German airmen plan circular tour from New York
Washington reports three Junkers Bremen crew, led by Sinn Fein icons, plan a circular air tour starting in New York with stops in Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Ottawa, Boston, and Philadelphia. The Bremen and its sister ship PAS will participate, with flights to follow a tentative schedule to be released by the German embassy.
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New York
Bremen
Philadelphia
United Press
Washington
Junkers
Bremenchin
Chicago
St. Louis
Dee Trait
Ottawa
Boston
Mwitamauricé
Civenly Island
Europe
States
Miners Tactics Under Attack In Coal Strike
Horace F Maker president of the Pittsburgh Terminal Cox Corp fled with Senate investigators today offering that striking miners are causing economic waste by forcing operators to hire guards and police. He said the company spent about 200000 since the April 1 1927 strike to protect property and fight sabotage while noting miners wages are reasonable given the industry’s losses from adverse conditions.
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United Press
Washington
Horace F
Pittsburgh
Cox Corporation
Senate
Baker
Urge Miners to Form Own Union in Athens Ohio
May 2 Athens Ohio residents in the Hocking and Sunday Creek Valley coal fields urged miners to form their own union after a tense meeting of business and local leaders. They argued that only immediate mine reopening could prevent total business collapse and noted mounting credit concerns as strikes continued. Charis Kromon is mentioned as leaving for them this mine entity.
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United Press
Athens
Hocking
Sunday Creek Valley
Athens County
Ohio
Virtual landslide for Smith in California
United Press reports the California presidential primary yielded a decisive victory for Governor Al Smith over Senator Walsh and Senator Reed. Hoover led Republicans with a strong vote, while McAdoo's influence waned in Santa Barbara where Smith won two to one.
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Gerald P. Overton
United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Caliifornia
al Smith
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
James A. Reed
Missouri
Sulth
Iul Furces
California
Herbert Hoover
Smith
Walsh
Hoover
Smit
Srith
Iield Conakderation
R Aite
Wven
William C. McAdoo
Santa Barbara County
McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Santa Barbara
Egypt Accepts British Demand On Present Assemblies Bill
London reports Britain's satisfaction with Premier Nahas Pasha's compliance with the ultimatum to withhold the public assemblies bill. Egypt's reply to Lloyd was delivered. no details were disclosed. Egypt may urge non interference in Faritian legislation and postponed action to the November Senate session.
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United Press
London
Great Britain
Egypt
Nahas Pasha
England
Cairo
J Lord Lloyd
Britain
Tom
Senate
Death Claims Small Child Misa Arline Yeager
Misa Arline B. Yeager three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Yaeger 216 East Main street died at home this morning after six weeks illness The little girl is survived by her parents one brother Charles and two sisters Vivian and Donna all at home Private funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 oclock at Alexander and Companys Funeral Parlors with interment in Plane Grove cemetery
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Misa Arline B. Yeager
Don Yaeger
East Main Street
Charles
Vivian
Donna
Alexander & Company
Funeral Parelors
Plane Grove
Five Best Radio Features Tonights Schedule
Radio listings show WEAK and WEAP stations airing at 9 to 10:80 PM with operatic and comic opera programs. Barbara Maurel Saxcha Jacobsen host segments, plus Westinghouse Band at 6:15 PM on EDKA Pittsburgh and Home Companion Hour on another station.
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WOR
Columbia
Barbara Maurel
Saxcha Jacobsen
Opers
L'Aralco Wirtz
Wiz
the Burgomaster
Edka Pittsburgh
Westinghouse
WEAP
Companion
Washington Faces Danger of Flood
Washington mobilizes flood fighting troops to defend the city as reinforcements rush to build sandbag dykes and seal sewers. Weather reports warn 34 inches of mountain snow near Cumberland Maryland may melt quickly with warm rain, threatening a flood that could rival the 1889 inundation reaching near the White House.
