Lindbergh Leads Nonstop Paris Flight Race Prospects
New York May 17 AP A West flyer Charles Lindbergh, 25, in the Spirit of St Louis seeks to challenge Byrd and Chamberlin for the first nonstop New York to Paris crossing. Lindbergh has 1800 flight hours, carries 425 gallons of gas for a 4600 mile leg, and will rely on instruments with no radio. Three American planes prepare at Long Island fields Curtis and Roosevelt for a possible dawn takeoff tomorrow.
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New York
Columbia
Lindbergh
Caterpillar
Lincoln
Neb
Brooks Field
Texas
St. Louis
Chicago
Lindberg
Detroit
University of Wisconsin
Paris
Long Island
Curtis Field
Clarence Chamberlin
Lloyd Bertaud
Mississippi Flood Breaks Bayou Des Glaises Levee
The Mississippi flood weakened defenses at the Big Bend Bayou des Glaises levee northwest of New Orleans. Crevasses breached the embankment as workers labored to reinforce the rim, threatening 60,000 residents and 1,000 acres near Avoyelles parish with rising waters. Seaplanes and coast guard boats were deployed to rush aid to marooned refugees.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Big Bend
Bayou Des Glaises Levee
Louisiana
Bayou Des Glaises
Natchez
Wicksburg
Arkansas
Red River
Bayou Dee
Gulf of Mexico
Baton Rouge
Moreauville
Bayou Des Glasses
Bayou
Avioyelles Parish
John M. Pareker
Atchafalaya
Grand Lake
Gulf
Torres
Parker
Torras
Coast Guard R
Simumesport
Mount Honored by Lumber Men at Florida Convention
Florida lumber and millwork association elected Guy Stems of Miami president at the closing session in Orlando. D. E Harper of Plant City and Tampa was named vice president, with J. B. Wand retiring as secretary treasurer. A new Broward district was created with C. E. Rickard director, and Gus Lindsey urged to hold the seat.
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Orlando
Guy Stems
Miami
Florida Lumber and Millwork Association
Daytona Beach
D. E Harper
Plant City
Tampa
J. B. Wand
Jacksonville
Waschopcomies
Joe McCormack
Central Florida
Leslie J. Clotz
Walter Gregory
St. Petersburg
Courtney Knowles
Tama
Henry Owsley
Pensacola
A.enuart
Gus Lindsey
Fort Lauderdale
Broward
B. F. Mount
Palmetto
Manatee
R. H. Paddison
West Palm Beach
Miami Tribune Editor Prepares Copy In Jail
Tom Arnold managing editor of the Miami Tribune plans an appeal to the Florida Supreme Court after a circuit court denied release on a criminal libel charge. Arnold, released on bond, spent a day in the county stockade preparing copy for the May 13 edition. Attorneys argue the complaint lacks malicious intent in editorials linking Mr. Sewell to forgeries on his nominating petition.
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Miami, Fla
Tom Arnold
Miami Tribune
State Supreme Court
E. G. Sewell
Miami
Arnold
Liberty
Tribune
Sewell
Dictator Of Oil Fields Named In Oklahoma
An independent operator Ray H. Collins of Tulsa assumed the office of dictator in the Seminole Field Oklahoma with authority to place artificial output restrictions for two weeks. Nine major oil operators conferred to seek curtailment as a drastic industry action under anti trust laws scrutiny.
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New York
Ray H. Collins
Tulsa
Okla
Seminole
Oklahoma
Elopement Ends in City Couple's Quick Wedding
In Chicago two young scions, E Ellsworth Wilt and Ruth Loise Nettlehurst, wed in Indianapolis after eloping to beat delays. Commissioner Louis Nettlepeat chased to marry his daughter aboard a special train, but a telegraph boost eased tensions as the ceremony completed at the Indiana capital by Isador Wulfson.
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Chicago
Dan Cupid
Indianapolis
Isador Wulfson
Indiana
Cupid
Louis Nettlepeat
Daugher
Sentence Set For Ruth Snyder And Gray In Double Murder
Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray were sentenced to die in the Sing Sing electric chair the week of June 20 for the murder of Ruth's husband Albert Snyder. Justice Townsend Scudder imposed the verdict after motions to set aside the conviction were denied. An appeal is compulsory, with decisions expected after about six months.
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New York
Ruth Brown Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Sing Sing
Gray
Snyder
Justice Scudder
Miami Real Estate Man Dies In Gotham
J. M. Lambert aged 56 a Miami real estate operator and former Texas Ranger colonel died suddenly during breakfast in a sandwich shop near the Cadillac hotel. He arrived about four weeks ago with associates G. E. Short and G. F. Elliott and was president of Carroll Investment Co and vice president of New Jersey Holding Corp both Florida firms. His widow remains in Miami.
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New York
J. M. Lambert
Miami
Florida
Coronel
Texas Rangers
Cadillac
G. E. Short
G. F. Elliott
Carroll Investment Company
New Jersey Holding Corporation
Seven Words of Trades Union Bill Passed in Commons
London May 13 Only the first seven words of the trades union bill designed to prevent coercive strikes were passed by the house of commons before it adjourned at four this morning. Closure ended the debate after two days. Debate to resume Monday.
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London
House of Commons
Bible Circulation Reaches Over Nine Million in 1926
Bible circulation in 1926 totaled 9,917,361 volumes, up more than 600,000 from the prior year. Over 111 years the American Bible Society reports a cumulative 184,028,860 volumes circulated.
