Spanish Fliers Missing in Atlantic Search Intensifies
Madrid reports intensifying fear that Major Ramon Franco and three crew members perished in their Dorner Wahl 16 hydroairplane during a trans Atlantic flight. British Eagle ordered to aid, Portuguese and British ships scour the Azores area, with several seaplanes and destroyers retracing the route toward New York.
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Madrid
Ramon Franco
Primo de Rivera
Cartan
Azores
New York
Marchica
Punta Sebo
Huelva
Ferrol
France
Gibraltar
Lisbon
Longo
Grelden
Franco
Edouardo Galiarza
Ruiz de Alda
Pedro de Madariaga
London
Engle
Portsmouth
Admiralty
City Taxes Past Due Delinquent Notice Ahead of June 30 1929
City tax collection warning urges all persons to settle overdue bills before June 30 1929 to avoid delinquency. Provides deadline and enforcement intent for municipal revenue.
Sinclair Shares Imprisonment With Former Business Partner
Washington June 26 Friends and companions of long standing Harry P F Sinclair billionaire of Manhattan and Henry Mason Day of New York vice president of Sinclair Exploration Company shared imprisonment today in the Washington jail. Day faces four months while Sinclair serves 90 days for contempt of court and contempt of the senate. Day denied any wrongful act and proclaimed his innocence.
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Washington
Harry PF. Sinclair
Henry Mason Day
New York
Sinclair Exploration Company
Washington Asylum Land
Day
Sinclair
Senate
Teapot Dome Naval Oil’ Reserve
Stone
Pea soup fog halts liners in New York harbor
Heavy fog stretched 200 miles from Nantucket to quarantine, delaying four trans Atlantic liners Corinthia Franconia Dresden and New York by about a day. The Baltic docked after 14 hours, while others anchored or rode out the mist until dawn. Coast shipping and boat travel to Coney Island were disrupted.
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New York
Nantucket
Corinthia
Franconia
Dresden
Baltic
Sandy Hook
Cunarder Corinthia
Paris
Coney Island
Army Aviator Sets 36Hour Flight From New York To San Francisco
Captain Ross G. Hoyt of the Army Air Corps plans a 36 hour flight from Mitchell Field New York to San Francisco and back in a Curtiss Hawk aircraft with a 600 horsepower Challenger engine fueling stops at Davenport Iowa and Cheyenne Wyoming. Hoyt will take a five hour rest in San Francisco. The mission uses a 31 foot wingspan plane weighing about 3000 pounds with 250 gallon fuel tanks. Hoyt previously helped in refueling the endurance plane.
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Washington
War Department
Ross G. Hoyt
Army Air Corps
Mitchell Field
New York
San Francisco
Army
Davenport
Cheyenne
Wyo
Hoyt
Strongheart Dies Former Film Dog Star
Strongheart the famous dog actor died at the home of his owner Jane Murfin in Los Angeles. Brought from Germany eight years ago he trained with Berlin police and served with the German Red Cross in the war. Miss Murfin, a playwright, introduced him to cinema and he won lasting affection from silent film followers.
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Los Angeles
Strongheart
Jane Murfin
Germany
Berlin
Red Cross
Miss Murfin
Protestant speaker defends use of beauty aids at synod
Dr Walter A Maier of St Louis told the 34th triennial convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Missouri Synod in River Forest that modest use of rouge and lipstick is acceptable. He argued painting and powdering date back to early America and colonial newspapers, and that calls for obscenity ignore historical inconsistency.
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Munier
America
Bouton Bell
Dawes Eschews Rum Privilege in London
London June 25 The American ambassador Charles G Dawes indicated he will not drink alcoholic beverages at the ambassadorial residence as reported in diplomatic circles and among the American colony in London The official residence is the only dry embassy home in London and Dawes action is noted as a departure from expected hospitality (Continued on page seven)
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London
Amebassador
Charles G. Dawes
Aquar
Dawes
Close Friend of Rothstein Dies on Ride
New York details the mysterious slaying of Frank Marlow a boxing manager and former night club owner friend of Arnold Rothstein. Found by two motorists near Flushing cemetery he died later in a police booth. Police call it a beer war and say he was taken for a ride. He had dined alone the night of his death and left Boston recently after promoting fights. Marlow 38 had managed Johnny Wilson and discovered Jack Delaney. Police found 16 dollars and a pistol permit but heard no shots. a search of associates began.
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New York
Frank Marlow
Arnold Rothstein
Marlow
Flushing, L. 1
Frank Curto
Boston
Johnny Wilson
Jack Delaney
Saratoga
Suffolk County
University President Files Divorce Suit in Michigan
Dr Clarence Cook Little retiring president of the University of Michigan filed for divorce from Mrs Katherine Andrews Little in circuit court at Ann Arbor Michigan. Hearing date set for August 20 and a court order delayed details of the allegations. The action follows his resignation about two months ago amid regents opposition. They were married in 1911.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Clarence Cook Little
University of Michigan
Katherine Andrews Little
Jtent
Dr. Little
Board of Regents
Graf Zeppelin To Visit U S Around Late July Or August
Graf Zeppelin will depart Friedrichshafen in July or August to fly to Lakehurst New Jersey. The announcement says the airship would take off at the end of July or early August and marks a major transatlantic display by German airship technology.
