Miss Earhart Busy Preparations for Southampton Flight
London June 27 Amelia Earhart spends a busy morning packing for her departure to Southampton this afternoon. She lays in baggage for dozens of frocks and apparel bought in London. Mrs Frederick Guest backs the flight while her house staff helps. Her crew Wilmer Stilz and Louis Gordon also pack numerous bargains for the Friendship voyage.
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London
Amelia Earhart
Southampton
Frederick Guest
Friendship
Boston
Wilmer Stilz
Louis Gordon
Pilots' Farewell Tour Prompts Coastal Adieus
Amelia Earhart bids farewell to London aid dawn visit with Miss Harbart praising British hospitality. Earhart later met Lady Astor for a morning farewell as she extended gratitude and reflected on her travel.
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Stultz
Veteran Engineer John Hauck Dies in Wheeling
Local friends report the sudden death of John Hauck a veteran Wheeling division engineer who had worked between Wheeling and Grafton on trains 53 and 44 for about 35 years He appeared well in the morning then suffered an acute indigestion attack at his Wheeling home and died at midday The widow and several relatives survive Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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John Hauck
Wheeling
Grafton
Hauek
Believe Substitute Sacks Used On Mail
Microscopic tests on Leviathan mail bag seals suggest thieves replaced original seals with impressions. Initial discovery implied New York rifling before shipment, but Scotland Yard and detectives now favor a theory the robbery occurred during transit at sea between Southampton and London.
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Southampton
Hag
New York
Scotland Yard
London
Insurance policy case over son Clifton G Pabor death
In McDowell County North Carolina in December 1924 a case tested an insurance policy carried by the son Clifton G Pabor who was shot to death. The defense claimed the mother’s son’s death was accidental while Judge Johnsbr B Hayes presided after Judge McClintic withdrew due to stockholder ties with the insurer.
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New York
Clifton G
Pabor
Wilco
McDowell
Mrs Stillman Will Advise German Girl Thea Rasche
Grand Mere Quebec June 27 German flyer Thea Rasche awaits backer Mrs James A Stillman for a projected trans Atlantic flight. Rasche praises Stillman for generosity and says she will not risk her, El Paso dispatches note sewing outfits for the flight remain a topic.
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Grand Mere
Que
Thea Rasehe
James A. Stillman
Tannol
el Continenton
Miss Rasche
Cap-De La Madeline Field Hosts North Star Flight Check
Uurieh Koenem and B. Zebora inspected the North Star at Cap-De La Madeline flying field after its flight from Hadley Field. Zeborg reported the aircraft in satisfactory condition following the outing yesterday.
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Uurieh Koenem
B. Zebora
Bellanea Mec Ie
Cap-De la Madeline
North Star
Zeborg
Hadley Field
Kidnapping tale rattles Palisco as general reports escape
A siren sounded before General Maximo Avila Camacho, chief of military operations in Palisco, claiming he had just escaped rebels who had kidnapped him. The body was not identified but suspected to be one of two Americans abducted days earlier near San Rafael, close to Zapopan.
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Maximo Avila Camacho
Palisco
San Rafael
Zapopan
Sin Jalisea
FARM FRIENDS GAIN VICTORY IN DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM SKIRMISH
James L. Wes reports from Houston June 27 that farm groups won a brief clash before the resolutions committee to gain representation on the sub committee drafting the 1928 Democratic platform. Senator Glass blocked the amendment as the Nebraska delegate argued agriculture must be represented on the drafting body.
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James L. Wes
Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Friends of Organized Agriculture
Resolutions Committee
John A. Simpson
Oklahoma
Thomas E.iman
Minnesota
Key Pittman
Nevada
Simpson
Glass
Virgin
F. J .Thomas
Nebraska
Kansas City
Usual Train Rider Is Picked Up By Police
A daily train rider identified as Manuel Gray of parts unknown was jailed after a brief pre-dawn detention. Judge Laurie W. E. Leach found him guilty and committed him to jail in default of a $10 fine plus costs. Police reported no disturbances since yesterday.
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Manuel Gray
Gray
Laurie W. E. Leach
Verdict Awarded to Mottier Against Company
In federal court in Bluefield on June 27 a verdict for Rosa H Tabor against Mutual Life Insurance Company awarded $10,000 damages and $2,700 interest. The action centered on a life insurance matter brought by Tabor, with the court delivering the financial award after trial.
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Bluefield
Rosa'h ‘Tabor
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Declaration draft to seek grant of power in Arkansas Senate debate
Arkansas senator Caraway, a McNary Haugen farm relief ally, urged Simpson to seek unanimous consent to add Cashman to the committee. The consent was granted. Hours of public hearings on prohibition, farm and other issues were slated before the sub committee’s work began.
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Caraway
Arkansas
Simpson
Cashman
Tha
Sighting Planes Near Archangelsk Reported Details
A second dispatch from Thomsoe to the Lokal Anzeiger adds details to a Norway sighting of Roald Amundsen's missing plane. The Norwegian sealers sighted the plane on an ice floe southeast of Northeast Land, crew visible repairing the machine through a telescope. Dense ice blocked approach and the vessel relayed the message via a Russian steamer to Archangelsk by wireless.
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Berlin
Norway
Roald Amrundsen
Thomsoe
Lokal Anzeiger
Archangelsk
Russia
Land
Slew Wrong Man Says Man Held For Murder
Beckley June 27 A preliminary hearing before a magistrate heard Rd Greer admit killing Charles Smith in a lumber camp near Egeria but claim he shot the wrong man He was held for the grand jury without bond Greer did not name his intended victim.
Election Costs Are Heavy In Taylor Co
Primary election costs in Taylor County last month nearly doubled from 1924 levels, with county records showing a total expenditure of 5,761.42 compared to 3,748.92 four years earlier. The rise is attributed to unusually heavy voting and longer ballots, with the budget increase exceeding 2,000 dollars.
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Taylor County
Election Officials Two Days Pay Hit $3110 This Year
The report notes two days pay for election officials and commissioners before results could be filed. The itemized expense for this year totaled $3,110, nearly matching the entire 1924 bill which covered printing publishing rental of polling places and other incidental costs.
Charleston Attorney and Wife Awarded Damages
Charleston June 27. A G Kelly, a Charleston attorney, and his wife were awarded 2 billion dollars in damages by a Kanawha county jury in their 10,000 dollar suit against three state and federal prohibition officers for alleged indignities during a raid on their home last January. Defendants were H G seen and others charged with acting without a warrant at a time when Mrs Kelly was 1.
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Charleston
A. G. Kelly
Kanawha County
H.G
Mts
Body of Negro Recovered From Monongahela River
The body of an unidentified Black man about 25 was found in the Monongahela River. A letter addressed to Frank Colman in West Virginia was found in his pocket, the recipient’s town erased. The deceased appeared to be a miner.
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Pittsburgh
Frank
Colman
West, Virginia
Monongahela River
Miner
Brooklyn Woman Divorces Writer in France Case
A divorce decree from Nice, France, dated June 27, dissolves the marriage of Thel Brown Robbins of Bilam against Clarence Robbins, an American writer known as Tod. The ruling appears to have been issued by the Nive courts, with details incomplete.
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Nice
France
Nive
Mithel Brown Robbins
Clarence
Robbin
Tod
Convicted of Second Degree Murder in Beckley Trial
A jury returned a verdict of second degree murder against Dennla Fox for the slaying of Dewey Snuffer in a Beckley criminal court. The sentence was deferred after the verdict, rendered yesterday afternoon following a quarrel with a girl and Fox claiming self defense.
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al Smith
Oliver Street
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Coney Island
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