German airship continues Atlantic flight to Brazil
DO-X seaplane reports from Cape Verde Islands as it heads toward Brazil on the final leg of its voyage. A radio contact confirms all is well aboard, while Dornier officials in Friedrichshafen deny any immediate resumption of the flight and say tests at sea continue.
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South Atlantic
Porto Praia
Cape Verde Island
Germany
Atlantic
Brazil
Dorner Works
Friedrichshafen
Dornier Works
Christiensen
Cape Verde Islands
Tennessee Governor Faces Second Day of Impeachment Debate
Tennessee House enters the second day of debate on the first of eight impeachment charges against Governor Henry Horton. Critics label him a tool of Luke Lea and Rogers Caldwell amid state funds disputes. supporters claim politicians seek to topple him after electoral repudiation.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee House of Representatives
Luke Lea
Rogers Caldwell
House
E. C. Parker
O. P. J. Mooney
Memphis
Lea
Caldwell
Mooney
Parker
Horton
George L. Stockton
Fentress
Ten Halifax Bankers Face Serious Charges
Ten men including former bank and county officials were indicted on banking law violations embezzlement and related crimes. Among those named are former Weldon Bank president R S Travis Sr and Roanoke Rapids officers J W Ross H H King with trials not set until August term. Warrant service pending for several others.
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Halifax
N. C
J. W. Ross
Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Bank and Trust Company
H. H. King
Rosemary
Roanoke Bank
Mortimer Schiff Dies in New York at 54
Mortimer L. Schiff banker and philanthropist of Kuhn Loeb and Co. died suddenly of a heart attack in Oyster Bay. He would have turned 54 the next day and was scheduled to sail for Europe with his wife Adele Neustadt Schiff. He chaired the Boy Scouts of America and held major roles in wartime welfare and international finance.
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Mortimer L. Schiff
Boy Scouts of America
Oyster Bay, N. Y
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Europe
Richard B. W. Hall
New York
Schiff
Amherst College
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Company
Great Northern
London
Hamburg
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
War Department
Army
Navy
Lindbergh Plans Far East Flying Tour
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh will leave within a month for a Far East air tour with wife as companion. The trip includes China and Japan with safety measures and possible landings in Soviet territory if needed. He will not take their young son and has not fixed return plans.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Far East
North Pacific
Lindbergh
Hhs
State Departments
State Department
Siberia
Orient
China
Japan
Lindberghs
State Castle
Durham Golfer Lowers Record in Carolinas Amateur
W J O Connor of Durham shot a course record 69 to win 9 and 8 over J J Lane of Raleigh in the first round of the Carolinas Amateur Golf tournament in Myrtle Beach S C. Other results include Palmer defeating Watson four and three and Tufts reversing a deficit to beat Curran two and one with second round matches set for this afternoon.
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S. C
W. J O'Connor
Durham
N. C
J. J. Lane
Raleigh
Carolinas
O'Connor
Palmer
H. P. Watson
Winston- Salem
Richard Tufts
Pinehurst
Frank Curran
Greensboro
Frank Ford
Charleston
South Carolina
C. M. Whitsitt
A. C. McManus
George Prescott
Eugene Mills
Tully Blair
Ed Reid
Charlotte
T. D. Huguean
Curtis Returns to Topeka for Kansas Politic Survey
Vice President Curtis arrived in Topeka Kansas on June 4 for a month long look at the political scene. He will decide next winter whether to seek another vice presidential term or run for the Senate seat held by Democratic Senator George McGill.
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Tokepa
Kans
Curtis
Kansas
Senate
George McGill
$800 Million Bond Issue Oversubscribed Seven Times
The Mellon announced $800 million 18 year 3 1/8 percent bonds to refund more than $3 billion in short term debt were oversubscribed over seven times as of book close. Subscriptions totaling many billions will be allotted later with details to follow. Money will retire about $600 million of maturing treasuries and cover roughly $99 million in interest.
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Washington
Mellon
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury Department
Treasury
Annapolis Graduates Hastening To Altar
Ten Naval Academy graduates were commissioned as ensigns and began wedding ceremonies at Annapolis with more couples to wed the next day. Miss Louise Hinds and Ensign Horace Myers led the procession to the Academy Chapel as Chaplain Frank A. Lash officiated. Undergraduates face expulsion for marriage.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Louise Hinds
St. Joseph
Horace Myers
Boise Idaho
Academy Chapel
Frank A. Lash
Anglo Argentine Entente Leads British Open After Second Round
At Carnoustie Scotland June 4 the Anglo Argentine Entente of Jose Jurado and Henry Cotton led after the second round of the British open with 36 hole scores of 147. Tommy Armour was third and Johnny Farrell fourth with 149. Several Americans and British players followed within five strokes, while totals eliminated Turnesa and Manero. Farrell failed with his putting today.
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Carnoustie
Scotland
MacDonald Smith
W. T. Twine
Cotton
Farrell
Marco Churio
Arthur Havers
Abe Mitchell
Percy Alliss
Germany
Max Smith
Horton Smith
Joe Turnesa
Tony Manero
Long Named Democratic National Committeeman of Louisiana
Governor Huey P. Long unanimously elected as Democratic national committeeman for Louisiana to succeed the late Col. Robert Ewing, newspaper publisher, in New Orleans on June 4.
