Old Glory's Rome Flight Shoots Off On Coin Toss
In Old Orchard Maine on September 6 AP reports three men embark on a non stop flight to Rome in the monoplane Old Glory. James Dewitt Hill commands the plane with Lloyd Bertaud as relief pilot and Phillip Payne representing Hearst. Flight is about 4100 miles with an expected 41 hours to land. Weather reports predict a clear voyage aside from light rain near the French coast and a low pressure area far from Newfoundland.
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Old Orchard
Rome
Old Glory
James Dewitt Hill
Lloyd Bertaud
Phillip Payne
New York
William Randolph Hearst
Phil” Payne
William Randelph Hearst
Hill
Bertaud
Dorothy
James H. Scarr
New York Weather Bureau
Scarr
New Foundland
Passes Over Bath Coast Guard Station at Popham Beach
Old Glory passed over the coast guard station at Popham Beach near the Kennebec river mouth 40 miles east of Old Orchard at 1 45 p m eastern daylight time. The plane flew low in an easterly direction along the Maine coast.
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Bath Bath
Old Glory
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Kennebec River
Old Orchard
Maine
Mrs Chas Odum Dies After Sunday Car Crash
Mrs. Charles Odum of High Point died at Memorial Hospital Asheboro at 1 30 PM after a skull fracture from a Sunday night collision on Highway 70 between Asheboro and Seagrove. Her husband Charles Odum escaped injury. their son Charles Jr. suffered a shoulder fracture. A parked car with five Black occupants was blamed for the crash. its driver Chester Madison and four others were held for parking without lights.
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Asheboro
Charles Odum
High Point
Memorial Hospital
Seagrove
Odom
High Pont
Charles Odom
Chester Madison
London to London flight postponed to tomorrow morning
The London to London hop-off Sir John Carling was delayed to tomorrow morning. Pilots Captain Terry Tully and Lieutenant Medcalf spent today overhauling the plane, which arrived yesterday from Caribou Maine.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
London
John Carling
Terry Tully
Medcalf
Caribou
Maine
Fire near London bound seaplane narrowly escapes disaster
Captain Terry Tully and Lieutenant James were preparing the Sir John Darling for a London flight when a laborer pulled a plug from a barrel near a lantern, triggering a blaze that engulfed four barrels and five gallon tins. Spectators pushed the plane clear and firefighters extinguished the fire after about ten minutes. The Carling had arrived from Caribou, Maine, after being forced down on Thursday during its London to Ontario flight.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
Terry Tully
Mesa
Sir John Darling
London
England
Caribou
Ont
College Opens At High Point With Busy First Week
Classes start at High Point college on a regular schedule after registration. About 160 students registered by today with total expected near 300. A 10 30 a m chapel welcomes new students with remarks from President R M Andrews and faculty leaders. A faculty reception Saturday completes opening activities.
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High Point College
R. M. Andrews
Talmadge C. Johnson
Paul Kennett
P. E. Lindley
Coal strike settled in Illinois and western states
Chicago reports settlement talks with operators continuing wages under the Jacksonville agreement. The Journal cites an authoritative source. Ohio officials deny any settlement and say mines will reopen on the 1917 wage scale. Indiana and other states see no agreement yet as of Sept 6.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily Journal Today
Illinois
Westrn States
Journal Today
Journal
Jacksonville
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Chicago Daily Journal
J. L. Good
Ohio Coal Bureau
World Fliers Press Toward Round‑The‑World Record
Calcutta hosts William S. Brock and Edward F. Ledlee as they forge toward circling the globe. Their Allahabad leg cut 4 hours 40 minutes from the trip, adding 485 miles to their log and placing 8,120 miles from the starting point at Harber Grace.
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Calcutta
British India
William S. Brock
Edward F. Ledlee
Allahabad
Teesh
Harber Grace
Trains Crash But No One Is Hurt
North bound and south bound Acadian trains on the eastern lines collided head on north of Riviere De Loup Quebec. All passengers and trainmen were reported to have escaped injury.
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Moncton
N. B
Canadian Railway
Riviere de Loup
Quebec
Acadian Train Derails After Open Switch Collision Near Levis
The Canadian National train Acadian ran into an open switch at Fagin Road six miles east of Levis this morning and its engine left the track. The opposing train’s locomotive side-swiped the derailed engine. No injuries reported.
