Nobile Details Italia Airship Crash On Ice
General Nobile described the Italia wreck after ice and snow formed on the bag, causing a sudden plunge from 500 meters. Survivors remained on the polar ice with limited food as search teams moved toward them and radio contact with Citta Di Milano improved.
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Rome
Umberto Noble
Italia
Arctic
Stefani
Nobile
Foyn Island
A. Mariano
Filippo Zappi
Finn Malmgren
North Cape
Czecholovak
F. Dehounek
A. Viglieri
Troiani
Natale Ceccioni
Giuseppe Giogi
General Nobile
Citta di Milano
Courtney Off On Air Trip To U S From PISA To New York
Captain Frank T. Courtney, British aviator, left PISA Italy at 4 a m for Lisbon on the first leg of a trans Atlantic flight to the United States in a Dornier Napier whale flying boat. His route goes Lisbon Azores Newfoundland and then New York. He previously failed to reach New York from Plymouth last September in a seaplane.
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Lisbon
Portugal
United States
Azores
New Foundland
New York
Courtney
Plymouth
England
Corunna
Spain
British Air Ministry
Republicans Wait for Platform Ready Tomorrow
Kansas City June 13 reports describe farm protesters blocked from the Republican convention hall as police restrained them. Inside the hall the platform committee lagged on a farm relief dispute while tensions rose over McNary-Haugen vetoes and Texas seating fights. Mrs Willebrandt spoke on credentials amid marching bands.
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Kansas City
Coolidge
North Dakota
Senator McMaster
South Dakota
Fess
Texas
Mabel” Walker Willebrandt
George Moses
New Hampshire
Italia Crew Drifts Toward Rescue Near Spitzbergen
Giuseppe Bogia reported the Italia drifting northwesterly with the Nobile party toward North Cape as rescuers in the Hobby hasten to reach the area. Some crew members separated with the gas bag. fate unknown.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Giuseppe Bogia
Italia
Citta di Milano
North Cape
Sealing Ship Hobby Strives Toward Italia Crew Rescue
Oslo dispatches report the sealing ship Hobby battering ice toward the Italia stranded crew. The vessel pressures through ice floes in the attempt to reach North Cape on Northeast Land.
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Oslo
Norway
Spitzbergen
Hobby
North Cape
Norwegian Flyers Ready to Search for Italia Survivors
Captain Riiser-Larsen and Lieutenant Luetzow Holm prepare to depart aboard the Sealer Hobby to locate the Italia radio party after reports of General Umberto Nobile's death. They aim to reach drifting ice near Foyne Island off northeast coast as weather permits.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Riiser-Larsen
Luetzow Holm
Italia
Umberto Nobile
Foyne Island
Northeastland
Pythians Meet in Burlington Receives Governor McLean Praise
The grand chapter of North Carolina Knights of Pythias holds its annual session in Burlington. Governor McLean, unable to attend, sends a commendation for the order’s activities.
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Pythians
Burlington
Grand Chapter
North Carolina
Knights of Pythias
McLean
Coolidges To Begin Wisconsin Visit Tonight
Washington reports Mrs. Coolidge shows further improvement after a second morning consultation with White House doctors. The president and Mrs. Coolidge will depart tonight for the summer White House in Wisconsin Brule. Temperature rise along the route reduced danger of catching cold during travel. Departure plans for Monday night remain unchanged and preparations are complete.
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Washington
James F. Coupal
Joel T. Boone
White House
Wisconsin
British aviator plane nears Gibraltar on trans Atlantic leg
A message from Captain Frank T. Courtney’s flying boat indicates the craft is approaching Gibraltar at 2 PM en route to Lisbon. The flight is the first leg toward a projected trans Atlantic journey to the United States.
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London
Marconi Radio Company
Frank T. Courtney
Gibraltar
Lisbon
United States
British Aviator Reaches Lisbon on Trans Atlantic Flight Start
Captain Frank T. Courtney, British aviator, lands in Lisbon at 5:30 p.m. on the first leg of a trans Atlantic flight to the United States.
Poland Crushes U S Olympic Soccer 7 0 In Warsaw
Poland defeated the United States Olympic soccer team 7 to 0 in Warsaw yesterday, delivering a dominant victory with multiple scoring threats and a clear performance edge.
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Poland
Warsaw
United States
Hull Must Share With Smith State Delegates To Houston
Raleigh June 13 The state Democratic convention produced a split between Hull and Smith factions. Cordell Hull supporters won the eight at large delegates while Smith's forces retained a bloc of votes. Smith expected 7 12 to 8 votes on first ballot for Houston with more on later ballots. Each delegate carries half a vote and district caucuses named 20 district delegates. The unit rule was debated but Hull abandoned it as tensions rose.
