Southern Cross Completes Pacific Flight to Brisbane
The monoplane Southern Cross, with Capt. Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm aboard and crew Harry Lyon and James Warner, arrived in Brisbane at 10:10 am after a 1,762 mile Pacific leg from Fiji amid gale danger. The final 7,800 mile voyage toward Sydney continues, with Lyon and Warner not expected aboard for the final stretch.
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Brisbane
Australia
Southern Cross
Fiji Islands
Cincinnati
Pacific
America
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Charles Ulm
Harry W. Lyon
James Warner
South Pacific
Sydney
Lyon
Warner
Morton Bay
Pacific Ocean
Oakland
Cal
Fiji
California
Hawaii
Fijis
Eagle Farm
Rivera Breaks Engagement To Wed Rich Spanish Senorita
Madrid reports Primo de Rivera, Spain’s Premier and dictator, broke off his wedding engagement after his fiancee Senorita Mercedes Castellanos was seen with two men at the stock exchange. Official notes described the conduct as incomprehensible. the wedding had been set for September. The dictator’s note also cited his wish for domestic life but affirmed the regime would endure.
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Madrid
Spain
Primo de Rivera
Stock Exchange
Alfonso
Senorita Mercedes Castellanos
Senor de Rivera
Marquis de
Estella
Miguel Primo de Rivera Y Urbaneja
Senorita Castellanos
Cimera
Almodovalho
la Nacion
Hoover foes deny bolt vow if Commerce Secretary chosen
Amid Hoover opposition chatter the anti Hoover camp says there is no plan to bolt the party even if the Commerce Secretary is nominated. Leaders weigh McNary Haug en style farm relief, while Mellon's Pennsylvania delegation looms as a potential tipping point.
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Joover Foes
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Lowden
Watson
Curtis
Goff
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
Loover
Midwest
McNary-Haugen Hill
Awatt Mellon
Andrew Mellon
Pennsylvania
Mellon
Coolidge
Woman pleads guilty in killing Walter Cook
Miss Marguerite Bumbaugh, 32, of Warsaw Indiana, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the March 30 killing of Walter H. Cook at his Niles Michigan factory. The plea discharged her brothers George and Girard from murder charges as part of a deal. She testified Cook struck her with a basket and taunted her after she demanded over $3,000 in salary and loans. The defense urged temporary insanity.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Marguerite Bumbaugh
Warsaw
Ind
Walter H. Cook
Niles
Detroit House of Correction
George
Girard Bumbaugh
Cook
Miss Bumbaugh
Esternlein Company Stock Transfers Face Legal Challenge
George Meyncke, stockholder, sues Esterlein Machine Company directors Mrs Louise Oesterlein Charles Oesterlein Anna Oesterlein Adolph Oesterlein Elmer H Heisel and William Hagedorn alleging illegal stock transfers totaling 28 000 3 000 and 35 000 with no consideration and claiming conversion of corporate earnings and capital as overvalued salaries and pretended dividends Meyncke seeks accounting and injunctions to recover funds and bar further transfers of involved shares.
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Esterlein Machine Company
Colerain Avenue
Common Pleas Court
George Meyncke
Ecompnany
Meyncke
Louise Oesterlein
Charles Oesterlein
Anna Oesterlein
Adolph Oesterlein
Elmer H. Heisel
William Hagedorn
Company
Francis Hoover
Adolph
Disbarment Proceedings Filed Against Judge Ben B Lindsey
State Attorney General Boatright began disciplinary proceedings against Ben B Lindsey former Denver Juvenile Court judge and noted juvenile delinquency expert The Colorado Bar Association requested the action The complaint alleges professional misconduct by Lindsey in a will contest for Mrs Helen Elwood Stokes The case claims Lindsey received 37500 from Stokes and a further 10000 from Samuel Untermyer for representation while serving as a judge.
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Denver
Ben B. Lindsey
Boatright
Colorado Bar Association
Lindsey
Helen Elwood Stokes
Open Shop Mine Manager Shot at Lick Run Mine
Don McGill, manager of the Lick Run coal mine near Nelsonville Ohio, was shot in the leg as he left his office by 24 year old former employee Pete Merz Jr. McGill suffered multiple leg fractures and possible amputation may be needed. A posse and National Guard observers searched the area for Merz after previous shooting incidents involving McGill.
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Nelsonville
Don McGill
Lick Run
McGill
Pete Merz, Jr
Logan
Merz
National Guard
Suree
Bank Messenger Held Up for Gold Shipment in New Orleans
Two men armed with sawed off shotguns robbed a Canal Bank and Trust Company messenger outside the American Express building in New Orleans. They seized a gold shipment valued between 25 000 and 30 000 dollars destined for an upstate bank and fled in an automobile. no shots were fired.
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New Orleans
Canal Bank and Just Company
American Railways Express Company
Mukden ChiNto t Uneasy Return To Peking Camp
Fear for their safety drives 1290 men of the Forty seventh Mukden division to retreat from Peking after a parley with Kuominchun officials. They march to Tungchow then rethink and encamp near the east gate as Shansi troops take over the city. Nanking pledges safe withdrawal with arms after duty.
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Peking
Pao Yu Lin
Tungchow
East Gate
Rumor Stirs Over Downed American Plane Near Paiho River
reports from Tientsin say a rumor persists that an American airplane was shot down near Koku on the Paiho River amid fighting in the area, but authorities cannot confirm the claim.
