Franco Leads Spanish Aviators Toward Azores Flight to America
In Huelva and Cartagena Spain on June 21 Major Ramon Franco and three crewmen prepared a progress flight toward the Azores as the first leg of a bid to reach America. The Dornier Wal monoplane with two 600 horsepower Hispano Suiza engines carried the call letters EDRYN and aimed for New York with a possible fuel stop at Halifax if weather dictates. The party included Commandant Eduardo Gonzalez Gallarza Captain Ju no Ruiz de Alda and mechanic Pedro Madariaga.
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Cartagena
Spain
Azores
America
Ramon, Franco
South Atlantic
Eduardo Gonzales Gallarza
Juno Ruiz de Alda
Pedro Madariaga
Franco
New York
Halifax
N. Y
Washington
France
Ruiz de Alda
South America
Callarza
Philippines
Mardariaga
Infanto Alfonso
Jamines
Iglesias
Latin America
Hugh Gibson Aids Dawes in Naval Disarmament Talks
Ambassadors and officials discuss Anglo American naval disarmament as Gen. Dawes aides in negotiations. Reports say Premier MacDonald may delay a visit to the United States. A separate air incident injures a mechanic during trans Atlantic tests aboard a U S escort plane.
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Dawes
MacDonald
Geneva
United States
Hoover
Great Britain
Esme Howard
Horah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stinson
Idaho
Esme
Borah
Stimson
Washington Post
Borak
Hottest June 21 in 60 years hits San Francisco area
San Francisco and many California cities sweltered as June 21 marked the hottest day in decades with 95 in the city at 1 pm. Surplus clothing vanished as beaches and pools filled. Salinas hit 90 and San Jose 94, while interior valleys and southern California recorded even higher temps. New York heat wave relief followed later with cooler conditions easing nights.
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San Francisco
United States Weather Bureau
Almanac
California
Salinas
San Jose
Tim Interior
Mercury
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Santa Anna
Brawley
New York
East
New York City
Dry Act Hit By a Leader of Church
A church leader condemns aggressive enforcement of the Volstead Act, calling dry killings murder. He argues that enforcing the law must be lawful and that executing violators without a fair trial is unbiblical, unAmerican, and uncivilized.
Texas Convicts At Large After Clemens Prison Break
Fifteen prisoners remain at large after a mass escape at Clemens state prison farm in Donzartu Texas. One escapee is dead and four others wounded. guards search dense woods near Sweeney with 25 armed men. A body found in the San Bernard river is believed to be 8. W. Martin. Two fugitives were shot and recaptured. Roaden fired at escapees, causing serious back wounds. Two conspirators are held in close confinement.
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Donzartu
Tex
Clemens State
Sweeney
W. Martin
el Paro
San Bernard
Teo Helley
Tom Nichols
Joe Rondeau
Roaden
Las Tres Matlag
Department of the Interior
General Obregon
Indoor flight record set at Detroit model meet
Joseph Culver an Oakland teen held a world indoor flight record with a monoplane staying aloft eight minutes and 33 seconds at the Airplane Model League of America event in Detroit. Donald Burnham set outdoor record of ten and a half minutes at Selfridge Field. Final flights due tomorrow. winners advance to Europe for international contest. Suffrage alliance congress closes in Berlin after peace meeting and a division over military occupation.
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Detroit
Joseph Culver
Oakland
Calif
Model League of America
Donald C. Burnham
West LaFayette
Ind
Selfridge Field
Europe
Flax Seed Tariff Debate Shapes Agricultural Policy
Economic arguments surface over flax seed tariff as 56 cent duty is challenged as unfair. Proponents push a 7 cent rate to align with production costs in Argentina, a key contretent country. Latin American trade factors enter cattle and fresh meat rate discussions with objections to higher feeder cattle duties and calls to redefine cattle by name and grade rather than weight.
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Argentina
Latin America
W. C. Green
NATO
Ariz
Mexico
Arizona
California
Canada
Heath Co BR
Heath Co BR. Enman
Ermington, Mon
National Livestock Producers’ Association
Church and State Clash in Mexico Draws Out Reform Era
The story traces decades of the religious question from 1922 reforms, church closures, and the Christero rebellion through a 1926 regime move to register priests and seize church property. It notes abolition of services, government control, and ongoing tensions as negotiations with the Roman Catholic Church reached a final agreement in Washington.
