Wilkins Completes Arctic Flight Over Top of World
Veteran explorer George H Wilkins and Lt Carl Hielson crossed from Point Barrow Alaska to Spitzbergen spanning about 2200 miles. They reported reaching Spitzbergen after 21.5 hours of flying with a five day weather delay at Dead Man's Island. No land was sighted during the Arctic crossing. foxes signified land and blue flat country.
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Detroit
George Hubert Wilkins
Carl B. Hielson
Point Barrow
Alaska
Spitzbergen
Detroit News
Wilkins
Arctic
Doedmansoeire
Dead Man's Island
Svalbard
Isiah Bowman
American Geographical Society
New York
Bowman
Barrow
Mihen
Capt. Wilkins
Feared New Troubles From Striking Miners in Ohio
In St Clairsville Ohio April 21 1930 police arrested nearly seventy five women during a protest at Belmont County Jail as about three hundred demonstrators including miners and supporters gathered after five men were arrested earlier in connection with marches at the Mutton Hollow mine of the Shady Side Coal Company. Sheriff C C Hardesty and National Guard observers warned of renewed marches if the women were not released and the jail doors were locked. Bonds were set between 1000 and 1500 dollars and the women were to be arraigned Tuesday on rioting charges.
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ST. Clairsville
Belmont County
Mutton HoHow
Shadyside Coal Company
C. C. Hardesty
Mutton Hollow Mine
National Guard
Hardesty
Don L. Caldwell
Wilkins Flight Called Greatest Arctic Feat in History
Capt George Wilkins and Carl Bielson completed a polar flight from Point Barrow Alaska to Spitzbergen marking a historic Arctic conquest. They landed on an uninhabited Doedmanspeira near Ishford after weather forced a five day delay and a radio operator accident hindered transmission from Spitzbergen.
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Wilkins
Copenhagen
Denmark
North Polar
George H. Wilkins
Copenhagen Politiken
Spitzbergen
Himself
Carl B. Bielson
Point Barrow
Alaska
Koehl
Fitzmaurice
Bremen
von Huenefeld
Greenly Island
Doedmanspeira
Svalbard Archipelago
Community Chest totals seen near million as campaign gains
After five days of soliciting the Community Chest campaign targets a total near 1 million dollars. The May 2 victory dinner at the Gibson will replace May 1 at the Masonic Temple. A final report from each division is promised after an extra day added to the drive to compile all pledges and receipts.
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Community Chest
Co. M. Bookman
the Gibson
Masonic Temple
A. E. Anderson
Bitter Ohio Politicking Heads to Tuesday Ballot
Ohio voters face bitter primary battles as Republicans decide whether to back Hoover or other candidates for 51 Kansas City delegates amid the post Willis death turmoil. Democrats vote for 48 delegates with limited contests, while Willis and Hoover factions wage aggressive campaigns in major cities and rural districts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Frank B. Willis
Hoover
Willis
Houston
Atlee
Pomerone
George White
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Marietta
Gov. Donahey
Delaware
Willig
Ralph D. Cole
Dawes
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Commerce
Thad H. Brown
Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
Maurice Maschke
Carmi A. Thompson
Philippines
Coolidge
Fess
Fred W. Warner
Republican State Central Committee
Wilma Sinclair Levan
Burton
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Lowden
Curtis
William H. Fisher
Wilmington
Helen Observes 32nd Birthday In Romania
Bucharest April 21 Princess Helen observed her thirty second birthday by opening another clinic for sick mothers and babies. Prince Carol’s distant wife who devotes time to Red Cross received many greetings but no remembrance from Carol who lives in France with Mme Lupescu. Her son King Mihai sent a bouquet and spoke of not forgetting her as he ran inside with the flowers. Princess Helen remains healthy and graceful despite heartaches and disappointments.
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Bucharest
Romania
Helen
Carol
Red Cross
France
Mme
Lupescu
Ferdinand
King Mihai
Papa
Veteran believed KIA seeks father in Nebraskan note
William Braun once reported killed in action in World War I writes from Boothtown Alabama to his Norfolk uncle asking for the whereabouts of his father Rev August Braun formerly of Norfolk now in Scotts Bluff Nebraska. He says he left home twelve years ago after a dispute, enlisted, and served in France without explaining the prior KIA report.
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Norfolk
William Braun
Boothtown
Alabama
Emil Braun
August Braun
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Braun
France
AFL Leader Green Predicts Hoover Smith Nomination
William Green President of the American Federation of Labor spoke at the Linton about coal field conditions and said he expects Herbert Hoover to be the Republican nominee and Al Smith the Democratic choice for president. He did not single out any candidate, but foresaw the nominees and noted the unions’ shared fate with workers in the coal regions.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Linton
Hyde Park
United States
Hoover
Smith
Herbert Hoover
al Smith
Mr. Green
Amer
Rain Halts Cincinnati Milford Street Cars Overnight
High water from yesterday's storm stalled Cincinnati Street Railway service to Milford. Cars were stopped at Kroger Hills tunnel under the Pennsylvania Railroad. pumps fought four and a half feet of water. Passengers were ferried to Kroger Hills and bused into Milford as crews worked to resume service this morning. The storm slowed city traffic and caused minor accidents. A wall at 514 Boal Street caved in, blocking a home entrance. Cooler weather was forecast for today.
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Milford
Kroger Hills
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
John C. Wilhelm
Boal Street
Dir
W. C. Devereaux
United States
70 Mile Per Hour Gale Strikes Arkansas and Memph is
A Memphis driven storm of April 21 reports 70 mph winds tearing through six states. The damage includes Atoka Tenn nearly wiped out, more than 100 houses ruined in Memphis, eight injured and one dead. Derrick fields in Arkansas and Louisiana leveled with hundreds of rigs toppled.