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Hull
Smith State
Houston
Raleigh
Smith
North Carolina
Cordell Hall
F. M. Simmons
Republican ticket prospects and hosiery rate protest
The piece notes rising vice presidential booms behind Hoover in the GOP race with Dawes Mellon and Borah, listing many candidates and camp feelings. It also covers High Point NC hosiery makers filing to suspend July 1 rate hikes at the Interstate Commerce Commission, arguing the proposed increases discriminate against southern producers and detailing a chart of current versus proposed rates.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
President Dawes
Mellon
Senator Borah
Hoover
Dawes
Senator Curtis
Kansas
Watson
Indiana
Moses
New Hampshire
Fess
Ohio
Nye
North Dakota
Edge
New Jersey
Deneen
Illinois
Tilson
Connecticut
Fish
New York
Everett Sanders
President Coolidge
Macnnder
Iowa
Sam R. McKelvie
Nebarska
John J. Pershing
Fisher
Pennsylvania
Gov. Fuller
Massachusetts
Henry J. Allen
Gov. Baker
Missouri
Henry W. Anderson
Virginia
William J. Donovan
Theodore Roosevelt
Middle West
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
High Point Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Cottrell
Richmond Freight Tariff Bureau
Richmond
J. H. Glenn
Atlanta
J. T. Ryan
Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Commission
Chambers of Commerce
South
Bear Brand Hosiery Company
Kankakee
Ill
Chicago
Rockford
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Petre
St. Louis
N. C
Baptist State Convention Moves to High Point for November
The Baptist state convention will be held November 13 to 16 at High Point instead of Asheville as planned. The move was ordered because the Southern Medical association will be in session in Asheville during that period.
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High Point
Raleigh
Baptist State Convention
Asheville
Southern Medical Association
Amundsen Abandons Italia Relief Plan Over Government Support
Oslo June 13 Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, said he would abandon organizing a relief expedition for the Italia. He cited that American supporters would fund only if asked by one of the governments now taking part in relief efforts.
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Oslo
Norway
Roald Amundsen
Italia
Mexican aviator announces NYC to Mexico City nonstop flight
Washington June 13. Captain Emilio Carranza of the Mexican army announces plans for a non stop flight from New York City to Mexico City after completing a visit to New York. The venture aims to extend aviation ties and demonstrate endurance.
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Washington
New York City
Mexico City
Emilio Carranza
New York
Dapper Carranza Receives Warm Washington Welcome
In Washington crowds celebrated the 22 year old Mexican aviator Emilio Carranza after a fog bound flight and a perilous North Carolina landing. Ambassador Teller escorted him to meet President Coolidge as aviators praised his skill and calm judgment. The trip continued with a wreath laying at Arlington and a state visit.
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Washington
Emilio Carranza
Col. Lindbergh
Mexico City
Republic
North Carolina
Carranza
Arlington National Cemetery
Ambassador Teller
Coolidge
Lester Maitland
Hawaii
Mooresville
N. C
President Coolidge
Army
Navy
Monoplane Friendship Fails To Take Off From Harbor
Two more attempts to raise the monoplane Friendship from the harbor and fly to Europe failed this morning. After the second try, the craft was moored in the harbor at TREPASSEY N F.
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Trepassey
N. F
Europe
Habor
Farmers Protests Twist Opening of Republican Convention
A crowd of Kansas farmers opposing Hoover gathered outside the Republican convention hall in Kansas City on June 13. Police blocked access as Edgar Bush led demonstrators toward the doors amid chants of We don’t want Hoover and anybody but Hoover.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Chopin
Edgar Bush
Leutenant
Indiana
Rockefeller Gift Funds Williamsburg Restoration Effort
John D. Rockefeller donated about 5 million dollars to restore Williamsburg's colonial setting as a shrine to liberty. Dr. W A R Goodwin said the project is advancing, with more Rockefeller money to come as non historical buildings are removed to preserve authenticity.
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Williamsburg
Washington
LaFayette
Lord Cornwallis
John D. Rockefeller
Liberty
W. A. R. Goodwin
Alrready
Rockefeller
Phi Beta Kappa
Republicans Enter Campaign Armed With Principles
Senator Moses of New Hampshire, as permanent chairman, urged the party to enter the campaign on the offensive. He outlined plans to formulate a declaration of principles, reconstruct a platform, and nominate a president who would secure a republican ascendancy for at least eight years, impossible to defeat. The speaker asserted five million more Republicans than Democrats and challenged the opposition to produce its strongest champion, naming possible candidates Brown Jones Robinson or Smith.
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Kansas City
North Carolina
White House
W. H. Fisher
Clinton
Borah
Reed Smoot
Willis G. Briggs
Raleigh
Fisher
Bray Hotel
United States
Indiana
Hoosier
Tar Heel
Smith
Hull
Bess Kennon
Davie County
Indianapolis
Moses
New Hampshire
Assembly
Brown
Jones
Robinson
Fight over Texas delegate seating at convention
In City on June 13 a confrontation erupted over seating 18 Texas district delegates as Daniel O. Hastings of Delaware presented a minority report from the credential committee signed by fifteen members.
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Kansas City
Texas
Daniel O. Hastings
Delaware
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U.S
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Italy
Republican Party
J. J. Jenkins
NEA
Tiram M. Buler
Republican National Committee
Wills
U. S
Convention Hall
Byron Price
Coolidges
Lion
Francis M. Stphenson
Interstate Commission
Byron Prices
McNary-Haugen
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