FLIERS RACE TO AUSTRALIA ON LONG PACIFIC FLIGHT
Capt Charles Kingsford Smith began the first leg of a record trans Pacific flight from Oakland to Australia in the Southern Cross with three companions aboard. The 2400 mile leg to Honolulu was expected to take about 25 hours as the crew planned radio beacons and hourly position reports.
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United Arenas
Oakland
California
Charles Kingsford- Smith
Honolulu
Kingsford- Smith
Southern Cross
Australia
Smith
Charles P. Ulm
Harry Lyon, Jr
James Warner
Kingsford-Smith and
Ulm
Royal Air Force
Lyons
United States Naval Academy
Warner
United States Navy
Kingsford-Smith
Crissey Field
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Wheeler Field
Hawaii
Radium suit dashes hopes of out of court settlement
Mystery surrounded the attempt to settle the 1,250,000 suit by five women against United States Radium Corporation. Federal Judge William Clark left his Newark office to attend a conference where an out of court settlement was to be sought.
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United Press
Newark
N. J
United States Radium Corporation of Orange
U. S
William Clark
Roomers sought as ad promises quick rental in The Times
A Times display ad offers $3 for listing a vacant room in Pennsylvania with results from a Mrs. J. F. Sanderson who rented to a splendid party after many calls. Readers are urged to place ads to reach over 250,000 daily and charge by phone MA 3500.
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Pennsylvania
Ishedas
Times
J. F. Sanderson
Pennsylvania St
Dogged Death
A Los Angeles hospital baby born to Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Herman of Alhambra died twice within 12 hours despite adrenalin injections an inhalator baths and spanking by firemen nurses and physicians. A faint wail followed a long revival effort before final death and blood transfusion by the father and firemen.
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United Press
Los Angeles
C. W. Herman
Alhambra
Troops May Be Sent to Knox County Mining Dispute
Governor Ed Jackson ordered Adjutant General William H. Kershner to study whether national guardsmen are needed in Knox County after a mob attack on Gibson Coal Co officials William Johnson and A. L. Hampson. Two staff officers were sent to Vincennes and Petersburg. Kershner promised quick reporting and immediate transport from Indianapolis if required.
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Ed Jackson
Adjt
William H. Kershner
Knox County
Kershner
Vincennes
Petersburg
William Johnson
A. L. Hampson
Gibson Coal Company
Littles Mine
Indianapolis
George Ade Joins Day Measure Battle
George Ade of Brook Indiana author joins twenty one new members of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. Pierre S. Du Pont, chairman, says the group will push repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and replace it with liquor distribution regulation. Directorship to be increased to two hundred members.
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George Ade
Brook
Indiana
United Press
Washington
Pierre S. du Pont
Governor Moore Seeks Aid Plan For New Jersey Farmers
Governor A Harry Moore announced a June 5 conference in Trenton to study low farm mood and outline relief measures. The program covers better marketing city markets milk grading cattle TB eradication insect control and rural electrification with business bankers and farmers backing the effort.
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United Press
Trenton
N. J
A. Harry Moore
State Capitol
New Jersey
Hall Gains Three Votes in Primary Recount
Archibald M. Hall gained three votes in the primary recount across six precincts, while Ralph Updike lost 54. The surveyor race saw Henry Campbell gain 24 and Paul Brown lose 25. Fourteen precincts of the First Ward were recounted amid mutilated ballots.
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Archibald M. Hall
Congress
Ralph Updike
Henry Campbell
Paul Brown
First Ward
Norway to Lead Search for Nobile Dirigible Italia
Norway launched a relief expedition from Bergen aboard the coalship Ingerfire to Kings Bay to search the Arctic for Gen. Umberto Nobile and the Italia. Riiser-Larsen is ordered to Tromsø and Kings Bay, with seaplanes and a joint air and land tour planned. Italy accepted help and joined discussions on relief plans despite earlier hesitation.
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United Press
Oslo
Norway
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Bergen
Kings Bay
Great Arctic
Riiser-Larsen
Cabinet
Troms
Italy
Islanders Search for Italia Fate in Spitzbergen
Island expeditions by land and air probe North Spitzbergen for the Italia after no word from the airship or its sixteen crew. Italian chauffeurs, guided by Norwegians, sweep the island aided by Gen Umberto Nobile's aides. Nobile’s brother commands the Citta Di Milano which turned back due to ice.
