Lindbergh Welcomed Home From Europe By Crowds
Five airmen return from non stop flights to Europe aboard the Macon and Leviathan. Charles A. Lindbergh greets the crew as they land at the Battery in New York amid sirens, salutes, and a paper snow storm. Commander Byrd, Clarence Chamberlin, Bert Acosta, and George Neville’s crews are honored. Byrd’s wife, Chamberlin’s wife, and Lindbergh attend the welcome. Newspaper narrator covers the bustling scene and public reaction as crowds gather for the homecoming.
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New York
Europe
Macon
Richard E. Byrd
America
Clarence Chamberlin
Columbia
Governor's Island
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Commander Byrd
Bert Acosta
George Neville
Bernt Balchen
Norway
Chamberlin
Graham McNamee
National Broadcasting Company
Weather forecast for Virginia and Tennessee
Weather summary from U S weather station by C L Bunn notes Virginia fair tonight and Tuesday with cooler northern areas and moderate shifting winds Tennessee partly cloudy tonight with possible local thunder showers in the south Tomorrow. Readings show highs near 90 yesterday, lows around 55, with little rainfall to 6 p m yesterday and Saturday. Weather station location Holston Heights recorded no rainfall during Saturday afternoon rain in city proper.
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Virginia
Tennessee
U. S
C. L. Bunn
Holston Heights
Weather Bureau
Order Restored in Austrian Capital
Vienna reports restoration of order throughout the city as Chancellor Seipel consults with Socialist leaders Burgo master Seitz and Herr Bauer to ensure a peaceful session. Casualties total about 75 dead and 300 wounded, with the burning of the palace of justice destroying irreplaceable documents and threatening a wave of long lasting litigation.
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Vienna
Seipel
Seitz
Herr Bauer
Palace of Justice
Vienna Death Toll Climbs In Austrian Riots
A Vienna airlifted proclamation by Chancellor Seipel reports at least 40 killed and 300 wounded in last week's disorders. Police arrests total 252 as damage includes destruction of justice palace records and archives. The note laments economic distress and tourism loss and urges Viennese to restore order nationwide.
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Berlin
Seipel
Vienna
Palace of Justice
Austria
Viennese
Situation Improves in Vienna Crowds Still Challenge Police
Paris dispatch reports the Vienna situation has brightened but police face crowd control difficulties. Unconfirmed reports claim four killed and several wounded in a clash last night. Rumors of foreign intervention are denied.
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Paris
Vienna
Havas
Bratislava
Tennessee oats acreage down for harvest in 1927
Tennessee's 1927 oats acreage is estimated at 230000 acres, about 80 percent of last year and near the 1925 level. The yield is forecast at 17 bushels per acre, total production around 3.91 million bushels, due to heavy spring rains and rust. Nationally, oats acreage tops 42.9 million with 1.254 billion bushels output projected.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
S. T. Marsh
United States
New York Cit y Honors Byrd and Crew With Medal of Valor
Mayor James J. Walker presents the city’s medal of valor to Commander Richard E. Byrd Bertram Acosta Lieutenant George O Neville and Lieutenant Bernt Balchen for the Wanamaker trans Atlantic flight from New York to France aboard the America The citation praises their heroism amid winds cold and fogs and notes the scientific data gained and the landing at Ver Sur Mer France The ceremony ties the honor to the city and its citizens.
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New York
Walker
Richard E. Byrd
Bertram Acosta
George O. Neville
Bernt Balchen
New York City
France
America
Ver-Sur-Mer
Medal of Valor of the City of
James J. Walker
Four boys set sail on jaunt. one drowns off Norfolk
Four Norfolk boys started a sailing trip near Craney Island. The boat capsized at dusk and William Fields, 13, disappeared. The tug Alice found three others clinging to the upturned craft nine hours later, but Fields' body was not recovered. The survivors were Joseph Tuttle, 12. Clarke Vaughn, 14. and Burt Wright, 16.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake and Ohio
Alice
Younsters
Craney Island
Elizabeth River
Hampton Roads
William Fields
Joseph Tuttle
Clarke Vaughn
Burt Wright
Army Base Pier
Fiercest engagement in Nicaragua history rocks Ocotal
In Ocotal the fight between US Marines and Sandino forces lasted hours. Marines numbered 39, Constabulary 47, against about 400 rebels armed with machine guns. One Marine from Pennsylvania was killed and another from Asheville, N C, was seriously wounded. Hundreds of rebels were reported killed, with two hundred killed by bombing from five government planes.
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Managua
United States
Marine C
Sandino
Ocotal
Pennsylvania
Asheville
N. C
Constabulary
Grover Darnell
Feland
Ross E. Rowell
Southern Forces Take Two Cities From Extremists
A Reuters dispatch from Shanghai reports General Ho Chien, southern conservative commander, has captured Hanyang and Hankow from radicals. The coup d etat ousted the communists with smooth execution. The populace showed no turmoil as strategic points, including railways, fell. The Hankow government reportedly approves the move toward moderates. General Ho Chien previously acted against the farmers and peasants union in Henan and has executed communists at Wu Chang.
