Lindbergh Homeward Welcome Steals Washington
Washington crowds greet Charles A Lindbergh on his return from Paris aboard the U S Memphis. President Coolidge and Secretary Davis attend the salute as Lindbergh, smiling and boyish, acknowledges the throng with his mother Evangeline Lindbergh nearby.
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France
America
Lindbergh
U. S
Memphis
Potomac
Monument
Monument Grounds
Davis
Mrs. Coolidge
Washington
U.2
Col
Charlies Lindbergh
New York
Piney Point
Chesapeake Bay
Navy Yard
Los Angeles
Quantico
Potomas
Washington Monument
Evangeline L. Lindbergh
Hays Hammond
Naval
Paris
Lindy May Come Here Lindbergh Asked For DeKalb Legion Visit
DeKalb hopes to lure Charles Lindbergh to the district Legion convention on June 25. Wires reach out from Chicago to secure a brief visit to see the Spirit of St. Louis fly over DeKalb. Lindbergh plans include a Chicago stay June 24 to 26 with possible a side trip to DeKalb if schedules permit. The outcome rests with officials and the Legion committee as a busy northern Illinois event looms.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Atlantic Ocean
Pennsylvania Avenue
Monument Grounds
Coolidge
Lindbergh
Paris
Brussels
London
Europe
DeKalb
Chicago
St. Louis
Legion
Illinois
Oscar D. €Aristrom
William Hate Thompson
Confesses to Murder Ties Birger Gang to Price Case
Nashville reports Art Newman and wife confess that members of Charlie Birger's gang killed Lory Price, a state highway patrolman, and his wife. Illinois officials say the Washington county grand jury will consider murder indictments based on the new evidence. Price's wife’s body reportedly hidden in a mine near Marion and later buried in Marion. Newman was returned to Illinois after arrest in Long Beach, California.
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Nashville
Dame
U.P
Art Newman
Charlie Birger
Lory Price
John Stack
Mlinois
H. H. House
Washington County
Newman
Price
Marion
Stack
Arion
Duquoin
Illinois
Long Beach
Calif
West City
Judge Delays Case Over Dog Bite Tale in Chicago
Chicago judge Joseph L McCarthy watched two brown dogs, airedale and collie, as Hayim Dobry testified a dog bit him. Frances Liese faced charges for unmuzzled dogs. The judge postponed the case to June 22.
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Solomon
Chicago
U.P
Joseph L. McCarthy
Hayim Dobry
Frances Liese
W H Martell Dies After Long Gas Company Career
William H Martell aged 67, longtime gas company manager in Charles City and Sterling, and later Austin Minnesota, died of heart trouble in Austin. He served 16 years as superintendent of the Austin branch of Interstate Power Company, known as a candid, affable leader who handled conflicts with a smile and truth.
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William H. Martell
Sterling
Austin
Minn
Mr. Martell
Interstate Power Company
Austin Gas Company
Otter
Runner
Martell
Runner Brothers
Charles City
Flood Waters Still Fall in Tensas Basin
New Orleans on June 11 forecast a slow fall of flood waters in the Tensas basin and along the Atchafalaya river. Dr J M Cline predicts little increase before the near flood crest reaches the Mississippi valley district. Morgan City area shows a gradual rise but not enough to alarm.
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New Orleans
Tensas Basin
Atchafalaya River
J. M. Cline
Mississippi Valley
Morgan City
Cline
On the Air Sundays Five Best Radio Features
United Press notes radio listings for WEAF and other stations including Capitol Theatre program at 5:20 p m. Simmons in Baltimore at 7:15 p m. Claussen in Pittsburgh at 7:15 p m. Twilight hour music in Cincinnati at 4:30 p m. 7:45 p m.
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United Press
WEAF
Capitol
William Simmons
Baltimore
WPG
Atlantic City
Julia Claussen
Centralto
KDKA
Pittsburgh
WSAL
Cincinnati
Airport discussed for DeKalb area
DeKalb Chamber of Commerce discussed a possible airport near the city with government approval as a prerequisite. Paul Eakles outlined airport concepts tied to the McGirr field, earning cautious endorsement though no action was taken. Future meetings may form a committee to investigate further.
