Trans Atlantic flight starts from Boston with woman aviator
A tri motor Fokker named Friendship, carrying Amelia Earhart as co pilot and Louis Gordon as flight mechanic, began a secret attempt from Boston to Halifax then Trepassey to cross the Atlantic landing on water. The mission aims for London with fog forcing a stop at Halifax.
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Southern Cross
Suva
Trepassey
NFL
Friendship
Halifax
Boston
N. S
Lindbergh
Amelia Erhart
Denison House
Col
Charles A Lindbergh
North Atlantic
Louis Gordon
San Artonio
Texas
Richard E. Byrd
Mechanical Science Corporation
New York
Explorer
W. E.R. Putnam
Samed
Boston Harbor
N. F
Halifax Saltz
Treparey
Atlantic
London
Southern Cross Encounters Bad Weather On Pacific Flight
Aboard the giant monoplane Southern Grass, four men fight through black storm clouds on a 7,788 mile journey toward Australia. Reports from Kauai indicate motor trouble and navigation adjustments as they push toward Suva Fiji before continuing to Sydney.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Charles Kingsford- Smith
Henry W. Lyons, Jr
Charles T. O. Ulm
Lyons
James Warner
California
Brisbane
Australia
Pacific
Fiji
Radio Corporation of America
Katai Island
Hono
Sydney
Oaklard
Calif
Southern Cross
Apia
Samar
Honolull
Kauai
South Seas
Kingsford-Smith
Barking Sands
Pacific Coast
Sava
Oakland
Wheeler Field
Phoenix Islangs
Honolulu
Polls Open at 8 A M for Florida Democratic Primary
Voters across counties will cast ballots Tuesday from 8 a m with locations in Bradenton at city hall Woman's Club and courthouse Palmetto basement of the library Main street and Manatee Arc department quarters serve as polling sites Officials urge early voting to handle long ballots and advise reading sample ballots for second choice voting and correct candidate counts A public election party is planned at Recreation tomorrow night with returns expected to be announced as soon as available
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Manatee
Bradenton
Woman's Club
Circuit Court
Palmetto
Main Street
Arc Department
Siack
Fortnoon
Manatee County
J. P. Davidson
J. C. Albritten
Myakka City
County Board of Public Instruction
T. R. Robinson
Terra Ceia
W. E. Mann
Robert H Roesch
J. A. Hinton
H. J. Stewart
L. G. Wingate
E. G. Grimes
L. W Hardy
Charles P. Gray
W. H. Tucker
T. C. Easterling
Ralph B. Johnson
B. D. Gullett
J. C. Hall
J. W. Nettles
H. Poughton
G. B. Knowles
G. O. Lea
Florida Hoover Delegates Win in Kansas City
In the Republican national committee vote, four Florida delegates at large were seated for Hoover, with W. R. O Neal Orlando A F Knotts Yankee town L Y Sherman Daytona Beach and E E Callaway Lakeland named. County candidates in Manatee report campaign spending total $5817.48 across offices, led by Sheriff candidates and including filing fees.
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Kansas City
Hoover Forces
National Committee Today
Florida
Committee
Hoover
George W. Bean
Clearwater
National Committee
W. R. O'Neal
Orlando
A. F. Knotts
Yankeetown
L. Y. Sherman
Iinvis
Daytona Beach
E. E. Callaway
Lakeland
Plane Takes Off With 7 Passengers
In Teterboro New Jersey on June 4 the luxurious tri motor monoplane carried seven people headed to the Pacific coast. New owner J Tablet of Richfield Oil California and two pilots were aboard along with Anthony H G Fokker of Atlantic Aircraft Corp. Stops planned at Buffalo Detroit and Chicago with a night in the latter city. The plane, built for 12, features a washroom running water kitchen writing desk and leather seats.
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Tetrboro
N. J
J. Tablet
Richfield Oil Company
California
Okker
Pacific Coast
Buffalo
N. Y
Detroit
Chicago
Anthony H. G. Fokker
Atlantic Aircraft Corporation
Atlantic Corporation
Chinese leader Li Yuan-Hung dies at 63 in Tientsin
Li Yuan-Hung former president of China during two brief terms died in Tientsin at age 63. He had fled Beijing to the British concession in September 1925 and died at his residence there.
