Lindbergh to Receive National Reception in Washington
Capt Charles Lindbergh will land in Washington on June 11 aboard the Memphis and be the guest of the President. A national reception will honor his transatlantic flight with a possible promotion in the air reserve. Mrs Coolidge invites Mrs Lindbergh to stay at the temporary White House as the family hosts the hero.
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United Press
Washington
Charles Lindbergh
New York
Europe
Coolidge
London
Lindbergh
United States
Memphis
Black Hills
South Dakota
Paris
National Air Reserve
Missouri National Guard
President Coolidge
Lindbergh Enjoys Derby Day at Epsom Downs
Charles Lindbergh spent a holiday at Epsom Downs amid about half a million spectators for the Derby in London. He dined with Lord Lonsdale and plans to depart Croydon Field tomorrow afternoon for Paris and home. Lindbergh spoke of a mid Atlantic turnback to avoid high clouds and wore all three decorations at a banquet that drew 700 guests. He will sail from Cherbourg to the United States aboard the U S S Memphis Saturday after arriving in Paris.
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United Prete
London
Charles Lindbergh
Epsom Downs
Derby
Great Britain
Lord Lonsdale
Lindbergh
England
Croydon Field
Paris
America
Ambassador Houghton
Epsom
Europe
Gosport
Albert Hall
Atlantic
Irish
Hugh Trenchard
Buckingham Palace
Cherbourg
France
United States
Myron T. Herricks
Maritime Perfect of
Charles A. Lindbergh
Memphis
Marines Rush to Perm Port Northward Move in China
United States Marines commanded by Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler were ordered north to Tientsin. The destroyers Richmond and Henderson would sail tomorrow with 1,800 men. Americans in Pekin faced unease as nationalist armies moved toward the capital. Minister MacMurray said Americans in Pekin were safe for now and did not recommend moving the legation. Northern Chinese forces retreated toward the sea as Hankow nationalists advanced, with Chengchow captured.
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United Press
Shanghai
United States
Smedley D. Butler
Tientsin
Butler
Richmond
Henderson
Pekin
John van A. MacMurray
State Department
London
Pekin-Hankow
Daily Express Shanghai
Chengchow
Dispatch
Firebug Sought After Twin Suspected Arsons at Builders Lumber
Investigators from the state fire marshal office and city detectives probed two arson attempts at the Builders Lumber and Material Co plant on Roosevelt Avenue and Lewis Street Tuesday night. Fire lit in the office and rear. resident James Butler reported a man fleeing the yard just before the blaze.
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Builders Lumber and Material Company
Roosevelt Ave
Lewis St
Roscoe McKinney
James Butler
Butler
Cost of Bathing High
Nearly 150 people paid fines of five dollars each at Coney Island after authorities imposed restrictions on bathing suit forms. The public was told there would be no restrictions, but enforcement was stepped up as the day progressed.
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United Press
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Youthman breaks hip in 25 foot trimming fall
George Haskell age 21 of 2731 Denny Street fell twenty five feet from a tree he was trimming at 2425 Stewart Street. He suffered a broken hip and was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
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George Haskell
Denny St
Stewart St
City Hospital
Wallet Missing After Night at Spencer Hotel
J. A. McKinney reported to detectives that upon waking he found his coat pocket empty, the wallet containing sixteen annual railroad passes, $120 in cash and two checks totaling $422 missing from the Spencer Hotel.
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J. A. McKinney
Spencer Hotel
Temperature readings from hourly chart
Readable temperature data show readings around dawn to early afternoon with values near 63 to 68 degrees. The sequence includes 54 at 10 a.m. 63 at 11 a.m. 65 at 12 p.m. and 66 near noon along with other figures 58 60 68.
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Eebens
A. Masese
P. Mirvens
Royal Family Attends Derby Day in London Parade
King George Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales joined the royal party for the Derby. The procession included seven automobiles with Prince Henry and Princess Arthur of Connaught among the attendees. The Prince of Wales studied Derby form, piping and perusing papers while the king and queen awaited in the palace courtyard. He read accounts of Captain Lindbergh's activities.
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United Press
London
King George
Queen Mary
Prince of Wales
Prince Henry
Princess Arthur
Connaught
Thec
Lindbergh
Driver Pleads Guilty in Auto Banditry Case at Tuxedo Bank
Joseph Hunter and Thomas Gathright pleaded guilty in Criminal Court to auto banditry for the Tuxedo State Bank hold up at 4304 E New York St. They received ten and fifteen year terms. A third man is at large as a nationwide manhunt continues. About $30 was recovered in Toledo after their arrest.
