Lost Italia dirigible crew believed alive near Cape Leigh Smith
Kings Bay reports all aboard the Italia are alive. General Umberto Nobile and 17 crew members, missing since May 25, are thought to be 20 miles north of Cape Leigh Smith among polar pack ice. Rescue teams, dogs with sledges, and the base ship Citta Di Milano coordinate with Hobby to reach them.
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Rome
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Cape Leigh Smith
North East Land
Hobby
Spitzbergen
Lieut
Luetzow Holm
Stefani
Citta di Milano
Streams of Republicans Pour Into Kansas City For Convention Opening
Chicago dispatch reports Ben Fox’s flagpole antics as he defends himself against creditors while claiming a new stance. In Kansas City delegates converge in three pools for the Republican nomination with Hoover leading a potential 500 votes on the first ballot and anti Hoover forces aiming to block him. Lowden arrives to energize the anti Hoover coalition and Pennsylvania’s delegation may tip toward Hoover Coolidge or Melion amid shifting loyalties.
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Chicago
Ben Fox
Fox
Masonic Temple
West End
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Commerce Secretary
Hoover
Lowden
Watson
Pennsylvania
Melion
Coolidge
Daughter Of Gov Smith Weds Francis J Quillinan in Albany
Catherine Alice Smith youngest daughter of Governor Alfred E Smith married Francis Joseph Quillinan of Troy in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Cardinal Hayes officiated before 1500 guests as the Smiths hosted a reception at the executive mansion. The couple will reside in New York City and Quillinan serves as deputy attorney general in the New York state office.
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Albany
N. Y
Catherine Alice Smith
Alfred E. Smith
Francis Joseph Quillinan
Troy
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cardinal Hayes
Miss Smith
Emily Josephine Smith
John Adams Warner
Smith
Alfred, Jr
Arthur
Walter
George Quillinan
Joliet
World Peace Not Here Yet Says Robbins
At West Point on June 9 Colonel Charles B. Robbins warned the United States Military Academy class that world peace remains distant and not to be expected for generations. He urged readiness to meet war, stressing that peace depends on hopeful human aspirations and national youth loyalty as science makes future warfare a machine battle.
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West Point
N. Y
Charles B. Robbins
United States Military Academy
Robbins
Lindsey May Be Debarred By Court
The Colorado supreme court weighed a petition by the State Bar Association seeking disbarment of Judge Ben B. Lindsey, famed Denver juvenile court judge, on charges of professional misconduct. The complaint says Lindsey received about 37,500 in stock for representing Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes in challenging her husband W. E. D. Stokes will and 10,000 from Samuel Untermyer. Lindsey calls the filing malicious.
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Denver
Col
Colorado Supreme Court
State Bar Association
Ben B. Lindsey
The
Bar Association
Lindsey
Samuel Untermyer
New York
Vatican considers settlement plan for Mexican religious controversy
In Rome on June 9 22 cardinals of the extraordinary ecclesiastical affairs congregation will review Archbishop Ruszy Flores of Michoacan report on the Mexican religious situation. They will appoint one cardinal to draft conclusions for debate over several weeks with Cardinal Gasparri presiding. The body includes Cardinal Vannutelli Merry Del Val Cerretti and Enrico Gasparri.
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Rome
Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
Rusz Y Flores
Michoacan
Pius
Cardinal Gasparri
Cardinal Vannutelli
The
Sacred College
Merry del Val
Cardinal Cerretti
Paris
Enrico Gasparri
Latin America
Coolidge Accepts Resignation of Under-Secretary Olds
President Coolidge accepted the resignation of Robert E. Olds from the under-secretaryship of state, effective July 1, as of today in Washington.
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Washington
Coolidge
Robert E. Olds
State
North Carolina Delegation Heads to Republican Convention
Asheville reports Republicans from North Carolina preparing for the Kansas City convention with delegates and alternates departing Raleigh at midnight. National committeeman Charles A. Jonas national committeewoman Mrs. Lindsay Patterson and U S revenue official David H Blair are already en route.
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Asheville
North Carolina
Houston
Smith
Hull
Kansas City
Raleigh
Charles A. Jonas
Lindsay Patterson
David H. Blair
Winston-Salem
United States
Grand Jury Indicts 167 in Prohibition Conspiracy Case
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh returned indictments charging 167 people including Police Superintendent Peter P. Walsh and former legislator Sam Grenet with conspiracy to violate federal prohibition laws. The cases allege extensive city wide conspiracies with illicit liquor makers and bookmakers named.
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Pittsburgh
Peter P. Walsh
Sam Grenet
High Point Interest Grows In Guilford County Convention
Hundreds from High Point attend the Guilford County Democratic convention in Greensboro with 84 voting delegates. A split between Smith and anti Smith factions shapes the atmosphere as talks of Hull or uninstructed delegations to Raleigh next Tuesday intensify.
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High Point
Guilford County
Greensboro
Weather forecaster warns against Atlantic flight attempt
New York June 9 warning from Dr James H Kimball US weather forecaster says trans Atlantic crossing on the great circle route will face stormy conditions with conflicting winds and rain. Miss Mabel Boli delaying attempt aboard Charles A Levine's Columbia, though eager to try. Levine expects a postponement of two or three days.
