Lindbergh Finishes New York to Paris Flight
Captain Charles Lindbergh lands the Spirit of St. Louis at Le Bourget Paris on May 21 completing a nonstop journey from New York to Paris in about 34 hours. Crowds swell as police struggle to manage spectators. photographers prepare to document the arrival. Disclosures from Ireland place the plane offshore and over Smerwick harbor before turning toward Cork.
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New York-Paris
Lebourget
Paris
Charles Lindbergh
New York
London
Ireland
Atlantic
Irish
Smerwick Harbor
Dingle Bay
Ding
France
Lindbergh
New Foundland
French
le Bourget
Myron T. Herrick
Louis
Lindbergh’s Log Tracks Plane Over Atlantic and Europe
The log records Lindbergh’s flight from New York to Paris with sighting reports over East Greenwich Rhode Island Halifax Massachusetts Mereghan New Jersey Springfield New Jersey Milford Nova Scotia Mulgrave Nova Scotia St Johns Newfoundland and the broad Atlantic. Later wireless and press reports place the plane off the Irish coast Valencia and Bayeux France with times in local and Greenwich time and inconsistencies noted by reports.
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Lindbergh
New York
Paris
East Greenwich
R. I
Halifax
Mass
Mereghan
Springfield
Milford
Mulgrave
Nova Scotia
Main Adieu
St. Johns
N. F
Broad Atlantic
Independent Wireless
Irish
Hiversal
Lindburgh
Greenwich
London
Ireland
Radio Corporation
Valencia
Bayeaux
France
Mississippi River Levee Battle Near McCrea Threatens Sugar Bowl
In a heavy rain at McCrea Louisiana two thousand men struggled to hold the Atchafalaya levee as the river eroded embankments threatening 2,000,000 acres and 100,000 people in the sugar region. Evacuations and refugee flows to Lafayette accelerated as floodwaters neared St Martinville and Breaux Bridge.
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New Orleans
McCrea
Atchafalaya
Louisiana
Sugar Bowl
Mississippi
Old River
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
St. Martinville
Lafayette
Acadian
Breaux Bridge
New Iberia
Loreau- Ville
Lower Teche
Lindbergh Sighting Draws Paris Crowd to Opera District
Thousands gathered in Place de L Opera to watch a huge electric news sign showing Captain Charles Lindbergh had been sighted over Ireland. Police cleared a tract as the bulletin flashed updates while tourists redirected their plans to the bulletin boards. The sign chased the aircraft circling the lower field at 10 minutes past ten.
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Paris
Place de L’opera
Charles Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Ireland
Ready for His Landing
The crowd at Lebourget France heard Captain Charles A Lindbergh was sighted off Ireland as reporters and camera crews gathered. About 200 to 300 people waited near the field while cars with well dressed women and their dogs began arriving, with American flags seen nearby.
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Lindbergh
Lebourget
Ambassador Herrick
Flying Field
France
Chas. A. Lindbergh
Ireland
Lindbergh Flight Heads Toward Cork From Ireland
New York May 21 The French Cable company reports official guidance from the British government that Captain Lindbergh is over Ireland en route to Cork. The time matched the flight schedule as calculated locally and at 5 20 Irish time.
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New York
Lindberg
Ireland
Cork
Denton Celebrates First Electric Light Switch
About 1,000 people gathered in Denton to witness the switching on of electricity for the town. Denton men and visiting orators spoke including John Paul Lucas of the power effort. Residents from High Point Asheboro Lexington and Thomasville joined the event with a barbecue. Lights illuminated most businesses and homes as the main switch was thrown.
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Denton
John Paul Lucas
High Point
Asheboro
Lexington
Thomasville
Canadian musician Paul Wells found drowned in St John’s River
The body of Paul Wells, 40, a prominent Canadian musician, was recovered from the St John’s River in Jacksonville. An autopsy by Duval county medical examiner Dr. R R Killinger determined the death was by drowning, noting the body had been in the water about two days.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Paul Wells
St. Johne Jriver
R. R. Killinger
Duval County
Killinger
Mississippi Could Shift Course To Gulf Via Atchafalaya
New Orleans engineers warn the Mississippi may abandon its current path and flow toward the Gulf through the Atchafalaya basin after a Melville survey. Federal, state, and local officials note that 1896 stone sills may not withstand the river’s force, complicating any effort to prevent a shorter channel to the gulf while Pointe Coupee refugees flee rising waters.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Atchafalaya
John Gotwall
Melville
George C. Schoenberger
John Klorer
D. C. Waddill
Washington Woman Profits From Local Garden Sales
Mrs. A. A. Moore of Beaufort county route 1 earned 121.45 dollars selling garden products at the local curb market this spring. A statewide demonstration gardener, she also supplies spin ach radishes sweet peas and greens to local hotel and cafe.
