Lindbergh Welcomed Home With National Honors
Charles A. Lindbergh received the Distinguished Flying Cross from President Coolidge in a White House ceremony. A vast Washington crowd roared as Lindbergh expressed thanks and recounted his European reception messages, then left for receptions and a daylight aerial fireworks display.
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Washington
Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
President Coolidge
American Air Service
White House
Lindbergh
Davis
War Department
Coolidge
Lebourget
Paris
France
Belgium
London
England
Europe
America
United States of America
Massachusetts Avenue
Dupont Circle
Monument Grounds
Coolidge Analyzes Praises Lindbergh Ocean Crossing
Washington outlines a full day program honoring Charles Lindbergh. The schedule includes arrival aboard the U S S Memphis, parade past the capitol, a reception with President Coolidge, a fireworks display, dinner, and multiple receptions. The events feature Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh and various civic groups.
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Coolidge
Ocean
Washington
Colonel Lindbergh
U. S. S. Memphis
Navy Yard
Evangeline Lindbergh
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Monument Grounds
President Coolidge
White House
Dupont Circle
Cabinet
Minnesota State Society
National Press Club
Skull Exhibit Highlights Fayetteville Trial Scene
In Fayetteville on June 10 AP reports visible evidence shows Frank McLaurin died from a skull fracture and a pistol wound. Defendants Mrs Maybelle Phillips and Kenneth O Boone are charged with murder as coroner Dr W A Allgood testifies the skull fracture likely left him alive when shot. A convict, C H Savage, testified that the pair and a negro visited his filling station for whisky before the crime. The state asserts Boone struck McLaurin and hid him, later with Phillips and the negro carrying the unconscious man to a nearby woods where the shootings occurred.
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Fayetteville
Frank McLaurin
Maybelle Phillips
Kenneth O. Boone
McLaurin
W. A. Allgood
Cumberland County
C. H. Savage
United States
Atlanta
Savage
Boone
Assault case at stage of argument in Laurinburg
In Laurinburg on June 11 AP reports Merritt Everett 26 and Clyde Norman 22 face trial for attacking a young girl on May 21. Defense rested after Norman testified admitting relations with the girl but claiming consent. Norman named the foster mother and others as complicit. Ollie Davis, husband of the elder woman, testified supporting the girl’s account of seizure.
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Laurinburg
Merritt Everett
Clyde Norman
Ollie Davis
Airmen Chamberlin Levine Enter Germany Illegally
Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine, famed trans Atlantic flyers, travel in Germany without proper visas or passports and face the risk of outlaw status in Europe. Chamberlin declines a passport while Levine notes no one requested one. They stay at the American embassy and receive gifts amid a gala dinner.
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Chamberlin
Levine
Berlin
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Germany
Barbara Schurman
Ambassador Schurman
Naval Fliers’ Association
German Fliers’ League
Kottbus
von Hindenburg
American Club
Schurman
Lindbergh Returns Home After Atlantic Flight Triumph
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh returns to America aboard the cruiser Memphis amid triumphal cheers. He stepped ashore shortly before noon to waves of adulation after spanning the Atlantic and earning world fame as an air mail pilot.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Air Mail
Atlantic
Memphis
Lindbergh May Hear Old North State Song
Col. Lindbergh may hear the Old North State Song soon as Lieut. Charles Benton of the Navy band received the song’s words and music from Henry M. London and plans adaptation for gala Navy Band occasions at Lindbergh’s reception.
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Raleigh
Col
Lindbergh
Charles Benton
U. S. Navy
Henry M. London
Navy
Wheat Drops on Heavy Selling in Chicago Trade
Wheat futures slid sharply in Chicago as late selling from northern and southern houses weighed on prices despite bullish outside reports. Wheat fell 2 to 2 7 8 cents, corn down 5 8 to 11 4 cents, oats 7 8 to 14 cents, with provisions little changed.
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Chicago
Indiana
Northwestern
Lindbergh Welcomed Home by Coolidge for Air Feat
President Coolidge honors Charles A. Lindbergh as an illustrious citizen and awards the Distinguished Flying Cross. He lauds Lindbergh for unselfish conduct and unspoiled fame after his transatlantic voyage and praises American aviation feats.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
President Coolidge
Republic
Lindbergh
Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
America
California
Hawaii
North Pole
Europe
Mrs Brooks Loses Trial Against Hosiery Mills in Superior Court
Mrs Kate Brooks failed to prove negligence by Commonwealth Hosiery Mills in a suit over fumes from chloride of lime near her home. A jury deliberated from morning until after 4 PM before returning a verdict for the defendant.
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Kate Brooks
Commonwealth Hosiery Mills
Commonwealth Company
High Point
Judge Majesty
Carter Dalton
O. L. Sapp
Cliff Fraizer
C. C. Barnhart
Local Building Permits Issued For Two Projects
Recent permits from city building inspector A. B. Horney list M. P. Sechrest starting a two story six room wooden dwelling on West Bay Street estimated at 4000 dollars and Ada Miller adding a room to a Fairview Street house with estimated cost 250 dollars.
