Earhart Transatlantic Flight Status Uncertain At Ireland
June 18 report from New York notes Amelia Earhart and co pilot Wilmer Stultz departed Trepassey Newfoundland toward Ireland at 9751 a m Eastern Standard Time. Radio silence for hours after, engines and mechanic Louis Gordon aboard, unclear if flight succeeded or failed, continuation promised on page ten.
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Amelia Earhart
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Ireland
Wilmer Stultz
Louis Gordon
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Newfoundland
Bold murder by New York thugs
Four gunmen jumped from a car in Herald Square to kill a former convict in another vehicle. The victim died before a doctor arrived after being shot six times. The assailants sped away down Bath Street as crowds watched the dramatic shooting. The victim, Edward Carter alias Harold Atwater alias Erwin Mack, had a criminal record including pickpocketing and forgery. A young woman in the getaway car leaped out onto Broadway.
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Edward Carter
Harold Atwater
Erwin Mack
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Broadway
Car plunges from bridge into river near Warren
Three killed and four injured when an automobile crashed through bridge railings over the Allegheny River near Warren Pennsylvania and fell into the water. Victims include J W Dick 65 Marquis Smith 38 and Donald Smith 12 all killed. Mrs Smith and children Jean 10 Mary 9 and Russell 7 seriously hurt.
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Alleah river
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Marquis Smith
Donald Smith
Marawis Smith
ATrived
Erie
Storm toll and flood fears sweep Oklahoma Kansas
Eight people dead and over 100 injured as two tornadoes hit Kansas and Oklahoma towns including Blair and Meadsick. Severe flooding, widespread property loss of about 1 million dollars, disrupted rail traffic, damaged crops, and hundreds left homeless across Missouri Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Emporia
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Harvard student found dead by suicide near Stomington Conn
William Wayne Neff, a Harvard student and Chicago resident, was found hanging from a tree two miles from his last sighting. A torn vest and improvised rope were found near the body, indicating the self inflicted death.
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Stomington Conn
William Wayne Neff
Chicago
Harvard
Strike Spreads As Mutiny Grips Greek Fleet
A Vienna dispatch reports a communist spread from the Macedonia tobacco strike threatening Greece. The Athens government is said to be unable to quell the disorder as mutinous sentiment grows. A Belgrade dispatch notes the Greek fleet squadron at Mytilene has joined the strikers.
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Vienna
Macedonia
Greece
Tageblatt
Saloniki
Athens
Belgrade
Jugo Slavia
Pravada
Soloniki
Mytilene
Big Levee Break Leaves Thousands Homeless After Flood
AP reports the St. Francia river levee breached again, flooding 75,000 more acres and leaving about 1,000 families homeless. A 273 foot gap north of Brown’s Ferry flooded new land, bringing submerged area to roughly 10,000 acres as workers labored to defend crops and homes.
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Dunklin
St. Francia
Quake Ravages Central South Mexico Causing Rail and Home Damage
Meantime reports from Meaien Cit and Oaxaca describe a series of Saturday night earthquakes shaking central south Mexico from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Deaths feared in Oaxaca as several buried beneath ruins. a fresh shock touched Mexico City with alarms but less damage than Saturday.
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Mexico
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Gulf of Tehuantepec
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Oaxaca
Mexico City
Varsity Summer School to Begin in Missoula
Registration opens tomorrow at the State University for the 1928 session of the university summer school. Officials expect attendance to exceed 500 at this year's session, with classes beginning in the morning.
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Missoula
State university
Schoo
Auto Crashes Trolley Five Persons Killed in Jamestown
Five people die when a speeding car collides head on with a trolley on a viaduct in Jamestown New York. The victims include Ralph T. Baptist 27 a steel worker driver Gertrude M Jonsen 23 Ta Venson 25 a YWCA hospital cook C Lewis 24 and Albert Byrnes 22 a machine operator. The trolley was being moved to a carhouse and traveled about five miles per hour. The car was destroyed and bodies hurled into the air.
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N. Y
Erie
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Ralph T. Baptist
Gertrude M
Jonsen
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C. Lewis
Albert Byrnes
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Rotary Gathers for Annual Convention
Minneapolis Minn June 17 1API Coming from many parts of the world members of Rotary International gathered here a day for the opening of their 19th annual convention tomorrow. More than 1 000 delegates and visitors are from foreign countries with several thousand others representing Rotary clubs in the United States. With Arthur H Sapp of Huntington Ind president of Rotary International presiding business sessions will get under way tomorrow morning and will conclude with election of officers next Friday.
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Minn
Rotary International
Rotary
United States
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Huntington
Ind
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Mabel Roll May Fly Atlantic From Harbor Grace
Harbor Grace N F June 17 The monoplane Columbia with Miss Mabel Roll to fly the Atlantic may leave for Europe at daylight tomorrow according to pilot Captain Olivier Boutilier A separate note says Miss Amelia Earhart’s plane Friendship may also depart soon with co pilots Captain LeBailher and Captain Arthur Arges amid speculation in Earhart’s camp about an immediate flight.
