Post And Gatty On Final Leg Of World Flight
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty left Khabarovsk at 5 p.m. Shanghai time aiming for Nome Alaska 2100 miles away with 5250 miles of sea and land already covered in four days and twenty one hours. They faced a 5750 mile remaining route including crossings of Tartary Strait and Bering Sea while weather varied from clear to stormy. The Winnie Mae was serviced after delays in Blagoveshchensk and at Khabarovsk before departure.
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Khabarovsk
Siberia
Wiley Post
Harold Gally
Shanghai
Nome
Alaska
Straits of Tartary
Kamchatka Peninsula
Bering Sea
Blagoveshchensk
Post
Gatty
Winnie
Japan Sea
Russian Aviation Society
Kamchat Ks
Saghali¢n Island
Entered Guilty Plea to Bank Robbery in Missouri
In Nevada Missouri on June 29 AP reports Ben Dickson a 15 year old from Topeka pleaded guilty to robbing the State Bank of Stotesbury on June 17. He was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary after arrest June 20. Cashier John Coon and his sister Stella identified the bandit who escaped with 1141, with all but 31 later found buried on a farm northwest of Fort Scott.
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Nevada
Ben Dickson
Topeka
Stotesbury
Dickson
John Coon
Stella Coon
Fort Scott
Pays With Life For Murder Of Waitress
Bellefonte Pa June 29 Cap Peter Spirellis 38 of Schuylkill county Pa was electrocuted at Rockview penitentiary today for the murder of Mary Cashion a waitress in a Pottsville restaurant January 26. Spirellis had been in this country a few weeks when arrested for the crime. He was accused of fatally stabbing Miss Cashion when she refused to permit him to call on her.
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Bellefonte
Peter Spirellis
Schuyl- Eell County
Rockview Penitentiary
Mary Cashion
Pottsville
Spirellis
Miss Cashion
Eight children die in Quebec farmhouse fire tragedy
In Jonquieres Quebec on June 29 eight Potvin children aged one to eleven perished when a farmer’s home caught fire. Maxier Potvin attempted to rescue them but smoke blocked his access to the upper sleeping quarters.
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Jonquieres
Que
Maxier Potvin
Potvin
New Dry Newspaper Planned for New York City
Stanley High, former Christian Herald editor, says a new dry newspaper will begin in New York City before year end. The paper will publish mornings six days a week with world wide coverage, a crusading stance, and sponsorship of prohibition without being a propagandist sheet.
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New York
Stanley High
The
Christian Herald
Restrictions upheld on Mexico church priests case
Governor Ada Tejada asked a district court to uphold state law restricting Catholic priests in Vera Cruz Mexico, declaring priests are representatives of a foreign power tied to Italy and the Vatican. He claimed church funds should support schools and that Mexico sends about 15 million dollars yearly to the Vatican.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Cune 29
Mexico
Adaberto Tejada
District Court
Vatican
Parasi
Hoover debt moratorium stance widens rift in Paris talks
United States will not accept any counter proposal to President Hoover's debt moratorium plan. Acting Secretary Castle, after transatlantic talks with Secretary Mellon, said no agreement with France yet. Paris negotiations remain tense with Laval and cabinet briefed. Germany's possible credits and 1924 sums are debated as Berlin and Rome prepare informal talks.
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Washington
Castle
Glarbment
United States
Hoover
France
Mellon
Paris
Rapidan
Germany
Hana
Laval
M. Lavel
Berlin
Bruening
Curtius
Mussolini
Rome
Herriot
Council of Ministers
Elysee Palace
Euyeeh
Treasury
Night club hostess Belle Livingstone jailed again
Belle Livingstone, famed New York night club hostess, jailed on a grand larceny charge after being arrested in Rochester and brought to New York by a Greenwich Village milliner who says dresses were not paid for.
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New York
Belle Livingstone
Rochester
N. Y
Greenwich Village
Elections in Spain Against the Monarchy
In Madrid and London reports say Spain’s nationwide elections produced a Republican leaning assembly. The Conservative Republican Socialist bloc led by Niceto Alcala Zamora appears to win a majority of 470 deputies, with most cabinet members certain of election. Ten killed in rioting accompany voting. Alfonso remains in exile and unconcerned.
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Madrid
Alfonso
France
Spain
Migel Maura
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Stock Market Pauses After Steady Advance
New York traders held a quiet session with modest declines of 2 to 6 points as profits were taken after a steady advance over recent weeks. News from Franco-American talks in Paris awaited, copper rose to 8 cents a pound, and call money hovered near 11/2 percent amid subdued interest.