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DeKalb
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Eakles
McGirr
Eakles
Olwin
Chamber
Glen Reynolds
Weenie Roast and a Key On Ice for Elks
DeKalb Elks set a 7:30 pm meeting at the club rooms with a shorter business session. Afterward members will attend a weenie roast at the back 40 with a keg on ice, a blowout style event, and fines for noncompliance.
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G. W. Leutbecker
DeKalb Lodge of Elks
Torrid Spell Takes Five Lives Near Chicago Shores
A brief Chicago heat spell ended with five deaths in the last 48 hours as rescue efforts by Lieut. Fred Priestman of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station saved four boys. He flew to locate overturned canoes a mile offshore and towed them to safety.
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Chicago
U.P
Fred Priestman
Great Lakes
Auto Crash Reported At Grove And Third Streets
Police logs indicate a last night automobile crash at Grove and Third streets involving a car with license 944-878 that struck the Vanstone machine and damaged both vehicles. No injuries reported in the fragmentary record.
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Grove
Third Streets
Vanstone Machine
City Officials Visit Harvey on City Business
Mayor J. J. Kingsley and Fire Chief Mike McEvoy departed for Harvey to handle municipal matters early today. They are expected back this afternoon or evening.
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Harvey
J. J. Kingsley
Mike McEvoy
Attorney General Carlstrom Speaks to Local Chamber Meeting
Carlstrom addressed the Chamber of Commerce crowd at the Innovation Center last night after a delay in the program. He shared early life challenges and education efforts, discussed state court cases including a property deed dispute from the eighties, and noted pending questions on the gasoline tax to be revisited at a future meeting.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commere
Innovation
O. G. Olwin
Oscar Carlstrom
John Boyle
Carlstrom
Will Unite For A Month Plans July Union Church Services
Evangelical churches in the city outline a July and early August union service plan. The first union service is set for Sunday July 3 with the theme Christ in Everyday Life and the motto That in all Things He might Have the Preeminence from Colossians 1 18. Topics include Christ and Caesar Christ and the Multi Christ and the Market Place Christ and the Calvary and Christ and the Kingdom. Pastors from participating churches will deliver the messages and city church members are urged to attend.
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Christ
Caesar
Market Place
Delay in Liza Chaplin divorce answer announced
Delay in filing Liza Grey Chaplin cross complaint for divorce was announced with a tentative Monday morning date. The report also covers a U P dispatch on aviation progress featuring the Memphis cruiser, Lindbergh, and Ford tri motor plane from Washington to College Park, with details on radio and telephone relay of the story.
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Chaplin
Los Angeles
Liza Grey Chaplin
Washington
United Press
William J. McEvoy
United States
Memphis
Col
Charles Lindbergh
Potomac
J. H. Dellinger
Commerce Department
C. B. Hempel
McEvoy
Bolling Field
Ford Air Line
College Park
United Press Office
Army
Navy
Ford
William B. Stout
Ford Aircraft Factories
Wrights
Washington, D. C
Yank Aces Are Feted In Berlin Tribute To Richthofen
Berlin June 2 Chamberlin and Charles A honor Germanys top wartime ace Manfred Von Richthofen who shot down about 125 Allied planes before dying in a duel. The Americans plan flights to Munich and Vienna on their last day in Berlin as a laurel wreath is laid at the ace s grave.
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Berlin
Chamberlin
Charles A
Germany
Manfred von Richthoffen
Dawg
Munich
Vienna
Richthoffen
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UBA
Col. Lindbergh
Phil Love
Shirley Short
Harry Smith
Oakley Kelly
Portland
Ore
Russel Maughan
San Francisco
R. O. Read
R. C. Richardson
Atlantic
Leigh Wade
Frank M. Hawks
San Diego
Spirit of
White House
Coolidde
Lindy
Birger
Yage
W. H. Martell
Compan
Pires
Austin, Minnesota
Evangelical Churches OF
Potomac River
F. Hall
Igrand
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