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Tientsin
China
Koku
Paiho River
Chang Tso Lin recovering from train explosion wounds
The State Department said Gen. Chang Tso Lin is recovering from injuries after his train was wrecked in an explosion near Mukden. He is not receiving visitors as martial law remains in effect and the total injured is reported at twenty two, with Wu among the injured. The incident is described as seemingly well planned with mystery still surrounding it.
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Chang
Washington
State Department
Chang Tso-Lin
Mukden
Peking
Myrl S. Myers
MacMurray
Mrs Elihu Root Dies In New York At 74
Mrs. Elihu Root, 74, wife of the former Secretary of State, died at her Fifth Avenue home after years of illness including arthritis. Survived by husband, two sons Eiihu Root Jr and Edward Wales Root, and daughter Mrs. Ulysses S Grant III. Born Salem H ay Frances Elizabeth Wales, married January 8 1878. Their golden wedding was celebrated last January.
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New York
Elihu Root
Fifth Avenue
Root
Eiihu Root, Jr
Edward Wales Root
Ulysses S. Grant III
Salem H
Donation Reveals Old Freight Undercharge Secret
Charles F. Donnelly president of the Northern Pacific Railroad found $1,000 in cash with a six word unsigned note reading for undercharge in freight years ago. He said the money would be deposited in the Northern Pacific treasury and traced to a past billing error.
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Portland
Ore
Charles F. Donnelly
Northern Pacific Railroad
United States
Thompson enters race for short term Senate nomination
Carmi A. Thompson of Cleveland filed for the Republican nomination to fill the short term in the U S Senate created by Senator Willis's death. The field also includes Theodore E. Burton Carrington T. Marshall and Jacob S. Coxey. Thompson leads Willis pledge delegates and heads to Kansas City. Coxey also filed for the nomination.
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Cleveland
Willis— Boxey
Columbus
Carmi A. Thompson
United States Senate
Frank B. Willis
Thompson
Willis
Ohio
Theodore E. Burton
Carrington T. Marshall
Zanesville
Jacob S. Coxey
Massillon
Aliie D. Willis
Delaware
Col. Thompson
William W. Mills
Marietta
Dawes
C. F E. Sullivan
Hunting Valley
John R. McQuigg
American Legion
William W. Wood
Piqua
Fourt
Alvaney Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Orville Smith
Kansas City
Gen. Coxey
Producer Dorothy Reid Sued Over $50,000 Libel Claim
Dorothy Davenport Reid widow of Wallace Reid is defendant in a $50,000 damages suit filed by Gabrielle Darley Melvin. The complaint alleges the film The Red Kimono portrays Melvin as a murderess and immoral woman using her name and life story causing humiliation and loss of esteem. Melvin, arrested and acquitted for Leonard Topp’s murder, had testified he forced her into a life of shame.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Davenport Reid
Wallace Reid
Gabrielle Darley Melvin
Topp
Bernard Melvin
Arizon
Rucker Granted Stay of Execution in Ohio Murder Case
John Rucker a Cincinnati Black man sentenced to death for the July 4 1927 killing of policeman John Franken received a Supreme Court stay of execution. The stay lasts until his lawyers file a new trial petition and the court rules on it.
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Columbus
John Rucker
Cincinnati
Ohio Penitentiary
John Franken
Supreme Court
Rucker
Norris says Muscle Shoals veto may trigger third party
Senator Norris of Nebraska argues President Coolidge pocket veto of the Muscle Shoals bill could boost third party sentiment. He claims power interests blocked the measure, harming farmers and Republican funds, and says he will reintroduce the bill if the Supreme Court upholds the veto.
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Washington
Norris
Coolidge
Muscle Shoals
Supreme Court
Congress
Family in Newark Raises Smoking Children to Cigars
A Newark family blantantly proves cigar smoking among children with six offspring from ages 2 to 15 regularly puffing cigars and even wine in a physician observed case. Health Commissioner Dr Craster investigates, noting several underage smokers including George 15 and John 7 while mother defends the practice.
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Laurence Stern
New York World News Service
Newark
N. J
Joseph Fillimon
Michael
Charles V. Craster
Frank
John
George
John Sai
Fillimon
Philadelphia Record Sold to David Stern
Announcement that The Philadelphia Record has been sold by the Rodman Wana maker estate to David Stern of Philadelphia. The sale was disclosed tonight in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Rodman Wanamaker
David Stern
County Faces A Dog Problem At Commissioners Meeting
Leonard of 730 Considine avenue Price Hill complained to County Commissioners about a dog purchased at the County Dog Pound last Saturday. He paid 4 25 for the dog and 1 for the license and says the animal is blind and cannot navigate without guidance. The matter was sent to Assistant County Prosecutor Herbert F Koch for decision.
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Leonard
Herbert F. Koch
Koch
Ruth Buchanan
Reeves Place
Conductor to Keep Job After Marrying Heiress
Albert Rhiner of Marshfield Wisconsin, who married Marian Conner heiress daughter of W D Conner lumberman and former Wisconsin lieutenant governor, said he would keep his job as conductor on the North Shore Electric Railroad despite the marriage. Their romance began in school days and continued after Miss Conner studied music in Chicago and New York.
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Chicago
Albert Rhiner
Marshfield
Wis
Marian Conner
W. D. Conner
Wisconsin
North Shore Electric Railroad
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George WV. Norris
Willis Forces
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Ie Court
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Mukden ChiNtot
Peking Camp
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