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United Press
Washington
Potomac River
Weather Bureau
Cimberland
Mell
Pennsylvania Avenue
Jnd
White House
Residents Cooperate in City Clean-Up Campaign Effort
Residents join the mayor in a two day clean-up drive to remove refuse piled at curbs. City trucks and teams collect scattered debris including batteries as part of a municipal effort to improve properties and reduce fire and health hazards.
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Municips
Olin W. Bracken
Femioval
Paruse
Thik Tefl
Rubish
WARN AGAINST CONTRIBUTIONS TO BELIEF COMMITTEE
President William Greett of the American Federation of Labor warned unions affiliated with the AFL against contributing money to the Ohio Pennsylvania Belief committee. He said no circular shows the committee soliciting funds among members of organized labor and their friends, and that local unions and members of organized labor have contributed to the committee.
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United Press
Washington
William Greett
American Federation of Labor Today
Grae
Lindbergh Chooses Northern Route For Atlantic Flight Plan
Col. Charles Lindbergh weighs a far northern route to Europe to study feasibility from a scientific angle. Ford and Lindbergh seek to test Greenland Iceland and North Atlantic conditions with Major Thomas Laupher and Capt. Emory coordinating. A formal Detroit Ford office announcement is anticipated after route details and supplies are arranged.
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Mauritz A. Hallgren
United Press Star
Washington
Chas. Lindbergh
Europe
United Press
Lindbirgh Timself
Dromother
Greenlane
Iourope
Lindberg Major
Thos
G Lauphier
Emory
Burau
Naval Aeronichtieds
Lindhemet
Tavid
Hive Chive
Labragor
Greenland
Iceland
Lindbergh
Ford Company
Pladbergh-Ford
Veland
America
Ford
Detroit
Election board members plead no defense in primary case
Ten members of two election boards in Pittsburgh and Homestead appeared in Allegheny criminal court and pleaded no defense to charges of negligently performing duties in the September primary. They were paroled for six months and ordered to pay court costs by Judges de Evans, Rowand, and Graft.
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Eee
Pittsburgh
Pitts! Durghi
Homestead
Allegheny Criminal Court
de Evans
Harry Mt. Rowand
Frank Graft
Jones named head of shrine and Imperial Potentate
Sy United Press reports Judge Clyde Webster of Moslem Temple Detroit presiding as Imperial Outer Guard. Frank Jones of Arabian Temple Houston named Imperial potentate succeeding Clarence M. Duinbar Providence FR I. LAD DROWNED. Greensburg PA May 2 Joseph McMillan six year old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph M. McMillan of Neat Newton drowned yesterday after he fell into a pool near his home.
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United Press
Miami
Clyde. Webster
Detroit
Seday
Mystic Shrine
Frank ©. Jones
Houston
Tex
Clarence M. Duinbar
Providence
Lad
Greensburg
Joseph McMillan
Ind Mra
Joseph M. McMillan
Neat Newton
Lieutenant Thomas Aims to Break Endurance Flight Record
Lieutenant Royal V. Thomas attempted a second sustained light flight at Roosevelt Field New York on a Bellanca monoplane. He rose at 12 28 PM after an earlier ascent around 10 AM but forced down when the heavily laden craft failed to clear hills to the west.
Fourth Ward Home Visited by Sneak Thief
A suspected sneak thief struck a Fourth Ward residence on Seneca Street yesterday afternoon, $5 missing. The alleged thief has triggered a spate of break ins in two weeks, with $68 taken from Center Lunch on South Center Street last week and $6 found at Sitter home on East Main Street Sunday after five rooms were ransacked. The intruder is believed to have entered through a forced front door, with daylight activity between 12:30 and 3:30. Police were not confirmed as notified.
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Seneca Street
Center Lunch
John Jeffries
South Center Street
Foreine
E. Main Street
Fourth Ward
Senate committee to probe presidential campaign expenditures
The Senate committee appointed to inquire into presidential campaign expenditures promised a thorough, non-partisan investigation. At its first meeting organizers discussed plans, with a second session called for tomorrow morning. Chairman Steiner said the panel will examine all expenditures on behalf of every presidential candidate.
