Amelia Earhart Receives New York Welcome After Atlantic Flight
Amelia Earhart Milner Stultz and Lou Gordon return to New York aboard the S S President Roosevelt and receive City of New York medals at City Hall. Acting Mayor Joseph McKee hails their feat matching Lindbergh and Byrd. A motorcade, confetti and a luncheon with Commander Byrd mark the celebration. The trio then heads to Boston with plans to reach Chicago by July 19.
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United Press
New York
Amelia Earhart
Lower Broadway
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Byrd
Boston
Atlantic
Trepassey Bay
Wales
Milmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Grover Whalen
Macom
City Hall
Anna Bruce
Brookline
Mass
Gordon
Friendship
Miss Earhart
Stultz
Joseph McKee
James J. Walker
Hollywood
McKee
Junkers
Bremen
City of
Richard E. Byrd
Chicago
City Officials Discuss Street Plan With Chamber Committee
City officials met with the Chamber of Commerce civic affairs committee at luncheon to review the thoroughfare plan. Attending were George T. O'Connor, Macklin Mack, Henry Steeg, City Engineer A. H. Moore, Mayor L. Ert Slack, and civic affairs secretary William H. Block who extended the invitation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
William H. Block
George T. O'Connor
Plan Commission
Macklin Mack
Henry Steeg
A. H. Moore
L. Ert Slack
Woman learns father died in 1930s auto accident
Miss Arline Umbarger of Galveston Indiana sought her father after 15 years apart and learned at the coroner's office that Charles Umbarger, formerly of 1042 8 Peters Street, was killed in an automobile crash near Stilesville on May 5. The parents had separated years earlier.
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Arline Umbarger
Galveston
Ind
Stilesville
Charles Umbarger
Peters St
Home Again and Famous from Europe Today to
The fragment notes a return home and fame linked to Europe with no clear date, people, or event details.
Dry boss orders end to violent liquor law enforcement
Washington July 6 prohibition commissioner Dr J M Doran calls for nonviolent enforcement and a dignified approach after reorganizing a 2400 man force. He bans door smashing and weapons except in extreme moonshine cases and plans civil service exams to replace flawed tests.
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J. M. Doran
Prohibition
Doran
Carrie Nation
Coast Guard
Helen Morgan
New York
J. D. Hanson
Niagara Falls
United States Supreme Court
al Smith
Smith
Woman Refuses Odd Apple Shooting Demand
Mrs James Dennis declined to place her head under a rifle held by her husband who had prepared a red apple as a target. Authorities tracked them to a mountain home near Seaton's Lake where she escaped and reported the incident. State police found Dennis asleep with the rifle and the apple core nearby.
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United Preas
Police Chief seeks 150 more officers in 1929 budget
Police Chief Claude M Worley asked for 150 additional officers in the 1929 budget submitted to the safety board, detailing 78 second grade patrolmen 58 first grade five detectives five uniform sergeants and four lieutenants. The proposed total is 1 621 000 up 369 500 from this year with 312 000 for salaries and 28 870 for equipment. He notes no equipment appropriation this year but 50 000 raised by bonds was spent and requests six medium heavy cars five light cars one emergency fifteen motorcycles and six side cars.
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Claude M. Worley
Safety Board
Leslie to See Hoover In Washington Saturday
Indiana governor nominee Harry G. Leslie and his campaign manager Bert Fuller will meet Herbert Hoover at 10 am Saturday in Washington. George Akerson, Hoover secretary, said the meeting was requested by Leslie and that the purpose of the visit is unknown.
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Washington
Times
Harry G. Leslie
Indiana
Bert Fuller
Herbert Hoover
George Akerson
Hoover
Leslie
Mears Visits Berlin on World Flight Stop
John Mears and Charles B. D. Collyer paid a brief call on U. S. Ambassador Schurman in Berlin before resuming their attempt to set a round-the-world record by air to Moscow.
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U. S
United Press
Berlin
John Mears
Charles B. D. Collyer
Schurman
Moscow
Magnate Alfred Loewenstein’s Plane Disappearance Mystery
Belgium financier Captain Alfred Loewenstein vanished after his Fokker crossed the English Channel. Pilot Captain Roland Drew identifies a probable spot for a body. a search ordered by Loewenstein’s widow. Officials question death by own action while markets react to the loss of his holdings and loans.
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United Press
London
Alfred Loewenstein
Fokker
English Channel
Roland Drew
Loewenstein
Drew
Dover Harbor Board
Brussels
Pittsburgh Marathon Ends After Health Department Halt
Seven Pittsburgh couples completed 532 hours of dancing when the Duquesne Garden dance marathon was halted by the health department at 2 a m today. The derby began June 13 with 100 couples on the floor.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Duquesne Garden
Health Department
Oklahoma editor warns against coercion in child rearing
Florence M. Hale, editor of the Kindergarten, Boston, urges at the National Education Association that coercion does not forge genius. She cites a backward boy deemed destined for greatness and notes Lindbergh was expelled for mismatch, arguing natural limits define success and fit.
