Flying Aussie Kingsford Smith welcomed in New York and Washington flight plans
Squadron Leader Charles Kingsford-Smith and three crew members were lauded at New York City Hall after a Pacific and Atlantic crossing in the Southern Cross. They will meet President Hoover in Washington and plan a non-stop flight to Oakland to complete their round-the-world journey.
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Washington
Southern Cross
Hoover
Oakland
Cal
New York
Oceana
Charles Kingsford-Smith
North Atlantic
Pacific
City Hall
Dutch East Indies
Evert van Dyk
J. Patrick Saul
Paddy
Johnny Stannage
E.s.t
Kingsford-Smith
Schenectady
Australia
Grand Central Zone
Fifth Avenue
Lafayette Street
James J. Walker
Walker
Broadway
Death suspcious ruled suicide in Charleston hotel case
A coroner's jury in Charleston returned a verdict of death by own action in the case of a man who registered as Joe Miller Bluefield. He was found kneeling beside a bed with a pistol on the floor after a shot was heard. He died in hospital. Officials doubt the name Miller is correct and say the man used several possible names including H A La Fontain. address indicated New York. Bluefield police recall no La Fontain resident and doubt the death involves Bluefield residents.
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Charleston
Joe Miller
Bluefield
KE. R. Richardson
Miller
Richardson
H. A. la Fontain
New York
la Fontain
Kingsford Smith Talks To Fiancee By Radio From New York
Squadron Leader Kingsford Smith spoke for 55 minutes to his fiancée Miss Mary Powell in Australia via radio telephone from his New York hotel. The exchange included brief interruptions as their conversation crossed 15,000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetie
New York
Kingsford-Smith
Mary Powell
Australia
Agents Probe Finances Tied to Lingle Murder
Federal agents joined the Chicago investigation into Alfred Lingle's death. They search banks and brokers for assets and any missing income tax returns. Prosecutors plan to reveal the financial status of officials and alleged payments to Lingle, with ties to a joint brokerage with a city official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alfred Lingle
Myrtle Tanner Bilackridge
Internal Revenue Collector
Lingle
William F. Russell
Stephen Porter Dies in Pittsburgh Hospital at 61
Stephen G Porter, longtime chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and dean of the Pennsylvania delegation, died early today in a Pittsburgh hospital at age 61. Tributes flowed from President Hoover and U.S. leaders as Congress adjourned in his honor. Funeral services are planned for Monday afternoon at the Porter residence in Emsworth.
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Pittsburgh
Stephen G. Porter
House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee
Pennsylvania
Porter
Hoover
Hie
Cable
Mr. Porter
Germany
Austro- Hungary
United States
America
Wilson
Harding
London
New York
Congress
Washington
L. K. Porter
Emsworth
Infernal Machine Blast Kills Texas Woman
Amarillo police believe a hidden infernal device caused a blast that killed Mrs. A. D. Payne and injured her 14 year old son while driving toward the business district. Detectives found wiring fragments and dry cells in the wreckage as Payne, a former district judge candidate, had just left home for shopping and vacation plans.
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Amarillo
Texas
A. D. Payne
Payne
Panhandle
Morgan to Continue Study of Situation in West Virginia
Former Gov. EB F Morgan spent a day in Charleston in conferences and then left for Fairmont and other northern West Virginia points. He will study the political situation before deciding on a possible run for the Republican nominating for U S senator. He plans to wait until early next week for a final statement. He traveled from Washington where he is solicitor for the department of commerce and will return after a short northern visit.
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Charleston
W. Va
EB. F. Morgan
Fairmont
West Virginia
United States
Washington
Department of Commerce
Flying brothers still aloft in record attempt
Chicago pilots John and Kenneth Hunter, aboard the City of Chicago, entered the seventeenth day in the air at 4 40 p m CDT aiming to break the world non stop refueling record of 420 hours and 21 minutes. They reported fuel problems and a left side weight imbalance from tank issues but said they felt fine as they continued to refuel at night and consumed roast duck orange juice and coffee to stay awake.
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Chicago
Hunter Brothers
John
Kenneth
St. Louis
City of Chicago Pilots End Seventeenth Night Flight Run
John and Kenneth Hunter brothers, pilots of the City of Chicago, completed their seventeenth consecutive night flight after refueling at Sky Harbor. They logged 391 hours airborne ending at 11 40 p m CDT, reporting good condition and renewed determination to beat the St Louis Robin world mark.
