Lindbergh Honored By Big New York Welcome Crowd
Charles Lindbergh returned to New York aboard the Macom after a nonstop flight from New York to Paris. Thousands cheered as police helped women who fainted and a harbor filled with craft waved flags. A city parade formed to escort the aviator through Broadway with generals sailors marines and veterans leading the salute.
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New York
Charles Lindbergh
Paris
Battery
Lindbergh
N. Haskell
Fort Hancock
N. J
Governor's Island
Brooklyn Navy Yard
National Guard
Naval
City Hall
Broadway
Weather West Virginia: Rain Tonight and Tuesday
A weather notice reports rain in West Virginia tonight and Tuesday with little change in temperatures. The forecast highlights showers across the region and a steady temperature trend ahead.
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West Virginia
Conference with Supt Faherty by Monongah Division
Officials of the Motive Power, Maintenance of Way and Transportation departments meet with Superintendent T. K. Faherty in a regular monthly staff session. Five matters of interest to railroad operation heads frame the discussions, aimed at closer cooperation and improved overall division performance.
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Manongah Division
T. K. Paherty
Monongah
Byrd Set to Begin Paris Flight Test Ahead of Departure
New York reports Commander Richard Byrd near ready to launch a tri motored plane named New American for a Paris flight. Final radio tests were planned with emergency supplies aboard and weather charts prepared for ocean routes.
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New York
Europe
Richard B. Byrd
Lindbergh
Paris
Weather Bureau
House Rejects Highland Plan in Capitol Bond Vote
Charleston June 13 The House of Delegates narrowly rejects the Highland resolution proposing a 5 million dollar bond issue for a capitol completion, despite Senate approval last week. A substitute bill to raise utility taxes, with funds earmarked for the capitol, passes finance committee and heads to a vote as governors and rail interests weigh potential tax shifts and budget impacts.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
Senate
House Finance Committee
Cummins
House
Finance Committee
Keatley
Kanawha
R. Marsh Dean
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Capitol
Last Town Crier Resigns After 27 Years Of Service
Provincetown, Mass June 13 Notice Walter T. Smith longtime town crier for 27 years has retired due to lameness at age 78. The resignation likely signals the end of the quaint local office in this country.
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Provincetown
Mass
Walter T. Smith
Town
Eighteen Hurt in Interurban Bus Crash on Delaware River Bridge
Eighteen persons were injured today when an interurban bus carrying fourteen passengers skidded and struck a double row of autos on the Delaware River bridge. Seventy five cars were damaged. Most injured were motorists and families returning from weekend seashore points. John Bryan, 28, driver of the bus, was later arrested after police said he was being pursued for speeding.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
John Bryan
Body of Slain Woman Recovered From Coal Mine Shaft
In Marion Illinois on June 13 a mine workers’ search recovered the body of Mrs Lory I Price wife of a state highway patrolman. She and her husband were killed by the Birger gang in January. Art Newman admitted the slaying and the body was hidden in an abandoned coal shaft. The mine had been inactive for years and cave ins followed the disclosure.
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Marion
Lory I. Price
Art Newman
Charles Berger
Til
Lory L. Price
Southern Illinois
Nashville
Birger
Price
Bris
Newman
Dubois
Charley Birger
Moderates Capture Two Chinese Cities
London reports General Chiang Kai Shek and Nationalists have captured Haichow and Shiyang in northern Hunan province. He advances on Shudhen as major canal cities near the Grand Canal brace for fall. Marshal Chang Tso Lin withdraws his main army toward Mukden.
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London
Chiang Kai Shek
Nanking
Shanghai
Haichow
Shiyang
Xiangsu Province
Shudhen
Grand Canal
Chang
Lin
Mukden
Soil as Nation Asset Highlighted by President
President Coolidge told the first International congress of soil science that soil is a fundamental national and global asset. He urged increased research, higher acre yields, and warned against relying on mines, stressing international cooperation and peace through soil conservation and land use dialogue. He noted government agriculture staff form the world’s largest research body.
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Washington
Coolidge
International Congress of Soil Science
Lindbergh's Mother Receives Warm Welcome in New York
Mrs. Lindbergh, mother of the famed aviator, was greeted by crowds at a Washington to New York arrival. She spoke with newspapermen, praised the reception in Washington, and said she has no plans that will affect her son's career. She expressed admiration for New York women and noted her travel to St Louis in a private car.
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New York
Ebwel Uh Lindbergh
Jones
Lindbergh
Washington
Mator Wm. S. Deegan
Mid Town
Pennsylvania
Judge Lodge
Detroit
Richard Blythe
St. Louis
James Walker
Walker
San Diego
Europe
Aeen
Mother and son flogged by maskers near Toccoa
Gainesville report describes a band of about 12 hooded men abducting Mrs. Ansley Bowers and her son Lloyd from their home six miles from Toccoa. They were beaten with a belt or whip and left unconscious. They reached a farmer’s house then were taken to Toccoa for medical care. It was the first such flogging in years.
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Court House Green
Philippi
Elks Lodge of
Grafton
William Taylor George
Mr. George
Richard L. Foley
Arch A. Powell
Leland Price
Claire Reger
Dorsey W. Fast
Walter McFarling
Harry V. Flanagan
Elks
East Main Street
Gainesville
Ansley Bowers
Toccoa
Lindy’s Gotham Welcome to Lindbergh in Two-Part Exhibit
New York prepares a two part public welcome for Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. Arrival by sea plane in Upper Bay, parade past Battery Place to City Hall, and ceremonies at City Hall Park. Governor Smith and Mayor Walker to participate. The medal of valor presentation is the highlight.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
City Hall
Mall
Central Park
Lindbergh
Lower
New York Bay
Washington
Macom
Governors Island
Battery Place
Bowling Green
Broadway
City Hall Park
al Smith
James Walker
Lindbergh backs Pacific flight with caution on navigation
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh said a San Francisco to Hawaii trip is feasible and will be attempted soon. He warned that accurate navigation must be used for the Pacific run and cautioned against adopting transatlantic methods for the Pacific voyage. He noted dead reckoning could drift the plane far off course into vast water, risking rescue.
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San Francisco
Hawaii
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
National Aeronautic Association
British Isles
Spain
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Woman Not His Wife Implicated in Galloway Beheading Blast
State police report a miner, Michael Zorko, killed by a dynamite blast as he slept in house No 14 at Galloway. Twenty-five residents were in the dwelling, with Felix Latенox and Don Lombelo arrested on suspicion after coroner’s jury ruled the blast murder. The case centers on a nonunion boarding house tied to bootlegging feuds and a woman living with Zorko.
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Michael Zorko
Galloway
Zorko
Flemington
Felix Latenox
Don Lombelo
Barbour County
Pennsylvania
Shev
McGrumphy Funeral Company
Simpson
Mike
Augusta Zorko
Reward Offered for Coaster Wagon Left by Grafton Sentinel
A reward is offered for information leading to the recovery of a coaster wagon that was left standing in front of the Grafton Sentinel office. Reports should be left at the Sentinel office.
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Grafton Sentinel
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