Lindbergh Memoir from Little Falls A Boyhood Hero
A reminiscence from Steven J Bessemer in Bridgeport about Charles A Lindbergh, once a Little Falls boy, admired for his peculiar talents and future heroism. The piece recalls Lindbergh’s early curiosity in mechanics, a rowboat Mississippi chat, and the town’s view of a future international figure. A note on his 1921 season and the path to national fame is included.
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Mississippi River
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New York Readies Welcome for Lindbergh Parade
New York prepares for a grand welcome to Charles Lindbergh with a gala area in lower Manhattan the grandstand and parade routes set for thousands of spectators. The city plans include police in relays, subway traffic adjustments, and window displays priced at up to 25 dollars as shops shelter from the crowds. The event features the Spirit of St Louis plane, Mayor Walker to pin the New York City Medal of Valor, and wide public enthusiasm across state lines.
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New York City
Lindbergh's Mother Leaves for New York by Train
Mrs Evrangline Lindbergh boards a Pennsylvania train for New York shortly after midnight, heading ahead of her son. She travels with a Marine escort as Young Lindbergh rests at the temporary White House before a demanding day. The two-set journey contrasts rail departure with the boy pilot's planned plane trip hours later.
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Associated Prees
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York
Lindbergh
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Hays Hammond
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Merine Corps
Stamford Lineman Burned in Wire Contact Incident
Stamford lineman Clarence DeVerley suffered burns after contact with a live wire while working for the Stamford Fas and Electric company. He was taken to Stamford hospital for treatment.
Lindbergh Awed by Crowds But the Worst Is Yet to Come
Damon Runyon writes from Washington on Lindbergh's public appearances after his Atlantic flight. The piece portrays Lindbergh as serene yet serious, reveals the press glare, and notes plans in New York and Arlington including a wreath at the Unknown Soldier and reception scenes. It highlights Orteig’s $25,000 prize as the spark behind the feat and comments on Lindbergh’s finances from the flight and future prospects.
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Damon Runyor
Washington
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United States
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Atlantic
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Arlington Cemetery
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DuPont Circle
New York
Clarence Mackar
Long Island
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Europe
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Herolog
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Memphis
Washington Press Lab
Arlington
John Hays Hammond
Francis Grayling
Huetorn
America
le Bourget
Paris
France
Waller Reed Hospital
St. Louis
Army Air Experts
Potomac River
Flyers Future Plans Uncertain After Transatlantic Flight
Washington June 12 By Associated Press Colonel Charles A Lindbergh will wait until after arriving in St Louis late next week before revealing any future plans. Three St Louis backers Harry H Knight Harold M Bixby and William B Robertson visited him at the temporary White House Saturday. Knight said Lindbergh’s ideas are always better than theirs and no decision on future plans will be made until the St Louis visit and situation quiets.
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Associated Press
Aim
Charles A Lindbergh
St Louis
Lindbergh
Harry H Knight
Harold M. Bixby
William B Rorbertson
White House
Knight
Antil
St. Louis
New York
Flyer finds plane fit for New York hop
Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh plans a midnight Washington departure in a private car tied to a Pennsylvanian train with escort to a reserved private apartment for her and her son. John Lodge, Detroit acting mayor, will accompany her while Mrs James J. Walker accompanies Mrs Lindbergh.
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New York
Evangeline Lindbergh
Washington
Midnigit
John ©. Lodge
Etroit
James J Walker
Whemi
Lintbergh Und
Lindbergh News Reels Set Record Rail Trip
New York June 12 By Associated Press a speedy rail run carried news reel films of Colonel Lindbergh’s reception from Washington to New York in 3 hours 11 minutes, beating the former record of 3 hours 1 minute. Four experts in a lab car devised the timing, and the reels were shown as Lindbergh’s homecoming events unfolded in city theaters.
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Associated Pressey
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Broneway
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Ligdbergh
Youthy Governor Moody Faces Youth Aide Challenge
Dan Moody of Austin, the youngest Texas governor at about 40, faces scrutiny of youth as a handicap. Report says his age affects judgments and public expectations, while he pursues a civil service reform and continues the state’s recovery from highway contract issues. Moody’s salary and presidential tone are noted as he works on reforms.
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Austin
Texas
Associated Press
Ian Moody
Teaas
Bac
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Nic
Missouri Dinner to Lindberghs Held Without Him
A Washington state reception in honor of Col Charles Lindbergh and his mother was canceled due to a violent thunderstorm and Lindbergh’s conflicting plans. Attendees, including Mrs. Mabel Walker Leipeindt, gathered in formal dress, awaiting the aviator who did not appear, leaving the Missouri Society disappointed after a two day program in the capital.
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Walter Reed Hospital
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Lown
Volume of credit at Federal Reserve hits new high
Washington June 12 Price conditions during the first three weeks of May were tighter than in April with a recession in wholesale prices, the Federal Reserve Board members survey shows. Prices for cotton, iron and steel, petroleum, lumber and hides rose. The volume of credit of Federal Reserve member banks rose by over 4.3 billion dollars in the ninth ended May 18, reaching a record high.
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Washington
API
Federal Reserve Board
Chicago Bandits Rob Officers Use Chemicals
Eight bandits armed with machine guns and pistols attacked an Arlington chemical laboratory in north Chicago. They overpowered two night watchmen, blew open two vaults, and ransacked offices. Police seek missing valuables and suspect a secret chemical formula may have been the motive.