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London
Reuters
Shanghai
Hanwok
Hankow
Hayang
Ho Chien
Hanyang
Wu Chang
Chien
Hoenese
Farmers and Peasants Union
Henan
Motor Cop Thrown 25 Feet After Crash
Clarksville Tennessee July 18 AP Motorcycle Officer R R Pursell says his bike traveling 55 mph struck a railroad rail at a crossing and he was thrown at least 25 feet into the air The officer landed on the paved road suffering only two bruises as he described seeing the railroad semaphore above him in the moment of impact
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Clarksville, Tenn
R. R. Pursell
American consul in Mexico shot at Puerto Mexico
American consul William E. Chapman was shot in his residence at Puerto Mexico by two intruders during the night. One carried a pistol and the other a knife. He was seriously wounded but not fatally. J. J. Sparks, British vice consul, reported the attack to the U.S. embassy in Mexico City and authorities were urged to capture the assailants. Chapman had been reassigned from Torreon to Puerto Mexico last fall and opened the consul office in March.
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Washington
William E. Chapman
Puerto
Mexico
J. J. Sparks
Chapman
Sparks
Mexico City
Torreon
Puerto Mexico
President of Engineers Barred from Office
Cleveland July 18. William R. Prenter, veteran president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, was barred from office for three years after the brotherhood initiated a new plan of organization. Unofficial reports from the convention indicate the action.
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Cleveland
William R. Prenter
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Health of Andrew Andrews Sparks Leave of Absence Debate
Reports say health of Andrew Andrews secretary to Coolidge is declining and he is considering leave of absence amid retirement rumors.
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Andrew Andrews
Coolidge
Bank President Held for Forgery in $25,000 Note
Richmond police were asked to arrest Clem Wrenn president of the Bank of Wilkes in Wilkesboro North Carolina for allegedly forging names of county commissioners on a note from New York for $25,000. Wrenn has neurotic troubles and has been in a sanitarium six weeks delaying warrant service. An audit is said to be ongoing to check for further irregularities. The bank closed in early June. Wrenn is about forty, married with two children.
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Richmond
Clem Wrenn
Bank of Wilkes
Wilkesboro
N. C
Wilkes County
Wrenn
Ben
Richmond News Leader
Cy. G. Eldedge
N.C
New York
J. C. Wallace
County Register of Deeds
Body recovered of Richmond man who drowned
The body of Jo White Peaseley, 38, of Richmond, Va., was recovered in the Rappahannock River after cramps caused him to drown while trying to recover an outboard motor that fell overboard from a small boat.
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Richmond
White Peaseley
Rappahannock River
Peaseley
Donelson Bank Cashier Foils Armed Robbery
J. E. Weakley, cashier at the Donelson branch of the Fourth and First National Bank in Nashville, repelled an attempted robbery. He dropped behind the wicket and opened fire, wounding and scattering one bandit who fled, while the other surrendered.
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Donelson
Tenn
J. E. Weakley
Fourth and
First National Bank
Nashville
Weakley
British Japanese Views Stir Progress at Naval Talks
Geneva July 18 AP An official communique from the tripartite naval conference says discussions among the United States Great Britain and Japan have begun to reconcile British and Japanese positions on auxiliary surface craft. The progress is viewed as sufficiently encouraging to merit further examination.
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Geneva
Tripartite Naval Conference
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Hopeful Signs In Geneva Naval Conference Talks
Geneva July 18 AP A glimmer of progress in the tripartite naval conference emerged as British delegates after talks tentatively accepted a 500000 ton base for Great Britain and the United States surface craft total. Obsolete ships and eight inch gun limits were also discussed, but American delegates expect to handle these after agreement on tonnage. Work on new proposals will be slow.
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Geneva
Tripartite Naval Conference
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Ford Sapiro Libel Suit Ends With Discontinuance
In Detroit on July 18, Judge Charles C. Simmons signed an order of discontinuance, bringing to a close the Ford Sapiro libel case. The stipulation of discontinuance, agreed by Aaron Sapiro's and Henry Ford's attorneys, was presented to the judge and immediately approved.
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Detroit
Charles C. Simmons
Federal District Court
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Simons
Sapiro
Trained Nurse To Share Part Of Enormous Estate
New York July 18 Miss Ethel M Sears a trained nurse will share the large estate inherited from the late Sherwood Aldrich copper magnate with the testator's 86 year old mother. Aldrich who was vice president of Nevada Consolidated Copper Company left his residuary estate to Eth el M Sears after provision for a 25000 dollar trust fund to Mrs M Aldrich of Riverhead Long Island.
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New York
Ethel M. Sears
Sherwood Aldrich
Aldrich
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company
M. Aldrich
Riverhead
Long Island
Times Will Announce Fight Saturday Night
The Times will announce the Sharkey Dempsey fight round by round Thursday night July 21 in a special AP arrangement. The main bout starts about 9 p m local time. The public is invited to hear the returns by megaphone from The Times office on Market Street, with entry to the news office not allowed.
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Associated Press
The
Times
Times Office
Market Street
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