Byrd's Plane America Nearing French Capital Welcome
Honolulu dispatch notes Lieutenants Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger, piloting the first plane from the mainland to Hawaii, are greeted with social engagements at Waikiki. The pilots, who flew 2,400 miles in 25 hours 40 minutes, face a busy schedule while awaiting further Dole prize competition details.
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Honolulu
Lester J. Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
Golden Gate
Hawaii
Waikiki Beach
Howard M. Lewis
Nun shoots driver in buckshot attack near Wytheville
A nun fired a double barrel shotgun through a car windshield near Wytheville Virginia killing William Hale four and injuring Bert Wale cousin of the deceased and James Lantern fourteen. Brack Nicholls intoxicated and crazed by liquor was arrested along with N Neholls who fled. Sheriff Kinser said Nicholls was charged with the shooting and the injured were taken to Radford hospital in very grave to grave condition.
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Bluefield
William Hale
Wytheville
Kinser
Brack Nicholas
Speedwell
Eholls
Fale
Nicholls
Bert Wale
Radford
James Lantern
Philippi Buckhannon highway opens Saturday with ceremony
A new scenic route adds nine teen miles to the Philippi Buckhannon highway, surfaced mostly with penetration macadam. The opening in Buckhannon will feature pomp and ceremony. Five miles from near Volga to beyond Cone tury were paved earlier, and Peck's Run to Buckhamon has been open for months, closing a missing link in the chain.
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Philippi Buckhannon
Buckhannon
Volga
Conetury
Peck's Run
Buckhamon
Peck’s Run
Lindbergh Prepares For Jubilee Flight From St Louis
Col Charles A Lindbergh, fresh from New York, sends congratulations to Lieutenants Maitland and Hogenberger for their transcontinental flight to Hawaii. Lindbergh plans to depart tonight or tomorrow in the Spirit of St Louis bound for Ottawa where he will be hosted by the Canadian government.
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St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Trans- Atlantic Flyer
New York
Maitland
Hoegenberger
San Francisco
Hawai
Lindbergh
Ottawa
Louis Buchwald, Wheeling U.S. Marshal, Dies at 52
Louis Buchwald, 52, United States marshal for the northern district, died at Ohio Valley General Hospital after a weeks long illness. A lifelong Wheeling resident, he worked at Whitaker-Glessner steel mine, served on city council, two terms as a delegate, and led Wheeling police before his marshal appointment in 1921 and 1925 reappointment. Survived by widow, his mother, a sister and two brothers. Funeral arrangements likely for Saturday afternoon.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Louis Buchwald
United States
Ohio Valley General Hospital
Buchwald
Whitaker-Glessner
House
Wheeling Police Department
Howard H. Hastings
United States Marshal
C.H. Smith
Fairmont
George Buchwald
New York Contractor's Daughter Granted Divorce
Countess De Prorak, daughter of William J. Kenny a New York contractor, was granted a divorce from Count Bryon Kun De Prorak a French archaeologist on grounds of abandonment. The couple has two children.
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Paris
Countess de Prorak
William J. Kenny
New York
Bryon Kun de Prorak
Reach Accord on Destroyer Maximum Size
June 20 The naval experts at the tri partite conference reached a provisional accord on destroyer characteristics and the line between destroyers and destroyer leaders. The maximum destroyer tonnage was set at 1500 tons, with Britain stating it seeks parity with the United States and no aim for naval supremacy. Submarine questions were to be discussed next.
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Neva
United States
Great Britain
Japan
W. C. Bridgeman
Associated Press
America
Final jail plans approved by county court on Latrobe Street
The county court accepted the final jail sketches by architect Sidney F. Heckert of Pittsburgh. The design features a three story Latrobe Street jail facing Main Street with a sheriff's residence, red brick exterior, iron fencing, steel barred windows, and a two to three story cell block arrangement with 18 cells per block and guarded corridors.
