Chicago Fliers Set New Plane Endurance Record
City of Chicago pilots John Hunter Kenneth Hunter continue a record flight lasting 449 hours surpassing the St Louis Robin by 29 hours. The brothers, part of the Hunter clan from Egypt near Sparta, aim to exceed the July Fourth milestone.
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St. Louis
Tobin
Hunter Brothers
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Kenneth
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Forest O
W. P. McFarland
Luke Christopher
National Aeronautical Challing Contest Committee
Sky Harbor
Hunter Boys
Egypt
Thas
Land of the Nile
Albert Od
Walter
Irene
Spits
Hunter
Hunter Remp
Keen Sparta
Ida Hunter
Albert
Chicoxa
Chicago Liquor Warehouse Looted by Gunmen
Fifteen gunmen seized a Chicago government warehouse for three hours, hauling away whiskies and brandies valued at over 200000 dollars. Four men bound and blinded the night watchman, then trucks loaded cases to the ground floor and into waiting vehicles. Federal agents suspect Capone gangsters as the raid aimed to recover seized liquor from Jacksonville shipments.
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Chicago
Jacksonville
Plc
al Carpone
Capone
Paul Perry
Federal Prohibition
Mqnor
Health official returns as Rockefeller funds aid state work
Dr. B L Bishop Nashville state health commissioner returns from Washington and New York to announce Rockefeller foundation approval of a budget just over 8 000 for the coming fiscal year. He says the department will plan to use all outside funds for public health in the state during the year. Dorothy Hester, 13, of Portland aviation student, performed an outside loop after completing three of five attempts, part of the small group of fliers who have done the maneuver.
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Nashville
BL. Bishop
Washington
New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Portland
O E
Dorothy Hester
Portland Aviation
Fiers
Hester
Smoot Announces Engagement In Salt Lake City
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah disclosed at his Salt Lake City office that he and Mrs. Alice Taylor Sheets intend to marry soon. The date remains undisclosed. A bear attack at Medinah Country Club harmed a three year old girl, Barbara Cross, injuring her right arm and upper limb. doctors say the condition is serious but not likely fatal.
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Smoot
Salt Lake City
Utah
Reed Smoot
Alice Taylor Sheets
Chicago
Barbara Cross
Medinah Country Club
Weather outlook for Tennessee and Virginia regions
Local thunder showers expected tonight and Tuesday in Tennessee with cooler conditions in the west on Tuesday. Virginia shows partly cloudy skies with probable showers Tuesday and late tonight in the western and northern areas, and moderate to fresh southerly winds. High yesterday 97, low 66. no rainfall reported on the listed dates. Readings were taken at 6 30 p m daily for the preceding 24 hours by C L Bunn, U S W O.
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Tennessee
Virginia
C. L. Bunn
U. 5
Capital Welcomes Atlantic Fliers In National Greeting
Washington hosts the trans Atlantic fliers of the Southern cross led by Charles Kingsford Smith as dignitaries from Britain Ireland the Netherlands and South Africa join President Hoover in welcoming the party to the capital. Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay arranges a quiet tribute for Kingsford-Smith before a White House reception.
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Washington
Southern Cross
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Rollingfield
Hoover
Ronald Lindsay
North Atlantic
New York
Kingsford- Smith
John W. Stannage
South Africa
White House
J. Patrick Saul
Irish Free State
Legation
Ewart van Dyke
Sir Ronald
Kingsford-Smith
Stannage
William J. B. MaCaulay
Captain Saul
J. H. van Royen
Netherlands
van Dyke
Saul
Cosgrave
Enforcement of Prohibition Law to Change Hands
Washington June 30 AP responsibility for enforcing the prohibition laws will pass to the justice department at midnight taking over the prohibition bureau from the treasury. Attorney General Mitchell will command the city forces aided by Youngwurst Woodcock and Jones as directors and assistant director of the division. He will seek state cooperation, saying unity of state and federal effort is needed for enforcement. Industrial alcohol and medicinal liquor remain under treasury control with permit authority shared. The transfer affects about 2,700 employees.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Hoover
Prohibition Bureau
The
Treasury
Mitchell
Youngwurst
Amos. W. W. Woodcock
Howard T. Jones
Division of
Prohibition
Prohibition “Bureau
Internal Revenue
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Last French troops leave Rhineland as Germans cheer
In Mayence on June 30, the last French army of occupation departed at 1:31 pm after a ceremony with General Guillaumat and Allied representatives. Spectators filled the court as the battalion marched out, the Marseillaise played, and cheers followed the color’s descent. Evacuation reduces Allied forces along the Rhine from half a million to about 25,000.