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Washington
Senate
Steiner
Rivers Recede After Rise In Pittsburgh Area
The Monongahela and Allegheny rivers fell back toward normal levels after yesterday’s crest. At Dravesburg the Monongahela’s floodwaters extended about 500 feet into the borough, driven by melting snow. The mood stage reached around 25.0 feet as crest passed.
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United Fress
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Dravesburg
Harness Shop to Open at 14 First Avenue
G M Hawk of Meadville leases the storeroom at 14 First Avenue and will open a 1st Glass harness shop. An experienced harness maker, Hawk will offer a full line of handmade harnesses. The shop is to open next Monday.
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G. M. Hawk
Meadville Hse
First Avenue
Senate ties Sinclair to Salt Creek bids in 1922 probe
Washington May 2 Senator Nye and the Senate Tesper Donte committee exposed a telegram from Parl C Pinney urging that Salt Creek leases be held for a month and a half. Sinclair visited the Pall ranch in New Mexico before his bid, which he later denied influencing. The telegram suggested coordinated bids among West Coast companies with Sinclair possibly involved.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press Star
Washington
Leween Histy Sinclar
Salt Creek
Wyn
Nye
Senate
Parl
C. Pinney
Interior Department
Tye
Sinclair
Pall
Pall Ranch
New ¢ Mexico
Nyesaw Sinclair
Seles Sinclair
Bureau of Mines
Charges Filed Against Bishop Francis J McConnell in KC
Charges of maladministration and immorality were filed with the Methodist Episcopal Conference general secretary against Bishop Francis J McConnell of the Pittsburgh area. The filing date was April 18 1997 by Rev George A Cooks of Wilmington Delaware. The case cites alleged endorsement of evolution in a pamphlet from 1927 and involves two prior cases before the area’s annual conference.
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United Press
Kansas City
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Francis J. McConnell
Pittsburgh
George A. Cooks
Wilmington
Del
Nisual
McConnell
Amercan Civil Liberties Linton
Cooks
Cadet Killed Near Brooks Field in Plane Crash
Cadet Irwin Bent 23 of Premont Texas, student at Brooks Field primary training school, died when his De Havilland plane caught fire 700 feet up and crashed. He reportedly attempted to guide the craft to earth before leaping with a parachute. Arson suspected in separate fire in Grettysburg Pennsylvania, destroying seven autos and causing over $20,000 damage.
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San Antonio
Irwin Bent
Premont
Brooks Field
de Haviland
Beat
Grettysburg
With & Loa
Bremen Fliers Honored At White House Visit
United Press reports President Coolidge welcomed the Bremen crew in Washington on May 2 and awarded the Distinguished Flying Crosses. Officials including German and Irish representatives attended as the fliers prepared a full day of ceremonies and receptions culminating at the Mayflower Hotel.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
America
Bremen
Coolidge
White House
Cremontes Heginning
Batllerel
Hespires
Lonigtt
Janquets
Tom Yeals
Yaya Baro
Gunther van Huenefeld
Hergann Kaen
Arlington
New York
Bill
Pullman
Jollinyr
Surelury Ut
Cilogg
Davison
Bouling Field
Ty Flower Hotel
Hutel
Wren Ue Tomi
von Hiené
Jfeld
Congress
Smiddy
von Prittwita
Aviation
Department of War, Navy
Ad Commerce
Trubee Davison
Kaward Warner Rail
Wm. P
Kellogg Considered for Prize Amid Diplomacy Row
May 2 Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg faced questions over his diplomacy as rumors circulated he might win the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. The United Press reported Kellogg’s status amid scrutiny of his conduct and decisions.
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Kellogg
Berlin
Frank B. Kelloge
Quarterman
United Prean
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Erie
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Jaelment
Tonights Five
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Jones
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McCann
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