Post and Gatty Take Off Again On Siberian Hop
American fliers Wiley Post and Harold Gatty left Berlin in the Winnie Mae on the Siberian leg of their world flight. They aimed for the Urals toward Novosibirsk and Irkutsk, about 2600 miles away, planning to finish the longest stage tonight.
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Eugene Lyons
United Press
Moscow
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Berlin
Winnie Mae
Germany
Bremen
Otto Hillig
Holgar Hoims
Newfoundland
Goperniges
Krefeld
Rhine Valley
Europe
Hillig
Hoirtts
Atlantic
Liberty
Harriss
Prefeld
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Copenhaim
American
da Wiley Post
Denmark
Openhagen
Holgar Horris
Atlantic Ocean
Happine
Holms
Vanderbilt Goes Western and Seeks Quiet Shooting Duel
Reno reports Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. again drew his pistol in a western style challenge amid the Vanderbilt Arno feud. He warned his guns are loaded and boasted four expert marksman medals, dismissing subpoenas and target practice as unnecessary.
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Reno
Cornelius Vanderast Jr
Vanderbilt
Nevada youth chosen for national sound film tests
Carson City reports Governor Balzar and Superintendent W W Anderson will pick a Nevada student to travel to Washington D C in early July to take part in tests evaluating the value of sound films in public school instruction. Walter Newton, Hoover's secretary, asked governors to have state superintendents select a boy or girl for the July 6 tests at George Washington University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Balzar
W. W. Anderson
Nevada
Washington, D. C
Walter Newton
Hoover
Washington
George Washington University
Hopeland to be buried in Seattle Washington
Raymond Hopeland who died after heat prostration in Boulder City was buried in Seattle. He was a Norway native with a Las Vegas based father and has relatives in Seattle. Trader Horn Alfred Aloysius Horn 82 known worldwide died at Whitstable after a long noted career.
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Raymond Hopeland
Boulder City
Seattle
Wash
Las Vegas
Norway
Trader Horn
London
Alfred Aloysius Horn
Whitstable
Central News
Woman Magistrate Found Guilty Of Five Counts Of Malfeasance
New York judges fast tracked a verdict finding Magistrate Jean Norris the first woman in her post guilty on five counts of malfeasance. She was ordered removed from the bench. Minutes later Jesse Silbermann faced trial on alleged unfitness to serve. Isidor J. Kresel was indicted for perjury tied to Bank of United States inquiry testimony.
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N. Y
New York
Courts of Justice
Jean Norris
Appelate Division
Supreme Court
Norris
Jesse Silbermann
Bank of United States
Samuel Seabury
Death charge against Eva May Hall dropped
Washington dispatch reports Eva May Hall cleared of murder charges while Stimson plans a Rome voyage for debt talks. President Hoover’s one year moratorium on war debt gains cautious French acceptance as negotiations continue through Paris Rome and London.
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Eva May Hall
Charles M. McCann
United Press
Washington
UPI
Hoover
Henry L. Stimson
Italy
France
Stimson
Orefer
Treasury
Andrew W. Meilon
Paris
Naples
Berlin
London
Mrs Hall Granted Dismissal Then Recharged In Murder Case
After no state objection Louis Cohen moves to dismiss murder charge against Mrs Hall. Judge Ryam grants the request but Deputy Sheriff Martelltti not informed yet. Mrs Hall to be arraigned at 10 am. Reading of preliminary hearing testimony for John Hall resumes Saturday. The couple were chased to the California line. she allegedly held Mrs O Brien while he shot her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Cohen
Ney
Officials to Fight Hoppers in Nevada
Federal county and state agricultural offices act to curb grasshopper infestations across Douglas Lyon Elko and White Pine counties. Cecil Creel Nevada agricultural service director and entomologist C C Wilson visit Jack Valley Douglas County then plan tours to Lyon Elko and White Pine counties to aid ranchers and protect seed alfalfa fields.
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Reno
Douglas
Lyon
Elko
White Pine
Cecil Creel
Nevada Agricultural Service
C. C. Wilson
Jacks Valley
Douglas County
Lyon County
Coast League Scores and Postponements
Coast League scores show San Francisco defeating Oakland 6 to 5 in a 14 inning affair. Highlights include Zahniser Caster and Hoffman for the winners and Davis Delaney and Mealy for the losers. Rain caused postponements of the Oakland-Portland and Sacramento-Seattle games due to wet grounds.