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Mayence
Germany
Grand Ducial Palace
Guilaumat
Guillaumat
Tirard
Inter- Allied
Rhineland Commission
Wiesbaden
Palace
Rhine
Minority Senators Urge Rejection of London Naval Pact
A minority report by three Senate Foreign Relations members urges rejection of the London naval treaty, arguing it denies U S equality in sea power and does not save taxpayers money. Senators Johnson California Moses New Hampshire Robinson Indiana criticize haste and defend fair naval limits while noting impending debate and a special session possible after adjournment.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations
Johnson
California
Moses
New Hampshire
Robinson
Indiana
Chipstead
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
America
Great Britain
Senate
Hoover
United States Navy
United States
Lingle’s finances suggest motive in slaying probe
Chicago. June 80 AP report notes Alfred Lingle earned 65 weekly yet bank records show deposits totaling thousands. Investigators found loans from politicians and gang-connected figures, while authorities withhold progress for fear of hindering the case. Separate note from New Bedford reports a missing pilot student, Omer Durrhas, 23, drowned near Buzzards Bay after his plane spun into the water.
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Chicago
Alfred
Jake) Lingle
Alfred Lingle
Tribune
New Bedford
Mass
Buzzards Bay
Omer Durrhas
Non-Stop Bermuda Flight by Columbia Crew
The monoplane Columbia piloted by Roger Q. Williams and Errol Boyd completed a non-stop flight from Rosevelt Field to Bermuda and back. The trip lasted 9 hours 12 minutes to Bermuda and 7 hours 3 minutes return, with mail dropped in Hamilton. Weather reports aided the mission and sharks were noted offshore.
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Roger Q
Williams
Columbia
Hamilton
Biel
Bermuda
Roger Q. Williams
Errol Boyd
Harry E. Connor
Roseevelt Field
E.S.T
Curtiss Field
Ste
James H. Kimball
New York
Atlantic
Georgia Leads Five Fatal Mishaps Across South
A Sunday crash toll tops eleven in the region with five Georgia deaths. In Douglasville a car left the road and ploughed into a train tender, injuring G W Beck, his wife, and son-in-law A H Shealey. Grantville saw Wilbur Drake and Walter Adcock killed after a collision with a telephone post. Other fatalities include Hubert Craig and Audra Powell in Arkansas, William Wrenn in Osceola, Rodney Eaves in Jackson Tennessee, Mrs F B Erwin in Chattanooga, and Dawson Mills the Johns Hopkins captain-elect killed near Baltimore when a tire blew out.
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Associated Press
Georgia
G. W. Beck
A. H. Shealey
Douglasville
Wilbur Drake
Walter Adcock
Grantville
Hubert Craig
Little Rock
Audra Powell
Sheridan-Little Rock
William Wrenn
Osceola
Ark
Jackson
Tenn
Rodney Eaves
FB Erwin
Chattanooga
Grid Star
Dawson Mills
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Camden
R.dy Scott
Memphis
Three Slayers Pay With Lives
BELLEFONTE, Pa June 30 AP Three men were electrocuted at Rockview prison Martin Avery and William Henry Sled both of Pittsburgh and Frank Tunza of Wilkes Barre who had lived in Bridgeport Conn Tunza once ran with Gerald Chapman all three denied innocence in final statements None of the bodies was claimed and they will be buried in Bellefonte Avery 19 Sled 30 were convicted for the 1929 holdup murder of Edward J Kretz at a Pittsburgh drug store Tunza was executed for the 1929 slaying of Policeman Thomas Krokosky of Luzerne Borough on September 24 1929
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Bellefonte
Rockview Penitentiary
Martin Avery
William Henry Sled
Pittsburgh
Frank Tunza
Wilkesbarre
Tunza
Bridgeport
Avery
Sied
Edward J. Kretz
Tanza
Thomas Krokosky
Luzerne Borough
Dime A Dime Incident In Evanston
J D Noble pointed a pistol at D L Eckberg on June 20 in Evanston then put it away and fled. Eckberg chased the suspect with a policeman and Noble was captured. Eckberg insisted he carried no money beyond a dime, prompting the officer to remark on the odd robbery attempt.
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Evanston
J. D. Noble
D. L. Eckberg
Noble
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Red) Frysthe
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