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A. B. Horney
M. P. Sechrest
West Bay Street
Ada Miller
Fairview Street
Merritt Everett and Clyde Norman Face Capital Charge
Laurinburg report details a complex testimony maze in the case against Merritt Everett and Clyde Norman accused of a capital offense involving a 16 year old. The staff correspondent notes conflicting testimony and the serious nature of the proceedings in the local court.
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Ben Dixon Macneill
News and Observer
Laurinburg
Merritt Everett
Clyde Norman
Caswell Training School in Kinston faces crowding amid growth
In Caswell training school for the feeble minded near Kinston more than 200 inmates are housed on 900 acres of gifted land. Opened in 1914 under Dr C Banks McNairy the brick campus supports farming dairy work and music with concrete playlets. Overcrowding shows need for larger accommodations beyond its 150-person design.
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Kinston
North Carolina
Caswell Training School
Richard Caswell
Caswell School
C. Banks McNairy
Lenoir County
Caswell
Bowman Baby Buried in Glenola Churchyard
Funeral services for Harold Daniel Bowman 18 months died at home of his parents in Glenola were held at the Glenola Baptist church. Rev J E Womack officiated burial in church cemetery pall bearers included C W Bowman L G Bowman W D Wood and H A Wood flower girls were Rosa Trotter Sallie Trotter Beulah Trotter Wallie Bayles Etta Burge and Ruby Linthicum
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Harold Daniel Bowman
C. L. Bowman
Glenola
Baptist Church
J. E. Womack
Jamestown M. BE
C. W. Bowman
L. G. Bowman
W. D. Wood
H. A. Wood
Rosa Trotter
Sallie Trotter
Beulah Trotter
Wallie Bayles
Etta Burge
Ruby Linthicum
Trouble at North Carolina license division spurs shifts
The North Carolina license division, nicknamed the Tenth Legion, faces daily chaos from 500 to 1,600 trouble items as errors in applications and checks disrupt plates and records. A night shift is planned to clear backlogs, while Mrs. Downey dies at 203 Howell Street after a period of declining health.
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E. A. Downey
Howell ST
Raleigh
Department of Revenue
Tenth Legion
R. A. Coughton
Mollie A. Fields
Howell _ street
Edinburg
Arthur Irvin
Woodstock
Ira Irvin
Engle West
John Irvin
Charleston
W. Va
Henry Kibler
White man struck by Ford truck in city intersection
Edward Allred, an elderly white man, was hit by a Ford truck around 11 45 AM at the South Hamilton and East Green streets intersection. He was taken to Guilford General Hospital by Yow's ambulance with arms and shoulders badly bruised. condition not yet known.
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Edward Allred
South Hamilton
East Green
Guilford General Hospital
Lindbergh Comes Ashore at Washington Navy Yard
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh arrives by air and lands at the Washington Navy Yard just before noon. He is greeted by military officials and spectators as he steps onto the pier.
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Washington
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Washington Navy Yard
Hickory Lawyer Held on Whiskey Charges
Louis Whitener a Hickory attorney faced a city recorders court on a prohibition charge after pleading guilty in Mecklenburg County court to intoxication and possessing liquor. He says the whiskey found in his hotel room did not belong to him and suspects a setup.
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Charlotte
Louis Whitener
Hickory
City Recorders Court
Mecklenburg County Recorders Court
Whitener
Kirkman Plans Free Train Trip for Orphans
More than 100 children from the Methodist Protestant Orphans home near Greensboro on the Greensboro High Point road will ride a free special train tomorrow afternoon. O E Kirkman general manager of the High Point Thomasville and Denton railroad will supervise the day trip leaving at 1 30 and returning about 6 30 providing all arrangements for a pleasant outing.
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Methodist Protestant Orphans’ Home
Greensboro-High Point
QO. E. Kirkman
High Point
Thomasville and
Denton
Avery Selected for New Role at Wachovia Bank
Morganton June 11 A C Avery senior partner of Avery and Hairfield has accepted a post as a trust officer with Wachovia Bank and Trust to be based in Asheville starting July 1. The move ends his 25 year Morganton legal career including 15 years with his father Judge A C Avery. He has served as mayor and town attorney.
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Morganton
A. C. Avery
Avery and Hairfield
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Asheville
Winston. Salem
High Point
Raleigh
Salisbury
South
Mr. Avery
Avery
Wachovia
North Carolina Supreme Court
Soviet reply to Polish note on Volkoff assassination
Moscow June 11 AP report states the Soviet government will hand to Polish Minister M Patek its reply to the Polish note regretting the assassination of Pierre Volkoff Soviet minister at war saw the Polish note arrives tonight.
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Moscow
Pierre Volkoff
Warsaw
M. Patek
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