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New York St
Joseph Hunter
Thomas Gathright
Hunter
Gathright
Indiana
James A. Collins
Toledo
Ohio
Judson L. Stark
Board OKs half Belt widening cost for E Tenth St
The board of works voted to cover one half of the assessment to widen and improve E Tenth Street under the Belt railroad after a delegation protested the charge. The board denied extending the assessment to property owners west of the Belt and to those between Serman Dr and Emerson Ave.
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Board of Works
E. Tenth St
Belt Railroad
Belt
Serman Dr
Emerson Ave
School Board Fails to Fill Superintendent Vacancy
The Indianapolis school board on Tuesday night did not act to fill the vacant superintendent post. Acting superintendent Joseph F. Thornton has led since E. A. Graff resigned several months earlier.
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Indianapolis
Joseph F. Thornton
E. A. Graff
Rum Queen Deportee Sails to France From New York
Mme. Gloria De Casares known as Queen of the Bootleggers sailed to France on the Savoie today. She had been deported from England over alleged rum running and was allowed to land as a fugitive with a 500 dollar bond at risk if she did not depart.
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York
Mme
Gloria de Casares
France
Savoie
Mme. de Casares
Argentina
England
Mob clashes kill two in Tampa jail siege
Two men, Shal Pifer and H G McCray of Tampa, died and about twenty were wounded when a mob besieging Hillsboro County jail clashed with National Guard troops. The incident followed a dawn assault aimed at seizing B F Levins, the confessed slayer of a father and two children, who was believed held in a different county.
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United Press
Tampa
Fla
Hillsboro County
National Guard
Shal Pifer
H. G. McCray
B. F. Levins
Levins
Driver shields mother in crash at 31st Street and Graceland
Miss Madge C Dunn 33 of Los Angeles let go the wheel and held her mother Mrs Virginia Cory 3302 WN Capitol Ave close as their car collided with W H Mayer’s at 31st and Graceland. The women were unhurt and both cars were badly damaged.
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Madge C. Dunn
Los Angeles
Cal
Virginia Cory
Capitol Ave
Thirty-First St
Graceland Ave
W. H. Mayer
Thirty-Second St
AWAIT FLOODED WABASH INDIANA PREPARES FOR RISING RIVER
Vincennes residents readied for a twenty four foot stage of the Wabash River. Similar precautions were taken in northern Knox County and other towns along rivers in southwestern Indiana and southeastern Illinois as waters rose.
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United Preas
Fine Year for Dying
Nebraska Funeral Directors' Association reports funeral prices unusually affordable this year. Coffins can be bought for as low as 50 dollars, making mortality costs lower than in many prior years.
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Nebraska
United Press
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska Funeral Directors’ Association
Flier Major Dargue Heads North For Ottawa
United Press flier Major H. A. Dargue departed Burlington Vermont for Ottawa in a Pan American goodwill mission. He was forced to return yesterday due to a severe storm.
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United Presse
Burlington, Vt
H. A. Dargue
Good Will” Flier
Ottawa
Brussels names air station Lindbergh Field
The aeronautic minister announced that the new Brussels air station will be named Lindbergh Field. The decision was made today in Brussels.
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United Press
Brussels
Lindbergh Field
Aeronautic
State Charities Board to Hear Stephenson Probe Thursday
The State Board of Charities will meet Thursday at 1 30 p m to decide how to pursue charges that D C Stephenson is being mistreated in the Indiana State Prison The session will be closed to newspaper men and may determine whether the board or the penal institutions committee conducts the investigation Trustees will vote on a parole petition at July meeting after a report on the charities board inquiry Prison attorney Robert H Moore refused to submit evidence he claims supports cruelty charges. Members of the charities board penal committee include W H Eichorn Rev William J Sayres Muncie Mears Francis H Gavish and Mrs Rumpler.
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State Board of Charities
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana State Prison
John A. Brown
E. c. Rumpler
Indianapolis
Brown
Board
Committee On Penal Institutions
Jackson
Supreme Court
Stephenson
Charities Board
Robert H. Moore
Michigan
Ity
United Press
W. H. Eichorn
William J. Sayres
Muncie
Remy Court Probe Ties Ex-Wife Counsel to Stephenson Case
Attorney Mattice met with Prosecutor Remy in the grand jury room as Remy continues a probe into Indiana political corruption. Mrs. Nettie Brehm seeks $10,600 for support of her former husband D C Stephenson's daughter Florence Catherine. Remy prepares for Monday arraignments of Mayor Duvall and City Controller Buser on fraudulent election statements.
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Floyd Mattice
Nettie Stephenson Brehm
Oklahoma
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana
Florence Catherine
Mattice
Remy
Duvall
William C. Buser
Liberty
Trial cost request for Armitage bribery case
A $15 000 requisition for trial expenses for James E. Armitage bribery case was turned to County Auditor Harry Dunn by Criminal Judge James A. Collins. Prosecution aid came from Emsley W. Johnson and John W. Holtzman, named special probe deputies last month. Earlier, Fred O. Gause and Ralph K. Kare received $5 500 each for eleven weeks of grand jury probe work.