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Chicago
John
Kenneth Hunter
Sky Harbor
St. Louis
Col William Boyce Thompson Dies in Yonkers at 61
Copper magnate and philanthropist Col William Boyce Thompson died of pneumonia at his Yonkers home at 11:55 p m He was 61. His wife Gertrude Hickman Thompson and daughter Margaret Thompson Schulze were at his bedside His brother J Edward Thompson traveled from Phoenix Ariz to be with him Thompson had recently moved from Phoenix to Yonkers and had been ill since last Saturday as paralysis had kept him in an invalid state for four years
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Yonkers
N. Y
William Boyce Thompson
Gertrude Hickman Thompson
Margaret Thompson Schulze
J. Edward Thompson
Phoenix
Ariz
Mr. Thompson
Boston Welcomes Arctic Explorer Byrd After Polar Feats
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd returns to Boston to a hero’s welcome with crowds at South Station and the State House. Gov. Frank G. Allen presents a gold medal, while Byrd credits his team including Bernt Balchen and Capt. Ashley C. McKinley.
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Boston
Richard E. Byrd
Atlantic Ocean
South Station
David Livingstone
Bernt Balchen
Byrd
Ashley C. McKinley
South Pole
Harold I. June
State House
Frank G. Allen
Commonwealth
James C. Curley
Almond Roth to Head Rotarians
Almon B. Roth of Palo Alto California was elected Rotary International president for the coming year, succeeding M Eugene Newsom as delegates from sixty two nations began their departure after the silver jubilee. Internationalism highlighted the gathering with speakers including Sir Henry Worth Thornton Prince Kyosato Tokugawa and Admiral Kerr. International directors elected include Will Taylor Clinton P Anderson Claybrook Cottingham Richard C Hedke Howard W Selroy Arthur Chadwick Theodore A Ferguson Dr Luis A Chevez William de Cook Bunning and Smith L P Free.
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Chicago
Rotary International
White House
Almon BE. Roth
Palo Alto
Cal
M. Eugene Newsom
Durham
N. C
Roth
Raymond J. Knoeppel
New York City
Rotary
Henry Worth Thornton
Prince Kyosato Tokugawa
House of Peers
Kerr
United States
Wate
Will Taylor
Springfield
Clinton P. Anderson
Albuquerque
N. M
Claybrook Cottingham
Pineville
Richard C. Hedke
Detroit
Howard W. Selroy
West Palm Beach
Fla
Arthur Chadwick
London
Theodore A. Ferguson
Estavalo
Canada
Luis A. Chevez
Velado
Lima
Peru
William de Cook Bunning
the Hague
Netherlands
Smith L. P. Free
Masterson
New Zealand
Practical joke turns fatal at park pool in Chicago
Miss Ann McMahon, 20, from County Clare Ireland, died after a prank at Ogden Park swimming pool. Michael Hunt, 30, pushed her into water eight feet deep. he attempted rescue with help from a bystander.
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Chicago
Ann McMahon
County Clare
Ireland
Ogden Park
Michael Hunt
Hunt
Miss McMahon
Demand for House vote on Couzens measure spreads
A Northwest coalition circulates a petition among House Republicans urging a vote on the Couzens resolution before adjournment. The measure, passed by the Senate, would suspend ICC merger approvals until next March 4, but House revisions sparked opposition from some northwest members who fear it won’t block the Great Northern and Northern Pacific merger.
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Washington
House
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Republican Steering Committee
Congress
Couzens
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Northwestern
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Dawes Sails for London After Two-Week U S Visit
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes sailed from New York in the Majestic to return to London. He plans to arrive by July 4 to attend the embassy reception and the American Chamber of Commerce banquet.
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Dawes
New York
Charles G. Dawes
Majestic
London
American Chamber of , Commerce
Attorney Manchester Dies in Courtroom Suicide in Youngstown
In Mahoning County Court, L A Manchester chief counsel for Youngstown Sheet & Tube killed himself at 8 55 am as trial over merger with Bethlehem Steel opened for day three. July 8 set for resumption. Manchester had led company legal work since 1917 and was married with a daughter.
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Youngstown
L. A. Manchester
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Youngstown Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Mahoning County Common Pleas Court
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Corporation
Ecore
Newton D. Baker
Grace
Baker
F. H. Wood
James B. Kennedy
David G. Jenkins
Kennedy
Chambers
Wood
Luther
Day of
Cleveland
Jenkins
Manchester
J. C. Argetsinger
James A. Campbell
Canfield
Two Gambach brothers die in gas filled well
In Hecker Illinois on June 27 two Gambach brothers Henry 32 and Willard 27 died after being overcome by gas in a deep well. Henry started down to clear the well and was incapacitated. Willard went after him and both fell into water. Neighbor Henry Emery entered with a rope and pulled Willard out but he died. Emery was revived.
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Hecker
Ill
Henry
Willard Gambach
Willard
Henry Emery
Emery
Bank Officials Charged in Welch Embezzlement Case
Huntington West Virginia June 27 four First National Bank of Welch officials and a director face embezzlement charges linked to about two weeks before the bank’s June closing. The named workers include acting vice president J W Price cashier J A Thorne assistant cashier R W Bowles and Mose Hyman director. They posted $10000 bond each after waiving preliminary hearings and agreeing to await federal grand jury action in Charleston.