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Lars Hansen
United Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Nobile
Citta di Milano
Russia launches relief mission over Italia fate
Copenhagen May 31 Russia began relief efforts to learn the fate of the airship Italia last heard from six days earlier on a polar flight. Soviet ice breakers Sedoff and Lenin with several airplanes sailed from Siberia to start searching flights.
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United Press
Copenhagen
Russia
Italia
North Pole
Sedoff and Lenin
Siberian
Reopen Attorney Case in Mc Swiggin Murder Probe
Chicago coroner plans to reopen the case into the 1926 murder of Assistant State's Attorney William A. Mc Swiggin. Coroner Oscar Wolff calls six prominent businessmen to his office to reconvene the coroner's jury, reviving a long contested inquiry from the gang wars era.
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Bu United Press
Chicago
William A. McSwiggin
Oscar Wolff
Auto merger prospects lift motor stocks on NYSE
Prospects of big auto industry mergers concentrate trading on motor shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Chrysler and Dodge surged after a consolidation announcement while Arrow Jordan Rea and Pierce Arrow hit new records as investors priced in a possible merger wave to challenge General Motors and Ford.
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United Press
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Chrysler
Dodge
Chrysler-Dodge
General Motors
Ford
Arrow
Jordan
Rea
The
Stock Exchange
Pierce-Arrow
Idol Quits Speedway for Wife After Crash
Pete De Paolo, famed 1925 fastest 500 miles driver, quits racing to support his wife and 4 year old son Tommy. Injured in time trials, he watched the race on a stretcher then declared he will never race again to provide a normal life for his family. He plans to return home to Los Angeles to work as an automotive engineer for Reo.
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Ove
Mistress Speed
Pete de Paolo
Speedway
Tommy de Paolo
Pete
de Paolo
City Hospital
William A. Coeppers
Edna Caster
Caster
Dick Dobbs
Los Angeles
Cal
Reo Company
Dobbs
Air and rail fusion eyed as Lindbergh tied venture grows
A cross-continent air rail passenger system may become a reality through joint railroads and a new aviation enterprise linked to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The Times starts a four part series by W R Yahner on his vacation trip across the continent in a luxurious plane with Indianapolis on the route.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
the Times
W. R. Yahner
Indianapolis
Stewart Trial on in Capital Washington
Trial of Robert W. Stewart chairman of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana for contempt of the Senate opened before Justice F L Siddons in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. It is the seventh oil trial from the Teapot Dome investigation. A jury is to be chosen. fourteen witnesses including Senators Nye Walsh Bratton and reporters Anderson Thurston are slated to appear.
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United Press
Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Senate
F. L. Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Elliott Thurston
The
New York World
Dismissal of Obregon aide shocks Mexico City
Gen Jose Alvarez chief of the presidential staff and close adviser to President Calles is dismissed for treasonable acts. He faces energetic punishment tied to a silk smuggling scheme and alleged forged signatures on documents authorizing silk imports at border points.
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United Press
Mexico City
Jose Alvarez
Calles
Alvarez
Mexico
Army No 1 wins dangerous 1928 balloon race
The 1928 elimination balloon race near Pittsburgh ended in tragedy with two pilots killed two injured and several bags burned during a violent electrical storm. Capt E W E Keyner won in Army No 1 landing near Weems Virginia after a 12 hour flight from Bettis Field McKeesport. Capit Kepner and Lieut W O Eareckson survived.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
E. W. E. Keyner
Army No. 1
Weems
Kepner
W. O. Eareckson
Bettis Field
McKeesport
Army
National Aeronautic Association
Washington
Paul Everett
Walter W. Morton
Times Editor Speaks on The Failure of the Citizen
Boyd Gurley, editor of The Indianapolis Times, spoke at the Indianapolis Real Estate Board luncheon. His subject was The Failure of the Citizen, delivering a critique of civic participation and engagement.
