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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1931
Page
8
June 5 marked graduation at the academy as 441 graduates received diplomas. 392 were commissioned as ensigns or lieutenants in the marine corps, with many planning to pause for leave before future postings.
Laura Ingalls, a young aviator from New York, plans to pilot a big monoplane across the Atlantic. She announced the projected flight in the east and has arrived in Los Angeles for preparations, eyeing the historic milestone.
The report notes preparations for a new aircraft design nicknamed Nichols Winged Ship. Tests are planned in Newfoundland before a Paris flight, as authorities evaluate the craft over the Lindbergh trail.
At a June 5 quarterly session of the National Live Stock Marketing Association a Farm Board subsidiary, officials urged a fix for the gap between retail beef prices and live cattle costs. A committee was formed to consult packers on wholesale beef pricing, ensure fair livestock profits, and check retailer pricing alignment.
New York AP reports Dr Edward E Hicks a Brooklyn psychiatrist who opposed Dr A A Brill’s claim that Lincoln humor was off color adds refutation. Hicks cites Lincoln anecdotes as familiar in Greek plays in 00 B C and asserts they reflect folk humor rather than impropriety.
The Citizens State Bank in Okéemah Oklahoma was robbed when R O Henley 35 intoxicated entered and obtained about $100 from the till before being overpowered by Jim McMahan an insurance man and bank employee. Henley was arrested on the scene. A French aviatrix Mile Lena Bernstein sustained slight injuries in a takeoff incident at Istres France on June 5 AP.
The Northern Baptist convention adopted a resolution disavowing approval of a federal council of churches commission pronouncement on birth control. The resolution, approved by acclamation in Kansas City, states the pronouncement does not reflect the denomination's position. Four die in Oregon accident near Oregon City when a heavy truck and trailer burst into flames injuring another.
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