Nobile Camp Found as Amundsen Rescue Fails
Reports say Major Maddalena reached the Nobile camp off North East Land delivering provisions to the Italia fliers while Amundsen, in a rescue seaplane, is missing after a forced landing. Conflicting notes from Kings Bay and Copenhagen describe the ice drifting and search efforts in Spitzbergen waters.
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Kings Bay
Spitzire
Citta di Milano
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Maddalena Sall Bile
Maddalena
N. Jone En
Stockholm
Sweden
Aftonbladet Today
Roald Amundsen
Amundsen
Elevator Fire Destroys Kirkland Grain Elevator
A bolt ignited the Kirkland elevator at John MacQueen yards, causing $50,000 in losses. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line owned the facility, leased by farmer John MacQueen. Firefighters from Belvidere were delayed by water supply limits, and Kirkland residents raced to defend nearby buildings as work on a new village water system begins.
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Kirkland
John MacQueen
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
John May Queen
Hich
Haseen
Flight’s End Over Atlantic Flight to Wales
The Friendship airplane landed in Bury South Wales completing a 2000 mile voyage from Newfoundland. Amelia Earhart along with Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon were aboard the craft, completing the journey in about 20 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bury South Wales
Newfoundland
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stult
Lou Gordon
May Join to Beat Smith in political maneuvering
Houston convention report notes anti Smith groups plan allied effort to contest the nomination. Georgia Senator Walter F. Groee and Cordell Hull allies weigh leadership. no single candidate yet emerges. Van Namee from New York arrives with organizers as delegates gather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Alfred BE. Smith
Watson-Larwden-Goff-Curtis
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
Walter F. Grovee
Cordell Tull
Tennessee
James A. Reed
Missouri
Evans Woolen
Tanana
Ayers
Kansas
Anticoover
George
Hull
Reed
Frank J. Uriner
Washington
Nartenions Houston
Smd
Midwest Rain Sweeps Plains Leaving Damage and Deaths
Severe storms drenched the Midwest with rain and lightning, killing several and injuring many. Indiana University mourns four students struck by lightning in Bloomington while seeking shelter. Other fatalities reported in Newark Ohio and nearby states as winds toppled trees, unroofed houses, and disrupted communications and rail lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Middlewest
Illinois
Indiana
Indiana University
Bloomington
Ind
Otto Hacker
Brothe Thomas
James Holt
Kenneth Deckard
Donald Thomas
Newark
Ohio
Chiccare
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Missouri
Prederick
Okla
Ebert
Wattonsburg
St. Louis
U.R
Petu
Lichtnin
Tom Fawcett to Resume Night Plant Work Tonight
Tom Fawcett, night trouble man at Illinois Power Company, plans to return to work tonight after being overcome by gas and fumes during a fire at the plant yesterday. He was rescued after trying to extinguish the blaze and was hospitalized, though not seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Fawcett
Ilinois Power Company
Mr. I
Mot Seriou
Sweett
Bulletin Recalls Rope-Tied Feats of Aerial Pioneer
A historical bulletin highlights an early aviator who reportedly flew from New York to Pennsylvania, marking a notable triumph. The fragment mentions a rope and a planetary setting, with June as a referenced time, but details are unclear.
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Will
New York
P. Pennsylvania
S. Ss
Grand Jury Finds No Substantiation in Siden er Case Findings
In St Louis on June 20 a grand jury found no substantiation for charges that William Russe Platina vane Louder paid 15 700 for a sattare deal in Howard Sidener’s office. The report criticized motives and noted sensational rumors, with Assistant Circuit Attorney Maroney directing the probe and a stenographer connected to Sidener.
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St. Louis
William Russe
Vane Louder
Sattare
Cliant
Howard Sidener
Arthur J. Freund
Clicnit
Competin Jiist Sidener
Stary Report
Mreurnd
Maroney
Grand Jury
Sidener
Dying Negro Taken From Bed Is Lynched Near Houston
A 20 year old Negro man, charged with abducting A. W. Davis, was dragged from a bed at Jefferson Davis hospital and lynched six miles from Houston. His body was found hanging under a wooden bridge hours later as armed men carried out the mob act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
U.R
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Isniehet
A. W. Davis
Illinois State Chamber air tour opens from Chicago to Rockford
In Chicago at 7 20 this morning fourteen airplanes led by the twin nutored Ford plane Stanolind soared in formation toward Rockford as the first stop of a four day state air tour sponsored by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. Fifty leaders rode the goodwill caravan to promote aviation and airport development in Illinois with stops at Sterling Moline and Monmouth.
