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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1927
Page
4
President Coolidge dedicates Wicker Memorial Park in Hammond Ind to soldiers and sailors with 100000 in attendance. He praises patriotism, idealism, and the Calumet region's growth while urging greater civic effort and inclusion in national progress.
Lindbergh's plane reportedly in shape for flight as of June 14. He renewed his pledge to advance aviation and showed interest in commercial and military fields. Authorities received inquiries on Atlantic-flight quotations from Germany and Argentina. Lindbergh privately visited Curtis Field at 7 am and spent an hour with pilots before returning home.
Mrs. Charles Buck of North Washington Street suffered severe burns when her clothing ignited yesterday in Brazil Indiana. Her husband, Charles Buck, woke to screams and smothered the flames with a rug before tearing away the burning garments. He and Mrs. Buck were then rushed to medical aid as she remained unconscious.
Berlin reported mutual apologies and a cash settlement enabled Chamberlin's Belenca monoplane to resume its flight. German claims of a nine thousand dollar medical debt against Levine were resolved after the U S Embassy offered funds to prevent attachment of the aircraft.
Secretary Mellon announced that medicinal whisky demand has decreased this year and treasury officials will have more time to decide on a plan to increase supply. It was unclear if the move signals government supervised corporations forming to use the fall corn crop as previously suggested by Assistant Secretary Andrews.
Charles Lindbergh, greeted by 6,000,000 fans, rests in New York after arrival. He speaks at two events and attends a midnight show at the Winter Garden. Gov. Al Smith and Clarence H. Mackay host him at a Mackay estate dinner, delaying other guests. his stay is booked through Friday morning.
Mrs. Mabel Clements aged 26 was sprayed with acid outside a friend’s home in Indianapolis. She entered a back yard gap when a woman emerged from behind a shed and hurled liquid from a bottle before fleeing in a parked car. Police lack suspect details beyond an empty bottle.
Police investigated rumors of a man kidnapping a screaming woman. They found a Bloomington man and his wife. A officer explained the wife had been driving too loud from the back seat.
Knoxville Tenn June 14 Three trainmen were killed when two Southern Railway freight trains met in a head on collision at Pak s about fourteen miles from Knoxville today. The dead are William Mells engineer J R Coughron fireman and Jesse Needlow brakeman.
The National Aeronautic Association said twenty five thousand dollars were deposited in a Dallas bank to back a 144 hour nonstop flight from Dallas to Hong Kong.
Rapid City reports a festive scene as President Coolidge is set to arrive Wednesday for a summer stay at the state game lodge about 32 miles from the city. Sioux chiefs in war bonnets, cowboys in flamboyant attire, and western pageantry are promised for the welcome.
The disposition of 75 million dollars in Soviet orders planned for Great Britain will be decided Thursday in Europe. The United States Germany and Czecho Slovakia are expected to receive the bulk of orders if financing is solved satisfactorily.
Francesco de Pinedo, Italian four contintent flyer, hopes to circle the globe with no stops. He told Carriere de la Sera during a Lisbon stop en route to Rome via Barcelona that rest days spoil the adventure.
Benjamin and John Mullet brothers are being hunted by a posse near Offutt Kentucky after the killing of Orville Stevens and wounding of Kelly Patrick in front of the Royal Collier Coal company commissary. The men are sons of Squire John Mullet of Offutt. An argument with Stevens led to the shooting.
Captain Pelletier D'Oisy and Lieutenant Goin were saved after their airplane burst into flames shortly after taking off from Le Bourget in a bid to reclaim France's non stop distance record to India. The craft rose about 150 feet before toppling and burning.
Col. Lindbergh refused to give a farewell for the capital as he prepared to depart for New York. He declined to discuss President Coolidge, saying he could not talk to reporters and smiled at questions about his White House visit. He added he would be back someday.
Lindbergh is the newest Texas town in Starr county west of Rio Grande City on a large tract for cotton fruit and truck farming. Its name was announced by promoters of the development.
A car collided with a Southern Railway passenger train near Irondale Alabama killing one man and three children and injuring another man. The dead were F Hasterwood of Pinegrove and his three children Tid Johnson of Pinegrove was injured.
Mrs Artie G Cullop wife of former Congressman William A Cullop collapsed on a Vincennes sidewalk and died minutes later. She was about 70 and nationally known in political and social circles. She planned to seek the US Senate nomination before supporting her husband. She leaves her husband and one son, with funeral services set at her home Thursday at 2 PM.
Cherbourg France June 14 Jack Pickford brother of Mary arrived to obtain a friendly divorce from Marylyn Miller musical comedy star. He disembarked from the Cunard liner Berengaria and left for Paris to arrange the divorce formalities.
The battered body of Mrs Ethel Price, wife of patrolman Lory Price, was recovered from a southern Illinois mine shaft, tying to claims by Art Newman that Birger gang followers killed her after abducting her and her husband. The recovery followed three days of digging.
A White House on wheels carries President Coolidge and 86 travelers through Ohio toward the Black Hills vacation site. The train features pets including Rebecca the raccoon Blackie the fox terrier Rob Roy Prudence Prim and a movie theater in a dining car plus sun parlor royal beds.
London dispatch reports numerous executions across the Soviet Union as part of an expansion of the extermination program. The Warsi correspondent notes many spies are shot or sentenced, with claims of executions in Vladivostok and Irkutsk amid official countermeasures and a tense atmosphere surrounding a Soviet minister's assassination claim.
The readable lines note a week with limited extension of the event and a mention of a prosecution extending only to a provocation area, but many figures and words are missing making details uncertain. The passage preserves hints of timing and legal action without concrete specifics.
In Chicago a conference between coal operators and representatives adjourned today after discussing ending the strike. A committee will finalize a settlement proposal and the wage scale in Illinois.
Benjamin Franklin Levine pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the slayings of five Morrell family members in Tampa on May 27. Leonard Thompson faced a separate indictment for murdering family members and pleaded not guilty. Arraignment occurred before Circuit Court Judge F. M. Robleson amid secrecy. Police and National Guard units engaged in the violence surrounding the case.
Noted writer Jerome K Jerome died in Northampton at age 68. He authored the novel On the Stage among others, gaining fame for his humor and stage works. His passing marks the end of a prolific career in letters.
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