Balloon Race At Ford Field Captures World Interest
Detroit dispatch reports 12 balloons compete in the James Gordon Bennett race from Ford Airport with nations represented by pilots Ferdinand Jimermacher and others. Clues to pilot Leslie H Smith’s fate remain elusive as search aircraft cover the Ozarks.
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Detroit
James Ordon Bennett
Ford
C. G. Andrus
Hadley Field
N. J
James Garon Bennett
Gley
Europe
Frank
P. Lahm
Hich
Paris
Munster
Licens
United States
Amertfossme's Club
A. C. Palmer
Iet
F. M. McKee
People’s Tfitting Company
William . Naylor
Orges Blanchet
Dr. G. Gallee
Aid
Germany
Garmen
Go. Kaulen
Hugoulen, Jr
Ernst Branenburg
Otto Bertram
Ige Froebel
Denmark
Rasmussen
Tracy W
Southworth
Switzerland
Helvetia
EB. S
Belgium
Wallomie Jdent
Joseph Thonnard
Ingenieur Boel
France
The
Blanchard
Charles Adolfus
Georges Omier
Youth stows away on airship to visit President Coolidge
Herbert Stats a 13 year old from St Paul Midwest, slipped into the fuselage of a large airship en route to see President Coolidge. The boy rode in the cabin area after seats filled and rode the 15 hour flight in the fuselage, intending to take photographs. He was discovered before the start and given fare back to St Paul.
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ST. Paul
Therthwest
Herbert Stats
J. Stats
Kansas
Brule
Coolidge
Young Stats
Herbert
G O P Chooses Hymn as Battle Anthem for Presidency Race
Boston June 29 The Republican forces will wage their Presidential campaign to the tune of Onward, Christian Soldiers This announcement came at a dinner meeting of the Republican Massachusetts State Committee Secretary of the Republican National Committee Franklin Fort of New Jersey announced the chosen hymn and said the campaign would boost Republicans rather than attack the Democrats Fort also noted The Sidewalks of New York as another tune that could be heard on campaign lips.
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Boston
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Republican National Committee
Massachusetts State Committee
Fort
New York
Three youths sentenced for hi jackings and related thefts
Judge Stanley Struble sentenced William Gilliland Henry Helms and Alex Silverstein to reformatory terms for hijacking a moonshine liquor theft ring that targeted bootleggers near Cincinnati. The trio, part of a gang, held up Isaac Vaughn and coordinated recoveries, while other defendants, James Doyle and Fate Busch, received penitentiary terms for grand larceny and robbery respectively.
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Stanley Struble
William Gilliland
Elm Street
Henry C. Helms
West Fourth Street
Alex Silverstein
Hearne Avenue
Isaac Vaughn
West Fifth Street
Cornelius Petzhold
Vaughn
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Toei
Kentucky
Struble
James E. Doyle
Pittsburgh
Doyle
Norwood
Fate Busch
Oehler Street
Paragon Buys Detroit Gasoline Network Expansion
The Paragon Refining Company has acquired Wayco Oil Company of Detroit with about 100 gasoline stations. The deal, announced by President E W Edwards, is valued at 1.5 to 2.0 million dollars and includes 10 to 12 acres of River Rouge ground for a bulk storage plant to enable water shipping from the Maumee River refinery in Toledo. The purchase lifts Paragon’s total stations to about 250 and boosts stock to 16 1 2 on the Cincinnati Exchange.
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Paragon Refining Company
Wayco Oil Company
Detroit
E. W. Edwards
Edwards
River Rouge
Paragon
Maumee
Toledo
Cincinnati
Detroit Company
Paragon Common
Cincinnati Stock Exchange
Man shoots housekeeper then kills himself in Columbus
Samuel E. Prosch, 55, shot and seriously wounded Ruth Sykes, 33, his housekeeper, in Columbus on June 30 then fatally shot himself. Authorities described the incident as the aftermath of a love affair.
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Columbus
Samuel E. Prosch
Ruth Sykes
Utilities and Railroad Committee Financing Plans Revealed
Federal Trade Commission disclosed a plan by the Utilities Publication Committee of Washington to wipe out a $1,600 debt from 1923 owed by the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners. The memo urged distributing convention proceedings at $5 per copy to cover costs.
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Utilities and Railroad Committee
Federal Trade Commissioners
Washington
Federal Trade Cominsion Today
Utilities Publication Committee
Washington, D. C
National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
Alfred Fischer
New York
Michigan Committee On Public Utility Information
Fischer
A. S. Hills
Herbert Silvester
Michigan
National Electric Light Association
Ann Arbor
Convention of State Supervisors of Railroads
Prohibition Chief Describes New York Night Club Raids
Dr. James M. Doran said Washington orchestrated raids on twenty Broadway clubs with help from Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt. He claimed the moves were not political and tied to enforcing the prohibition law, promising more raids and refusing to name agents.
