Hunter Brothers End Record Flight With Homecoming Parade
Chicago July 5 The Hunter brothers John Kenneth Walter and Albert completed a 553 hours 41 minutes nonstop flight setting a world record in the City of Chicago. They landed after oil filter and gauge leaks caused engine heat and were greeted by family and fans before vaudeville bookings.
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Chicago
Hunter Brothers
John
Kenneth
St. Louis
Walter
Albert
Irene
Suparta
Ill
Hunter Boys
Illinois
John Hunter
Tilson Praises Barkley Decries Work Of Congress Farm Conditions
Representative Tilson credits House administration co operation for enacting most Hoover proposals and defeating ill advised measures. Senator Barkley warns falling farm prices may push government into real estate and notes wheat prices undercut production costs with farm loan system owning extensive land assets.
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Barkley
Congress
Washington
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Democratic National Committee Today
Department of Agriculture
Hyde
America
Federal Farm Loan
Joint Stock
Detroit Balloons Land in Arkansas Elimination Race
Aero Digest reports two of three Detroit entries made safe landings in the national balloon elimination race near Texarkana and Horatio Arkansas. The Detroit Aircraft touched down on the Red river bank 11 miles north of Texarkana about 260 miles from Houston. Kelvinator of Detroit landed near Horatio 40 miles north of the first site. The City of Houston passed Broken Bow while dodging storms. several balloons sighted. Aereo Digest crew S. T. Moore and W. C. Bereckson escaped gunfire 19 miles south of Corsicana, seven bullets whistling past the basket.
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Houston
Tex
Detroit
Red River
Texarkana
W. A. Kirkoff
Horatio
Ark
Kelvinator of
George Legalle
City of
Otto Weinecke
Broken Bow
Okla
Arkansas
Arkansas- Texas
Breese
S. T. Moore
Lieut
W. C. Bereckson
Aero Digest
Conroe
Texas
Gilmore
Negro Leaders Convene in Charlotte Woodmen Meeting
Negro leaders from across the United States will gather in Charlotte for a five day supreme council meeting of the American Woodmen district No. 2 starting Monday. The event brings together prominent organizers and members from various sections to discuss fraternity and community projects.
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Charlotte Charlotte
United States
Supreme Council of the American Woodmen
Budapest Fire destroys largest fertilizer works
Budapest reports a massive fire at the country’s largest chemical fertilizer plant. No facilities were reported damaged beyond the site, with losses estimated at $2,000,000.
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Budapest
Reconciliation Reported Between Carol and Helen
In Bucharest on July 5 a reconciliation between King Carol II and Queen Helen was announced and a government note denied rumors of Magda Lupescu’s return, stating she will never come back to Romania. The note cited the boy Michael as influencing the peace process.
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Bucharest
Romania
Carol II
Carol
Helen
Michael
Madame Magda Lupescu
Rumania
Madame Lupescu
Acting Mayor frees Atlanta jail. chaos follows
Acting Mayor J Allen Couch ordered the release of 268 prisoners on Independence Day causing the Atlanta city jail to empty. Police rearrested over 50 inmates within hours as regular mayor I N Ragsdale grapples with the mess and seeks legal remedies. city officials estimate the action cost about 59000.
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Atlanta
J. Allen Couch
Couch
I. N. Ragsdale
Ragsdale
New York
Bobby Jones
Recorder’s Office
Legal Department
Payroll murder theory at Kinston
In Kinston North Carolina a white resident of a rural area was held incommunicado on suspicion of killing James C Causey of Suffolk Virginia. Causey was found dead and his car burned near Kinston after a payroll dispute as detectives pursued multiple clues and possible arrests indicating the crime may involve a logging payroll theft.
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Kinston
James C. Causey
Suffolk
Causey
Lenoir
Strikers Form Local Union in Flint
In Flint Michigan on July 5 striking Fisher Body workers formed a local union and declared no dealings with communist agitators from other cities. Cecil Comstock, head of the strike committee, said the group rejected outsiders and their efforts to influence union talks with company officials.
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Flint, Mich
Fisher Body Corporation
Cecil Comstock
Pope Reiterates Catholic Involvement Apart From Politics
Vatican confirms pope’s ban on Catholics joining political parties or leagues and denies reports of a Catholic league of nations. The clarification follows Paris meeting of Cardinal Bourne and Cardinal Verdier, with no foundation for a federation between the society for the maintenance of the apostolic See and Les Volontaires du Pape.
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Papal Secretary of States
Society For the Maintenance of the Apostolic See
Les Volontaires du Pape
Chase Becomes Sixth President of University of Illinois
Urbana Illinois July 5 Dr Harry Woodburn Chase former UNC president assumed duties as sixth president of the University of Illinois succeeding Dr David Kinley who had led the school for ten years and been with it for 37. Kinley retired at 68 and was the oldest active university college president in the United States.
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Urbana
Ill
Harry Woodburn Chase
University of North Carolina
University of Illinois
Chase
David Kinley
Dr. Chase
University
Dr. Kinley
Kinley
United States
National Association of State Universities
Virginia Minister Robbed By Negroes Left In Winston
Dr. G. W. Botts of Norton Virginia, a prominent citizen, was robbed of 3500, gagged, and bound to the foot rail of his sedan. Two Black men assaulted him in Norton, transported him to a Winston-Salem area, and left him in the car in a quiet district. He was found between 9 and 10 pm and is hospitalized with non threatening injuries and severe fright.
