American fliers consider return flight via Europe and home
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine, honored guests in Berlin, weigh a U S return with a $100000 offer to fly from Roosevelt Field. They plan visits to Vienna Rome Paris London and possibly Moscow while awaiting further arrangements.
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United Press
Berlin
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
United States
Chamberlin
Roosevelt Field
Europe
Vienna
Rome
Paris
London
Moscow
Poland
Burglars Loot Home and Grocery in Broad Daylight
A daylight burglary at 4626 Graceland Ave. saw a thief use a master key to enter Mrs. Hilda Nowlin’s home while she was away, stealing clothing jewelry a handbag and groceries including a dozen eggs and a dozen bananas valued at 211 dollars. Separately at A Dale Grocery 1150 W New York St thieves broke a window and took five slabs of bacon and four hams worth 40 dollars, dropping a sack of sugar during the attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Nowlin
Graceland Ave
A. Dale
New York St
Prohibition Party Leader Urges New Third Party
Dr D Leigh Colvin of New York urges realignment of all strong prohibitionists into a new third party. He says major parties cannot enforce the Eighteenth Amendment and criticizes wets appointed as prohibition agents. Fire damages Edward Traugott dry goods store stock. cause undetermined. downtown fire units respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Kansas City
Prohibition Party
D. Leigh Colvin
New York
Dr. Colvin
Colvin
Edward Traugott
Washington St
Traugott
City-Wide Poll Opens On City Manager Vote
Fifty nine residents at Washington and Illinois Sts missive show preference for the manager form. Straw vote totals are For 29 Against 11 Undecided 18 as 1750 volunteers organize ahead of the June 21 election.
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Washington and
Illinois Sts
Guard Polish envoy as Red Army guards legation
Red army cavalry and infantry guard the Polish legation in the city to avert reprisals after Boris Kowerda killed Soviet Minister Pierre Volkoff in Warsaw. The Soviet foreign office warned Poland and the Polish government cannot avoid responsibility, calling the murder part of a campaign to disrupt diplomatic missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bysco Press
Red Army
Boris Kowerda
Pierre Volkoff
Warsaw
M. Patek
Moscow
Poland
William Dodd Buried, Stepfather of War Hero
Funeral services were held for William Dodd, 73, in Evansville Indiana. He was the stepfather of James Bethel Gresham the first American soldier killed in World War I. He survived his wife Alice Gresham Dodd, America's first gold star mother, by three months.
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United States
United Press
Evansville
Ind
Jiame
William Dodd
James Bethel Gresham
Alice Gresham Dodd
America
Lincoln C Andrews two year dry effort
Summary notes the first of a two year struggle by Lincoln C Andrews to secure prohibition in the United States. Includes references to a Times-Pub lix Theater contest winner on page 2 and various page stories. Mentions Coolidge attending an angler's para dise. Also notes a grim crime report about an Indiana girl allegedly forced to begin life on the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln C. Andrews
United States
Publix
Coolidge
Indiana Girl
Lindbergh
Indianapolis school board split over bid awards for School No. 75
In a special meeting the Indianapolis school board split over heating ventilation and plumbing bids for a new addition. Fred Bates Johnson and Charles Yoke supported Hayes Brothers and Freyn Strong combined bids, while Theodore Vonnegut and Kern opposed. The vote to discard bids passed, risking a 3 to 5 week delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Sedwick
Indianapolis
Freyn Brothers
Strong Brothers
Hayes Company
Strong Brothers Plumbing
Hayes Brothers
Fred Bates Johnson
Hayes
Johnson
Charles R. Yoke
Charles W. Kern
Theodore F. Vonnegut
Vonnegut
Freyn and Strong
Mott
Kern
Trail's End Judge Lindsey Faces Final Day in Court
Denver's Juvenile Judge Ben B. Lindsey, famed as the Little Giant, awaits the day his seat is removed by the Supreme Court. He urges mercy and understanding in juvenile justice as his court proceeds with hopeful youths, mothers, and fathers seeking guidance and fair dispositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Denver
Ben B. Lindsey
United States Supreme Court
America
Lindsey
Indiana guardsmen to greet Lindbergh in Washington
Captain H. W. Cook flying instructor with the Indiana National Guard and Lieutenant Earl Halstead of the 113th Observation Squadron will fly to Washington with an Indianapolis police sergeant to attend Col. Charles Lindbergh’s official welcome. They depart Stout Field at 7 am Thursday and expect to arrive by noon.