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Inneapolis
Florence M. Hale
Boston
Maine
National Education Association
Collins sets date for wild bank case ruling
Criminal Judge James A. Collins will rule July 28 on motions to quash indictments against four officials of the defunct J. F. Wild & Co. State bank. If overruled, checks cleared for arraignment and trial date unless delay motions are filed.
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James A. Collins
J. F. Wild & Co. State Bank
J. F. Wild
John Craig Fisher
Otto P. Kern
William F. McNairy
James W. Noel
Fred van Nuys
Federal Reserve System
Noel
Federal Court
William H. Remy
Jail Break Free Foursome In Union City Escape
Four prisoners drilled a 20 inch hole in Union County jail wall and fled. Johnny Vaughan 21 on death row for murder of Roland Bell is among escapees. others named are Charlie Archer Bernie Sims and Will Allen. A citizen posse searched for them with no trace by late morning.
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United Press Union
Stephen son hearing set in La Porte prison interview case
Judge John C. Richter orders D C Stephenson to appear July 18 for a mandamus hearing to force Warden Walter Daly to allow private interviews for Stephenson and his attorneys in Michigan City State prison.
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United Press
LA Porte
Ind
John C. Richter
la Port
D. C. Stephenson
Stephenson
Walter Daly
Michigan City
Branson Threat Allegation Shocks Oklahoma Press
Oklahoma News reports Justice Fred Branson of the Oklahoma Supreme Court allegedly threatened to kill Carl Magee editor of the News. Magee opposed Branson’s re election while Branson was away on campaign activity. his secretary calls the story a lie and a staffer allegedly corroborated the claim.
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United Arena
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma News Today
Fred P. Branson
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Carl C. Magee
The
News
Magee
Branson
State Supreme Court
City Today
Fireworks Fatal Injures Indiana Boy
Harold George ten of Shelbyville Indiana died at Riley Hospital after suffering burns from a firecracker accident the previous day. He was burned when his overalls caught fire from an exploding firecracker in his hand.
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Harold George
Shelbyville
Ind
Riley Hospital
Elongo George
Elks to Florida Train Heads to Miami Convention
About 125 Indiana Elks will ride a special Big Four train from Union Station this afternoon to attend the national convention in Miami Florida. Delegations arrived in Indianapolis and will march in a body at 3 30 p m led by the Hammond band and drum corps. Dallas Hays age 36 died from injuries after being struck by slate in Crown Hill Mine No 2 near Clinton.
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Elks Club
Miami
Fla
Union Station
Indiana
Indianapolis
Hammond Band
Timea
Terre Haute
Ind
Dallas Hays
Crown Hill Mine
Clinton
Frail-Bodied Children Find Health Eden at Camp
A body-building camp near Bridgeport runs for underweight children from Indianapolis. Twenty-five girls aged 8 to 12 attend with boys joining in August. Matron Annie Wadsworth and Nurse Flora Alice Dutcher lead a daily routine of meals, naps, play, hiking, woodcraft, swimming, and movies in a newly equipped camp building donated to the Marion County Tuberculosis Association. Fred A. Sims presides, with Mrs. Jeannette Williams supervising.
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Eden
Indianapolis
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Bridgeport
Tolay
Annie Wadsworth
Flora Alice Dutcher
Ben Davis
Fred A. Sims
Jeannette Williams
Italian Aviators Endurance Flight Reaches Natal After Delay
Maj. Arturo Ferrarin and Maj. Carlo Del Prete land the Savoia-Marchetti 64 at Natal near Touros after 51 hours 24 minutes aloft from Rome. Fog rain and hail halted the voyage toward Buenos Aires, but the pilots and the 5½ ton fuel load achieved a record endurance flight despite the stormy crossing.
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United Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Arturo Ferrarin
Carlo del Prete
Royal Italian Air Force
Natal
Montecelio
Rome
Touros
Buenos Aires
Ceara
Mirio Fallsey
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Germany
New York
Italy
George Haldemand
Eddie Stinson
Attempted airplane theft leads to arrest in Muncie
Nevaldo Marino, 22, a Black man, is charged with attempted theft of an airplane after buying fuel at Muncie airport, starting the engine, but the craft failed to take off and struck a fence. He fled as the plane was heavily damaged. In Evansville, school buildings report extensive window and door damage with 535 panes completely broken and 503 cracked per director G G Eppley.
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Rome
Ferrarin
Gibraltar
African Gold Coast
Cape Verde Islands
Times
Muncie
Ind
Nevaldo Marino
Marino
Evansville
G. G. Eppley
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