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Montreal
Que
Canadian National
Acadian
Fagin Road
Levis
Opening of North Carolina tobacco season draws crowds
Eastern North Carolina markets opened under clear skies with crowds at sixty plus warehouses. Auctioneers eyed first prices near 20 cents a pound with some late high grades around 60 cents. Wilson and Goldsboro led activity with multi million pound openings as farmers and buyers packed the centers amid hopeful profit.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Old North State
Reading
Jar
Gale
Wilson
Greenville
Kinston
Rocky Mount
Farmville
Williamston
Goldsboro
Washington
Tarboro
Smithfield
Robersonville
New Bern
Wallace
Enfield
Ahoskie
Windsor
War
Louisiana Legislature Opens Special Session on Flood Relic Measures
The Louisiana legislature began a special session called by Governor Simpson at noon in Baton Rouge with both Senate and House members seated and ready to pass flood relief measures aimed at rapid post-time construction.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Simpson
Senate
House of Representatives
Information for Elementary Pupils Registration Schedule
All new pupils must register at 8 30 Thursday morning. Returning pupils register at 9 30 Friday. Children must be six by December 1 1927. Seventh grade pupils from Johnson Ray Elm Emma Blair and Grimes register at South Main on Thursday and Friday. Oak Hill and Cloverdale register at their schools.
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Johnson Street
Ray, Elm
Emma Blair
Grimes
South Main Street
Oak Hill
Cloverdale
Death Calls Great Leader of Dry Force
Wayne B Wheeler, longtime prohibition crusader and general counsel of the Anti Saloon League, dies at a sanitarium in Battle Creek at age not stated. He had led 33 years of temperance work and faced personal tragedy after his wife died in a fire. He is lauded by Dr Francis Scott McBride and admired by rivals such as Senator Edwards and Senator Borah for his commitment to the dry cause.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Wayne B. Wheeler
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League
Wheeler
Francis Scott McBride
Westerville
Mr. Wheeler
Prohibition
Washington
High Point Doctor Named Commander of Base Hospital Unit 65
In Greensboro on September 6 base hospital unit 65 elected Dr. F. R. Taylor of High Point as commander at its fifth annual meeting. Sedgefield will host next year’s gathering. The unit, founded five years ago largely through Dr. J. Wesley Long, counts over 209 members including officers and nurses.
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Greensboro
Base Hospital Unit 65
F. R. Taylor
High Point
Sedgefield
J. Wesley Long
Malphus Merton
Winston Salem
Allen Adams
Death Row Welcomes New Occupant at State Prison
Weldon Bryant, a Franklin county Black man, was moved to the state prison last night as a seventh inmate. A mob threatened lynching over alleged assault in Franklin county earlier Sunday, prompting Sheriff F W Justice to transport him from Louisburg to Raleigh. Bryant faces a preliminary hearing in Louisburg Thursday at 2 p.m.
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Raleigh
State Prison
Weldon Bryant
Franklin County
Louisburg
F. W. Justice
Justice
Bryan
Hearing For Mrs Gatlin Postponed In Petty Murder Case
REIDSVILLE Sept 6 AP Plans for a preliminary hearing for Mrs Alma Petty Gatlin charged with murdering her father R Smith Petty were altered and it was doubtful whether such a hearing would be held. Sheriff J F Smith and deputies pursue clues toward several others as Petty’s body was found last Saturday in a house cellar amid a wide inquiry into old incidents.
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Reidsville
Alma Petty Gatlin
R. Smith Petty
Allen H. Gwyn
Petty
Gatlin
Gwyn
Wentworth
Here
Pirates Name Donie Bush as Next Year’s Pilot
Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pittsburgh Nationals, announced that Donie Bush, the pirate manager, has signed a contract to pilot the team next year. The report places Bush at the helm for the upcoming season in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Barney Dreyfuss
Pittsburgh Nationals
Donie Bush
Bremen Junkers airplane ready for hop off to America
In Bessau Germany on September 6 the Junkers Bremen crew prepared for a potential hop off to America if weather reports stay favorable. Weather bureau reports from Hamburg indicated western winds subsiding, enabling the fliers Herman Koehl Frederick Loose and Baron Gunther Von Huenfeld to ready the plane, awaiting a forecast due at 3 o'clock.
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Bessau
Germany
Junkers
America
Weather Bureau
Hamburg
Bremen
Herman Koehl
Frederick Loose
Baron Gunther von Huenfeld
Witness Recounts Alibi In Double Murder Case
Mrs Minnie Townsend testified for her husband Henry Townsend and co defendant Mrs Ethel Willis in the murder case of Sheriff Sam Willis. She described their marriage, Henry's hospital visit, and visits to the sheriff’s office while asserting no improper conduct between the Townsend pair and Mrs Willis. The testimony portrayed a close, brotherly relation between Henry and Sheriff Willis’s wife and supported their defense.
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Greenville
D. C
Minnie Henderson Townsend
Henry S. Townsend
Ethel Willis
Sam D. Willis
Townsend
Mrs. Willis
Willis
Sheriff Willis
Henry
Mrs. Townsend
Widow and Townsend On Trial For Sheriff Willis Slaying
Testimony in Greenville details a late night call to Mrs Ethel Willis claimed by Mrs Leila Madden as Sheriff Willis who spoke with a voice she identified as Mrs Willis. Prosecutors cite that Mrs Willis and Townsend rode together hours before the shooting while family members offer grief testimony.
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Greenville
Ethel Willis
Sam D. Willis
Leila Madden
Henry Townsend
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Paul Redfern
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Paul R. Redfern
Christian Kréhg
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