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Gov. Long
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
United States
Nautilus Prepares for Under Ice North Pole Dash Tests
The Nautilus submarine, rebuilt for an Arctic mission, arrived at Provincetown for final diving tests before a voyage with Sir Hubert Wilkins and scientists aboard. The plan calls for Arctic underice travel from Spitzbergen toward Alaska, a feat debated by experts as bold exploration or foolhardiness.
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Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod
North Pole
New London
Canon
Arctic
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Atlantic
England
The
Spitzbergen
Pole
Alaska
Wilkins
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Church Rites Called Off In Vatican State Clash
Rome report says Pope Pius forbids public demonstrations and orders sacred rites inside churches amid a government crackdown on Catholic Action. Arrests of leaders noted as Mussolini's regime seeks to quell anti-fascist activity. negotiations said to be ongoing with unclear negotiators.
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Rome
Italy
Vatican
Pope Pius
Holy See
Catholic Action Society
Corsanego
Mussolini
Fascist Party
Gasparri
Marchese Paselli
Young Bride Ends Life With Poison
Salisbury dispatch reports Mrs. Roy T. Pinkston an 18 year old bride of six months died from a self administered poison dose. Despondency is blamed by her husband. The poison was taken yesterday afternoon at the couple's Rowan County home and she was brought to Salisbury for treatment. The Pinkstons had moved here last week from Lynchburg Virginia.
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Salisbury
Roy T. Pinkston
Rowan County
Amos Exonerated by Florida House Vote
The Florida House of Representatives voted 81 to 2 to exonerate Comptroller Ernest Amos of 14 impeachment accusations brought by Representative J Tom Watson of Hillsborough County. The action was taken in Tallahassee on June 4.
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Amos
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida House of Representatives Today
Ernest Amos
J. Tom Watson
Hillsborough County
Col House Backs Roosevelt for 1932 Democratic Nomination
Edward M. House, longtime Wilson adviser, endorses Franklin D. Roosevelt as the Democratic nominee for president in 1932. House calls Roosevelt the most available candidate and predicts victory if nominated, noting Roosevelt also served in Wilson's administration as assistant secretary of the navy.
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Col. House
Roosevelt
Mancheir
Edward M. House
Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
House
Navy
Airplane Rides No Cure For Deafness Says Dr Fishbein
Dr Morris Fishbein editor of the American Medical Association Journal told the American federation of organizations for the hard of hearing that airplane rides do little or nothing to restore hearing. He cited deaths of numerous children from congenital or severe infection related deafness.
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Chicago
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association Journal
American Federation of Organizations For
Coolidge Considers Ending Daily Newspaper Pieces
New York June 4 Calvin Coolidge may stop writing a daily piece for newspapers. A syndicate official travels to Northampton to discuss the vacation question with him. An announcement is expected Saturday and it is understood he may cease all newspaper work.
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New York
Calvin Coolidge
Northampton
Confederates oppose Pickett body move to Arlington
Confederate veterans in Montgomery pause business to memorialize fallen comrades and protest plans to move General George E. Pickett’s body from Richmond to Arlington National Cemetery. The resolution, supported by the trans Mississippi department and read by General R A Sneed, passed with two dissenters.
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Ala
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
George E. Pickett
Richmond
Arlington National Cemetery
trans-Mississippi
Arlington
Ritchie Calls For State Liquor Control Return
French Lick Ind June 3 Governor Albert C Ritchie of Maryland criticized the governors conference for avoiding controversy and urged that liquor control be returned to the states as a solution to taxation issues during the closing session.
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French Lick
Ind
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Local Government Commission Holds Quarterly Raleigh Meeting
In Raleigh on June 4 the Local Government Commission held its regular quarterly meeting. Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell and Local Government Director Charles M. Johnson reported on the first quarter’s work since the body was created to oversee county and municipal finances.
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Raleigh
Local Government Commission
General Assembly
A. J. Maxwell
Charles M. Johnson
Davis Cup Team Chosen for Interzone Finals in Paris
Frank X. Shields and Sidney Wood Jr. of New York join George Lott Jr. and John Van Ryn of Philadelphia on the U.S. Davis Cup squad selected to represent the country in the Paris interzone finals. Shields likely to play singles, Wood in the other singles, with Lott-Van Ryn set for the doubles.
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New York
Frank X. Shields
Sidney B. Wood, Jr
George Lott, Jr
John van Ryn
Philadelphia
United States
Paris
Tilden
Johnson
Australia
Shields
Wood
Mayors Revolting Against Dry Laws Abroad
In Rhem France on June 4 visiting American mayors toured champagne cellars. Silvester Andriano of San Francisco toasted light wines for America, Judge Frank N. Padden of Chicago saluted Chicago’s new mayor A J Cermak, and tourists signed a postcard to New York Mayor Jimmy Walker. A luncheon with 35 champagne firms followed, with plans to move on to Lille that evening.
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Rheims
France
America
Silvester Andriano
Board of Supervisors
San Francisco
Frank N. Padden
Chicago
A. J. Cermak
Jimmy” Walker
New York
Lille
Telegraph Service Hampered By Wreck
Telegraph communication from New York to points south and west was seriously hampered by a wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad main line between New York and Washington. Twenty freight cars derailed, bringing down poles for about 100 miles along the right of way.
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Felton
New York
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington
Conference at London Hapsburg Germany Leaders Meet
Chancellor Heinrich Bruening and Foreign Minister Julius Curtius left for England to hold a weekend conference with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald on Anglo German problems.
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Hapsburg
Germany
Heinrich Bruening
Julius Curtius
England
Ramsay MacDonald
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