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New York World News Service
Washington
James M. Doran
Prohibition
Broadway
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Hoover
Gov. Smith
Houston
Maurice Campbell
New York
New York City
Doran
Maj. Campbell
Eger
Alabama Men Arrested Over Flogging Claim
Earl West and J G Tearford were arrested in Jasper Alabama on assault and battery charges after Ruby McCarley nineteen alleged to have been flogged last Thursday night. McCarley said one man pistol threatened her while the other struck her with a club. She had impersonated Velma West, daughter of a mine superintendent, to enter a Carbon Hill hotel, was ejected and then went to Kansas Alabama to register under the assumed name. West and Tearford allegedly transported her to Kansas and flogged her.
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Jasper
Ala
Earl West
J. G. Tearford
Cedrom
Ruby McCarley
Miss McCarley
Circuit Solicitor’s
Swindlers Fleeced Banks Across Europe for 750000
A British led international gang swindled banks in London and Brussels with forged letters of credit totaling 750000 dollars. Banks in West London were hit for about 300000, then the culprits fled by Croydon air to Belgium where 100000 was taken from Belgian banks. Scotland Yard links a gang member to an Italian bank and an international search continues.
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Indon
Scotland Yard
Bidwell
London
America
Bay of England
England
Croydon
Brussels
Wensley
Brazil
France
Playwright St John Ervine Joins The New York World
St John Greer Ervine the playwright novelist and critic has joined The New York World staff. He will replace Alexander Woollcott who retires from newspaper work for a year after guiding The World as chief dramatic critic since 1925.
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WORLD
New York
St. John Greer Ervine
The
New York World
Alexander Woollcott
the World
Forty-nine miners die in Roche la Moliere coal dust fire
Fifty one workers perished in a coal dust fire at a mine near Roche la Moliere in France. Fire swept a section while thirty men were rescued from the blaze and almost suffocated by fumes.
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French
Mie
ST. Etienne
France
Roche la Moliere
Bold Rain star loses voice in divorce suit
Jeanne Engels the Chicago stage star known for Rain testified in Superior Court that her husband Ted Coy abused her, describing bruises and a dislocated jaw while seeking a divorce with no alimony or lawyers. The case was continued to July 10 as Engels left for Milwaukee vaudeville duties.
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Chicago
Jeanne Eagels
Superior
Miss Engels
Ted Coy
Yale
Sadie Thompson
Joseph Sabath
Judge Sabath
Coy
Stamford
Conn
Julia Eagles
Milwaukee
Idaho Banker Named To Fill F. R. Gooding's Place in U. S. Senate
Idaho’s John Thomas, a banker and cattleman from Gooding and Republican National Committeeman, appointed to the U S Senate to serve the unexpired term of the late Frank R. Gooding. Governor Bald ridge announced the choice after state political talks following Gooding’s death. Thomas, born 1874 in Phillips County Kansas, led banks in Gooding Jerome and Shoshone after moving to Idaho a decade ago.
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Boise
Idaho
John Thomas
Gooding
United States
Frank R. Gooding
Thomas
Baldridge
Phillips County
Kan
Phillipsburgh High School
Colby
Roosevelt
Gooding, Jerome and Shoshone
Plane Crash Kills Guard Officer Near Pine Camp
Lieut. Herman Leroy von Lackum aged 36 of the National Guard Air Service was killed instantly and Lieut. Joseph Hunter was critically injured when their plane en route from New York to Pine Camp crashed late today. Both officers resided in New York City.
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Pine
Camp
N. Y
Herman Leroy von Lackum
National Guard Air Service
Joseph Hunter
New York
King George Observes Massive Royal Air Force Display
In Hendon England King George with Queen Mary and foreign diplomats watched a 109000 strong crowd as 200 aircraft performed evolutions. Nine Italian officers flew from Rome to attend and a twenty ton monoplane named Inflexible featured a Moth racer. The show involved 2300 air force personnel and included a simulated London dock bombing and the threading the needle maneuver.
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King George
Hendon
England
George
Royal Air Force
Queen Mary
France
Italy
Argentina
Germany
Brazil
Spain
Air Department
Rome
Londo
Alps
London
Oke
Republicans Unlimber Guns on East in Campaign
Republicans mobilize in the East to curb a perceived threat from Al Smith as a campaign clash over the capital city looms. The party rallies aside to defend the administration and resist an alleged invasion tactic.
