Byrd to Fly Atlantic Return as Civilian Plans Stir
Arthur Brisbane notes a mail circular promoting the 20 Palms Persian Village with the writer named as a founder, which he denies. he also cites Commander Byrd’s planned Friday return flight to Paris from New York weather permitting and comments on private enterprise in aviation alongside Coolidge and Ford forecasts, Lindbergh’s gaze beyond prison gates, and projections of air travel by Zeppelin and Central Railroad value.
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20 Palms
United States
Byrd
North Pole
Atlantic
Providence
New York
Paris
President Coolidge En Route to Black Hills Vacation
President Coolidge arrives in South Dakota on a special train en route to his summer residence in the Black Hills. A cheering crowd greets the President at Elkton as Senator Norbeck and 30 South Dakota citizens join the welcoming delegation.
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Coolidge
Black Hills
S. PD
South Dakota
Elkton
Norbeck
Rumors of a Russian Reign of Terror Spread
Reports circulating from Warsaw Riga and other hubs claim mass executions arrests and martial law in the Soviet Union with foreigners fleeing Moscow. Censorship blocks telegram confirmations and the sensational tale covers Vladivostok the Caspian region South Russia Moscow and Leningrad.
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Loni
Numors
Russia
Moscow
London
Warsaw
Riga
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Vladivostok
Caspian
South Russia
Leningrad
Admiral Von Torpitz narrowly escapes blaze at German Legion
The whiskers of Admiral Von Torpitz escaped a fire during a midnight blaze at the German Legion. He was visiting his daughter, the wife of the German minister, when fire crews intervened.
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Coprenhagen
Admiral von Torpitz
Ife
German Legion
Laredo’s Houdini At Large Again
Manuel Martinez known as Laredo’s Houdini escapes from Blue Ridge penal Marm with 20 Mexican prisoners. He slid through a floor hole under a dining room table to flee. Previously jailed for a J C Penny store robbery, he has escaped five times, prompting officers to say he spends more time at liberty than in prison.
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Manuel Martinez
Laredo
Blue Ridge
Martinez
Hirge
J. C
Ling
Tie
Lindbergh Takes Morning Rest After New York Banquet
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh slept in after a night of events in New York. He and his mother stay at Park Avenue. a noon luncheon at the Astor follows a city banquet in his honor. Four boyhood friends from Little Falls visit, and Mrs. Lindbergh plans to depart by train that afternoon.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Juliet Birdmen
Harry Frazee
Park Avenue
Hotel Astor
New York State Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Association
Tittle Falls
Minn
Troop Plan To Halt Oil Wells Drilling
Mexican authorities request federal troops from the War Department to stop illegal drilling and exploitation of wells by oil companies despite permit denials. Tampico Petroleum Agency is cited as the agency to oversee action and restore order.
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Mexico City
Oil Companien
Department of Commerce and Industry
War Department
Tampico Petroleum Agency
Ilegally
Hydro plane to search wooded area for Nungesser and Coli
In Quiebec on June 15 officials prepared to launch a hydro plane to investigate distress signals seen Sunday night in St. Germain township, possibly from the missing French aviators Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli rather than a surveying party.
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St. Germain
Charles Nungesser
Franceois Coli
Notorious Bandit Outwits Possemen
Tulsa reports the escape ofMatthew Kimes who tied Marshal George McAninch of Jennings, Oklahoma, to a tree and fled in a stolen car with a two year old child asleep inside. Pursuit spanned Payne Osage counties as Kimes fled toward the Osage hills after stealing the vehicle in Drumright.
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Tulsa
Okla
Jennings
Oklahoma
Matthew Kimes
Young Hawk
Kimes
Hominy
Osage County
Pawnee
Osage Hills
Drumright
Payne County
Aaloen
Air mail links eyed between Mexico and United States
Laredo and Nuevo Laredo poised to become air mail hubs as officials discuss a Mexico City to Nuevo Laredo route connecting with U S lines. Mexican post officials say extension from Dallas to San Antonio is likely and bids for Dallas to San Antonio routes will open soon.
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Dallas
San Antonio
Spinosa
Mexico City
Nuevo
Laredo
American Air Lines
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
United States
Rubenstein
Washington
Caldlas
Dr Frederick A Cook Loses Release Bid in Appeals Court
New Orleans June 15 The fifth United States Court of Appeals ruled that Federal Judge Wilson of Fort Worth erred in ordering the release of Dr Frederick A Cook on a five year probation and that the 1925 probation statute does not alter existing prisoner release statutes The decision affects multiple applications for release nationwide and preserves Cook’s 14 year prison sentence and $12000 fine for fraud convicted in November 1923.
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New Orleans
Frederick A. Cook
Supreme Court
United Edates Parole
Fran Seavenger
Fifth
United States Court of Appeals
Wilson
Fort Worth
Fe. Cook
Cook
Town in Valley Named for Lindy Browns villa
Adindbergh Texas, a new town in Starr county near Rio Grande City on the Rio Grande River, is being developed by St Louis capitalists who purchased land months ago. The town sits in the center of a large cotton truck and fruit farming area.
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Brownsvillas
Adindbergh
Texas
Starr County
Rio Grande City
Io Grande River
Taree Teaet Oof
St. Louis
Byrd May Fly Over All Europe
The New York Evening Post reports Commander Richard J. Byrd plans a Trans Atlantic flight with flexible legs. He may cross Europe and the Pacific, potentially stopping at South America Honolulu Tokyo or returning to the United States as his multistage journey unfolds.
