Lindbergh Leaves Paris for Cherbourg Flight Home
Charles A. Lindbergh bids Paris farewell as he departs Le Bourget for Cherbourg to embark for the United States. The aviator, praised for his Atlantic crossing, flies in a French pursuit plane as crowds watch. Lindbergh will continue by sea, with ambassador Herrick among the witnesses.
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Cherbourg
France
Charlindbergh
New Try
Memphis
Atlantic
New York
Mindbergh
Glock
Paris
Lessay
Leger Field
Lé Bourget
Charles A. Lindbergh
le Bourget
United States
Military Aviion
Lin
Dinedonne Coste
Rignot
Chita
Herrick
Hitt
Lindy
America
Lindbergh
Inia Companion
Week's Weather Outlook for Bekiguins and Regions
Forecast shows mostly fair conditions in the middle Atlantic area with a period of showers in the late half. Temperatures expected near normal in the middle Atlantic, below normal in Atlantic states, Valley, and Tennessee with showers and thunderstorms developing mid to late week.
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Middle Atlantic
Atlantic
Valley
Tennessee
Legislation Reconvenes Monday in Charleston
Charleston June 4 Preparations for the reconvening of the special state legislature session were underway with uncertainty on agenda. Plans indicated potential a short adjournment after Monday while funds to complete the state capitol and governor appointments faced delayed action. A bill allowing use of county and district road funds on state highways had just passed the House and awaited Senate action.
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Charleston
Senate
State Capitol
Capitol Building Commission
Kanawha
Apending County
Chicago Mayors Plan Flood Control Conference Action
Chicago June 4 The flood control conference called by the mayors of Chicago St Louis and New Orleans prepared to outline a permanent relief program after two days of hearings from national administration engineers and business leaders across 22 Mississippi Valley states. Resolutions would petition President Coolidge and Congress to study flood control through a national commission and place the issue as Congresss top priority when the seventieth session opens in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Louis
New Orleans
Busiess
Agriculture
Mississippi
Coolidge
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Former Grafton Man Dies On West Coast
Harry Murtaugh, once of Grafton and longtime Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employee, died in San Francisco California. He was 19 when he left Grafton in 1906 and will be cremated in Decatur Indiana. He was son of William Murtaugh, prominent railroad official. Survived by local relatives and many friends.
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Harry
Murtaugh
Grafton
San Francisco
Cal
Decatur
Ind
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
William M. Murtaugh
Peonage Charge Made Against Georgia Man
Governor Clifford Walker ordered a rigid investigation into a negro laborer's peonage claim on a Georgia plantation. James Felton alleged 17 months of forced labor with 50 others and five killings under Dr W R King. Felton escaped from World War I era work on a 400 acre Lexington farm.
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Atlanta
Clifford Walker
Georgia
Danville
James Felton
Georsgia
King
Walker
Felton
W. R. King
Ing
Lexington
Department of Justice
Sonny Dorsey
Worlda
King Farm
Mitty
Fleet Steams Down Channel For Coolidge Review
A 97-ship United States fleet manned by 23 000 officers and men steamed through Thimble Shoals Cape Henry Virginia to be reviewed by President Coolidge aboard the Mayflower. Admiral Hughes commanded the fleet in a ten knot procession past the reviewing yacht as Seaplanes circled overhead. The ceremony marked the first fleet review since its reestablishment as a unified force.
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Cape Henry
iNinety
United States
Thimble Shoals Channel
Coolidge
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Seattle
Charles F. Hughes
United States Fleet
Wilbur
B. Eberle
Two Persons Drown Near Bridgeport Ohio
Two unidentified individuals, a man and a woman, drowned in Wheeling Creek west of Bridgeport after being swept from a foot bridge by the region's heaviest rainfall in years. The current was strong and hindered rescue efforts as bodies drifted toward the river.
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Bridgeport
Oho
Wheeling Creek
Atwood Back of Airline Plans Revealed in Traveler
Boston June 4 The Boston Traveler publishes a copyrighted story identifying Harry N Atwood as the principal figure behind a proposed trans Atlantic air service in a heavy lifting craft for about 100 passengers. Atwood, once famed aviator, reportedly lives in Monson Massachusetts where he refines the plan.
