German Atlantic flight bid sparks race and show in Vienna
Berlin unrest over trans Atlantic plans heats up as Junkers and Dornier vie to unveil the first long range airliner. American pilots Chamberlin and Levine land in Vienna to a massive welcome, amid security, applause, and public curiosity.
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Atlantic
Barat
Germes
Indercetio
Mr. Hearst
Gharbestio
Levine
Aes Oe
War Fyers
Nap
Anton Reese
Berlin
San Francisco
Ve Yar Polieved
Coan
Junkers
Doerner
Fillie Willis by Sobert Quillen
A clipped line from a 1927 syndicated piece features Fillie Willis with quirky dialect about a companion and pride in her chosen man. The fragment hints at regional humor and social chatter typical of the era.
Receptions in St Louis as Lindbergh Ends Hectic Homage
Large crowds in Forest Park bid farewell to Colonel Lindbergh after a week of public ovations in St Louis. The youth icon attended an open air opera and a planned future with air transportation remains undecided. A flying display by Lindbergh drew 25 ships aloft while dignitaries, including Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh and War Secretary Dwight Davis, watched from the lagoon area.
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St. Louis
Lindbergh
Colonel Lindbergh
Stula
Gotensl Lindbergh
Industrial Club
B. Louis
Lambert S
Louis Field
Forest Park
Bia
C. J. Wasesell
of &T
Forest Park Lagoon
Selfridge Fishd
Michigan
Toomtay Lanpbter
Evangeline Longe Lindbergh
Dwight Davis
Henry BH. Hawes
United States
Missouri
Samuel A. Baker
Afayor Victor Miller
Byrd Delays Hop Off As Weather Delays Flight
Roosevelt Field New York June 19 Commander Richard E Byrd announced after talks with weather experts that the Fokker monoplane America will not hop off today for Paris. He will attend a college commencement at Ohio where he is to receive a master of science degree. The plane rests in its hangar drawing a crowd despite rain. Byrd has no definite flight plans beyond arriving in Paris. He cites weather forecasting as key to future trans Atlantic travel and expects a weather station on the Greenland ice cap to study Atlantic winds.
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New York
Richard E. Byrd
America
Faris
E ‘Wyid
Whipler
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Pars
Rodman Wanamsker
Paris
Atlantic
Europe
Acros
Efoey
Greenland
Lindbergh Visits 250 Wounded Vets at Jefferson Hospital
In Louis, June 19, Colonel Lindbergh toured Jefferson Veteran Hospital to pay tribute to 250 wounded World War I veterans. He greeted legless and blind patients, received a guard of honor, and spoke softly with each man as nurses tended their ailments. A large crowd outside waved as he departed, while a fruit cake and a model Spirit of St Louis accompanied his visit.
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Charles A i
St Ane
Jefferson Pateracion
Lindberh
H. W. Baker
Lindbergh
Anula
Corone
Baker
Hoapits
Comrada
Banda
Alndbergh
Mont
Spirit of
Engineer Bank May Be Merged With Mitten's
News causes stir among delegates as talks of merging the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers banking and finance holdings with the Mitten interests surface. Banks stretch Boston to Seattle, including real estate and West Virginia coal interests, with potential new banks and control across major cities.
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Seattle
West Virginia
Cleveland
Ohio
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Philadelphia
Warren & Stone
First Brotherhood Bank
Brotherhood
Saat
Thomas
A. A. Mitten
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Vernon
Florida
Coal River Collieriea Company
New York
Philaddelphia
Minneapolis
Spokane
Portland
San Francisco
Rittens
Ctorvland
Dynamiting Again Wrecks Aequeduct Near Owens Valley
Lone Pine California reports another dynamiting of the Los Angeles Aqueduct near Diaz Lake twelve miles south of Owens Valley town. A concrete lined ditch section was torn out. water spilled into the semi desert as the line carries Owens River water toward a 200 mile desert pipeline to Los Angeles. The act follows merchant protests over water rights amid Los Angeles Water and Power conflict. four dynamite blasts have occurred, including a recent blow to a power house intake and pipe.
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Lone Pine
Cal
Los Angeles
Diaz Lake
Alamo Foothills
Owene River
Owens Valley
Los Angeles Water and Power Commission
Buninens
Los Angeles Bureau of Water and Power
Pacific plane reaches El Paso in cross ocean bid
The Pokker Unree monoplane carrying Lt Lester J Maitland and A B Regenberger arrived in El Paso from San Antonio as part of a Pacific crossing test plan. They will depart for Tucson and conduct instrument tests over water before a potential June 16 takeoff from San Francisco toward Hawaii.
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Pokker
Lester J. Maitland
A. B. Regenberger
Pacific Ocean
California
Hawai
San’ Antonio
Tucson
Arizona
San Diego
Pacific
San Francisco
Woman held in New Jersey for plot to murder relatives
Alles Detele Morse, of Prospect Plains New Jersey, was jailed on conspiracy charges to kill three relatives. Detectives, posing as gunmen, filmed negotiations with Mamie Todd the maid for 1000 dollars. The targets were Elmer and Mrs Dey and their son Robert, with Morse’s sister Jim Dey aiding the plot as described by Prosecutor Toolan.
