Lindbergh Decorated in Paris Glowing Reception
Paris honors Lindbergh after his New York to Paris flight. President Doumergue pins the Legion of Honor, and Lindbergh receives praise from officials, crowds, and international ambassadors. He tours Lebourget and the American embassy amid celebrations and plans to receive the aero club gold medal.
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France
Lindbergh
New York
Palace of Elyssee
Doumergue
Republic
Legion of Honor
Detroit
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Ambassador Herrick
Aero Club of France
Premier Poincare
Superior Normal School
The
Aero Club
Lebourget
Renvoisse
Atlantic
Sharon Wedel Jarlsberg
Herrick
Norway
Namasen
Amundsen
Gran
North Sea
Scotland
Byrd Plans France Flight After Ground Test Delay
At Roosevelt Field Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd and crew test the Fokker triple, carrying 13 600 pounds, but the plane failed to lift off due to a frozen landing gear bearing. Ground crew report motors okay and Byrd reaffirms plans for trans Atlantic flight to Paris for scientific data.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
America
Richard EK
Byrd
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Bert Acosta
George Neville
Grover Whalen
Asheville Pitcher Joe Heving Sold to Portsmouth Club
Asheville rookie Joe Heving was sent today to the Portsmouth club of the Virginia League by local officials indicating a loan or sale. The move shifts Heving from the Asheville team to compete with Portsmouth, marking a new chapter in his early professional career.
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Portsmouth Asheville
Joe Heving
Asheville
Portsmouth
Battle royal expected in Kerrick trial
In Los Angeles on May 23 AP reports seven attorneys ready to address the jury in the five sided murder trial tied to the Hollywood moonshine party that ended with the death of Tom Two Gun Kerrick. Defendants Anita Davis Iris Burns and Henry Isabell testified that Mrs Kerrick fired the shot. Mrs Kerrick claimed the pistol discharged in a scuffle. Burns said Kerrick was shot when he took a drink from moonshine. Burns claimed an alibi at a man’s apartment. Isabel recounted taking the gun from Mrs Kerrick after the shooting.
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Los Angeles
Tom
Miss Davis
Kerrick
Miss Burns
Pharmacists Gather for Asheville Convention
The American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers association prepares for a four day meeting at Grove Park Inn Asheville with nearly 100 delegates registered and expectations of about 200 total. Ralph Path of Boston will preside at tonight's opening session featuring committee reports and the president's address.
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Asheville
American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
Grove Park Inn
North Carolina
Ralph Path
Boston
Mass
Association
Trial Starts in Hunsucker Case with Large Crowd
The State versus Dr Charles L Hunsucker W F Fogle and Clarence Havner began in Hickory with Miss Margaret Jane Carpenter Newton as the patient. Because of the sensational nature of the case a motion allowed hearing in the city auditorium before Municipal Recorder Judge W B Council at 11 o clock.
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Hickory
Charles L. Hunsucker
W. F. Fogle
Clarence Havner
Margaret Jane Carpenter
Newton
W. B. Council
Cotton Market Opens Firm in New Orleans Trade
The New Orleans cotton market opened firm with gains of five to eight points. Weather mixed with no rain in Texas and rain in the Mississippi valley supported further advances as July rose to 1641, October to 1665, and December to 1682, 18 to 19 points above Saturday’s close.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Texas
Mississippi Valley
River flood drowns cattle in Louisiana region
New Orleans May 23 AP flood waters from heavy rains swept La Fayette to Breaux Bridge drowning about 1000 head of cattle. Vermilion river and Bayou Teche breached banks while five to eight inches of rain swelled streams. Highway near Lafayette Breaux Bridge and sections between Hammond Baton Rouge were submerged. autos submerged and residents marooned but rescued.
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Breaux Bridge
New Orleans
Vermillion River
Bayou Teche
Lafayette-Breaux Bridge
Hammond
Baton Rouge
Flood Strikes Atchafalaya Region As Vermillion Rises Quick
Torrential rains push the Atchafalaya flood outward trapping 100 to 200 people in bottom lands along the Vermilion and Bayou Teche. Breaux Bridge and Vermillion vanish under water, Evangeline oak and 160 year old church threatened, St Martinville town submerged, refugees relocate to camps, river crest passes Mississippi and is forecast to fall.
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Bayou Teche
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Breaux Bridge
Atchafalaya
Southern Pacific
Vermillion
Ansela Butte
St. Martinsville
Greenville
Sugar Bowl
Mississippi
I. M. Cline
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Old River
Huntington Dies
Henry E. Huntington of Los Angeles and New York died in Philadelphia after a long illness. He was a principal owner of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company founded by Collis P. Huntington. Flags at the Newport News yard were at half mast today.
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Newport News
Yva
Henry E. Huntington
Los Angeles
New York
Philadelphia
Huntington
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Collis P. Huntington
Lindbergh Backers Expect Big Returns From Flight
Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh spoke of her son's feat as the crowning achievement of his life while in Detroit she said credit belongs to Charles and he should rest after the trans continental flight. In New York offers of 735000 in movie and commercial deals followed the journey with backers hoping to reclaim the 2000 invested as potential earnings climbed toward one million dollars.
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Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
Minnesota
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Detroit
Pine
New York
Paris
Mich
Cass Technical High School
Charles
Lindburgh
London
Mrs. Lindbergh
Chas. A. Lindenbergh
New York- Paris
St. Louis
Harry H. Knight
Victor
Sgspoils
G. L. Stumpf
Smithsonian Institute
Stumpf
Wreck Injures Several on California Limited near Flagstaff
A collision between the second and first sections of the Santa Fe California Limited occurred four miles west of Flagstaff Arizona at 6 30 this morning. Several people were injured and rushed to Flagstaff for treatment.