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Diapute
Mexico
Jalisco
United States
Gomez
Benito Juarez
Vera Crux
de Tejada
Venuztiano Carranza
Carles
Washington
Advicom
Portes Gil
Kulzy» Flores
Pasqual Diaz
Anmeo
Flying Fleet with Sound Effects Opens Tomorrow at Marlow
Ramon Novarro stars in The Flying Fleet a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer aviation romance opening tomorrow at the Marlow theater with sound synchronization. Aerial photography dominates the film as “saddles” on camera planes allow full camera movement during Immelmanns and swoops as naval aviators practice in the clouds. Anita Page is the heroine with Gardner James Carroll Nye Eddie Nugent Ralph Javes Sumner Getchel among the notable cast.
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Ramon Novarro
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Marlow Theater
Immelman
Wovarro
Annapolia
George Hill
Cossacks
Anita Page
Gardner James
Carroll Nye
Eddie Nugent
Ralph Javes
Sumner
Getchel
Mary Pickford to star in first talking feature encore
Mary Pickford’s debut talking drama Conquests at the Marlboro will be shown again for a final matinee and evening. The favored star plays a southern belle torn by love and pride in a melodramatic plot with a famed songstress and a newsreel feature.
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Mary Pickford
Mar~ Row
Lover
Fatdr
Hill- Dilly
Fox Movietone News
Whites Shun Soiree Given by De Priest
Washington reports describe a musicale and reception in the capital attended by over 3,000 Black attendees and about two dozen White guests. Representative De Priest, the Black Republican congressman from Illinois, hosted the event with many Republican lawmakers invited. Former Illinois Governor Yates was present, and talk touched on De Priest's wife attending a White House event, prompting praise from James Weldon Johnson for De Priest’s remarks amid recent political controversy.
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Washington
de Priest
Congressionalinois
Congress
Yates
White House
James Welden Johnson
New York
National Association For Advancement of the Colored People
Postmaster lost job over unpayed political funds dispute
Washington reports a Senate committee probe into postmasters accused of pressuring funds for campaigns. Senator Brookhart said legislation to bar federal officeholders from contributing to political funds is under consideration as testimony unfolds. Waddle, Somerset postmaster, claimed Robinson pressured him for funds and then filed a no expenditure statement. Bailey of Madisonville alleged a drunk postmaster in his town, unnamed in records. Letters also referenced patronage issues in South Carolina and Arkansas.
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Washington
Ater
Robinson
Kentucky
Bla
Brookhart
Senate
Texas
Tobinson
R. D Waddle
Somerset
Waddle
Sidney FP. Bailey
Madisonville
Ixy
South Carolina
Arkansas
Riddling of a Canadian boat prompts probe by Ontario police
Windsor Ontario June 21 AP A Canadian pleasure craft was fired on by a United States customs boat on the Detroit river. Alfred E Cuddy Ontario deputy commissioner to investigate with possible protest to Ottawa. Gun battle between ram craft and customs patrol also under inquiry. Runners identities to be sought for possible murder charges. Crown Attorney James Allan urges liquor boat searches to curb smuggling. Alfred Woods freed on bond after arrest for theft of a camera from a newspaper photographer. Details of the Detroit river incident were sent to Washington for State and Treasury review.
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Windsor
Detroit River
Ontario
Alfred E. Cuddy
W. H. Price
Dominion
Ottawa
United States
Cuddy
Customs Patrol
Canada
James 5
Amherstburg
Woods
Smith
Detroit
Washington
Treasury Department
State Department
Secrtary
Henry I. Stimson
Youthful bandit dead as guard foils Oklahoma bank raid
Oklahoma City AP report details a Moore bank robbery attempt ended when guard Roy Gross shot two youths. Robert L Yon 25 from Altoona Pa was killed. A C Healey 23 from St Albans NY was wounded. Healey said he had deserted from Fort D A Russell Wy and claimed his father was a NYC building inspector.
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Oklahoma City
First National Bank
Moore
Here
Robert L. Yon
Altoona
A. C .Healey
St. Albans
New York
Heatley
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyoming
New York City
Roy Gross
Otto Ages
Gross
Yon
Hayes
Grove
Bank shooting victim Yon dies. Heatley captured
Witnesses recount a bank shooting where Yon was fatally shot after attempting escape through a rear door. Yon’s body was transported to Norman and Heatley was sent to a local hospital. Separately, a global Scout jamboree is planned in England from July to August, drawing Boy Scouts from around the world.
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Gross
Yon
Norman
Heatley
Boy Scouta
Scout Jamhores
Eld
England
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Capa San Vincent
Portugal
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Georgette
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The
Women's International Suffrage Alliance
Ruth Morgan
Arita Page
Amt
Ramon Novaddo
Mary
Mr. Hoover
Vorder
Thomas D. Schull
Ane ‘Coquette
Ogeer
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Ruth Etting Inni
the Great Air Tomorrow
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Oklahoma
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