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New York
The
American Bible Society
History of the Society
Navy dirigible Los Angeles sails for training cruise
The navy airship Los Angeles left Lakehurst New Jersey at 5 10 a m daylight time heading for an Atlantic coast training cruise. A close watch will be kept for possible traces of the missing French aviators Nungesser and Coli during the voyage.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Los Angeles
Atlantic
Nungesser and
Coli
Fugitive Shoots Two Officers And Escapes
Federal agent Carl Bintloff and Deputy Sheriff Charles Halbin were shot to death by Walter Chrissman during an early morning attempted arrest at Chrissman’s farm near Redfield. Authorities pursued Chrissman across the county as posses search for him after he fled following the killings.
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Redfield
Carl Bintloff
Mitchell
S. D
Charles Halbin
Walter Chrissman
Bintloff
R. W. Labrinis
Huron
Chrissmas
Lions Vote For Merges At Clubs
At the Lions weekly meeting at the Dixie Grande Percy Dwinnell introduced a resolution approving inviting the Manatee Luncheon club to consolidate. John Glazier was named to carry the invitation to Manatee. Delegates and alternates were named for the International Lions convention in Miami and the West Coast district meet in Tampa. An invitation to meet at the Dixie Grande Friday noon was extended and committees named to organize the program and the election tickets. Guests included Sibley L. White and E. G. Grimes.
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Lions
Dixie Grande
Percy Dwinnell
Manatee
John Glazier
Manatee Club
L. W. Hardy
A. B. Rowe
Candler Brooks
Miami
Petey Dwinnell
O. K. Flecuer
Dwinnell
Hiram Byrd
Brooks
Rowe
Tampa Terrace
Tampa
Paul Davis
Heine Miller
L. W. Blake
Lester Finney
Glazier
Sibley L. White
E. G. Grimes
Chicago Civic Center Plan Worth 50 Million
A Chicago syndicate has completed plans for a downtown civic center costing over 50 million dollars. Architect Paul Gerhardt announced a forty story twin skyscraper will house a 75 thousand seat auditorium, a 4,300 room hotel, a 300 thousand square foot convention hall, and a garage for 1,500 cars. An enclosed athletic field with a quarter mile track will surround the main space.
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Chicago
The
Herald and Examiner Today
Second division occupies reserve line in San Antonio maneuvers
The second division, famed for Chateau Thierry, took positions in the front line zone as part of a large air armada tasked with harassing enemy lines of communication. The attack period began today, with zero hour for infantry set for Sunday to dislodge the enemy from a strong north of here position.
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San Antonio
Tex
Chateau Thierry
Here
Missouri River Near Flood Stage Threatens Omaha Area
The Missouri River rose toward flood stage within three tenths of a foot near Omaha. The rising levels threatened homes of about 500 residents in the lowlands along the river.
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Omaha
Neb
Missouri
Local Racing Measure Fallout Sparks Withdrawal
A new racing measure is anticipated as Senator Watson withdraws the local option. The report ties a Hollywood love triangle to ongoing legal drama involving Paul Kelley and Ray Raymond, with actress Dorothy Mackaye cited in testimony about past relations and a marriage later acknowledged in Maryland.
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Sen. Watson
Los Angeles
Dorothy Mackaye
Paul Kelly
Ray Raymond
Kelly
Miss Mackare
Miss Mackaye
New York
Hollywood
Aone
Ira
Factor
Missmond
Mackaye
Ragymne
Gretnaire
Ten
Gretna Green
Maryland
Florida Senator Says No Direct Word On Local Racing Bill
In Tallahassee Senator John W. Watson of Miami said he has not been informed of any plan to bring a local option horse and dog racing bill before the legislature. He would review a county specific measure for Dade if handed to him and would vote against racing legalization if the local bill passed. Joseph Smoot of the Miami Jockey Club called rumors of a local bill unauthorized. The withdrawn measure would have let counties regulate racing and centralize pari mutuel proceeds and school fund shares. The senate debated special orders as adjournment neared.
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Tallahassee
John W. Watson
Miami
Dade
Associated Press
Dade County
Watson
Joseph Smoot
Miami Jockey Club
Senate
Jennings
Okeecoee
Finance Officer Of Fourth Corps Is Dead
Lieutenant Colonel William J. Kendrick finance officer of the fourth corps area died today at Walter Reed hospital after illness since mid March. Born March 11 1866 in Fort Valley Georgia he served as a colonel of the signal corps in World War I and later in the adjutant general's department before transferring to finance in 1922. He held a War Department citation for gallantry at Guerrero Mexico on March 28 1915 and served in Cuba the Philippines and the Mexican punitive expedition. Burial is expected in Atlanta on Saturday.
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Washington
William J. Kendrick
Fourthorps
Walter Reed Hospital
Kendrik
Mary Neel Kendrick
Atlanta
Fort Valley
Signal Corps
Adjutant General's Department
Finance Department
Kendrick
War Department
Pancho Villa
Guerrero
Mexico
Cuba
Phillipines
Anna Eva Fay Pioneer Mind Reader Dies in Melrose
Anna Eva Fay a longtime pioneer in stage mind reading and a prominent show figure for nearly five decades has died in Melrose Massachusetts. She began performing as a young woman and astonished audiences with her feats while keeping the secret of her powers to herself and never fully explaining them.
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Melrose
Mass
Anna Eva Fay
Officer Acquitted in Airfield Killing Case
Arthur J. Lehman a Maxwell field flying officer was acquitted by a court martial board of connection with the killing of Frank G Browder last October. Browder a cotton broker was slain when an airplane swooped low into a cotton field. Lehman faced charges of perjury and manslaughter.
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Montgomery
Ala
Arthur J. Lehman
Maxwell Field
Frank G. Browder
Lehman
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