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H. W. Cook
Indiana National Guard
Earl Halstead
113Th
Indiana
Natonal Guard
Indianapolis
Washington
Capital
Charles Lindbergh
Stout Field
Boulder dam bill likely to pass next Congress
Reclamation Bureau Chief Elwood Mead warns that the Boulder dam measure for Colorado River flood control will be enacted by the next Congress, due to strong public demand after Mead’s West trip.
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Congress
Reclamation
Times
Washington
Colorado River
Reclamation Bureau
Elwood Mead
Mead
Lindy Declines Gift of Money for himself and Mother
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh declines a privately raised trust fund offered for him and his mother in honor of his New York to Paris flight. He wirelessed from the U S S Memphis to Secretary of War Davis, turning down the gift. The upcoming homecoming is billed as a great display with an outdoor circus atmosphere and many celebrants expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Pre
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York-Paris
War Department
Lindbergh
London
U. S. S. Memphis
Davis
America
Missouri to bestow colonelcy on Lindbergh encounter
Governor Baker plans to award former Attorney General Robert W. Otto a Missouri National Guard colonelcy as Lindbergh arrives off Washington. Otto will meet Capt. Charles Lindbergh by rowboat during the greeting.
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Kansas City
Baker
Missouri
Robert W. Otto
Charles Lindbergh
Washington
Otto
Lindy
Missouri National Guard
Storm Over Paying Hits City Board
A city board faces criticism over concrete and asphalt spending choices. Critics accuse favoritism and higher costs in road work contracts, urging a fair bidding process and accountable budgeting amid rising municipal expenses.
Paving Clash Over Concrete and Asphalt in Indianapolis
John F. White of the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs accused the Board of Works of indifference to public wishes as it weighs street paving. Engineer Lingenfelter urged asphaltic concrete on five streets where concrete bids were lower, while other streets favored concrete. The asphaltic bids were five cents per linear foot cheaper.
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Board of Works
John F. White
Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs
White
Federation
Virgil Vandagrifft
Frank C. Lingenfelter
Pershing Ave
Tenth St
Lafayette Rd
Kealing Ave
Pratt
Tenth
Warman Ave
Sixteenth
Central Ave
Weistfield Blvd
Riverview Dr
Holmes Ave
Lingenfelter
Sherman Dr
Palmer St
Spruce St
State Ave
Cruft St
Manker
Shelby Sts
Eleventh St
Colorado Ave
Rural Ave
Tuxedo St
1 100 MILES TO SHOW Alabama Officers Fly to Broadway
Lieut Don C Beatty and Capt E M Robinson Alabama National Guard flew 1100 miles from Birmingham to New York to see a Broadway show. They left Miller Field New York June 8 and returned ready to report.
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Alabama
Broadway
United Press
Miller Field
N. Y
Don C. Beatty
E. M. Robinson
Alabama National Guard
Birmingham
New York
Fliers Jeer at Death to Keep Air Mail on Time
The Times begins a ten part series on the perilous American airmail system. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh flew the St. Louis to Chicago route among 170 pilots, many facing fatal crashes as weather and equipment tested courage. The government built the system, now shifting to private contract operators with most pilots remaining on routes.
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The
Times Today
Lindbergh
Dutcher
Times and Service
NEA
Ashington
St. Louis
Chicago
Charles A. Lindbergh
Uncle Sam
Washington
New York
Iowa Travelers Bewail Delay on Cross Country Hike
Two Iowa girls Lillian Rector and Edna Eggers, 19 and 17, sit in a city jail after being taken into custody while traveling by rail and bicycle from Davenport to see the country. They beg for a needle and thread, salve for blisters, and a way to finish their hike as policemen verify their tale.
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Iowa
City
Lillian Rector
Davenport
Edna Eggers
Blue Grass
Carter
Graham
E. Washington St
Elkhart
Ind
Toledo
Detroit
Cleveland
Columbus
Indianapolis
Moore Manages Access In Stephenson Parole Inquiry
Robert H. Moore asked the charities board for permission to attend any session before which Stephenson is called. If granted Stephenson will answer board questions. Witness John Moorman, prison trustee, attended as the inquiry opened amid secrecy. Stephenson accuses Warden Daly and Moorman of a plot to end his case and fortune.