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AL Smith
Governor Smith to Lead Demo Campaign Across Nation
Albany dispatch says Gov. Alfred E. Smith will spearhead a Democratic drive for the presidency with an aggressive, issue driven program. The plan centers in large cities rather than long barnstorming tours as Smith aims to outline economic policies and labor issues in early speeches. The National Chairman choice and campaign leadership will be finalized after advisers assess potential nominees and farm relief matters.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred EB. Smith
Armies of Democracy
Pammany
Smith
al Smith
Gov. Smith
New York State
Democratic Committee
Clem Shaver
West Virginia
Gerry
Rhode Island
Pittman
Nevada
Kendrick
Wyoming
Arthur Mullen
Nebraska
J. Bruce Kremer
Nationa
Youth slain mother shot in Richmond home attack
In Richmond on June 30 Samuel L. Grimmell sixteen adopted son of Henry G. Grimmell died after a shotgun attack at the door of their home. His mother Nellie L. Haskins was fatally wounded and Henry G. Grimmell seriously hurt. The assailant Sylvester Medley nineteen fled on a horse as police hunted him with riot guns and bloodhounds.
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Richmond
Samuel L. Grimmell
Henry G. Grimmell
Nellie L. Haskins
Henry G. Grimmmell
Grimmell
Sylvester Medley
Henrico County
Big money wagered in South on Smith winning election
R P Dee of New Orleans, bishop of railway clerks, says Southern backers flood bets on Alfred E. Smith. He notes Texas enthusiasts will stake about 1,000,000 dollars against Smith winning, reflecting high confidence in November victory. He spoke during Cincinnati meeting of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.
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BIG
South
Smith
Alfred E. Smith
R. P. Dee
New Orleans
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Cincinnati
Mr. Dee
Texas
New York
Alabama Convict Leasing Faces Public Scrutiny At Flat Top
Sunrise tomorrow, 700 Alabama convicts will exit the private Aldrich and Flat Top mines near Birmingham. The death of convict James Knox at Flat Top, allegedly by poisoning after torture, sparked investigations in 1926 and renewed calls to end convict leasing, with officials like Warden Davis and Attorney General Davis implicated but not convicted.
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New York World News Service
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Aldrich and
Flat Top Coal
Cam
Courts
Mobile County
James Ae
Flat Top
W . Charles Davis
James Knox
Knox
Wiley Pugh
Harwell G. Davis
Marg¢gh
Davis
William W. Brandon
Warden Davis
Birmingham Age-Herald
Age
Kangaroo agent to pay damages after unlawful stop
Jury awards Nicholas Sheid $2,000 in a damage suit against Frank Damm former agent of the North Bend Liquor Court. Damm testified he could not identify the informant and the other agent. the incident occurred July 31 1924 after a stop near Broadway and Central Bridge. Damm was fined in Police Court for assault.
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T. D. Price
New Isxington
Common Pleas Court
Frank Damm
North Bend Liqudr Court
Nicholas Sheid
Twelfth and
Walnut Streets
William Thorndyke
Sheid
G. O. P. Leaders Plan War for Votes in Northeast
Republican leaders pursue aggressive campaign in New York and New England aiming to sway voters away from agrarian West. Strategy centers on contrasting regional interests and mobilizing urban and industrial constituencies ahead of upcoming elections.
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New York
New England
Hoover and Work Move to Shape East Campaign
Washington June 30 Republican leaders push for an East centered race with New York as a focal point. Hoover plans to stress strict prohibition in his acceptance speech and may urge a fair trial of the law. Work will resign to Coolidge as Hoover campaigns from West Branch Iowa and other states.
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Washington
Republica
Work
Republican National Committee
Wisconsin
Coolidge
New York State
Hoover
East
West Branch
Gov. Smith
New York
Moses
New Hampshire
James W. Good
Chicco
Dissolution of Reading Company Trust Ends Twenty Year Battle
Newton H. Fairbanks and Joseph Wayne Jr. are discharged as trustees of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Corporation. The U S District Court in Philadelphia closes the case after a long government action to dissolve interlocking railroad and coal interests linked to the Reading system. About 1,400,000 shares of the new company have been taken up by stockholders or trustees, with formal steps remaining to conform to the law.
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Philadelphia
United States District Court
Newton’ H. Fairbanks
Joseph Wayne, Jr
New Philadelphia & Reading Goal and Iron Corporation
Reading
Associated Companies
Old Reading Company
Fairbanks
United States
Wayne
Philadelphia & Ing Coal and Ee Corporation
United States Supreme Court
News Company
Futu
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Rugged Ozarks
Flyer
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Ozarks
Leslie Hmith
Army Air
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Deal
National Association of State Commissioners
Arthur W. Stace
Sepember
Stace
H. J. Gallagher
Michigan State College
Michigan Grange
Lee Chilson
State Farm Bureau
Michigan Gas Association
Michigan University
John N. Cadby
Gire
Ted Soy
F. R. Gooding
U. S. Senate
Tammany Hall
North Bend
Tammany
Tion
Rail, Coal, Iron Trust
Reading Company
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