Virginia
E. L
Katherine Litchford
West Virginia
T. J. Fraley
Fredericksburg
T. J. Tromfll
High River
B. G. Shaw
Switchback
J. L. Albright
The
Daily Telegraph
W. E. Albright
Bluefield Postoffice
Wave of Hand Triggers Giant Steel Mill Motors
In Pittsburgh on June 16 a crowd of electrical engineers watched as Carneg ie Steel's new Homestead structural mills began to turn via a remote trigger from Judge Elbert Gary of United States Steel. The display used radio waves land lines and complex wiring to start the massive motors 100 miles away. The event was arranged by United States Steel and Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company for Iron and Steel Electric Engineers convention delegates.
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Pittsburgh
Motors
Carnegie Steel Company
Stead
New York
Elbert Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Demspey Must Fight Tunney Says Rickard
Los Angeles report quotes promoter Tex Rickard insisting the boxing match between Dempsey and Tunney must proceed. The June statement reaffirms deadlines and public demand for the title bout amid scheduling uncertainties.
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Dempsey
Tunney
Rickard
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Helen Disco
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J. A. Litchford
Birefield
Briand
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Coats
Ae, Sa i. Credit Clothing CO
Princeton Avenue
Europe
Jack Dempsey
East
Gene Tunney
Jack Sharkey
Wickard
Los Angeles
Tex
Federal Street
Flat Top National Bank
Father
Dad
Kyber
Bevge
Ewe Oll
Voiles
Organ
Ecru
Men’s Athletic Union Suits
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