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N. J
Bo Tale
Alles Detele Morse
George F. Morse
Trospect Plains
Miss Morse
Mamie Todd
Elmer Dey
Robert
Jim Dey
Mine Morse
Toolan
Miss Marge
Misa Morae
Toolen
Delay in Hunt for Missing Airmen Near Trinity Bay
Air search for Capt Charles Nunges ser and Pramots Col, missing French trans Atlantic fliers, halted after Major P Sidney Catton’s monoplane suffered an exhaust crack while re-welding. Catton resumed the search in a large interior area between Porsune bay head and Trinity bay head, with Port Bretford noted. Sworn testimony from a Quebec trapper about mysterious lights prompts ongoing government and Jamber company cooperation. hydroplane crews head toward Chicoutim to film the area as sightings continue.
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Charles Nungesser
Pramots
P. Sidney Catton
Catten
Porsune Bay
Trinity Bay
Port Bretford
Tase
Cotton
Iby Universal Services
Quebec
George Rous- Beau
St. Marguerite River
Ronaseau
Mungeneer
Col
Prench Fiers
Jomber
Chicoutim
Perlbonka Im Tha Shipshaw
Chicoumu
Chicoutite
Severe windstorm and flooding hit eastern Kansas
A June 12 wind storm of near cyclonic strength brought heavy rain and flash floods to eastern and southeastern Kansas. High waters overburdened rivers, farms flooded, wheat fields damaged, and uprooted trees and debris stalled harvest in towns including Patrons Neodesho Cherryvale Independence. Rivers began receding by night.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Jouda
Ufewun
Local Olcott Tales of Mischief and Mayhem at the Fair
Olcott correspondent reports a brash staged disturbance near the inn with a woman accused of mischief and a kunstable return. Don Songer, a prospering merchant, chased a rat through a hen house as chaos ensued with a tumbling chase around the property ending in a muddy heap. The page continues on to more unruly events and community mischief.
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Don
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Epperent
Roy Craddock
Jap Delegation At Geneva Meet Of Record Size
Geneva dispatch notes a large Japanese delegation at the naval talks with Admiral Saito the crowd favorite. The piece highlights their hotel takeovers and a Japanese telephone exchange operator, plus comments on figures like Admiral K. Ito, the American and British presence, and comparative cruiser tonnages and aging ships shaping conference leverage.
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Genevs
Mont Blanc
Tokyo
Washington
Admiral Saito
Hugh S. Gibson
Admiral Hilery FP. Jones
Viscountess 'Baite
Ishil
Caroline Bridgeman
Lewisburg Plans Historic Event
Lewisburg plans a West Virginia Day dinner Monday at 7 in the Greet-Drier Mill dining room. Prominent Greenbrier county figures are invited to help organize the One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary celebration with Speakers including Ex-Governor McCorkle and Judge Win. H. Sowyera.
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Greenbrier
West Virginia
Drier Milltary
Forest Moore
McCorkle
Win. H. Sowyera
C. B. Arbuckle
Phil Coni
John Raine
J. C. McWhy
Greenbrier County
Lich
Ings
W. R. Blankenship
Mason Bell
Chas
McWhorter
Dr Alchimond
Mr Bell
Mystery Plane Reported Ready for Rome Flight
SHREWSBURY June 19 A mystery airplane believed to be a Bellanca is being stored in a guarded hangar with patrols preventing entry. Rumors name Cong Gr Gia Beroldo Bevine and Clarence D Chamberlin as possible launch figures, while officials deny involvement. Mechanics worked over the weekend and authorities neither confirm nor deny a Rome flight plan.
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Shrewsbury
Oki
Bellanca
Ama Mai
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A.bevine
Germ
Myst
Congresama Fiorillo B. la Guardia
New York
Congressmania
Race Driver Dead Five Injured in Dirt Track Crash
Race driver Charles Granford of Linvon Indiana and five other people were injured when a car driven by Bush from Repids ew an collided at the Sunflower dirt track east of here. Granford was badly hurt, others less severely. Bush's car was hurled through the offence.
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Odonet
Bush
Repids
Ewan
Antiy
Charles Granford
Linvon
Ind
Sunflower
Here
Crawford
Howee
Rogers Says California Hospital Hollywood Cal June 19
A fragment from a Will Rogers item references California Hospital in Hollywood with a date near June 19. The text is incomplete but signals a humorous or observational note typical of Rogers remarks. No full event details or context are readable.
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California Hospital
Hollywood
Cal
Will Rogers
Geneva naval talks eyed as world peace barometer
London editor Garvin argues in the Observer that the Geneva conference between the United States, Britain, and Japan should be seen as a barometer of peace. He urges a three-power accord on naval matters to stabilize global security, warning against premature disarmament moves and stressing careful policy planning amid pressures from all sides.
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Bridah
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Great Britain
Japan
London
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Worle
America
Britain
Riting
Observer
Garvin
United, States
Wiliam Randolph ‘Hearst
England
United
Fimes
Washington
Cihance
The
Sunday Express
Daily Telegraph
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