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San Francisco
Zahniser, Caster and Hoffman
Davis, Delaney and Mealy
Oakland
Portland
Seattle
Memorial cemetery planned for Hoover Dam workers
Las Vegas business leader Cragin pushes federal memorial near Boulder City to honor workers killed in Hoover Dam project. He cites premature explosions, heat and rockfalls as hazards. calls for standard headstones and a monument to those who lose their lives during the six and a half year construction era. The effort follows recent fatalities and aims to preserve memory of the men on the dam’s firing line.
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George D. Crissey
United Press
Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
Arizona
A. Ruth
Ruth
Washington, D. C
Dutchman
Pinal County
Nevada News Bureau
Boulder City
Ernie Cragin
Las Vegas
Cragin
Black Canyon
Hoover Dam
Scotty Aims to Break Transcontinental Flight Record
Death Valley Scotty aka Walter Scott and James Hall plan a record run to beat the west-to-east mark of 12 hours 25 minutes set by Capt. Frank Hawks. Hall recently logged seven hours 45 minutes for a non stop Vancouver to Agua Caliente flight. Scott’s LA to Chicago railroad record is 44 hours 54 minutes set in 1905.
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Los Angeles
Death Valley
Walter Scott
Chicago
Einstein asks pardon for Mooney and Billings
Sacramento notes Governor James Rolph Jr. received a letter from Albert Einstein urging an absolute pardon for Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings. The exchange highlights a high profile clemency request from the famed physicist.
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Sacramento
Calif
U.P
James Rolph Jr
Albert Einstein
Tom Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Dam workers to be doubled on Hoover project
Felix Kahn, treasurer of Six Companies, Inc., said 2250 men were currently employed on railroad and other construction for the Hoover project. The number would be doubled within the next sixty days in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Felix Kahn
Companies, Inc
Film Director Goes Into Court Over MGM Contract
Los Angeles June 25 W S Van Dyke renowned film director carried a contract dispute with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer into superior court today. He declared that he signed with the studio but the case moved to court.
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Los Angeles
U.P
W. S. van Dyke
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Superior Court
van Dyke
Murderer near death after prison knife fight in Texas penitentiary
One inmate near death and another in solitary confinement after a dining room knife fight at the Texas state penitentiary. Hoptoe Bauer, serving a 99 year murder sentence from Fort Worth, cut John Pringle, a 25 year murder sentence from Fort Worth, in a bid to kill him. Pringle’s chances of recovery were described as slim. The fighting inmates and context reflect ongoing prison violence. The article also notes a 1929 census figure showing motor vehicle product purchases at 3.717 billion dollars annually.
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Huntdsvinne
Lex
Vune
Texas State Penitentiary
Hoptoe Bauer
Fort Worth
John Pringle
Pringle
Pittsburgh Mayor Indicted on Malfeasance in Food Purchases
Pittsburgh mayor Charles H. Kline and former Supplies Director Bertram L. Succop were indicted by a grand jury on 48 and 46 counts respectively. Bond set at 5,000 dollars each. Indictments stem from alleged favoritism in city food contracts and purchases, with fall trials planned. The case echoes prior removals for misbehavior in office and follows February charges by a local grocer.
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Pittsburgh
Charles H. Kline
Common Pleas Court
Bertram L. Succop
Kline
Succop
Joseph Cauffiel
Johnstown
Board of County Commissioners
Luzerne County
Houston
Children Burned When Bolt Strikes Tree In Firestorm
Heat wave across the nation drives temperatures toward 100 degrees. Lightning strikes start brush fires. four boys are burned in Pomona when a tree they played under is struck. One man, Joseph Dreaner, 60, dies from heat. Rain and cooler winds bring brief relief in Chicago and Milwaukee as temperatures linger near the 90s to mid 100s regionwide.
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Los Angeles
Joseph Dreaner
Pomona
Chicago
Middlewest
Pacific Coast
Ohio Valley
Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
C. A. Donnel
Peoria
Kiwanis Club
Juarez
Mex
el Paso
Tex
Colorado Plains
Rockies
Greeley Colp
Imperial Valley
Fresno
Nebraska
Kansas
Southwest
Iowa
Waterloo
Oklahoma
Texas
New Orleans
Bain
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Tennessee
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
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Post
Gatty
Ural
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Mrs. True Veneill
Veneill
Capital
Hopeland
North
Rome
Mellon
Eva
May Hall
John O’brien
Department
William R. Cas
Hall ‘le
Castle
Ogden L. Miller
Stimson Yesterdy
Britain
Hollywood
Bray and Mayer
Herrmann, Nelson and Campbell
California
Forry
Long Beach
Cal
Robert Fair
J. R. McFadden
Maricopa County
Scotty
Tein
Studios
MGM
Middle-West
N. Dakota
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