Endurance Flight Record Set At Cleveland Airport
Roy L. Mitchell and Bryan K. Newcomb broke the world endurance flight record with 174 hours and 59 seconds aloft at Cleveland airport. They surpassed Reginald Robbins and James Kelly’s 172 hours 32 minutes by over an hour amid a hazardous storm and a crowded scene. Ernest Bagham aided refueling as spectators jammed roads and the airfield watched the finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Pirote
Roy L. Mitchell
Bryan K. Newcomb
Fort Worth
Texas
Reginald Robbins
James Kelly
Newcomb
Ernest Bagham
Culver City Flyers Aim to Break Endurance Refueling Record
Culver City pilots L. W. Mendell and R. B. Reinhart rode the halfway mark in their endurance flight as fog lifted. After learning Roy J. Mitchell and Byron K. Newcomb set a 174 hour 59 second record in Cleveland, they vowed to top it with the 220 horsepower biplane staying aloft until 1:30:29 p. m. next Tuesday. Weather remained favorable and the two said they can complete a 400 hour flight with ample sleep despite earlier fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culver City
Calif
L. W. Mendell
R. B. Reinhart
Roy J. Mitchell
Byron K. Newcomb
Cleveland
Poincare Staves Off Downfall in Cabinet Session
Paris July 6 AP The French cabinet stood firm on ratifying American and British debt accords without reservations. Premier Poincare aims for unqualified ratification amid pressure from irreconcilables and a wary parliament. Finance committee backed reservations 17 16 with 11 abstentions. foreign affairs 13 12 with 9 abstentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Poincare
Chamber
Finance Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Testimony Of Experts In King Murder Trial
Dr C E Waller of Wofford College testified about embalming fluids and possible poisons in the trial of Rafe King for the murder of his wife Faye Wilson King. The sixth day opened with a larger crowd as residents followed the proceedings. Mrs Albright Petty and Miss Margaret King gave testimony about family relations and the defendant’s father ill, while questions from the defense continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
S. C
Rafe King
Faye Wilson King
C. E. Waller
Department of Chemistry and Biology
Wofford College
Waller
James H. Glenn
King
Watler
Vsnal
Petty
Albright Petty
Rafa King
Sharon
Mrs. King
Coddington Ends Tie With Charlotte Radio and GM Interests
Charlotte July 6. The late C C Coddington no longer fronts radio station WBT or Buick distribution for the Carolinas. GM has taken over his automotive holdings. WBT sold to a national group. Executor H M Victor says estate assets are being turned to cash for the three minor sons. Additional Coddington property remains unsold in several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Coddington
WBT
General Motors
Buick
Two
Carolinas
Coddington
New York
New Jersey
Florida
Hoover Takes Party To Virginia For Fishing
Madison Virginia July 6. The presidential party of seven was secluded today at the Hoover fishing preserve in the Blue Ridge Mountains after a long drive from Washington. The group includes Mrs Hoover and Herbert Jr. Dr Vernon Kellogg Mark Sullivan and William Hard. They expect to return to the capital late tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Hoover Fishing Preserve
Blue Ridge Mountains
Here
Washington
Epworth League Awards At Lake Junaluska Assembly
Epworth league in the western North Carolina conference closes its five day session awarding nearly 600 study credits and two silver cups for general excellence. The Armstrong medal, donated by J. Frank Armstrong Jr., will be presented for the first time at the 1930 assembly to the top Epworth leaguer. Christian culture diplomas are given to eighteen recipients including Emily Thomas, Joe Jacobs, Ellen Lee, Herman Duncan, Catherine Gardner, Elizabeth Manin, Zero Fall, Addie Mae Davis, Lena and Annie Goff, Clyde Connor, Eileen Grubb, Elizabeth Coble, and W. E. Tope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Armstrong, Jr
North Wilkesboro
Epworth
Epworth League
Emily Thomas
Bessemer City
Joe Jacobs
Gastonia
Ellen Lee
Lawndale
Herman S. Duncan
Charlotte
Catherine Gardner
Elizabeth Manin
Greensboro
Zero Fall
Kings Mountain
Addie Mae Davis
Winston-Salem
Lena Goff
Annie Goff
Clyde Connor
High Point
Eileen Grubb
Elizabeth Coble
W. E. Tope
Johnny Wilson Quizzed in Slaying of Marlow
New York July 6 Johnny Wilson former middleweight champion occupied the center of attraction today in the search for the slayers of Frank Marlow night club owner Wilson who is in jail as a material witness in the killing was regarded as a close friend of Marlow and was under his management at one time in his boxing career Discrepancies in his story of the events of the day and evening of the slaying have caused police to subject his statements to rigid scrutiny and led to reports that his status in the case may be changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johnny Wilson