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Los Angeles
Santa Fe
California Limited
Flagstaff
Ariz
Alienist Testifies in Brown Will Case
Dr. James K. Hall a West Brook Sanitarium alienist testified that Judge George H. Brown suffered delusions. He stated contact with the judge during hospital treatment supports his opinion of insanity as caveators challenge testimony from Dr. Tayl oe and Dr. Tayloe.
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James K. Hall
Westbrook Sanitarium
Washington, N. C
West Brook Sanitarium
Asheville
Brown
Hall
George H. Brown
Hallet S. Yard
David T. Tayloe
Joshue Tayloe
Assault near Gibsonville targets Elwood Boyles
Elwood Boyles, manager of Boyles Tire and Accessory, was beaten on a highway between Reidsville and Gibsonville by a motorist who stopped his car and struck him with an instrument, then choked him unconscious. Boyles reported about $350 and his watch remained. attacker fled in a Lincoln or Packard coupe.
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Elwood Boyles
Boyles Tire and Accessory Store
Boyles
Reidsville
Gibsonville
High Point
High Point Boys in Atlantic City
Ten High Point youths, former Randall gang members, are in Atlantic City New Jersey for the summer. Most have found work in hotels and boardwalk cafes. names include Paul Leonard Milton Swartz Tom Wofford Abe Harris Ed Hauser Kitchen Baynes Jim Wrenn and Joe Gray Bud Strayhorn with occupations partly learned.
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Atlantic City
N. J
High Point
Randall Gang
New Jersey Coast
Paul Leonard
Milton Swartz
Tom Wofford
Abe Harris
Ed Hauser
Kitchen Baynes
Jim Wrenn
Joe Gray
Bud Strayhorn
Courtroom Remodel Nears Completion With Jury Bench
Remodeling of the small court room in the municipal building is rapidly advancing and should finish tomorrow morning. The rail near the south wall has been moved forward to provide space inside the jail for attorneys and witnesses. A dedicated jury area has been created and the first jury trial is set for Tuesday May 31.
Two Men Drown After Rum Boat Captured
In Westfield New York on May 3 two crewmen of a rum running boat drowned in Lake Erie after leaping overboard as state and local police towed the craft toward Barcelona harbor. The incident follows the vessel being seized during the raid.
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Westfield
N. Y
Lake Erie
Here
Barcelona Harbor
Playwright is charged with murder of friend
Willimantic Conn May 23 A warrant charging novelist and playwright Leonard Cline with the murder of Wilfred Irwin of New York was served at St Josephs hospital where Cline died Monday from a gunshot wound. Irwin a friend of Cline had been shot during a chase with a shotgun in Mansfield home. Irwin an insurance man who wrote occasionally had been with Cline at the time of the shooting.
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Irwin
Cline
NC Cotton Finance Corp credited with staving off price panic
North Carolina Governor McLean credits the $5 million Cotton Finance Corporation with steadying markets and aiding orderly sale of cotton. The venture backed by the state agriculture department and extension service helped banks rediscount and supported farmers for spring planting, avoiding a potential disaster after last winter’s price drop. Judge Isaac M. Meekins delivered the High Point College literary address on America’s path to an ideal state, stressing tolerance, free speech, and progress, while urging new approaches for a changing era.
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North Carolina Cotton Finance Corporation
McLean
Credit Corporation
Cotton Finance Corporation
South
Washington
State Department of Agriculture and
State College Extension Service
High Point College
Isaac M. Meekins
Federal Court
North Carolina
America
Udge Meekins
Far East
Europe
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Darwin
Judge Meekins
Jesus
Earth
State Officials of K. O. P. to Come Here
The Vice-Grand Chancellor Brewer Past State Grand Chancellor McLean and District Deputy Grand Chancellor Younce of the seventh district North Carolina Knights of Pythians will be at the Sheraton hotel tomorrow night at 7 30 o clock. All Knights of High Point are invited to meet with them for an informal 10 minute session. The visitors will share information of value with local members, Col. D H Milton announced today.
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Brewer
McLean
Younce
North Carolina Knights of Pythians
Sheraton Hotel
D. H. Milton
Knights of High Point
Col. Milton
Wheat Prices Rise Amid Rainfall Variations in Canada
In Chicago on May 23 wheat advanced as heavy rain fell in the northwest while the southwest saw too little moisture. General rains in Canadian prairie provinces delayed seeding and threatened to cut wheat acreage. Wheat closed 1.5 to 2.5 percent higher, corn up 3 percent, oats up about 1 percent, provisions down 10 to 22 cents.
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Chicago
Canadian
Prairie
Mob Lynches Black Man in Braggadocio Square
In Braggadocio Missouri on May 22 Will Sherod a 30 year old Black man was killed by a mob. He was strung up by the hands on a temporary scaffold in the town square and shot with about twelve bullets. The incident followed an alleged crime involving Mrs Henry Shet a 31 year old widow and mother of two.
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Will Sherod
Henry Shet
Sherod
Homecoming for Jefferson Medical student George Wood Jr
George Wood Jr a student at Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia will arrive home tomorrow to spend the summer vacation with his family.
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George Wood, Jr
Jeffreson Medical College
Philadelphia
Two Santa Fe trains crash near Flagstaff injuring twenty five
Twenty five people were injured in a collision two miles west of Flagstaff Arizona early today. Twelve were reported seriously hurt as two sections of the Santa Fe California Limited eastbound trains collided.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Here
Funeral Services for Rev Robert Brier Miller Held Tomorrow
Charlotte funeral services are set for Rev. Robert Brier Miller former pastor at Sardis Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church He died late last night due to heart trouble at age unspecified Services will be held from the church tomorrow.
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Charlotte
API
Robert Brier Miller
Sardis Associate
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