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Winston-Salem
G. W. Botts
Norton
Baptist Hospital
Botts
Dr A W Hobbs Named Dean at University of North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL July 5 Dr Allan Wilson Hobbs professor of applied mathematics and a long time faculty member was appointed dean of the college of liberal arts at the University of North Carolina He succeeds Addison Hibbard who resigned in May to take the deanship at Northwestern University.
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Chapel Hill
Allan Wilson Hobbs
College of Liberal Arts
University of North Carolin
Hobbs
Addison Hibbard
College of Arts
Northwestern University
James defeats Wilson in Pasquotank County primary
In Elizabeth City on July 5, J C James defeated incumbent J Kenyon Wilson for Pasquotank County representative in the 1981 general assembly. With one small precinct still to report the tally stood Wilson 704, James 1,138.
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Elizabeth City
J. Kenyon Wilson
Pasquotank County
General Assembly
J. CC. James
Wilson
James
Fireworks Factory Blast Kills Three in Neptune
A series of explosions at a Neptune fireworks factory and adjoining home killed Frank Cimino Sr. and daughter Millie, plus Darles Renna, with Mary Cimino and Nancy Renna critically injured and Alfred Del Fiore among the others hurt. Bystanders and witnesses described a flash and collapsing buildings leaving little behind.
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N. J
Frank Cimino
Cimino
Consiglio
Millie
Frank
Renna
Darles
Nevins Street
Brooklyn
Mary
Nancy
Dolores
del Fiore
Alfred
M. Gould
Perth Amboy
J. L. Coddington
Gould
Auto wreck injures four on Highway 10 near Salisbury
In Salisbury July 5 Frank Allen, Arthur Murdock and Charles Brown Jr. of Cleveland were seriously and minor injuries when their car collided with a second vehicle while trying to pass on Highway 10 between Cleveland and Salisbury. A fourth man, Davis, was also involved. Occupants of the other car from High Point sustained minor injuries and drove on.
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Salisbury
Frank Allen
Arthur Murdock
Charles Brown, Jr
Cleveland
Highway 10
Davis
High Point
Britten Moves to Secure Defense Fund for Battleship Modernization
Washington July 5 AP Chairman Britten of the house naval affairs committee seeks assurances from Secretary Adams that funds will be provided next December to complete battleship modernization. He offers to aid placing the matter before Chairman Wood to include an 830 million allotment in the first deficiency appropriation bill at the next session of Congress.
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Washington
Britten
House Naval Affairs Committee
Adams
Wood
House Appropriations Committee
Bullwinkle Leads Jones In Ninth NC Congressional Primary
Maj A Lee Bullwinkle of Gastonia leads Hamilton C Jones in the North Carolina ninth district with 211 of 248 precincts reported. Bullwinkle holds about a 2,293 vote edge as Mecklenburg and Gaston counties report strong support while Avery Madison and Mitchell counties tilt toward Jones.
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Maj. A. Lee Bullwinkle
Gastonia
North Carolina
Bulwinklea
Hamilton C. Jones
Bullwinkle
Jones
Cleveland
Lincoln
Mecklenburg
Gaston
Burke
Bulwinkle
Mecklenburg County
Gaston County
Maj. Bulwinkle
Avery
Madison
Mitchell
Young Woman Found Shot To Death In Car
The body of a young woman, shot twice, was found in an automobile on the Marion Town road five miles northwest of Butler New Jersey. A note in the car read You will find the other bodies along the road. The discovery occurred late today.
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Butler, N. J
Marion Town Road
Here
Buffalo Chef Dies After Niagara Barrel Plunge
Buffalo chef George L. Stathakis, 46, chose to ride through Niagara Falls in a self-made steel barrel. The barrel and his body disappeared after plunging over the cataract as hundreds watched. River men and physicians waited below but found no sign of the craft or rider, despite a planned rescue attempt.
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Niagara
Niagara Falls
N. Y
George L. Stathakis
William
Red) Hill
Ont
Stathakis
Hill
George Morse
Johnson Oppose London Pact In Senate Showdown
Senator Johnson of California led the opposition urging rejection of the London naval treaty as iniquitous and ill conceived. Hoover prepares a special message urging ratification as Senate action looms with a Monday session reportedly postponed to Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
California
United States
Watson
Indiana
Oover
Second gangster killed in Detroit area mass shootings
The city sees its second gangster assassination within six hours as investigator Barney Roth and bootlegger Johnny Mietz are shot. Roth, undercover for Hamtramck and federal agents, was killed at breakfast while Mietz waited on his porch for Roth to accompany him to federal court. Police say Roth promised protection he could not deliver and Mietz appeared to be a victim of his link to the investigator.
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Detroit
Barney Roth
Johnny Meitz
Mietz
Roth
Hamtramck
Charles T. Winegar
Public Safety
The Big House Opens at Broadhurst With Star Cast
A different show opens Monday at the Broadhurst featuring Chester Morris Leila Hyams Robert Montgomery and Wallace Beery. The promotion promises a unique stage experience beyond typical backstage themes and explores timely messages in the classified ads inviting guests to attend as featured Enterprise guests.
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Broadhurst
Chester Morris
Leila Hyams
Robert Montgomery
Wallace Beery
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