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James E. Armitage
Harry Dunn
James A. Collins
Emsley W. Johnson
John W. Holtzman
Armitage
Fred O. Gause
Ralph K. Kare
Four masked bandits rob hospital pay master in Philadelphia
Four masked bandits in a car halted the Municipal hospital pay master as he approached the entrance and escaped with a payroll about seven thousand dollars, including cash and checks, from the satchel.
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United Press
Philadelphai
Municipal Hospital
Hoosier Real Estate Man Shoots Self in LaPorte Home
Oscar Bueltzingsloemen, 43, prominent real estate and insurance man, died by shotgun self inflicted wound in his La Porte Indiana basement. Despondency over a divorce suit filed two weeks earlier is believed to have caused the tragedy.
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United Press
LA Porte
Ind
Oscar Bueltzingsloemen
Mail Robbery Suspect Shipped for Knoxville Hearing
Shelby Franklin, arrest in Newcastle on mails robbery charges in Knoxville, Tenn., transferred today to U S Deputy Marshal 8S. T. Hickman for trial hearing.
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Shelby Franklin
Newcastle
Knoxville
Tenn
United States
T. Hickman
Camden Man Kills Self in Personal Crisis
In Logansport today J. O. Binkley aged 64 of Camden swallowed poison during a despondent spell in a tent. Police report the death occurred this morning after the act in a camp setting.
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Camden
United Press Logansport, Inc
J. O. Binkley
Smoke laws fall as Kansas cigaret ban ends
In Kansas smoke shops report cigarets crowding displays as the long standing state ban is repealed. The move ends twenty nine year old prohibitions, allowing machine made cigarettes to be sold openly for the first time. In Windsor Ontario the quiet end to intoxicating beverages begins with government stores selling to visitors and locals alike. Fayette Bristol of Detroit becomes the first American to obtain a Canadian permit and buys grain alcohol.
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United Press Opera
Kan
Kansas
Plains Country
United Press
Indsor
Ontario
Fayette Bristol
Tuxedo Ave
Detroit
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Mich
Canada
Doctor Breaks Booze Law and Requests Trial
Dr L C Lindinger of Cleveland Ohio says he prescribed whisky to save a passenger on a train crossing Indiana and invites Attorney General Gilliam to prosecute him. He notes six witnesses and challenges Indiana law as injustice, while Gilliam calls it silly to prosecute a lifesaver. A 1850 Indiana ruling exempted whisky as medicine.
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L. C. Lindinger
Cleveland
Ohio
Arthur L. Gilliam
Gilliam
Chicago
Boston
Indiana Supreme Court
Blackford
George J. Marott
Indianapolis
Marott
Jackson
Indiana Teachers Lose Jobs Amid Tenure Law Clash
State Superintendent Charles F. Miller admits many Indiana teachers are discharged as township trustees try to avoid the five year tenure rule granting permanent contracts after consecutive service.
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Indiana
Charles F. Miller
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Goes for Hair Cut: Plymouth Missing Youth Sought
Ft Wayne police joined Marshall County officials in a search for 19 year old Forrest Creighbaum who disappeared from Albert Eiler's home near Tippecanoe after leaving Monday night in work clothes to get a hair cut.
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United Press
Plymouth
Ind
Ft. Wayne
Marshall County
Forrest Creighbaum
Albert Eiler
Tippecanoe
Seven Auto Accessory Ring Members Held on High Bonds
Seven alleged ring members are held at city prison under high vagrancy bonds. Sergt. C Hodges, Harold Bud De Witt, Bennie De Witt, and Louis Burns of 1268 Standard Ave plus William Kargle, Harold Julian, William Newbold, and James Goens of 22 Division St are confined awaiting case progress.
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City Prison
Sergt. C. Hodges
Harold “Bud” de Witt
Bennie de Witt
Louis Burns
Standard Ave
William Kargle
Harold Julian
William Newbold
James Goens
Division St
Clothing Stolen From Home of Carl Guepel
Clothing valued at 400 dollars was reported missing from the home of Carl Guepel at 129 East Thirty-Sixth Street today. The theft was discovered when the Guepel family returned from a weekend trip.
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Carl Guepel
No Party Plums in Manager Plan
Miller declares no party plums in the manager plan as Indianapolis voters head to June 21. The form would place the manager as sole business administrator, with appointed department heads and fixed responsibility. Civic leaders debate neutrality and public support while urging voters to back efficient city governance.