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Huntington
W. Va
James Damron
United States
West Virginia
First National Bank of Welch
Damron
J. W. Price
J. A. Thorne
R. W. Bowles
Mose Hyman
D. R. Woods
Federal Bank Examiner
Hoagland
Hall Jury Awards $10 000 Verdict In Federal Court
A jury in the United States district court awarded Miss Marie Hall of Bluefield $10 000 in a damage suit against the Pullman Company over a train berth incident en route to New York. The verdict, considered among the largest in such cases, followed a trial that adjourned for courthouse ceremonies. The court also sentenced Ambrose Ellis to four years in Atlanta for probation violation.
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Marie Hall
Bluefield
United States District Court
Pullman Company
New York
Mercer County
United States Circuit Court
Miss Hall
George W. McClintie
Russell, Ritz
MccClaugherty and Lewis
United States
Hall
McClintic
Clarence Boyce
Greenbrier
Martin Baldridge
Ambrose Ellis
Logan County
Ellis
Baldridge
Huntington
MecClintic
Atlanta
Clinton Dean
Greenbrier County
Gale death toll stands at fifty
A cyclone season toll climbs across the U S and Canada with fifty deaths reported. Brockville Ontario sees thirty killed in a dynamite blast aboard the drill boat J B King. Other losses include eleven deaths near Capreol Ontario from rail wrecks and heavy vessel losses at Harbor Grace Newfoundland.
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Gale
New York
United States
Canada
Brockville
Ont
J. B. King
Caperol
Harbor Grace
N. F
St. John’s
Pike County Youth Held On Charge Of Poisoning
Joe Strogner an 11 year old orphan was jailed in Pike county on charges of attempting to kill four people by poisoning. Victims include Mrs J R Carruth 85 of Chatawa in critical condition and Mrs Alice Hodges Mrs D C Lee and Leander Dillon all of Chatawa. The youth said he mixed boll weevil poison with baking powder but did not intend harm. The family had adopted him from a New Orleans orphanage a year ago.
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Magnolia
Miss
Joe Strogner
Pike County
J. R. Carruth
Chatawa
Alice Hodges
D. C. Lee
Leander Dillon
New Orleans
Mitchell to spur law enforcement reorganization set for Tuesday
Attorney General Mitchell outlines a shift of prohibition enforcement to the justice department with increased agent activity and broader state cooperation. The move continues a series of reorganizations since 1920 and retains key figures in roles at Treasury and Justice.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Treasury
John Kramer
Roy A. Haynee
Ohio
James Jones
Lincoln C. Andrews
Seymour Lowman
Towman
James M. Doran
Prohibition
Justice Department
Doran
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Lowman
Call for GOP Parley Stirs Talks of Huston Departure
Washington June 27 A call by Claudius Huston Republican National Committee chair for a July 7 leaders conference renewes talk of his early retirement. Speculation centers on Senator Fess Ohio as a possible successor while Hoover weighs prospective chairmen among Walter F Brown Walter Head and Walter H Newton. Huston met Senate leader Watson and Senator Moses and discussions were routine, though some sources believe he plans to quit soon.
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Washington
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Huston
Fess
Ohio
Hoover
Senator Fess
Walter F. Brown
Walter Head
Chicago
Omaha
Walter H. Newton
Minnesota
Capitol
Watson
Indiana
Moses
New Hampshire
Republican Young Guard
Senate
National Committee
Wood
Hoover to Push Full Crime Inquiry Despite Senate Cut
President Hoover announced the cabinet commission would continue its general crime study with private funding after the Senate defeated a $250,000 expansion and approved a $50,000 limit confined to dry laws. He said private subscriptions would back the work and the commission would pursue reforms in the entire judicial system. The five commission members met with Hoover, insisting they are not quitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Law Enforcement
Hoover
White House
Pin Pot Commission
Bar Association
Wickersham
Dean Roscoe Pound
Henry W. Anderson
Monte L. Lemann
Ada L. Comstock
Glass
Virginia
Goldsborough
Maryland
Hatfield
West Virginia
Tydings
Jones
Steamboats Will Stage Race Today on Ohio River
Two slow moving packets the Tom Greene and Betsy Ann will race 21 miles from Fernbank Dam to Coney Island starting at 2 pm EST and finishing after 4 30 pm. The Tom Greene piloted by Captain Tom Greene is a larger Cincinnati packet. Betsy Ann owned by Pittsburgh interests will be captained by Captain Frederick Way Jr.
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Cincinnati
Tom Greene
Betsy Ann
Ohio River
Fernbank Dam
Coney Island
Pittsburgh
Frederick Way Jr
Tor Greene
Indhe
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Stephen Porter
Keystone State
Morgan
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Hunter
William Thompson
Lmon KE. Roth
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Almond. Roth
Youngstown Uit
Mahoning Court
Albert Dean
U. S
Mitchell
G. O. P. Parley
Rouver
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