Balti more and Ohio showcases new locomotives amid reform talk
The item notes the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad displaying its new locomotives as proof of modern service and schedules. It mentions gasoline electric passenger cars trial, banker conventions in Clarksburg, and the belief banks’ health underpins community prosperity. Also comments on Lindbergh hero reception plans in New York and Washington.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Clarksburg
Commonwealth
Lindbergh's Welcome Plans Stir City Dignity and Debate
The article surveys public reaction to Lindbergh's homecoming and suggests a grand coastal voyage back to New York. It criticizes beggar nuisances, notes Canada’s repeal of prohibition, and reports on tensions in China's civil war. It details Lindbergh's planned June 4-17 itinerary in New York and St. Louis before Paris flight postponement due to weather.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Miller Field
Staten Island
Broadway
City Hall
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Kenley
England
Paris
Channel
Governor Fuller Names Sacco Vanzetti Board
Governor Fuller considers delaying Sacco and Vanzetti execution date due to a tight schedule after appointing an advisory committee to review the case. Harvard president A Lawrence Lowell, former probate judge Robert Grant, and Samuel W Stratton head the panel in Boston.
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Boston
Fuller
Sacco
Venzetti
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Robert Grant
Samuel W. Stratton
Massachusetts
Long Illness Claims Key City Official
A long illness ended the life of a prominent city figure who chaired the advisory committee for the Institute of Technology. The governor has spent weeks reviewing the case independently. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with rites likely Saturday afternoon as the bereaved family gathers at the bedside. Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted in the 1920 slaying of a South Braintree paymaster and his guard.
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Nstitute of Technology
Sacco
Vanzetti
South Braintree
Lake Cargo Decision Not To Mean Wage Settlement
A formal statement from S H Robbins president of the Ohio Coal Operators Association says the recent lake coal rate cut cannot trigger wage negotiations with Ohio miners on any basis other than a competitive wage. He notes only about one tenth of the state's coal goes to ports, leaving ninety percent unaffected. The statement came during a meeting of the operators executive committee in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Ohio
S. H. Robbins
Ohio Coal
Motorman Held After Adams Street Streetcar Crash
W V state brief: Joe Towles, motorman in charge of the Adams streetcar, is held on $5,000 bond for manslaughter after the streetcar jumped the tracks, killing a woman and injuring fourteen others. The crash occurred at Adams and Quincy, injuring seven teens and a Mrs Charles Gaskill who died shortly after.
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J Fairmont
B. K Towles
Adams Street
Adams and
Quincy Street
Thomas W. "Powell
Towles
Charles Gaskill
Lindbergh's Wisconsin Days Shape Future Career
The article recalls Charles Lindbergh at the University of Wisconsin and Brooks-Kelly aviation school, noting his early marksmanship, aviation interest, and a campus airplane landing that sparked his lifelong pursuit. His mother, recounting his youth, explains she never interfered with his aviation plans and believed in his remarkable skill and resolve.
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Texas
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Wisconsin
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Lindbergh
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Staelie
Nyin
Mra Lindbergh
Lindbergh Early Years at Wisconsin College Life
BONITA WITT reports on Charles Lindbergh's 1921 enrollment at the University of Wisconsin Madison as a mechanical engineering student. The piece notes his solitary study, lack of social life, self financed journey through college, and a mother’s prideful recollections amid character observations from a college friend about his diligence and frequent failing marks.
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Lindbergh
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Paris
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Detroit
Charles
Wisconsin
Evangeling L. Lindbergh
Fire Ravages Scott's Run District Buildings Damaged
Last evening a blaze tore through Scott's Run district destroying one apartment house and severely damaging a church, with about six other structures receiving minor fire damage. Morgantown fire equipment assisted.
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Scott's Run
Morgantown
Miner Fire Sparks Blaze in Creek Water Dammed by Volunteers
Volunteers built a dam across the creek to secure water as a blaze broke out. A miner’s clothing drying near an open flame reportedly ignited the fire, with the loss yet to be determined.
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