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Boston
Boston Traveler
Harry N. Atwood
Atwood
Japan
Monson
Mass
St. Louis
New York
Weather and a New Jersey Husband Arrest Complication
Thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Sunday partly cloudy and cooler. A New Jersey woman had her husband arrested for holding out 50 cents of his pay. A capital offense.
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West Virginia
West
New Jersey
Three Begin Prison Terms for Slaying
Three Webster Springs men convicted of Bennett slaying head to state prison after arriving in Clarksburg. William Hall Sherman McCallister and James Davis travel from Webster Springs to serve their sentences. Deputy Sheriff W Chipman attended the burial of George Hooligan Bennett in Selbyville cemetery.
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Clarksburg
George
Bennett
Selbyville
Webster County
Wm. Hall
Sherman McCallister
James Davis
Webster Springs
Harrison County
Moundaville
Williama
C. FP. McDaniels
Depluty
W. Chipman
Lee Bennett
Grain Broker Found Shot to Death in Baltimore
Baltimore June 4 Archibald R Dennis 49 a prominent grain broker died at Union Memorial Hospital from a bullet wound to the temple shortly after being found in a room at the Baltimore club by a policeman. No motive or foul play suggested. Dennis president of Dennis Jand Company Inc began in Indianapolis in 1896 later in Chicago and returned to Maryland to continue grain brokerage. He is survived by his widow and several siblings.
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Baltimore
Archibald R. Dennis
Union Memorial Hospital
Temple
Baltimore Clu
Dennis
Dennis Jand Company, Inc
Frederick
Indianapolis
Chicago
Board of Trade
Three Aviators Die In Flying Field Crash At Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas June 4 three men died today at the Jubilee flying field when their airplane fell about 600 feet bursting into flames on impact. The victims were Marvin Johnson Kearney Wright and Harry Lee Cosby. Eyewitnesses said the plane went into a tail spin before plunging to the ground.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Jubilee
Here
Marvin’ Johnson
Kearney Wright
Harry Lee Cosby
Backer of Flight Joins Chamberlin Berlin Flight in Giant Plane
Atlantic flight began at Roosevelt Field as Charles Levine, Clarence Chamberlin, and a Bellanca monoplane prepared for the trans ocean journey to Berlin. Spectators watched a false start before lifting off for a test flight, while Chamberlin’s wife Wylda Chamberlin faced anxious moments and Levine’s wife did not yet know her companion.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Bellanca Mg
Clarence
Charla Epedh
Paris
Levine
Bes Chamberlin
Chamberlin
Garden City
Wylda Chamberlin
Lee Yee
Eelin
Eace
Mra. Levine
Bellanca
Mra. Lavine
John Carli
Columbia Aircraft Corporation
Sai Noi
Ptoo
Plane sightings outline Bellanca and Columbia routes
Log details multiple aviation sightings from 6:05 A M EDT to 1:20 P M alerting a Bellanca aircraft and a Columbia craft near North West Port Marshfield Provincetown Yarmouth and Peggy’s Point with NX 237 license marks and auspices of Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce.
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Bellanca
Bellanea
North West Port
Long Pond
Mass
Marsh Field
Rovincetown
Mads
Bellgnca
Marshfield
Columbia
Yarmouth
Department of Commerce
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
New York
Paris
Attempt To Blow Up Crown Hotel In Providence
A planned bombing attempt at the Crown Hotel in Providence was foiled when firemen responding to a basement fire found a dynamite stick and a gasoline-soaked pool table cover. The hotel hosted 463 guests including many National League of Masonic Clubs delegates at its 22nd annual convention.
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Providence
Crown Hotel
Montreal
Boxer
National League of Masonic’ Clubs
Funeral Notice for Ernest Tett at McGrair Avenue Home
Officers and members of the Order of Railway Conductors are notified to attend the funeral of Brother Ernest Tett at his home on McGrair Avenue on Sunday June 5th, 1927 at 2 p.m. Interment will follow at Simpson Cemetery.
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Brother Ernest
Tett
McGrair
Ata
Simpson Cemetery
Yi White
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Sally Luzadder
Esta Walker
Myrtle Bebout
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Ritz Carlton
Peter A. B. Widener
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Bror G. Dahlberg
Great Neck
L. I
Jesse L. Livermore
Wall ‘Street
Dahlberg
Joseph E. Widener
P. A. B. Widener
Europe
P. A. B. Wideney
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Berlin
Charles Li
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B. D.T
Peggy's Point
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