Berlin honors trans Atlantic fliers Chamberlin and Levine
Berlin crowds gather for a dinner dance in honor of Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine. The city plans a banquet where a plaque will be presented and streets named for their plane Columbia. The aviators will visit Munich Vienna Prague Rome, and meetings with officials and wartime aces are highlighted by teas and galas.
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Berlin
Germany
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Munich
Vienna
Prague
Giuseppe Bellanca
New York
Chamberlin
Levine
von Hindenburg
Stresseman
Columbia Strasse
Pilsen
German Aerial Club
Herr Koch
Stressmann
Dr. Stresemann
American Club
Thea Rasche
Hamburg
Champerlin
Delayed by Winds Hinder Dirigible Los Angeles
At Lakehurst New Jersey the dirigible Los Angeles remains in her hangar as cross winds delay her planned sea greeting for Captain Charles Lindbergh. Weather forecasters hope winds abate this afternoon to allow the ship to depart when a reduced ground crew can safely operate.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Los Angeles
Charles Lindbergh
Naval Air Station
Poincare Loses Fight Over France's Match Monopoly
Premier Poincare failed to secure a long term concession for France's match monopoly as the chamber of deputies rejected the proposal from the Zevensk Corporation of Sweden. The vote stood 280 to 244 after a week of debate in Paris.
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Paris
Poincare
France
Chamber of Deputies
Zevensk Corporation
Sweden
Pearl Mitchell Dies in Electric Chair for Murder
The Raleigh State prison executed Pearl Mitchell a Chat ham county Black man who admitted firing the fatal shot, insisting the killing was deliberate. The case determined premeditation and denied commutation, with Mitchell facing death smiling as the chair activated.
Pearl Mitchell put to death in electric chair at Raleigh
Pearl Mitchell 29 a Chatham county black man died in the electric chair in Raleigh after being convicted of killing W L Fogleman during a January robbery at a Pittsboro store. He was pronounced dead three minutes and fifteen seconds after the current began at 10 30. The first shock failed to kill. The second shock lasted fifty eight seconds.
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Raleigh
Pearl Mitchell
Chatham County
Pittsboro
Mitchell
W. L Fogleman
Fogleman
Mitchel
Ben Dixon Macneill
Raleigh News and Observer
Laurinburg
Clyde Norman
Merriot Everett
Norman
Donald Phillips
High Point
Greensboro
Agte
Osteen Back With Crew After Whisky Seizure
Greensboro dispatch reports the largest district whisky seizure since its establishment. Agents raided Gordon Benton’s Wilkes county home early yesterday and found 360 gallons of ardent corn being pumped from 50 gallon barrels into five gallon cans. Benton and Robert Shoe were bond set at 3000 and 1000 dollars for Wilkesboro federal court hearings.
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Enterprise Bureau
Greensboro
J. L. Osteen
Middle
Gordon Benton
Wilkes County
Benton
Robert Shoe
Shoe
Wilkesboro
C. G. Rosemond
L. G. Trexler
Mr. Osteen
Coolidge to Discuss Government Financial Outlook
President Coolidge will chair the semi annual budget meeting tonight to review the fiscal outlook for the new year beginning June 30. He is expected to address potential tax reductions under consideration by the next congress as officials from all government departments attend.
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Washington
Coolidge
Laurinburg
N. C
Alva Hodges
Cumberland Mills
Merritt Everett
Clyde Norman
Norman
Alma Hodges
Ollie Graham
Margaret Hall
Miss Hodges
Davis
Spirit of Jacksonville pilot leaves plane at local field
A Spirit of Jacksonville flight from Jacksonville Florida to Washington DC stopped briefly this morning at a local airfield where the crew spent the night before continuing.
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Raleigh
Spirit of Jacksonville
Jacksonville
Fla
Washington, D. C
Reichsbank raises dis count rate to six percent
Berlin June 10 The Reichsbank raised its discount rate from five to six percent. The rate on advances remains at seven percent.
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Berlin
Reichsbank
Lindbergh expected to fly Spirit of St Louis to New York
Colonel Lindbergh said he plans to fly the Spirit of St. Louis from Washington to New York as promised and may later fly to St Louis. He noted reception details are in local committees hands. A Memphis dock ceremony begins soon with assembly of the monoplane after a Saturday start. The Memphis cruiser pairing and related navy chatter accompany the visit.
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New York
Washington
St. Louis
Memphis
Cherbourg
Virginia Capes
Lindbergh
Engineers
Chow
Roxford
Lawrenceville
Associated Press
Lindy
Lovette
Honolulu
Couch
Navy
Colonel Lindbergh
Thomas Hunt
Jersey City
Jack I. Hearman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charley Neal
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
North Carolina federation opens eighth annual convention
More than 100 women from all sections join the eighth annual North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs in Burlington for the first day of meetings. Officers' reports, credentials, and the program dominated the program as the convention advances toward a second day with officer elections.