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Times
Michigan City
Ind
Robert H. Moore
Stephenson
Charities Board
Moore
Mighigan’ City
State Charities Board
D. C
Jackson
Steve Stephenson loses bid to meet lawyers in private
In Goshen Indiana on June 8 Judge James S. Drake denied D C Stephen sen Stephenson the writ of mandamus to compel Michigan City State prison officers to allow private attorney consultations. The court ruled guards may be present during interviews, affecting his appeal from a life sentence.
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United Press
Goshen
Ind
D. C
Plans Set For Ford Reliability Flight Stop
Lieut. William Erwin arrived to plan reception for the Ford national reliability airplane tour in Indianapolis. The three engined eight passenger Fokker monoplane will be in Indianapolis July 5 as the tour covers about 4000 miles from Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Erwin
U.S. N
Erwin
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Woman 82 Dies By Poison At Son's Home
Mrs. Jane Wilson aged 82 died early this morning at City Hospital after taking poison at the home of her son Daniel T. Weir at 2142 Ashland Ave. She had been in ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Wilson
City Hospital
Daniel T. Weir
Ashland Ave
Earl Carroll Enters Prison In Georgia
Bay United Press reports Earl Carroll the rival of Ziegfeld was carried on a stretcher into Atlanta Penitentiary to begin a year and a day sentence after denying to a Federal grand jury that Joyce Hawley bathed publicly in champagne at a New York party on February 22, 1926. Carroll received number 24 909 and was moved to the prison hospital.
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Bay
Joyce Hawley
Carroll
New York
Goddard
Fixing Deals Tangle in City Administration Probe
County prosecutors sift alleged financial deals linked to city officials amid a broad political corruption inquiry. Witness Pleas Oliver, cigar shop operator, testified on a term tied to Mayor Shank’s era while prosecutors pursued lines to the underworld and gambling and bootlegging networks.
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Oliver
Ohio St
Shank
Unclear Weather Reading With Erratic Numbers
A historical weather snippet shows hourly temps with 7 am at 61 and noon around 74, but several digits are garbled, making exact values uncertain and difficult to interpret. The readable figures indicate a warming trend into midday with inconsistent trailing characters.
Congress to Convene In October for Tax Cuts and Flood Aid
President Coolidge will call an extra session of Congress on October 1 or 15 to consider deficiency appropriations tax reduction election contests and Mississippi flood rehabilitation and farm relief. The Senate Finance Committee led by Smoot outlined a $300 million tax cut and joint committee work in September. The call date pending and regular session would start in December.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Mississippi
Ware
Pennsylvania
Smith
Illinois
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doctor and Miss Mackaye Seek Separate Trial
Hollywood physician Walter Sullivan and Dorothy Mackaye face two felony counts over the death of actor Ray Raymond. They plan to demand separate trials when the case is called June 16, per their attorney. Paul Kelly, a screen juvenile, was recently sentenced to one to ten years in San Quentin for his role.
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Beited Angeles
Walter Sullivan
Hollywood
Dorothy Mackaye
Ray Raymond
Sullivan
Miss Mackaye
Raymond
Paul Kelly
Screen Juvenile
San Quentin
Ruth seeks new trial in Ruth Snyder case link to Sweetin brief
In Mount Vernon New York June 8 a brief used to win Elsie Sweetin a new murder trial may be cited to save Ruth Snyder from the electric chair. Sweetin and Snyder were convicted of killing husbands with similar accomplices. Sweetin’s new trial was granted for a separate first trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Arena
Mount Vernon
Elsie Sweetin
Ruth Snyder
Wants and Offers Spotted in Classifieds Page
Catalog notes from want ads show items for sale or rent including furniture and appliances. A listed rebus mentions a dog with a reward and a two bedroom basement rental near Erie, hinting at varied community notices.
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Columbia
Cham
Levine
Germany
von Hindenburg
American Sky
Heroes
Gem
Presidential
United States Army Balloon Corps
Wilhelm Marx
Hugo Eckener
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
NEW Day Party
Prohibition
Lehman Dunning
Roy Lewis
Frank E. Gates
East Sixteenth Street
Winfield Miller
Shelby Street
M. E
Shelby and Berwyn Sts
E. O. Snethen
Central Buick Company
Homer Borst
First Ward
Massachusetts Ave
Captain Cook
Lieutenant Halstead
Bill
Civic Club Federation
J. F. White
BY Rodney Dutcher
de Haviland
Call Moorman
Steve Case
Bulletin
Steve
Ford Reliability
Earl Carroll
Mevere
P. Messer
President Coolidge
Ruth
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