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Sidney F. Heckert
Pittsburgh
R. J. Wilkins
Latrobe Street
Plenty To Do Here On Fourth
With the Fourth fast approaching, Grafton residents plan picnics outings and sports while staying home offers several events. Hiawatha Lodge of Red Men will stage a flag flagpole ceremony at Baltimore and Ohio station square with Indians and auxiliary members in costume and a large constructed flag. The National Nationals will clash with a Cincinnati terminal team in a two game set at ten in the morning and three in the afternoon, as golf handicap tournaments draw crowds at the country club. Fireworks safety campaigns reduce accidents and cities enforce bans on dangerous displays.
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Grafton
Hiawatha Lodge
Red Men
Baltimore and Ohio
jTalkroad Station
Order of Red Men
National Limiteds
Cincinnati
Nat's
Byrd Flight Log From Roosevelt Field to Paris Expected Landing
The log tracks Admiral Byrd on a long flight from Roosevelt Field Long Island to Paris via Atlantic routes. Entries note sightings, radio contacts and expected arrival around 10:30 Paris time 5:80 p m EDT, with reports of landfall near Brittany and Brest and signals from Valencia Ireland and Paris control.
Fate Of Two French Aviators May Be Determined Through Letter Of Priest
New York dispatch reports surgeon Dr. Thomas H. Cousack released a priest’s letter from Morveen Ireland detailing the fate of two French aviators. The letter, written May 26 by Rev. Father Patrick Madden, describes a pigeon message on a flight that ended after hawks attacked the wandering bird and the airmen vanished at sea off Loop Head.
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New York
Thomas H. Cousack
Brooklyn
Morveen
Ireland
Colleeves
Nunjia Souser
Colt
Patrick Madden
Treland
Tarbert
Loop Head
Slayer Prefers Death To Life Imprisonment
McAlester Oklahoma June 30. C C Marble 69 convicted slaver prefers death in the electric chair to life imprisonment. Governor Johnson commuted his sentence yesterday Marble said If I had my way or any rights in the matter I would choose the chair I would have toasted in a short time I dread life imprisonment Marble was convicted of killing a Youth who pestered him.
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McAlester
Okla
C. C
Marble
Johnson
Rates On Coal Found To Be Generally Reasonable
Interstate Commerce Commission declared generally reasonable coal rates to Iowa points from Illinois Indiana and Kentucky fields. The ruling dismissed a complaint by the Iowa Railroad Commission. Railroads were instructed to rate coal to Dubuque Town at 17 cents per ton for lump coal to the named destination.
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Washington
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Interstate Commerce Commission
Towa Railroad Commission
Dubyous
Town
Byrd Flight Toward Paris Amid Fog and Winds
The French Cable office reported Commander Byrd over Brest at 7 45 p m Paris time as the giant Fokker America headed toward Paris. The crew faced heavy fog and strong head winds after leaving Newfoundland and the Irish coast, with Byrd stating they saw no land or sea since yesterday afternoon.
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New York
America
Byrd
Paris
New Foundland
Irish
Paria
North America
George Neville
Ireland
North Pole
Nature
Halifax
Malin Head
Trojan
Notice on ring theft at 228 Love Avenue
The party who took rings from 228 Love Avenue is known. Unless the rings are returned within twenty four hours, prosecution will be made.
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Love Avenue
Uinlesn
Loura
Allied licenses expire June 30 city clerk notice
City Clerk announces that allied licenses will expire on June 30 and outlines renewal steps or required documentation for renewal.
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Ance
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United State Post Office
W. Va
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Rogers & Rogers
Blueville
United States’ Navy
Los Angeles
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
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Philippi
Jubilee
P. Leader
U. S
Byrd Flight
Roosevelt’ Field
Long Island, Ny
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Newport
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Cape Cod
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Gloucester
Yarmouth
N. S
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N.S
Cook's Falls
St. John’s
N. F
Chatham
Radio Corporation of America
Berlin
Lands End
England
Hamburg
Valencia
Lnner
France
French
Tuscaloosa
Maritime Prefecture
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Slayer
John Brady
Davis Siding
West Side
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