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N. F
Columbia
Mabel Roll
Atlantic
Europe
Olier the Boutilier
Amelia Farhart
Friendstip
Afiss Bell
Captan Le Banilher
Arthur Arges
Plane crash claims Nashua politician and companion
In Nashua New Hampshire Marcel Theriault a former state senator and Katherine Thomas both of Nashua were killed when a small plane carrying them crashed or caught fire. Pilot George Lennox of Wichita Kansas suffered severe burns as the craft went down.
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N. H
Jane
Marcel Theriault
Katherine Thomas
Lennox
Wichita
Kas
Chicago Club collapse damages street in remodeling
Sunday afternoon on Michigan Avenue a five story Chicago Club building, undergoing remodeling, collapsed into the street. Firemen and police reported no injuries among promenaders and motorists as three floors fell.
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Chicago
Chicago Club
Michligan avenue
Music Comedy Maid Dies After Car Crash
Rosalie Claire Mise, 23, a principal in Sunny Days, died in a Chicago hospital after an automobile crash that injured four other company members. William Tasek, 23, suffers a skull fracture. Audrey Maple, 23, and Hert Carnegie, 95, were bruised but discharged. A Black driver and owner of the wrecked car sustained a broken jaw.
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Chicago
Mise
Rosalie Claire
artresans
William Tasek
Audrey Maple
Hert Carnegie
Meredith, Editor and Former Cabinet Man Dies
Edwin T. Meredith, publisher and former secretary of agriculture in President Wilson's cabinet, died in Des Moines at 11 tonight. Heart failure due to high blood pressure listed as cause. Meredith rose from rural beginnings to national prominence through farm publications and public service.
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Edwin T. Meredith
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Wilson
Meredith
Johns Hophing
Baltimore
Tribute to Harding Paid by Kiwanians in Vancouver
In a simple ceremony today beside the Harding International Goodwill Memorial at Stanley Park Vancouver C Heinz of Atlanta, president of Kiwanis International, and a party of officers paid tribute to Warren G Harding as the first official act of the twelfth annual Kiwanis International convention in Seattle. Delegations traveling to Seattle via Canada joined the Vancouver event en route.
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Stanley Park
Vancoouver
C. Heinz
Atlanta
Kiwames International
Warren G Tarding
Seattle
Kiwanle
Two Killed in Wyoming Car Wreck Near Sheridan
Two men die and a third is seriously injured after a car accident on the Big Goose road near Sheridan. The victims are identified as Joe Kerkhove, 49, and Dan Woods, 29, laborers returning from work to their ranch homes on Big Goose Creek. A third man sustained a broken nose and severe injuries. they were in a large touring car.
Chief finds crops in Montana and road work ahead
In Mrecoula Montana on June 17 AP reports President Charles Donnelly announced the Pete Fasy Side branch of the North orm Facie in the Bitter Root valley will be ready for traffic around August 15 after inspection of road and bridge construction over the Root river. He notes crops in Montana are good and expects travel to Sel lawstone park to rise this year.
Montana youths attend third annual Fort Missila military camp
One hundred thirty one boys from across Montana arrive for the third annual our month session at Fort Missila camp as medical exams and equipment checks proceed. The official quota of 155 is expected to be reached tomorrow with the commencement of training.
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Fort Missila ort Citrvens
Melvars hain
Nobile Castaways Delayed by Melt and Fog
In Spitzbergen on June 17, General Umberto Nobile and his stranded companions face growing peril as warm weather and melting ice near Foyne Island hinder rescue efforts. Strong sun causes fog banks, hampering Captain Hyahnur Ritser-Larsen and Lieutenant Lutzon Holm as relief operations stall.
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Associated Press
King's Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Foyne Island
Hyahnur Ritser-Larsen
Lutzon Holm
Harrigon merchant killed in accident in Harrison
W A White a 21 year old Harrison merchant was fatally struck by an airplane propeller while refueling a plane piloted by Vern Lucas. Witnessed by his mother Frances White and bystanders agree the death was accidental. White’s body sent to Bozeman for burial.
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W. A. White
Tlarrison
Vern Lucas
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Amherst students lick up moonshine during commencement
Amherst Mass June 17 AP three members of the Amherst College graduating class do not drink, according to senior statistics published in the Amherst Student. Those who drink include 140 members, with John Coolidge, the president's son, identified as a drinker in the class.
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Preside nt Coolidge Worships in Rural Wisconsin Church
President Coolidge attended a simple service in a small white country church in Brule Wisconsin led by a blind preacher Choesigs with lay preacher John Tantor preaching memory verses from the Bible. After the service Coolidge escorted the blind preacher from the church aligning with local farming worshipers.
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