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Washington
A. A. Moore
Beaufort County
Lindbergh Courage Praised as Trans Atlantic Flight Reported
London reports praise for Charles A. Lindbergh amid front page accounts of his start and sightings along the northern Atlantic coast. In England Lieutenants Carr and Gillman depart Craley to attempt a non stop flight to India aiming to set a new long distance record. No wireless gear was carried and officials expect a 4 000 mile run in about 40 hours past Constanti nople.
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London
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic Seaboard
Craley
Eng
Carr and
Gillman
Royal Air Force
India
Carr
North Sea
Constantinople
Lindbergh Plane Passes Over Valencia Island Ireland
Captain Charles Lindberghs aeroplane reportedly flew over Valencia Island in southern Ireland at 9 am EST as heard on a broadcast from WYM Chatham New York picked up by Yarmouth Nova Scotia and relayed to a government station.
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Ireland
Halifax
N. S
Charles Lindbergh
Valencia Island
WYM
Chatham
N. Y
Yarmouth
Storm Warning Issued for Texas and Louisiana Coasts
The United States Weather Bureau issued a southeastern storm warning at 8:30 a.m. for the Texas coast from Port Arthur to Freeport. Small craft warnings cover the remainder of the Texas and Louisiana coasts with fresh to strong southerly winds and possible gale force winds on the East Texas coast and squalls on the Louisiana coast.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Texas
Port Arthur
Freeport
Louisiana
Dr W L Jackson Attends Major Medical Clinics
Dr W L Jackson of this city left Washington for New York and Philadelphia to attend the annual American Medical Association convention and visit larger clinics for work in new methods of surgery and in treating diseases of women.
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W. L. Jackson
Washington, D. C
American Medical Association
New York
Philadelphia
Jackson
Donor of 25000 dollars hopes Lindbergh lands in Paris
Pay France May 21 AP Raymond Orteig, donor of the 825000 prize for which Lindbergh contends, sails to Paris to greet the daring flier. He says he hopes the flight succeeds and would be glad as a Frenchman if Nungesser and Coli had reached New York. He wishes Lindbergh luck.
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New York
Supreme Court
Columbia Aircraft Corporation
Lloyd Bertaud
Columbia
May
Brooklyn
Paris
Bertaud
Bellanca
North Atlantic
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Richard B. Byrd
New York-Paris
France
Raymond Orteig
Lindbergh
Nungesser
Colt
Opening program for WHBM broadcasts from Sheraton hotel
The WHBM radio station at Redpath Chautauqua prepares an 8 pm opening broadcast from the Sheraton hotel. Mrs. A C Muser organizes a city talent program with Mayor Davis giving the opening address. Engineers emphasize 100 watt power and 263.9 meter frequency for wide reception. High Point Enterprise will announce future programs.
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WHBM
Redpath
High Point College
A. C. Muser
Davis
M. W. Macy
High Point Enterprise
Heirs Begin Arguments Over Efird Will in Albemarle
In Albemarle on May 21 the trial of the Efird heirs suit to break the will began in superior court. Taking of evidence closed yesterday and court recessed until this morning. A heated exchange between two lawyers occurred while many witnesses testified they did business with Efird in his final year and found no signs of mental weakness.
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Albemarle
J. S. Efird
Efird
Negro Confession Triggers Lynching in Mississippi Mob slays Dan Anderson after he confesses murder
In Macon Mississippi on May 21 a mob of about 500 white men dragged Dan Anderson from Sheriff T B Adams and killed him with bullets in a swamp near the Alabama line after he confessed to killing C T Edwards a young white farmer of Cliftonville. Anderson had been held by the Noxubee County sheriff after being brought from Tuscaloosa Alabama.
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Macon
Miss
C. T. Edwards
Cliftonville
Dan Anderson
Alabama
Mississippi
T. B. Adams
Noxubee County
Tuscaloosa
New York Cotton Opens Steady on Weather Hopes
The New York cotton market opened firm with a 6 point to 3 point range after irregularity. Buying by spot houses supported May while later deliveries sold off, with May at 15945 and December around 18678 after the first hour as weather worries prompted week end covering.
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New York
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