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New York
Wall Streets
Paris
Wall Street
American Telephone U. S. Steel
American Can
Kennecott
Allied Chemical Hastman
Johns Manville
Consolidated Gas
Union Pacific
N. Y
Faithfull Letters Declared Authentic
New York June 29 AP District Attorney Elvin Edwards said letters from Starr Faithfull to Dr G Jameson Carr in which she threatened suicide are authentic He believes she was murdered and will present handwriting experts report to the grand jury Tomorrow a new witness Ervin Smith a private detective active in the case will testify Edwards will pursue who financed the detectives work
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New York
Elvin Edwards
Starr Faithfull
G. Jameson Carr
Long Beach
Ervin Smith
Edwards
Injuries Fatal to Springfield Man in Auto Crash
Sedalia Missouri June 23 API T M Line 74 of Springfield Massachusetts died at a hospital today from injuries suffered Sunday when his automobile overturned south of Lincoln on Highway 65. His wife was slightly injured. They were en route to Moberly to visit a son.
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Sedalia
API
T M. Line
Springfield
Lincoln
Moberly
Capone Seeks July Start for Tax Conspiracy Sentence
Chicago June 3 AP Sentencing of Al Capone on plea of guilty to prohibition conspiracy and income tax violations was reset to July 30 upon defense motion. He is expected to receive up to 32 years but court observers predict about three years. he did not attend the hearing.
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Chicago
Dearface
Capone
Gulty
Jay
Gany
Tomorry
U. S
Jones H. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Michael Ahern
Florida
Anem
United States
Dwight H Green
Ahem
Tepuca
Bank Robbery At Bird City In Kansas
A middle aged man robbed the Security State Bank of Bird City Kansas taking 750 dollars this morning He locked four employees in the vault and fled in a sedan abandoned fourteen miles northwest of Bird City Authorities reported no injuries and continued to search for the bandit later today
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Goodland, Kas
State Bank
Bird City
Here
Fresh Water Spree For Lake Contrary Fish
Fire Chief Leo Urbanski rescued par boiled fish from the drying Lake Contrary near St. Joseph Missouri. About sixty thousand fish perished as the lake shrank under the scorching sun while 600 gallons a minute of fresh city water was supplied to survivors. A boat crew laid a hose across the mud and 130 pounds of fish jumped aboard before they reached shore.
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ST. Joseph
Leo Urbanski
Mission of Mercy
Urbanski
Evangelist Mother of Aimee Semple McPherson Marries Secretly
In Longview Washington Mrs G E Hudson the mother of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson married Minnie Kennedy in a secret midnight ceremony on the banks of Lake Sagajawa. Rev J G Gay officiated with Beatrice Oliver present. The bride’s friend and former Angelus Temple Crusader editor attended. The groom listed New York City as his home and was described as amiable and about 50.
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Longview
Wash
G. E. Hudson
Aimee Semple ‘McPherson
Pacific North‘west
Lake Sagajawa
Minnie Kennedy
Frustrate Attempt To Rob Clinton Bank
Clinton Missouri June 29 AP An attempted robbery of the State Bank of Brownington was foiled when cashier H C Whitaker fired at bandits who burst in with revolvers The trio fled driving south toward Springield Note This is a condensed report of a bank robbery thwarted by the cashier and fleeing suspects.
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Clinton, Mo
State Bank of
Brownington
H. C. Whitaker
Fred
Spring Geld
Geology moved from dry science to practical tool for builders
In a report from Ithaca June 29 AP notes geology aiding engineers and builders by indicating foundation rock support and advising drilling. Prof Ries explains oil and gas location through study of source rocks and migrations, showing most oil derives from plant matter in marine sediments, with saltwater deposits yielding higher oil content than freshwater.
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WH. Ries
Ithaca
New York State
Mrs. John J. Flaherty Dies After Seven Years Injuries
Mrs. John J. Flaherty, 43, of St. Louis, died at home yesterday from complications of injuries suffered seven years earlier when knocked down by an automobile. She had a broken back and was confined to bed the entire time. Survived by husband, five daughters and three sons.
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ST. Louis
John J. Flaherty
Geology Shapes Oil, Water, and Dam Foundations
The text explains how oil formation links to marine source rocks and black shales, notes not all black rocks are oil sources, and outlines geology’s role in locating ores, underground water, and planning dam and reservoir sites by assessing strong, watertight foundations and leakage potential.
Bank Robbery Reported At Harviell Missouri
At Harviell Bank of Harviell cashier O C Osborn was robbed by a two man gang wearing a baseball cap. They locked Osborn in a vault and escaped with about $1000. Osborn released himself in minutes and alerted authorities. Sheriff Lassingham formed a posse and pursued suspects seen in a sedan around town.
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Poplar Bluff Mo
Bank of
Osborn
Linhardt 15 Repudiated by GOP Go Committee
In Jefferson City Missouri the GOP group moves to show opposition to the reappointment of Ben H Linhardt as Postmaster for Jefferson City Cole County surveying statements from national and state party figures and committees. A Chicago firm of architects plans an all metal apartment house.
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Linhardt
GOP
United States
Roscoe O. Patterson
Republican National Committtee
Missouri
B. B. Clemets
Louis H. Burlingam
Ben H. Linhardt
Jefferson
City
Cole County
Chicas
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Aimee
Clinton
H. Ries
Cornell University
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Harviell, MO
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J. Thos. Fasher
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Oklahoma
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Jefferson Cleaners
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First National Bank
Be Fir Si National Bank
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