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Indianapolis
Winfield Miller
Butler-Fairview
Fairview Presbyterian Church
Charles F. Coffin
New York St
J. W. Esterline
William Fortune
Chamber of Commerce
Esterline
Fortune
Civic Committee
Chamber
Roy Lewis
Paperhanger Accused of Jewelry Thefts
Earl Robertson 38 of 1209 N Keystone Ave is accused by police of stealing 635 dollars in jewelry from homes where he hung paper Two diamond rings worth 260 from Mrs Bonnie Brown 3209 E Tenth St a 175 ring from Mrs H O Rettig and two rings valued at 175 from Mrs Seth Dean 1201 Ewing St
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Earl Robertson
Keystone Ave
Bonnie Brown
E. Tenth St
H. O. Rettig
Seth Dean
Ewing St
Man Sues City Over Eight-Inch Chuck Hole Damage
Edward D. Tomlin Sr. of 1818 W Vermont St sues the city in circuit court for 34000 with claims of personal injuries and car damage from a chuck hole in the 2100 block Harting St. He seeks 62000 for his wife and five children and risks total damages reaching 96000 if all suits prevail. The incident date is given as April 47.
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Edward D. Tomlin Sr
Vermont St
Harting St
Tomlin
Quake Shakes Asbury Park Area For Ten Seconds
A severe earthquake tremor lasting about ten seconds struck Asbury Park and surrounding areas at 41 a.m. today. Workers in tall buildings felt the quake clearly and reports within five miles, along with observations from Ft. Hancock at Sandy Hook, were similar.
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United Arena
Asbury Park
N. J
Ft.Hancock
Sandy Hook
Hospital patients moved to portable school buildings
Several city hospital patients will be transferred from a condemned building to two portable school buildings borrowed for hospital use following a school board order Tuesday. The portables were loaned on request of Dr. F. E. Jackson, health board president.
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City Hospital
F. E. Jackson
Health Board
Blood on Thief's Trail During Break-in at Bartley Home
A burglar cut his hand breaking a window at George M. Bartley's 2829 N. Talbott Ave. residence Tuesday night. He used a hose nozzle to smash the glass and left a trail of blood as he ransacked the house.
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George M. Bartley
N. Talbott Ave
Souders Homecoming Parade Honors Indianapolis Racer
Lafayette hosts a giant homecoming for George Souders of this city after his victory in the 500 mile Memorial Day race at Indianapolis. The celebration marks his hometown welcome and his notable triumph in May.
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United Press Lafayette
Ind
George Souders
Indianapolis
Van Orman Declared Air Winner In Akron Balloon Race
Ward T. Van Orman of Goodyear V was named winner of the national balloon race begun in Akron with fifteen entrants. He landed near Bar Harbor Maine 710 miles from Akron. Edward J. Hill, last to report, finished second at Skowhegan Maine 665 miles away.
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Akron
Ohio
Ward T. van Orman
Goodyear V
van Orman
Bar Harbor
Maine
Edward J. Hill
Skowhegan
W. E. Kepner
Bidderford
Main
Jack A. Boettner
Scripps-Howard
Eastman
Quebec
Safety Week Opens With Broadcast Sunday
Indiana's Safety Week launches at 4 30 p m Sunday with Secretary of State Frederick E Schortemeier broadcasting the program on W F B M Chief Robert T Humes of the State police says local departments will cooperate Auto brake tests and safety talks are planned Humes issues a chart showing brake tearing and stopping distances for four and two wheel brake cars
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Indiana
Frederick E. Schortemeier
WFBM
Robert T. Humes
Humes
Air Tour Fliers to Visit City and Hammond on Ford Trophy Route
Tour officials plan the flight path for the Edsel B. Ford trophy air tour leaving Detroit to inspect twenty four schedule cities. The pathfinder plane will visit each city including Indianapolis and Hammond Ind and return around June 10.
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Hammond
United Press
Detroit
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Schools Thank State Superintendent for Flood Relief Help
Indiana schools received a letter from Mississippi State Superintendent W. F. Bond congratulating Hoosier schools on their contributions to flood district rehabilitation. The total donation now stands at 399.84 dollars with schools names listed in the report.
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Charles P. Miller
W. F. Bond
Mississippi
Wireless Photo to Balloon Buy
Transmission of photographs from the Hamburg wireless station to a drifting balloon has been accomplished officials announced. One picture and one meteorological chart were sent.
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United Press
Berlin
Hamburg
Gale From South Roars Up Chilean Coast Toward Santiago
Reports from the south say a tremendous gale is blowing up the coast toward Santiago, Chile, raising fears of rough seas and dangerous conditions along the shore and for ships near the capital.
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Buy United Presa
Santiago
Chile
Post Office Eyes Lindbergh Flight Stamp
The Post Office Department may issue a special postage stamp commemorating Charles Lindbergh's flight. New has received thousands of requests for a stamp likely showing the Spirit of St Louis in flight without a portrait of Lindbergh due to regal restrictions.
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Washington
Charles Lindbergh
Post Office Department
New
Lindbergh
Spirit of
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