Pacific fliers near Hawaii reach Honolulu landing
Governor Harrington and city officials awaited the Southern Cross at Wheeler Field as troops were deployed to manage crowds. The plane reported clouds and fog near the last stretch, said it could stay aloft four more hours with fuel, and was within 300 miles of Honolulu at 100 mph. Captain Kingsford Smith sought a low-key welcome despite public enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Wheeler Field
Honolulu
Wallace Harrington
Hawaiian Islands
Southern Cross
California
Mutual Wireless Company
Mutual
Kingsford-Smith
Fliers Near Australia Reach Pacific Crossing Milestone
A quartet led by Captain Kingsford-Smith nears Honolulu on the Southern Cross in a nonstop 7,778 mile Pacific crossing from Oakland to Australia. Radio reports praise the Fokker’s three motors as the crew endures high altitude winds and perilous air currents as they approach Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald P. Overman
United Press
San Francisco
Pacific
Kingsford-Smith
Honolulu
Australia
Fokker
Oakland
Southern Cross
Harry Lyons
Hawaii
Log of Flight Across Pacific to Hawaii
Journal notes a January voyage from Oakland to Honolulu with Pacific Coast time. The crew reports progress distances from Oakland and Honolulu, weather, radio beacons, and motor status across Thursday into Friday. Communications include positions latitude 30.42 north longitude 140 west and a goal of reaching the islands within hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Amundsen Urges Speed In Search For Nobile
Cupid Opens Bride Month With Rush For Licenses Eleven would be June brides and prospective grooms had obtained licenses by noon. All day Thursday only eleven licenses were issued. Last year a total of eighteen permits to marry were issued on June 1. County Clerk George O. Hutsell expected a late rush to push today's total past that mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George O. Hutsell
Nye says Stewart refused to answer Continentals talk
Indiana will receive about 4 million dollars for road construction for the two fiscal years ending June 30 1931 from the 75 million federal road appropriation bill. Chairman Nye testified before a jury that Robert W Stewart Indiana Standard Oil chairman refused to answer questions about the Continental acting company's operations and Liberty bond profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
State Highway Commission
Washington
Nye
Senate
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil
Continental
Senitor Walsh
Montana
Stewart
Sewart
Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Oceanic Tragedy Over Pacific Claims Lost Dole Fliers
A silver winged plane battles haze and seeks visibility while searching for missing Dole fliers. Capt Erwin and Eichwald perished in a tail spin offshore, as Martin Jensen survived after a perilous crossing. From Oakland the craft carried 1,200 gallons of fuel and lacked rafts or life saving gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
William Erwin
Alvin Eichwald
Martin Jensen
Oakland
Olvany Subpoenaed by Campaign Committee
George W. Olvany grand sachem of Tammany Hall was subpoenaed to testify before the Senate Campaign Investigating Committee but his office said he left for a fishing trip and would return Monday. The panel considers delaying hearings over his appearance amid charges Tammany aided Governor A E Smith's campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
George W. Olvany
Tammany Hall
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Olvany
Heflin
Alabama
Tammany
A. E. Smith
Motorist Tries to Lure Girl Into Auto Escapes
Police seek a man after railroad detective George Kinney saw him attempt to entice a little girl into a car at the Nickels Plate Railroad and Thirty-Third Street Thursday night. The child refused, Kinney yelled, the man fled, and Kinney obtained the license number and a description of the suspect. The child lived nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kinney
Nickels Plate Railroad
Thirty-Third St
Kinney
Butler Line Extension Planned to Butler University Campus
The board of works led by Oren S. Ack practically decided to extend the Fairview street car line on Boulevard Place from Forty-Second to Forty-Seventh Streets then west to Butler University campus. Forty-Seventh Street was chosen for light traffic and no widening, to serve the new campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
Boulevard Pl
Forty-Second
Forty-Seventh Sts
Butler University
Board of Works
City Hall
Oren S
Butler Campus
Forty-Seventh St
Polar Weather Worsens Threatening Arctic Rescue Efforts
Weather in the polar ice regions is deteriorating daily, pressing for quicker aid to General Umberto Nobile and the Italian Roald Amundsen dirigible. Amundsen notes denser fogs will hamper rescue operations for the explorer and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Arena
Oslo
Norway
Umberto Nobile
Roald Amundsen
Amundsen
Will Harper
Polar figures unite in rescue plan for Italia dirigible
United by the Arctic crisis, Gen. Umberto Nobile and his aides face presumed peril as the Italia remains missing. Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Capt. Riiser Larsen join a cooperative effort. Ellsworth will fund a rescue flight while Amundsen leads the government mission from Oslo with Riiser-Larsen and Lieut. Luetzow Holm assisting. Ellsworth plans to reach Oslo by June 11 for the operation.
