06 Jun 1928
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1928
Page
1
The Southern Cross prepares for its final leg toward Australia after a high profile flight testing run. Commander Kingsford-Smith and crew report steady progress on a challenging Caribbean to Sydney route. Officials weigh the aircraft’s performance and potential schedules as aviation eyes this record attempt.
About 200 editors and publishers from 48 states are expected at a Kingsport Inn reception and motorcade to greet the National Editorial Association. A.D. Brockman organized the event with 100 cars ready, as the delegation arrives by special Wilmans train and tours the city tonight.
An early report says Amelia Earhart's Trans Atlantic attempt was stalled by strong winds. Searches for the missing navigator and aircraft continued from Kings Bay Spitzbergen to the surrounding Arctic ocean as rescue efforts faced uncertainty.
In Trepassey Newfoundland the Friendship crew led by Amelia Earhart prepared for a first Atlantic crossing. A north northwest wind delayed takeoff while Stultz Gordon and mechanic Gereon added fuel and checked final details. The plan remained to launch from the harbor mouth if conditions allowed.
Paris Herald reports General John J. Pershing received a sudden call to return home and sailed unexpectedly aboard the Leviathan after traveling by automobile from Paris to Cherbourg. The departure ends speculation over his extended stay tied to the Battle Monuments commission amid tensions back in the United States.
Tampa attorney Doyle E Carlton led a field of five candidates for Florida governor based on incomplete returns from statewide Democratic primary voting. Carlton held a lead of around 2,000 over his nearest rival with about one third of precincts reporting, while other races including Park Trammell vs John W Martin for Senate and W J Sears vs Ruth Bryan Owen for the Fourth District seat showed shifting margins. In Mississippi, Jackson reports that the Democratic convention moved to an uninstructed delegation stance on wet vs dry issues, with the dry factions losing a key instruction vote and notable names among delegates.
Washington June six testimony closed in the Robert W Stewart trial after he described the circumstances of his refusal to answer two questions before the Senate Teapot Dome committee. Government counsel pressed the issue of pertinency to the inquiry while the defense argued quorum rules and an affidavit suggesting questions. Judge Siddons indicated he would rule on question relevance before the jury receives the case. Stewart testified with limited exception about his defiance and the surrounding circumstances.
Suva reports the Southern Cross crew preparing for a hop to Brisbane. Trepassey notes monoplane Friendship awaiting favorable winds for the trans Atlantic flight. Lima sees Ambassador Moore arriving.
Marguerite Bumbaugh sits in a Michigan jail awaiting trial for the March 30 killing of Walter Cook, her former employer. She claims self defense while prosecutors argue mental instability. she reads poetry written in custody as part of her defense. Her brothers and fellow inmates accompany her on the jail’s second floor as the court date of June 1 approaches.
New York reports that Dr Isaiah Bowman of the American Geographical Society says the Byrd and Wilkins Ant arctic expeditions are not a race but coordinated efforts. Byrd plans a flight from the barrier to the South Pole and beyond while Wilkins will fly from the Ross Sea region toward Graham Land with pontooned craft to land near whalers. Wilkins is to leave Panama on a Norwegian whaler about November 4 and begin his flight in January.
Tokyo reports say Chang Tso-lin’s former Pekin diet suspect Wut remains alive but seriously injured from a bombing near Mukden, while foreign dispatches deny his death. Japan’s war minister says the cabinet will protect nationals in Manchuria and Mongolian and maintain strict neutrality.
Isolated towns in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana faced weeks of relentless rain. The flood produced two weeks of storms, with 12 inches and more in areas such as Thomasville and Pearl River, causing highway washouts, rail diversions to Pensacola, and at least several fatalities. Roads and air travel disrupted, dozens evacuated, and major rivers rose to historic levels since 1906.
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