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Graf Zeppelin
U.S
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin Works
Lakehurst
Bishop Cannon Named Fine Customer in Bond House Case
New York June 25 A bankruptcy hearing into Kable and Company revealed mystifying stock entries tied to Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. A witness said the $400 profit noted on two entries appeared to be a mistake and Cannon was a good customer using a partial payment plan.
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New York
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Kable & Company
Harry L. Goldhurst
Cannon
Lehigh Valley
Goldhurst
Charles W. Kable
Veteran Pilot Killed In Airways Accident Near St Paul
A Northwest Airways flight from Chicago crashed in St Paul last night killing veteran pilot Eddie Middagh, 38, Minneapolis. Seven passengers injured, five seriously, with four others hurt in rescue efforts and one more injured. Cause undetermined.
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St. Paul
Northwest Airways
Chicago
Eddie Middagh
Minneapoli
Jana
Henry Foote, Jr
Minneapolis
Kendall Clough
Halbert Ames
Paul
Robert Johnson
Ts Steward
Jennings
M'Cosker
Woman killed in Cumby shooting at post office
In Cumby Texas near the post office, Mrs. Oscar Cross, 35, shot and killed a woman mistaken for another by Mrs. W. Reid of Cumby. The incident occurred yesterday.
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Cumby
Tex
Reid
Oscar
Cross
Burns Returns to Georgia to Complete Prison Sentence
Chicago publisher and former georgia chain gang escapee Hubert Elliott Burns, who built a Chicago real estate magazine career, was taken to Georgia to finish his sentence after habeas corpus actions were dropped. He had been sentenced in 1922 for a robbery with hard labor, escaped seven years ago, and later rose in the real estate field before his past troubled him again.
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Chicago
Hubert Elliott Burns
Georgia
Joseph B. David
Superior Court
Burns
Reporter High In Air Talks To London Girl
An Associated Press reporter in Hadley New Jersey talks by trans Atlantic telephone with Miss Martha Dalrymple in London while flying in a special plane. The experiment linked the plane radio to land lines then to the trans Atlantic system with other press teams joining in. Continued on Page Two.
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William W. Chaplin
Associated Press
Hadley
N. J
New York
London
American Telephone and ‘Telegraph Company
Ippaly
Grafton Board Retains Rice as School Superintendent
The Grafton Independent district board of education voted four to one to reappoint Harold A. Rice as superintendent of schools for the upcoming term. The vote followed a request by Rice to present charges and seek cause. Secretary Friedman announced the decision occurred within thirty minutes of the session start. William A. Beavers was absent, and B. F. Redinger presided. Meanwhile, the Taylor County Board of Trade is now assured, with over 125 memberships reported by K. J. Nuzum, temporary secretary of the solicitation committee, as Harry M. Murray leads the effort to organize a formal meeting soon to pursue a program aiding Gratton and Taylor County’s business and agricultural interests.
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Harold A. Rice
Gfatgh Independent
Board of Education
Rice
Tne
William A. Weavers
B. F. Redinger
Friedman
Beavers
Taylor County Board ‘of Trade
K. J. Nuzum
Tygart Valley Credit Bureau
Trade Board
Harry M. Murray
Murray
Gratton
Taylor County
Theatre Man's Wife Faces Death Charge
Mrs. Louis Pantages wife of theater owner Alexander Pantages faces second degree murder charges in the death of Japanese driver Rokumoto after a June 16 car collision. A coroner's jury found Rokumoto died from injuries caused by the crash and she had previous driving while intoxicated charges.
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Los Angeles
Louis Pantages
Alexander Pantages
Joe Rokumidto
Rokumoto
Horse Worn Out Wins Rich Purse in Hungarian Derby
Budapest June 25 A three year old named Rabale, condemned and sold months ago for 70 dollars as fit only for the plow, won the Hungarian national derby and a 10 000 prize from a field of 21 thoroughbreds in the rich purse race.
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Budapest
Rabale
McDaniel Improves After Axe Accident In Knottsville
Charles R. McDaniel Knottsville district road supervisor is improving after a Friday axe accident that badly cut his foot. Early reports suggested possible amputation but new indications show recovery progressing, with doctors reassessing the threatened procedure.
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Charles R. McDaniel
Knottsville
Oday
No Dry Agents In Wet States Proposed In Senate Plan
Washington June 25 A Taft era official Ellis proposes cutting federal funds to wet states that do not enforce Prohibition The plan aims to pressure states to repeal or enforce the dry laws by shifting funding and exposing the federal government to the consequences of noncompliance He argues the move would trigger immediate nationwide impact and spur stronger crime controls and judicial capability as states face pressure to act He cites rising homicide and crime costs and notes large urban centers have substantial numbers of criminals at large, urging action.
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Washington
Wade H. Eilis
Taft
Ker
District of Columb
Aviator Rescued After Jump Over Sea Near San Diego
Lt Clyde of the U S Navy Ventura flight was rescued after bailing out from a bombing plane off San Diego harbor. Parachute was spotted by observers, a rescue party with Navy support reached the site, and Clyde was hauled aboard a barge after about three hours in the water. He escaped with only minor exposure and no injuries reported.
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San Diego
Cal
Liuetandnt
United States
Fleet
Loma
Clyde
Butler
Art
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Rothstein
Flushing Cemetery
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