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Lars Hansen
United Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Stern
Arctic
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Dirigible
North Pole
Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
Riiser Larsen
Ellsworth
Amundsen
Riiser-Larsent
Lieut
Luetzow Holm
Norway
Oslo
Polar
Coolidge recess appoints H. T. Tate Treasurer of the United States
President Coolidge today granted a recess appointment to H. T. Tate of Tennessee to be Treasurer of the United States. Tate, already serving as active Treasurer, had been nominated but the Senate adjourned before action on the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Tennessee
Coolidge
United Press
Washington
H. T. Tate
United States
Senate
Burglars Use Truck to Haul Cigarettes in Michigan City
Police seek thieves who entered the Michigan Central freight house Thursday night through a transom and stole 2 300 cartons of cigarets valued at more than 1500 dollars. The loot was loaded onto a stolen truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
United Pres
Ind
Michigan Central
Times to Broadcast Democratic State Convention Details
The Indianapolis Times announces a live radio broadcast of the Democratic State convention next Wednesday over WFBM from 10 30 a m to 5 30 p m. Balloting for Governor Lieutenant Governor and other state offices will occur during those hours with full coverage by The Times and WFBM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Times
WFBM
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
the Times
WFMB
Powder Plant Blast Kills 2 at Dupont Arlington Plant
A digester machine exploded in the nitration building of Dupont Munitions Company in Arlington N J killing two workers Robert King 21 and Jack O'Brien 25 and seriously injuring four others all in a small damaged building. Additional workers were treated at the plant and nearby hospitals including Donald Davidson 25 Michael Donegan 60 Charles Murray 40 Frank Newton 55 and two unidentified men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Kearney
N. J
Arlington
Dupont Munitions Company
Robert King
Jack O'Brien
Kearny
West Hudson Hospital
Donald Davidson
Michael Donegan
Paterson
Charles Murray
Frank Newton
Harrison
National guardsmen kept from Pike and Knox coal regions
Adjt. Gen. William H. Kershner said guardsmen will not be sent to Pike and Knox County coal areas for now. One officer stays as long as trouble lingers in the feud between union and non union miners after Governor Ed Jackson ordered staffers to Vincennes and Petersburg to assess intervention need. William Johnson of Indianapolis, head of the State mining board and Gibson Coal, and A L Hampson were attacked by a mob of union miners at Littles mine south of Petersburg.
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National
Pike
Knox County
Adjt
William H. Kershner
Kershner
Vincennes
Petersburg
Ed Jackson
William Johnson
Indianapolis
State Mining Board
Gibson Coal Company
A. L. Hampson
Littles Mine
Unclear OCR Sports Timings and Scores
Fragmentary OCR data shows multiple times and numbers without clear events or names. Likely a sports schedule or box scores with 11 am and 12 noon entries and various digits. No identifiable persons teams or organizations are readable to form a proper summary.
Youthful bandit robs Indianapolis Country Club payroll
A young thief stole $1,600 payroll money from Charles H. Horn as he left Crawfordsville interurban and boarded a blue sedan with three other men. Police chase followed with multiple vehicle sightings and conflicting witness reports about a blue Buick or Graham Paige sedan. Insurance firms contemplated rewards as Indianapolis police questioned seven Chicago youths and local suspects in connection with the Broadmoor and Speedway cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Horn
Indianapolis Country Club
Horn
Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Rd
Indianapolis
Security Trust Company Bank
E. C. Welsh
Pennsylvania St
James Robertson
Detroit
H. Bell
Emmett Duncan
Bud Shank
Minnie Ruddle
Clermont
Shank
Miss Ruddle
Graham- Paigne
Welsh
Lee Nelson
Broadmoor Country Club
Chicago
Lebanon
N. Kenwood Ave
West Side
Butler Aids Final Plans for G O P Session
Kansas City Mo June 1 Chairman William Butler of the Republican national committee arrived to set in motion the convention machinery. A farmers march is unlikely beyond a few leaders outlining demands. James W Good of Iowa predicted Hoover nomination early, framing the campaign as a move against President Coolidge rather than Hoover or the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Kansas City
William Butler
Republican National Committee
Butler
Committee On
Resolutions Committee
James W. Good
Iowa
Hoover Forces
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Good
Coolidge
Hoover
Republican Party
Dollar Line plans planes on ships for shore trips
The Dollar Steamship Company envisions seaplanes on five new round the world vessels to provide near shore sightseeing. Planes would be lowered at foreign ports for aerial views, with six to eight passengers per craft and ships 100 feet longer to shelter the aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Beale
United Press
OS Angeles
Orient
Venice
Pyramids
Dollar Steamship Company
Round The-World Line
R. Stanley
HE Dollar Line
Dollar
Somme
Para
Dollar Company
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Beta
Lyons
O. K
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Dole
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Brisbane
Fiji Islands
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Harry W. Lyons Jr
Charles T. O. Ulm
Ulm
James Warner
Nobile
Cupid
Call Tammany Head
Polar Regions
U. S
Young Bandit
M.vee
Moe
Robertson
Bell
Duncan
Bandit
Iary
Robert Dollar
Dollar Line
Heathan Air
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