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Boyd Gurley
Indianapolis Times
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Coolidge Chooses Cedar Island Lodge as Summer White House
President Coolidge will use Cedar Island Lodge on the Brule River near Brule Wisconsin as his summer White House with executive offices to be set up at Superior. He plans to depart Washington shortly after June 11 following the government business meeting. The Pierce estate, including several thousand surrounding acres, is operated by heirs. Temperature data from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. shows gradual warming with readings ranging from 55 to 68 degrees.
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United Preast
Washington
Coolidge
Cedar Island Lodge
Henry Clay Pierce
Brule River
Superior
Wis
Pierce
Brule
Pierce Estate
Chicago
White House
Washin
New five cent air mail rate announced for August first
Post Master General New announced a new air mail rate of five cents per ounce starting August 1. The first ounce costs five cents and each additional ounce ten cents under the Kelly bill. A five cent air mail stamp is being prepared by post office artists.
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United Press Washinton
New
Kelly
Congress
Rep
Pennsylvania
Postoffice
Poison theory fails in death of Indiana girl
Ruth Little, 17, who died in 1919 at Summitville, was not a poison victim. Chemical analysis found only a trace of mercury, with no arsenic or strychnine. Huff's confession in Los Angeles is not supported by the test, and the coroner released the case after examination of vital organs.
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United Press
Anderson
Ind
Ruth Little
Summitville
James W. Huff
Los Angeles
Cal
Earl Sells
Madison County
Indianapolis
Huff
Oswald Ryan
Father Embraces Louis Meyer After Indy Victory
Edward Meyer Sr arrived weeks ago to aid Louis Meyer with the Miller Special at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He watched in tears as Meyer clinched the title and was among the first on track to greet the winning car. The father praised his son for discipline and knowing how to treat the car, noting Louis’s clean lifestyle and endurance.
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Louis Meyer
Edward Meyer, Sr
Louis
Edward, Jr
South Gate
Cal
Coolidge to Officiate Corner Stone of Red Cross Building
President Coolidge will lay the corner stone of the new 565000 dollar American Red Cross building in Washington this afternoon. The dedication honors the heroic women of the World War. State Conservation Director Richard Lieber met with Mayor L Ert Slack to discuss the Lincoln Memorial drive and Slack formed a committee to work with the Indiana memorial committee.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
American Red Cross
Cenfer
Lincoln Drive
Richard Lieber
L. Ert Slack
Slack
Indiana Memorial Committee
Local ads list shops and department stores for Friday
Shoppers guide lists vendors by category Banks Fletcher Savings and Trust Co. Department Stores L Ayres and Co. Goldstein Bros Globe Store Financial Fletcher American Company Furniture Kirk Furniture Co. White Furniture Co. Men's Wear L Strauss Co Shoes Thrift Shoe Store Women’s Wear Selig’s Morrison’s Inc.
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Fletcher Savings & Trust Co
Ayres & Co
Goldstein Bros
Globe
Fletcher American Company
Kirk Furniture Company
White Furniture Company
L. Strauss & Co
Thrift Shoe Store
Selig’s
Morrison’s, Inc
Seven Held In Country Club Bandit Hunt
Police hold seven suspects linked to the Broadmoor Country Club robbery with an estimated loot of 200000. Victims identified some men, and more identifications were expected as detectives questioned chauffeurs and examined caps and red handkerchiefs found near the scene.
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Lebanon
West Side
Broadmoor Country Club
Claude M. Worley
Jerry Kinney
Otto Petis
Thirtieth
Illinois Sts
Tip
Illinois
Sol Meyer
Meyer-Kiser Bank
Arthur S. Lubell
Lébanon
Petit
Chicago
A. M. Rosenthal
Leslie Meyer
Sol Schloss
Charles Summers
Joseph Block
Ford Meyer
Jacob Wolf
Young
Stages
Thirtieth St
Kessler Blvd
Country Club
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Victor Houston
Jacob H. Woh
White Furniture Company
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Mrs. de Paolo
Tommy
Stewart
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Obregon
Morton
van Orman
Greensburg
Everett
Ent
Youngstown
Youngwood
Cleveland
J. F. Cooper
C. K. Wollam
Cooper
Willam
Times Editor
Wisconsin
Ents
Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Little
Alexandria
Father
Meyer
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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