Frank Marlow
Wilson
Marlow
Untin Bowler Held Up By Bad Weather
Radio messages to the department of marine and fisheries said the Chicago-Berlin plane Untin Bowler was weather-bound at Great Whale Hudson Bay trading post. A garbled message read landing at Great Whale with weather bad, and a lack of further messages suggested the plane was grounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Untin Bowler
Great Whale
Hudson Bay
Great While
Rupert House
Perkins Named President of International Harvester
Herbert F. Perkins, after 31 years with International Harvester, was elected president today succeeding Alexander Legge who resigned to chair the federal farm board. Announcement came from Cyrus H. McCormick, board chairman, in Chicago on July 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert F. Perkins
International Harvester Company
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Cyrus H. McCormick
King George and Queen Mary 36th Anniversary Honored
London reports King George and Queen Mary receive felicitations on their 36th anniversary. They will attend a thanksgiving service in Westminster Abbey for the king's recovery, with limited royal and diplomatic attendance and a brief ceremony drawn from historic royal thanksgivings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George
Queen Mary
London
George
Mary
Britain
Westminster Abbey
Diplomatic Corps
Empire
Great West Door
Westminster
Canterbury
George II
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
New Spanish Constitution Proposed Across Europe and Madrid
Reports from Madrid and Paris describe a projected 11 section 194 article constitution for a constitutional monarchy in Spain. It preserves a king with executive power while the cortes hold legislative authority and a mixed representation including women voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Miguel Primo de Rivera
Marques de Estella
London
Post
Paris
Cortes
National Assembly
Belgian newspaperman killed by geyser boiling water
George Landroy editor of Le Matin Brussels died at Mammoth Hot Springs hotel from burns after Castle Geyser erupted and boiling water sprayed over him while he observed Grand Geyser. Landroy was part of the Carnegie Foundation tour to European journalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
George Landroy
le Matin
Brussels
Belgium
Landroy
Carnegie Foundation
Cochet Defeats Borotra To Win British Championship
Henri Cochet of France beat compatriot Jean Borotra in the final at Wimbledon England to capture the British Championship title in straight sets 6 4 6 3 6 4 lifting the trophy as the crowd watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimbledon
England
Henri Cochet
France
Jean Borotra
Cochet
Smoot Finalizes Draft of Sliding Scale Sugar Tariff
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Smoot has completed a tentative sliding scale sugar tariff proposal as a substitute for the House bill. He says it offers far lower rates and expects to gain Hoover's support, but he will not release details until committee resumes work next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Hoover
Utah
Moody Declines to Criticize Mrs Hoover
Texas Governor Dan Moody rejects joining a Texas legislature resolution condemning Mrs Herbert Hoover for hosting the wife of a black congressman at a White House tea. He says he opposes official criticism of a citizen’s vote and supports equal rights in social contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Moody
Mrs. Hoover
Texas
Austin
Herbert Hoover
Congress
White House
Crats
Hoover
New Orleans Trolley Car Strike Stalls Mediation Efforts
July 6 report from New Orleans shows little progress in ending a strike by about 1500 trolley workers over a three-year contract renewal. The city commission urged negotiations and offered arbitration, but replies from both sides remained private and no settlement emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
City Commission
Pollard Heads Trustees of Carolina New College
J A Pollard of Burnsville was elected president of the board of trustees of Carolina New College at Burnsville. Elizabeth Kelly of Franklin was named first vice president and T F Byrd of Asheville second vice president. Mrs E L McKee of Sylva joined the board as a new member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
J. A. Pollard
Burnsville
Board of
Carolina New College
Elizabeth Kelly
Franklin
T. F. Byrd
E. L. McKee
Sylva
Payne Back at Henderson High School
Henderson July 6. W B Payne the Henderson high school coach for two years has signed another one year contract announced by EK M Rollins superintendent of the schools Payne coaches all athletics and oversees programs at the school
Rear Admiral Ebwirele Dies at 84 in Washington
Rear Admiral Edward Walter Ebrel e, retired, died in Washington today. Funeral plans and tributes are expected to follow as officials note his long Navy career and service.