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Federation of Business and’ Professional Women’s Clubs
Burlington
North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Pearl C. Green
Henderson
H. J. Rhodes
Green
Reid Maynard
Nell Callahan
Greensboro
Isabel Faison
Rocky Mount
Bessie Withers
Bertha Cates
T. J. Lassiter
Smithfield
Flora Leak
Winston-Salem
Rotary Convention Installs Officers in Ostend
The eighteenth annual Rotary International convention adjourned in Ostend Belgium after installing new officers led by Arthur Sapp of Huntington Indiana as president. Herbert Coates of Montevideo Uruguay spoke on Rotary’s growth in South America noting Paraguay and Bolivia are represented in Rotary International.
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Ostend
Belgium
Rotary International
Arthur Sapp
Huntington
Ind
Herbert Coates
Montevedio
Uruguay
Rotary
South America
South American
Paraguay
Bolivia
Honor Native Son
Des Moines reports Iowa to honor Clarence Chamberlin with an all Iowa day events including military maneuvers a gubernatorial reception and a proposal conferring the rank of brigadier general by special gubernatorial action if plans proceed. the intrepid flyer receives state tribute.
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Des Moines
Clarence Chamberlin
Richmond Sees Distinct Shock Believed Earthquake
A felt shock in Richmond at 2:17 a m is thought to be an earthquake. Railway officials report its effects reaching as far west as fifty miles, with no damage reported and the tremor lasting only a few seconds.
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Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Cumberland murder trial testimony continues in Fayetteville
Testimony progressed in the murder case of Frank McLaurin with defendants Maybelle Phillips and Kenneth O Boone. Witnesses described finding McLaurin's body with a pistol nearby and questioned whether the death was suicide. The widow testified but offered little illumination.
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Fayetteville
Maybelle Phillips
Kenneth O. Boone
Frank McLaurin
McLaurin
Boone
Italian airman begins leg toward Ponta Delgada after salvage
Commander Francesco De Pinedo left Horta in his seaplane at 6 15 this morning bound for the area off the Azores where he was forced down while flying from Newfoundland to the Azores He plans to return to Ponta Delgada to refuel before continuing to Italy in a bid to preserve the continuity of his four continent flight.
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Horta
Island of Fayal
Azores
Francesco de Pinedo
New Foundland
Ponta Delgada
Italy
North Carolina Cotton Growers Post Average 12 to 13 Cents
Final settlement figures from the North Carolina Cotton Growers' Co-operative show an average of 12 to 13 cents per pound for 7 8 inch staple cotton paid for middling and above middling grades. Of 120000 bales delivered to the association 57 percent was 78 inch staple with the rest longer staples.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Felton Birthday Tribute Highlights Cartersville Leader
Cartersville Georgia June 19 Mrs Rebecca Latimer Felton first woman US senator and longtime educator marked her ninety second birthday with a luncheon. She recalled teaching in 1865 66 and praised Rev Sam Jones while thanking supporters and noting family ties. Local officials and former Georgia figures sent greetings.
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Cartersville
Browning
Rebecca Latimer Felton
United States
Sam Jones
Mrs. Felton
Rip van Winkle
Felton
Coolidge
Thomas W. Hardwick
Georgia
United States Senate
Thomas E. Watson
Richard B. Russell
Chamber of Commerce
William H. Felton
Annie Felton
Cartersvns
Ormand and Norton Win National Balloon Race
The National Aeronautical Association credited W. T. Van Ormand and assistant W. W. Norton with victory in a balloon race starting from Akron. They flew the Akron chapter entry 718 miles to land one mile southwest of Hancock Maine.
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Washington
National Aeronautical Association Today
W. T. van Ormand
W W. Norton
Akron
The
Aeronautical Association
Hancock
Maine
Air mail planes depart with Lindbergh congratulatory letters
Two air mail planes left Hadley Field with 1200 letters addressed to Colonel Lindbergh and a third plane awaited letters expected to arrive later. The dispatch marks a celebratory effort by New Jersey mail routes in June.
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New Brunswick N., J
Hadley Field
Lindbergh
Des Moines Named 1928 Good Roads Convention City
Des Moines Iowa was chosen as the 1928 convention city of the United States Good Roads association just before the assembly adjourned sine die at noon today.
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Des Moines
Savannah
The
United States Good Roads Association
Assembly
Supreme Court Backs 1927 County Finance Act for School Bonds
The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld the 1927 county finance act allowing counties to issue bonds for school buildings and land. Justice Connor wrote the opinion with Clarkson concurring, stating the ruling boosts investor confidence and supports gradual education equalization across urban and rural areas. The decision notes no fixed bond limit and leaves such limits to the General Assembly.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Attorney General’s Department
Supreme Court
Connor
Clarkson
General Assembly
North Carolina Receives Mixed Truck Cargo Totals
Radio reports detail carlot shipments to the North Carolina department of agriculture with bean and cabbage totals. Beans show North Carolina 20, Virginia 4, total 24. Cabbage adds Arkansas 1, New Mexico 1, North Carolina 22, Oklahoma 1, Tennessee 17, Texas 1, Virginia 40, total 83.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Arkansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
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