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Chicago
Associated Preth
Athbart Chemical Laboratories
Mussolini Directs Harvest on His Farm
Rome dispatch reports Premier Mussolini personally supervising a harvest at Carpegna farm near Forlì. He plowed and sowed, promoted a national economy drive, and watched workers gather early mature wheat as part of the Battle of Givin campaign.
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Associated Press
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Forli
Carpegua
Givin
Lindbergh Visits Washington After Capitol Tour
Lindbergh travels from the White House to Arlington and Georgetown amid cheering crowds. He lays a wreath at the Unknown Soldier tomb and attends a vesper service at the Capitol before visiting Walter Reed hospital. He declines a White House balcony appearance as crowds surge outside.
Two Held as Liquor Seized in Stamford
Stamford police arrested two men Ralph Lorenzo of Murphy Long Island and Harry Newcombe of New York City after stopping a car today. Three cases of liquor were seized and both men are held in bonds of one hundred dollars each for a City Court hearing tomorrow morning.
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Ralph Lorenzo
Murleh
Long Island
Harry Newcombe
New York City
Hartford man dies in Springfield waterhouse incident
L. R. Libby about 65 of Hartford Connecticut died tonight in Springfield Massachusetts after an accident while watering a motion picture house boiler room. Police said the man collapsed and died at the scene during the routine duties at the theatre. Fire department and medical staff attended. The incident is under investigation.
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Mass
Associated Press
L. R. Libby
Hartford
Conn
Gore Delays Campaign Speech After Chief's Death
In Charleston West Virginia, June 12. Howard M. Gore assistant secretary of agriculture, rushed to remain at his desk in Washington after learning of Secretary H. C. Wallace's death. Advisers warned abandoning the campaign could cost him the governorship, yet Gore stayed through the key period and won by a large majority in the election.
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Lindbergh Calls for Nationwide Passenger Air Lines
Washington report on Charles A Lindbergh urging rapid aviation expansion to match Europe. He says build airports in every city to enable long distance passenger flights, rejects government subsidies, and stresses aviation as national priority.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
America
National Press Club
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Lindbergh
United States
Europe
Atlantic
England
Paris Awaits Herricks Concerning New Pact
Ambassador Herrick is to call on the French foreign office to say the United States would be glad to open negotiations on a treaty of perpetual peace between the two nations. The move stirs official and press interest as it could strengthen ties and possibly pave the way to outlaw war among all nations.
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France
Death of Deaf Institute Catcher From Line Drive
In Pittsburgh on June 12, Peter Denock a 16 year old catcher for De Paul Institute for the Deaf died after being struck in the abdomen by a baseball. The accident occurred during a game with the institute's team. Denock was known as a talented player and his death shocked the local baseball community.
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Associated Press
Peter Denock
de Paul Institute For the Deaf
Dirigible Los Angeles to Fly Over New York
Lakehurst N J June 12 The naval announced the dirigible Los Angeles would take part in the aerial armada over New York honoring Colonel Charles A Lindbergh tomorrow The entry notes the Los Angeles will join the spectacle and mentions New York as the destination with the air show planned in Lindberghs honor
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Lindbergh fete delays Coolidge vacation packing
June 12 1927 Washington Associated Press White House baggage was packed for the Coolidges south to South Dakota. They will establish a summer residence in the Black Hills while the President wraps up desk work and prepares a brief address for the First International Congress of Soil Science.
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Aby
White House
Charles A. Lindbergh
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Indiana
Hammond
Wicker Memorial Park
Everett Sanders
Sanders
Edward T. Clark
Clark
Blanton Winship
James Coupil
Quail Cause Accident Kills Two Boys Near Greenville
A car collision near Greenville today killed Walter Poe, sixteen, instantly. Joseph Strobel, nineteen, was fatally injured, and Harold Folkerth, seventeen, was seriously hurt after quail struck the windshield and caused the crash.
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Utilities Change Hands In Philadelphia Gas Move
United Gas Improvement Co has obtained a controlling stake in Day and Zimmermen Inc subject to stockholder approval. Day and Zimmermen operates public utility properties in New Jersey and southern and western states. Last year the managed properties earned about $34,000,000 in gross earnings.
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United Gas Improvement Company
Day and Zimmermen, Inc
New Jersey
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Zim~merman Maéanagement
Springfield society announces Dunning Gill marriage in New York
Announcement received today notes the June marriage in New York of Mrs James Dunning a Springfield Mass social figure and James O Gill a noted art connoisseur and former internal revenue collector for the district This is Mrs Dunning s third marriage and Mr Gill s second Their appointment as internal revenue collector was among the early posts under President Kinley.
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Springfield
Mass
Associated Preas
New York
James Dunning
James O Gill
Internal Revenue
Gill
Nick Kinley
Wife Deserter Arrested in Stamford
Joan Kobow, 51, of Westbury Long Island, returned to Stamford after 16 years away and was arrested on charges of non-support. His wife said she had not heard from him during his absence and their child aged three at departure now has another child three years later.
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Associated Press
Joan Kobow
Westbury
Long Inland
Kobow
First Locomotives and the Steam Whistle Legend
The earliest locomotives lacked warning signals beyond a tin horn. A near mishap on a spring morning in 1833 led Ashland Baxter to consult George Stephenson, resulting in Stephenson's steam whistle which became standard on locomotives. A separate anecdote recalls a child chatter about a teacher’s illness and clapped hands softly.
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George Stephenson
Alton Grange
Stephenson
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