French bitterness as news of aviators sparks anger in Paris
Paris faces a day of anxiety over Nungesser and Coli with no news and a growing realization of a possible tragedy. The press faces sharp criticism for false reports that sparked national pride and anti American sentiment amid accusations and denials.
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France
Nungesser
Coli
U. S
United States
America
New World
Atlantic
Havas News Agency
New York
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Newfoundland
Navy Department
Chamber of Deputies
Girod
Washington
Charles Nungesser
Kellogg
Navy
Treasury Departments
White House
Coolidge
Mellon
Coast Guard
North Atlantic
Wilbur
Foreign Office
Charles F. Marvin
Weather Bureau
Marvin
Former State Secretary Rake Divorced in Paris
Bainbridge Colby former American Secretary of State seeks divorce in Paris has authorized his attorneys to file a petition after formalities. He has taken an apartment on Avenue Niel and established residence. Mrs Colby Natalie Sedgwick of Stockbridge Mass is now in New York.
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Paris
Bainbridge Colby
Ohio Legislature Agrees to Swell Host Revenue by 17 Million
In Columbus on May 10 the Republican led measure to raise 17 million annually to clear state debt neared completion after days of deadlock. A six tenths mill direct levy was approved for 1927, expected to yield over 8 million yearly, while a one cent gasoline tax increase and a half mill levy faced revisions and possible vetoes. The plan also sought to adjust tobacco and cigarette taxes and street revenue sharing, with several provisions still undecided awaiting a conference report.
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Columbus
House
Seaplane record set by U S Navy pilot Champion
Lieut Carleton C Champion flying a Wright Apache seaplane set a world altitude record of 33455 feet on May 5. The U S Navy pilot surpassed France's Demougeot by nearly 3000 feet, both with no deadload, using Pratt and Whitney 400 hp engines and NAC supercharger. The Navy has claimed five recent world records in aeronautics.
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Lieut- Demougeot
France
Sartrouville
Lieut. Champion
Pratt and Whitney
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
United States
Navy
Tornadoes Blizzard Storms Strike Eight States. Dikes Fail in Louisiana
A sweeping natural disaster leaves 228 dead and about 1000 injured across eight states. A man made crevasse at Poydras floods central Louisiana as authorities race to save New Orleans from worse devastation.
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Kansas City
Middle West
Rocky Mountain Region
Kansas
Texas
Missouri
Arkansas
Illinois
Poplar Bluff
St. Louis
Springfield
Levee Breaks At Vidalia Flooding Town
The Vidalia area is deluged as a levee breaches flooding the town and forcing thousands to flee. Officials report rising river levels north of New Orleans posing a continuing threat to banks and homes.
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Vidalia
New Orleans
Collapse of Dikes Threatens 100 Mile Front in Louisiana
Reports from May 10 indicate the Big Bend levee on Bayou Des Glaises is near failure. In Mississippi, Vidalia’s backwater threatens Natchez as sandbag breaches flood the railroad embankment and town areas. Officials warn of rising waters while 25,000 workers struggle to hold back the torrent.
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Bayou Des Glasses
L. A. Toombs
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Natchez
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Vidalia
Missouri Pacific
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Internal Revenue offices merged to cut costs
The Cincinnati and Toledo IRS offices will be abolished July 1, merged with Columbus and Cleveland respectively, eliminating two collectors and about 55 staff. The move aims to save about 100000 dollars yearly while field workers stay. Cleveland Collector Carl Routzahn will resign. Nauts named replacement.
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Toledo
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Internal Revenue
Columbus
Cleveland
David H. Blair
Charles M. Dean
Charles Nayts
Carl F. Routzahn
Nauts
Dean
Treasury
Fess
Willis
Ohio
Colbys Reported Near Divorce Amid Senate Talk
New York May 10 Reports of an impending divorce action for Mr and Mrs Bainbridge Colby have circulated for over a year with friends calling their separation amicable. Colby was named by the New York Herald Tribune as a possible Democratic candidate for the U S Senate and is a former Wilson era secretary of state.
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New York
Bainbridge Colby
Chinese armies resume fighting after long lull
In Shanghai on May 10, reports say Civil War hostilities pick up on multiple fronts. Gen Chiang Kai Shek leads Nationalists in Anhwei along a line from Puchowfu to Hechowan near the Yangtze. Northern forces also renew clashes in Hunan with occupation of Chumatien 150 miles north of Hankow on the Peking Hankow Railway.
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China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Anhwei Province
Puchowfu
Lake Chaohu
Hechowan
Yangtse River
Wuhu
Hlonan
Chumatien
Hankow
Peking-Hankow
Bookkeeper pleads guilty in $12,200 embezzlement case
Cleveland May 10. Elbert Lawless, 34, former bookkeeper at the Collinwood Shale Brick Company, pleaded guilty to embezzlement charges over a $12,200 shortage. Sentencing scheduled for May 27.
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Collinwood
Elbert Lawless
Met Opera Signs Galveston Soprano After Family Strife
Miss Etheldreda Aves daughter of a Galveston minister reveals how parental opposition nearly ended her singing career. Her sister Marian encouraged her on East Side settlement work. After years of study and touring she faced a low spell, then auditioned successfully and won a Metropolitan Opera contract for the fall.
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Etheldreda, Aves
Galveston
Metropolitan Opera Company
Miss Aves
Charles S. Aves
Marian Aves
East Side
Etheldreda
The
Metropolitan
Dreda Aves
Scheme to Beat Races Uncovered at Churchill Downs
Police at Louisville arrest seven men and a woman for relaying race results from Churchill Downs to New York and New Orleans minutes before official bulletins. Mrs Ruth Barr is charged with breach of peace. Suspects included William Cullen and Billy Herman among others, with devices found at nearby dwellings.
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Churchill Downs
New York
New Orleans
Ruth Barr
William Cullen
A. R. McMashon
Howard Ross
W. T. Ament
R. B. Kenney
C. Harrietts
Louiseae
Billy Herman
New Ork
Chaplin Tests Glasses In Court Over Shoulder Arms Suit
Charlie Chaplin faced a plagiarism suit for Shoulder Arms as he fumbled reading Loeb's scenario in court. He joked about forgetting his glasses, even borrowing the judge's spectacles, drawing laughter from the judge and audience before declaring he could read. The testimony touched on a quarrel with his wife in the film.
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New York
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin Studios
Mortimer Hays
Loeb
Chaplin
Nathan Burkan
Bondy
Miss O Henry Dies In West Banning Cal
Miss Margaret Porter 31 daughter of the late Sidney Porter dies of tuberculosis after over two years illness. Known writer under the pen name O Henry she married A J Satin at bedside in Los Angeles. Funeral plans favor cremation and ashes sent to Asheville NC to lie beside her father.
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Banning
Cal
Margaret Porter
Sidney Porter
O. Henry
A. J. Satin
Los Angeles
Asheville
N. C
Pope Declares War on Immoral Books Across Catholic World
Pope Pius calls on all bishops to lead a crusade against immoral literature and works cloaked in false mysticism. The Holy See issues instructions to ban and condemn novels, dramas, and pictures promoting sensuality, especially among youths, with bishops publishing offending titles in diocesan bulletins.
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Pope
Rome
Italy
Pius
Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Sacred Office
Holy See
The
Detroit Man Receives 1926 Richard Gotthiel Medal
Detroit businessman David A. Brown national chairman of the United Jewish Campaign was presented the 1926 Richard Gotthiel medal for outstanding service to Judaism at a Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity banquet in New York.
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New York
David A. Brown
United Jewish Campaign
Richard Gotthiel
Zeta Beta Tag
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