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Chicago
U.P
Municiel Airport
Rockford
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Illinois
Sterline
Moline
Monmouth
Stanolind
Aeronautics Division
Industrial Development Department
Ilinois State Chamber of Commerce
Munmicipal
At & A.m
Pha
Five Miners Die in Laurel Point Mine Blast
A Laurel Point West Virginia coal mine explosion killed five miners and injured seven others. Ten escaped, seven injured were hospitalized at Morzantown. Rescue teams worked to remove victims as officials investigated cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Point
W. Va
Dune
Nation Coal Company
Morzantowmn
DeKalb Graduation to Honor Bishop Hoban Visit
Bishop Edward Francis Hoban of Rockford will visit DeKalb for St. Mary’s School graduation exercises. Eight eighth graders graduate with the class of 1928, including Dorothy Bedink and Josephine Ridolph. A six act play Nathan Hale will be staged by seventh and eighth graders with a souvenir program and vows of good wishes to the bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imans
Edward Francis Hoban
Dorothy Bedink
Josephine Ridolph
Vito Darin
Daniher
Prank Jope
Anthony Kerzich
Joseph Kalavas
William Malone
Saint Mary
Edward Fran Hoban
Rockford
DeKath
Mary
Tishop Hoban
Pathmer
J. A. Solon
Hoban
DeKalb
Nathan Hale
Kussner
Hym
Mary Holitha
Bishop Hoban
Frank Hope
Dorothy Malone
King Proctor
Tray
Alec
Harold
Hall
Geors
Elmendorf Boy Receives Arm Cast After Fracture
Max Elmendorf, son of Mr and Mrs Elmendorf, fractured his arm at play and has had limited hand movement. Doctors planned a plaster cast to straighten the limb and help restore use of fingers, while the boy remains uncomplaining through the worry.
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Max Elmendorf
Elmendorf
Viaduct Near Genoa Paved Is Report Today
Harley Self of the state highways department reported last evening that the viaduct over the railroad near Genoa has been paved. The contractor completed the work yesterday and barriers will stay at both ends of the hill for 18 months to cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Self
Department of Highways
Genoa
Hoover Seeks Key Republican Aide Selections
President Hoover met for over an hour with Herbert Work and Orlen Mills to decide the two Republican committee chairmen for his campaign. A 24 member Kansas City convention committee must ratify the choice before any announcement. The Commerce Department waiting room held many anxious politicians as talks continued.
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Washington
Fleibert Hoover
Republicommitter
Hoover
Interior
Herbert Work
Treasury
Orlen Mills
Kansas City
Commerce Department
Work
Merchants Division Set Meeting Friday Noon
A noon Friday gathering of the Chamber of Commerce merchants division is planned to discuss unfinished business and several matters. The airport committee, meeting today at noon, is expected to report progress for the merchants session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
Airport Committee
Merchaints
Merchants Division
Power Line Extension Planned to Lily Lake Area
Illinois Power Co filed one formal application with the Illinois Commerce Commission to extend its lines from Elburn along the Lincoln Highway toward Kane County and Lily Lake. If approved, construction may start soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Lake
Spromefield
Tminois Power Company
Tlinois Commerce Commission
Elburn
Kane County
Lincoln Highway
Commerce Commission
State to Begin Meat Plant Inspection in Illinois
The Illinois department of agriculture announces meat inspection at packing plants not regulated by the U S government. The program, an added service led by director Stillman Standard, starts in June and targets facilities in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
U.S
Ilinois
Illinois Department of Sculuire
Mererdine
Stillman
Stanard
Realtar
Weather Outlook: Mostly Cloudy With Local Thunderstorms
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with possible local thunder showers. Temperatures are not expected to change significantly.
Flood Control Board Begins Tours On Big River Plan
The flood control board led by Major General Edgar Jadwin travels toward Cape Girardeau Missouri to unify army and Mississippi river commission plans for flood control spending. The group includes Brigadier General Thomas H. Jackson and Carleton W. Sturtevant with hearings set in Memphis and New Madrid on river features and floodways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Jackson
Mississippi River Commission
Carleton W. Sturtevant
Coolidge
Congres
Secretary of War
Cape
Cairo
New Madrid
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Ernest Graves
B. H. Schulz
Maple Park Man’s Ford Found by Rock Island Police
A Ford tourer with missing accessories was found near Rock Falls by Chief A. E. Berlin Jr. The license tag remained, allowing identification after the car had been abandoned south of Rock Falls and stored in a Rock Falls garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Park
Rock Island
Tor Norland
Rock Falls
A. E. Berlin, Jr
Rock Fall
Curtis Confers With Leaders of His Party
Senator Charles Curtis Republican vice presidential nominee began talks with Republican leaders in Washington on the farm relief plan he and Herbert Hoover intend to campaign on this fall. Senator Smoot of Utah, who drafted the platform, led off the discussions at Curtis office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Charles Curtis
Herbert Hoover
Senator Smoot
Utah
Curtis
Petition Circulation Under Way For DeKalb Sanitary District
Citizens in DeKalb discuss creating a sanitary district after an adjourned city council meeting. A. A. Brensley summarized a sewerage report for the DeKalb Izaak Walton League and a petition now circulates to place the question before voters. The process requires a signed petition from at least 100 residents with boundaries, a named district, filing with the county clerk, and a two-judge commission to set boundaries before a public hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de- Kalb
Izaak Walton League
Walton League
A. A. Brensley
Suhr, Berryman, Peterson & Suhr
DeKalb
DeKalb County
Power restored after storm damages in DeKalb area
About 30 Illinois Power company employees worked from 4 AM to 7 PM to restore power and lights for DeKalb Sycamore Elburn Maple Park Cortland and Malta after a lightning storm. Crews repaired melted wires and two burned switch boxes quickly with temporary plant connections and planned permanent work later.
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Illinois Power Company
DeKalb
Sycamore
Elburn
Maple Park
Cortland
Malta
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Here
Pike County
Golden Rule
DeKalb Daily Chronicle
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