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Tientsin
China
Li Yuan-Hung
Peking
Florida Campaign Races Focus on Final Salvos Before Primary
Florida campaigns press toward tomorrow’s Democratic primary with last minute speaking tours. Key races include U S Senate, Congress, and Governor as John W. Martin defends against Park Trammer and five rivals seek the executive post. Delegation plans show eight at large and four district seats, with no unit rule.
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Ora Ption
Florida
St. Augustine
Herbert Felkel
A! Smith
New York
Democratic State Executive Committee
Smith
Felkel
United States
John W. Martin
Park Trammer
Ruth Bryan Owen
Cora Gables
William Jennings Bryan
W. J. Sears
Herbert A. Crane
Tom A. Yon
Sidney J. Catts
Fons A. Hathaway
State Road Department
John S
Uricago Voters At Polls Today
A Chicago election day opens with seven superior and one municipal judge to be chosen and three policy questions on transit and a war veterans cemetery. Officials watch a state probe into bombings and fraud tied to recent elections as a grand jury is to be empaneled. In Charleston South Carolina Bishop W A Querry is shot and critically wounded by Rev J H Woodward who then kills himself.
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Chicago
Brother
Specia Grand Jury
Charleston
S. C
W. Aquerry
South Carolina
J. H. Woodward
Brunswick
Woodward
Georgia
Nas
Kean says he spent 50000 on set senator race
Hamilton F. Kean said he turned over 50000 to his campaign manager for the five cornered New Jersey Republican senatorial race and that all but 1900 of it was spent. He said no other contributors gave money besides his 40000 personal fund and an advertisement in a Philadelphia paper.
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Washington
Hamilton F. Kean
New Jersey
Reed Campaign Funds Committee
Wes
Reed
Missouri
Kean
Philadelphia
Senator Heflin
Alsema
Ashington
D.C
Heflin
Scripps-Howard
Smith
Hoover
Scripps-Howard Papers
Millett
Dawes
Weather outlook split as voters head to polls
The southern Florida voters will experience warm sun and clear skies for election day, while the northern and northwestern areas are expected to have cloudy skies with local thundershowers and heavier rains in far western sections. No weather disturbance significant enough to impede voting is forecast.
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Jacksonville
Fla
South Florida
Supreme Court Rules Tapped Evidence admissible in Trial
The Supreme Court today ruled that evidence obtained by federal agents via tapped telephone wires is valid and admissible at the accused’s trial and does not violate the Fourth Amendment's ban on unlawful search and seizure.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tax lien filed against Henry M. Blackmer in U S district court
Notice filed in New York on June 4 lists a tax loan covering unpaid income taxes interest and penalties totaling 6 442 455 62 against Henry M Blackmer a leading oil magnate believed hiding in France.
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New York
Henry M. Blackmer
France
United States District Court Office
Register
Immense Sum Involved In Cheek Neal Coffee Deal
The Postum Company Inc announced it would acquire Cheek Neal Coffee of Nashville producers of Maxwell House for about 45 million dollars. Cash payment is 21.25 million with 175000 shares of Postum stock valued around 24.45 million, plus dividends.
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New York
Cheek-Neal Coffee Company
Nashville
Maxwell House Coffee
Posturm Company, Inc
Postum Company
Cheek-Neal
Bartow Realtor Harry Wear Dies Suddenly
Bartow Florida June 4 AP prominent local realtor Harry Wear collapsed while driving to an orange grove and died before help could arrive. He had lived in the area over 40 years and is survived by a widow and two sons from a former marriage.
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Bartow Realtor
Bartow
Fla
Orange
Harry Wear
Parachute Jumper Falls To His Death in Blair
Albert McPhedridge, a veteran parachute jumper making his 98th leap, died when his parachute failed to deploy. He fell 2000 feet after the harness and attached parachute remained dangling from the plane as Pierce Allen, the pilot, noted the setup had been secured before takeoff. No explanation emerged for the missing chute.
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Byrd
Samoa
Fiers
Ulm
Charles Ulm
Harry
Harry W. Lyon
Denver
Maines
Myers
Petershurs Aeons
Florida Hoover
Bean
Albritton
H. P. Perry
W. B. Whitehead
Parrish
D. W. Dansby
W. P Frier
W Parrish
W. J. Kirkhoff
D. O. Norfleet
J. E. Collins
Jacksonville, Fla
Uricago
Minster
Bishop's Metropolis
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