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New York
James H. Kimball
United States
Great Circle
Mabel Boli
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
Proportionate Delegations Must Be Named Today In County Says Brummitt
In Raleigh June 9 the North Carolina county Democratic meetings pick 1928 delegates to the state convention. Brummitt rules that county votes on presidential preference must yield delegates proportionally at Raleigh. Hull and Smith factions claim advantage as county shows tighten for control of the 24 delegates to the national assembly.
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Brummitt
Raleigh
North Carolina
Houston
Smith and
Hull
Dennis G. Brummitt
Democratic Executive Committee
Smith
Zeb
V. Turlington
Tennessee
W. B. Jones
Smith Committee
Americans Set for Davis Cup Europe Trip After Wins
On June 9 in New York, four members of the American Davis Cup team sail to Europe aboard the Isle de France to contest the inter-zone final and the challenge round with France. Captain William T. Tilden leads Wilber Coen John Hennessey and George Lott, joined by Hunter who was already in Europe.
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New York
Africa
Europe
Tre de France
Martin Johnson
Robert Douglas, Jr
Greensboro
N. C
David R. Martin, Jr
Austin, Minn
Douglas L. Oliver
Atlanta
Paris
Marseilles
Mombasa
Johnsons
United States
Carveth Wells
Milwaukee Museum of National History
C. A. Barrett
Olympic
France
William T. Tilden
Wilber F
Coen
Kansas City
John Hennessey
Indianapolis
George Lott
Chicago
Isle de France
Francis T. Hunter
New Rochelle
N. Y
Sanders heads to Republican National Convention
Everett Sanders secretary to President Coolidge left for Kansas City to attend the Republican national convention. Though not a delegate he said he has never missed a Republican convention since entering politics.
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Washington
Everett Sanders
President Coolidge
Kansas City
Smith forces win Guilford county convention in Greensboro
Smith supporters captured control of the Guilford county convention in Greensboro by a vote of 212 1-2 to 132 12-18 for Cordell Hull. The largest attended county convention. A six member committee, three Smith and three Hull, was appointed to name county delegates to the Raleigh state convention next Tuesday. The committee includes Charles A. Hines John F P Michaux Lewis H Teague Frank B Hopgood Capus Waynick and L Fapp. They can name and elect delegates.
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L. Fapp
North Carolina Democrats Name Hull Delegates After County Totals
Raleigh June 9 1953 with 601 votes in 26 counties and 1953 counted for at 2 20 oclock this afternoon 276 and a fraction delegates were instructed to vote for Hull in the state democratic convention in the concluding tally
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Raleigh
Hull
Man who launched 75 Methodist colleges dies
Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Stonewall Anderson, longtime general secretary of the board of education for the Methodist Episcopal Church South, died at his home in his 65th year. His leadership sparked an education campaign that raised $18,000,000 for church schools and expanded a coordinated system of 75 southern colleges and universities.
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Nashville
Tenn
Stonewall Anderson
South
Board of Education
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Australia Greets Kingsford Smith After 1762 Mile Flight
Brisbane crowds welcomed pilot Charles Kingsford Smith as he landed the Southern Cross at 10 10 AM completing the 1762 mile final leg from Suva Fiji Islands. The 21 hour flight averaged 86 miles per hour and carried a government gold gift of 25000. Smith credited his three associates Captain C T Ulm and others for the successful 7300 mile voyage from Oakland to Brisbane.
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Brisbane
Australia
Charles Kingsford- Smith
Southern Cross
Suva
Fiji Islands
Oakland
Cal
Kingsford-Smith
C. T. Uim
Opilot
Wall of fog and rain stalls Earhart ocean flight
In Trepassey Newfoundland on June 9 AP reports Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon delaying their Atlantic attempt. Adverse winds gas tank leaks and a wall of fog over mid ocean keep the monoplane Friendship halted. Stultz says no takeoff until conditions improve and hopes for Sunday.
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Trepassey
N. F
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Midocean
Stultz
SOS From Killisnoo Island Urges Fire Aid
A naval radio relay from Cordova to Bremerton transmitted a frantic SOS describing a village fire on Killisnoo Island in Chatham Strait. The message pleaded for immediate assistance as the fire threatened the native-populated community, with Fern and Explorer dispatched to reach Killisnoo.
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Seattle
Naval Radio Station
Cordova
Alaska
Bremerton
Wash
Killisnoo
Peril Strait
Chatham Strait
Alexander Archipelago
United States
Fern
Explorer
Coolidge to Confer on Shoals Plan After Wisconsin Trip
President Coolidge told Representative Almon that after his Wisconsin trip he will confer with senators and representatives to cooperate on a plan for disposing of the shoals problem. The bill that died by pocket veto Thursday will serve as the basis for discussion aimed at broad agreement among interested parties.
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Shoals
Washington
Coolidge
Almon
Alabama
Wisconsin
Thaw Returns on Transatlantic Voyage
Harry K Thaw sailed to America aboard the Aquitania after England declared him an unwelcome immigrant and barred landfall. He said he would skip Cherbourg, France, en route to New York on the liner.
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Thaw
Southampton
England
Harry K. Thaw
America
Aquitania
Cherbourg
France
New York
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Sebiseth
Kings Bay
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Levine
Democratic Committee
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Village
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