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New York
New York Evening Post
Richard J. Byrd
American
Europe
Pacific Ocean
Byrd
South America
United States
Asia
Tokyo
Pacific
Honolulu
Prairie Pipe Line declares second quarter dividend
Directors of the Prairie Pipe Line Company announce a dividend of 2.40 dollars per share. Payment will be made July 1 to stockholders of record June 30.
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Independench
Kan
Prairie Pipe Line Company
Lindy Signs Life History Contract in Aviation Book Deal
New York reports Colonel Lindbargh signed the first of two million dollars in contracts for a 50,000 word life history book. The work covers his life, trip to Paris, receptions in Singland and Belgium, and his aviation views. Manuscript largely ready with royalties payment.
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New York
Lindbargh
Paris
Singland
Belgium
Third Range Sent to Marshall Amid Flogging Inquiry
Adjutant General Robertson ordered an additional guard to Marshall to assist the two already there in the investigation of the recent flogging of four persons. Private Ezelle was in Marshall when the investigation began with Private Osabna departing from Austin Monday to join them.
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Austin
Jund
Robertson
Marshall
Ezelle
Osabna
Tme
Reign of Terror Reported in Russia
Dispatches from Warsaw and other centers abroad describe reign of terror in Russia. Soviet officials call the reports sensational and rot, noting tension from war talk but otherwise normal conditions.
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Moscow
Russia
Warsaw
Todaay
Four Drown As Dam Gives Way Near Anaconda
A Montana flood after an unused power company dam failed swept 12 miles of the Wise river canyon and washed out bridges. Four ranchers—Pracey Trueman and family and Charles Ferguson—died when the Wise river post office was demolished. Search for other missing ranchers continued as debris blocked the Wise river area and Good Hole river overflowed.
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Anaconda
Montana
Wise River Canyon
Here
Montana Power Company
Severab
Pracey Trueman
Charles Ferguson
Wise River
Huntley Murderer Escapes From Prison Farm
Martinez and Williams, condemned for the murder of Geologist Storing Huntley in Zapata County on May 26, 1926, escaped from True Widge farm with 20 Mexican prisoners. They had been under death sentence, later commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Ferguson, and were transferred to Bexar jail pending appeal.
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Drug Martinez
Herming Charan Willams
Webb County
Storing Huntley
Pittsburgh
Zapata County
Perguson
Ite
Tunney
Triak
Martines
Wiliams
Bexar County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Ferguson
American fliers arrive in Karlsruhe after Baden Baden flight
Friedrichshafen Germany June 11 The American TransAtlantic aviators Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine completed their trip from Baden-Baden to Karlsruhe aboard a German passenger plane arriving at 9 15 AM. They were greeted by thousands of cheering spectators as they landed at the Loewenthal airfield.
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Friedrichsliafen
Germany
Baden-Baden
Karlsuhe
Claarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Friedrichshaafen
Loewenthal
League of Nations council warns on Soviet threat and Europe
European leaders convene to discuss a preventive approach amid Soviet Russia tension after Britain Poland rift and the Albania Yugoslavia break. Germany Japan and the United States weigh risks, arming a united front against any aggressor while avoiding a hostile ring around Russia.
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Cgiantgv
A. Bwilverand
Nations Council
Europe
Soviet
Russia
Britain
Poland
Jugo Slavin
Albania
Associated Press
Germany
Oto
Wild
League of
Laredo Inventor Puts Patent Into New York Film Venture
Allan Stowers of Laredo, son of Charles Stowers, develops a patent enabling synchronized motion pictures and natural voice. The Autophograph Co. formed in Laredo, later moved HQ to New York, leases patent to Vocafilm Corp of America with $6,000,000 capital. Laredo stockholders receive 2 percent of gross receipts from productions using the patent.
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New York
Longacre
Allan Stowers
Charles Stowers
Autophotograph Co
Laredo
John L. Danneley
New York City
Vocafilm Corporation of America, Inc
Bids Opened for New Walls Building in Laredo
Bids for a two story office building at the corner of Flores and Hidalgo streets were opened Wednesday by Judge John A. Wall. Multiple Laredo and San Antonio contractors submitted bids for the construction of the pulasd he owner.
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Lores
Fridalgo Streets
Woodnesday
John A. Wall
Laredo
San Antonio
Encmange
Pula Sd
Yugoslav Albania sever ties after legation withdrawal
Belgrade reports Albania completes severing diplomatic ties as Yugoslavia withdraws its legation and passports. The move follows the June 4 withdrawal of Yugoslav staff after an Albanian arrest incident. Italy had warned of influence, while a 1929 Tirana treaty is cited as contested and imprecise in scope.
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Belgrade
Jugo Slavia
Sui
Albania
Tsena
Bey
Beiig Jugo Slavia
Jugo Shivian
Mrana
Nut
Jugo Slaving Legation
Dania
Puka
Jugo’ Slavi
Italy
Juro
Tirana
Paet
Woman, son report attack blamed on Ku Klux Klan
In Toccoa Georgia residents discuss a brutal assault on Mrs. Bow and her 15 year old son Lloyd. Four men allegedly tied to the Ku Klux Klan were named by Mrs. Bow and police investigated possible Klan involvement. Authorities indicated no final link to the organization.
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Toccoa
Ansley
Galiville
Cgin
Ku Klux Klan
Kinte
Peralatent
Four Men Cleared After Night of Theft Convictions
Four men believed freed after a night of confusion related to three burglaries. The group faced earlier convictions for burglary and robbery, including thefts from a road station. Authorities confirm ongoing investigations and no additional charges at this time.
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Clayton
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