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Ebrlee
Washington
Edward Walter Eberle
Day Agents Held on Murder Charge in Oklahoma Raid
Four men including W. W. Thompson a federal prohibition enforcement agent were charged with murder after the fatal shooting of James Harris and his brother in law Oscar Lowrey during a liquor raid at the Harris farm near Tecumseh Oklahoma Jeff B Harris who accompanied Thompson on the raid was among those charged Also named are Tom Lewis and Jack Williams Prohibition officials disputed Harris regular-agent status and said Lewis and Williams were deputized to assist Thompson in the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tecumseh
Okla
W. W. Thompson
Prohibition
James Harris
Oscar Lowrey
Harris Farm
Here
Jeff B Harris
Thompson
Tom Lewis
Jack Williams
Doran
Washington
Beetle Mobrum
Oklahoma
Jeff B. Harris
Hyde
United States
Oklahoma City
Lewis
Williams
Conservation Board to Meet at Morehead City Monday
The state board of conservation and development will meet at Morehead City on Monday July 8 at 10 oclock. It will hear petitions on closing stocked fishing streams and consider numerous routine business matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Board of Conservation and Development
Morehead City
Ku Klux Klan Moves National Office From Washington to Atlanta
The Ku Klux Klan abandons Washington as national headquarters and returns to Atlanta, Georgia. Officials cite directing campaigns against Alfred E. Smith and newly built Atlanta facilities for regalia production and administrative work. Longtime Washington staff, including H. J. Ramsey and the imperial auditor, depart with about 30 employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux Klan
Washington
Atlanta
Washington Post
Georgia
Alfred E. Smith
The
Klan
H. J. Ramsey
Imperial
Courier
Young Couple Delays Wedding Over Five Day Notice
Henderson July 6. A young couple sought a marriage license under Nevada's marriage banks law. The bride-to-be was 19 and faced a five day notice requirement. The groom suggested waiting two years until she is 21, and they left, likely not returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Register of Deeds
Yancey and Williams Postpone Rome Hop
Old Orchard Maine July 6 two airmen Lewis A Yancey and Roger Q Williams postpone their planned Rome flight after a beach landing site is deemed unsafe due to surf pounding and a washboarded surface. Dr James H Kimball, New York meteorologist, describes Atlantic conditions as not ideal but workable, decision pending beach condition at dawn forces delay.
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Old Orchard
Lewis A. Yancey
Roger Q. Williams
Rome
Atlantic
James H. Kimball
New York
Severe earthquakes recorded last night by Georgetown seismos
Washington reports two severe quakes detected by Georgetown University seismographs last night. The first struck at 9 15 p m EST around 4600 miles from Washington in an unspecified direction while the second occurred at 453 a m about 2600 miles away.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Tondorf
Convention Ends As Newspaper Publishers Meet In Asheville
The twenty seventh annual Southern Newspaper Publishers association session closed with a committee on postage and legislation and a discussion of advertising and circulation. Asheville is favored for next year’s meeting site with Gulfport and Hendersonville also invited. Col Urey Woodson chaired the postage committee. eight executives were mourned for as the association extended sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Gulfport
Mise
Hendersonville
N. C
Urey Woodson
Owensboro
John S. Parks
Fort Smith
Ark
E. B. Stanlman
Nashville, Tenn
Col
Robert Ewing
New Orleans
E. K. Raeyford
Oklahoma City
H. Galt Braxton
Kinston
W. T. Anderson
Macon
Col. Ewing
Association
Southern
W. Sheeham
Montgomery Advertiser
William Rule
Knoxville Journal
W. 5&. Copeland
Newport News Presse
Times-Herald
Charles B. Gillespie
Houston Chronicle
James E. Hollomen
Atlanta Constitution
Tom Finty, Jr
Dallas News
Johnn G Cashman
Vicksburg Post
Walter Cain
Nashville Banener
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Pogo
Mitchell
Mendell
Reinhart
Newcombe
New
Iaphes
Radio
Automotive
Virginia
Byron KK. Newcomb
R. L. Mitchell
Reg Robbins
Jim Kelly
Epworth League Rewards Service
Perkins
Borotra
United States of America
Secretary of State
Pollard
Conservation Board
Morehead
Yancey and
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
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