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Memphis
Tenn
West
Tennessee
Atoka
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Kentucky
F. W. Brist
Emphis
Evening Appeal
Paducah
Flood Warning Issued for Arkadelphia Area
The Weather Bureau warned Arkadelphia Arkansas of rising Ouachita River levels likely to top eighteen feet by tomorrow morning. Residents were urged to prepare for higher water given potential heavy rainfall in the next twenty four hours.
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Arkansas
New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Arkadelphia
Ark
Ouachita River
Millionaire Prospector Killed In Plane Crash
Carl Sheritt, millionaire prospector and owner of the Sheritt Gordon mine in Northern Manitoba, died when his plane stalled at 200 to 300 feet over The Pas. He had flown from Miami after a week of flying instruction with G. Johnson as a passenger. Johnson was injured. The craft toppled and crashed after the engine failure.
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Atoka
Paul Forber
Harden Seal
Batesville
Miss
Hambone
Bath
Sardis
Robert H. Smith
Memphis
Lulu
Consolidated
Arnazen
W. EE. Whitey
The
Pas
Manitoba
Carl Sheritt
Miami
Sheritt
Sheritt-Gordon
G. Johnson
Decadence of Sunday school blamed for wave of crime
Columbus reports to the Department of Public Welfare cite the rise in Ohio crime since 1912, blaming decadence of Sunday schools and decline in home religious teaching. Williams notes increased theft, especially auto theft, with many offenders under 25 and a large number at large, suggesting leniency and poor deterrence.
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Columbus
Dan W. Williams
Ohio Board of Clemency
Department of Public Welfare
Ohio
Hickman
Williams
New York
Chicago
Clemency Board
Sinclair Freed of Fraud Charge in Teapot Dome Verdict
Washington April 21 Kenneth Carter and eleven jurors acquitted Harry F Sinclair of conspiracy to defraud the government in the Teapot Dome lease after two hours deliberation. They said Sinclair was a victim of circumstances and noted Fall could have earned far more than the $233,000 offered, a pivotal factor in the not guilty verdict.
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Washington
Northwest
Kenneth Carter
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Fall
Carter
Reno Wedding Seals Barthelmess and Reno Woman
Richard Barthelmess, famed actor, married Mrs Jessica Haynes Sargent of Reno Nevada last night at district judge George A Bartletts court in Reno They left for San Francisco to honeymoon and then sail to Honolulu Barthelmess arrived late and kept the wedding quiet but later confirmed the news Florence Victor and Dallas F Squires witnessed the ceremony Mrs Sargent had been divorced in Reno in January from Harry Brooks Sargent</s>
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Reno
Nev
Richard Barthelmess
Jessica Haynes Sargent
New York
George A. Bartlett
Barthelmess
San Francisco
Honolulu
Florence Vidtor
Dallas F. Squires
Sinclair Acquitted in Oil Lease Conspiracy Case
Senator Nye calls verdict added evidence of impossibility to convict Harry F. Sinclair on defrauding the government in the Fall Sinclair oil lease case. A District of Columbia jury found not guilty of conspiring with former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall. Sinclair faces existing contempt jail sentences.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Interior
M. T. Everhart
Fall
Everhart
Liberty
Tres Ritos Cattle and Land Company
Fall Ranch
New Mexico
Les Hanetiee
Foreman
Rancocas
New Jersey
Burns
Senate
Owen J. Roberts
Atlee Pomerene
Roberts
Inquiries Start Into Englewood Fire Trap Deaths
Denver April 21 inquiries into charges that the Alexander Aircraft plant in Englewood was a fire trap were begun by officials investigating yesterday s explosion and fire. Nine workers died in the blast and ten others are hospitalized with poor prospects for recovery.
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Denver
Alexander Aircraft Corporation
Englewood
Joel Stone
Alexander
Engelwood
John Simon
Lena Fogel
Missing Fresno flyer in Pan American flight legs
Jimm y Angel, a Fresno California aviator, failed to reach Guaymas or Santa Ana after departing Mexicali on the second leg of a 25 000 mile Pan American flight. He left Mexicali at 8 30 with relief pilot William Benton and backer Presho Stephenson.
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Nogales
Ariz
The
Herald
Guaymas
Santa Ana
Sonora
Mexico
Jimmy Angel
Fresno
Cal
Mexicali
Angel
William Benton
Presho Stephenson
Two Aviators Die In Fresno Plane Crash
Fresno April 21. George Faw 26 a Beacon Airways pilot and Ray B H Dustin 24 a student pilot were killed when their plane plunged 600 feet near Fresno, the crash killing both instantly.
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Fresno
Cal
George Faw
Beacon Airways, Inc
Ray BH. Dustin
Here
Negro murderer escapes Newport jail by impersonating inmate
William Murray, a 30 year old Black man, was convicted of murder in Newport and sentenced to 21 years. He fled the Newport jail on the eve of transfer by impersonating fellow prisoner Marshall Hazlip in a bungled decoy escape. Police hunt across Cincinnati Newport and Covington.
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Newport
William Murray
Lon Chaney
Sherlock
Cincinnati
Covington
Murray
Cutter Street
Willie Toweles
West Fourth Street
Frankfort
Caldwell
Campbell
Marshall Hazlip
Pittsburgh
Hazlip
Richard Teggerling
Teggerling
Derrick
Leo Livingston
Freedom
Big Boy
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Polar Explorer
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Thompson
Prince Carol
Af. O. L. Head
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Clares
Talesman
L. Clark Brown
Benjamin F. Anderson
Film Star
Oureen Agton
Nevada
Nye
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