Chamberlin Flight Reaches Germany Prompted by President
A telegram from President Coolidge congratulates Clarence Chamberlin on his nonstop flight from America to Germany. Kellogg directs delivery of the message via the State Department to the American embassy, praising the feat and safe arrival.
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Associated Press
Washington
Clarence Chamberlin
Germany
Coolidge
America
State Department
Kellogg
Mob Threat Grows as Suspect Is Brought to Mobile
Walter Burley, an African American, confessed to killing two white women near Jackson Mississippi. He arrived in Mobile at 1 a m and was jailed as guardsmen were mobilized to protect him. Officials planned possible transfer toward the coast or New Orleans amid mob fears.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Walter Burley
Jackson
Miss
Negro confesses to double slaying at Mississippi dairy
Walter Burley, a discharged dairy worker, admitted killing Mrs. O S Rees and Miss Martha Rees at the dairy farm near Jackson. He shed light on the crime after guards ferried him through mob scenes and police moved him to safety, then to Hattiesburg and an undisclosed destination amid ongoing unrest.
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Jackson
Miss
Walter Burley
O. S. Rees
Martha Rees
Rees
Burley
Hattiesburg
Dennis Murphree
Vicksburg
Pearl River
Rotary International Opens Eighteenth convention in Ostend
King Albert inaugurates the eighteenth Rotary International convention in Ostend Belgium before about eight thousand delegates. He addresses more than 3000 American Rotarians in English praising cross Atlantic links and the Lindbergh flight as proof of Rotarian spirit and influence.
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Associated Pres Albert
Atlantic
Lindbergh
A&a
Famed scientist dies in laboratory gas tragedy
Dr. Abraham Zingher renowned bacteriologist was found asphyxiated in his New York City research office. Gas from a detached bunsen tube filled the room as he worked on Dick immunization for scarlet fever, a death friends call martyrdom to science.
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Associated Press
New York
Abraham Zingher
City Research Laboratory
Dr. Zingher
Mr Coolidge Sets Navy Salute Record at Fleet Review
President Coolidge reviews the fleet as 420 shots ring out, 21 by each of 20 flagships, and he returns 20 salutes in kind.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wives of Airmen Plan To Join Husbands In Berlin
Two New York wives Mrs. Clarence D. Chamberlin and Mrs. Charles A. Levine prepare to sail to Berlin after news their husbands flew to Germany. They thank Bellanca and Levine for the flight and express relief after the plane reached the continent.
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Associated Press
New York
Berlin
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Germany
Bellanca
Continent
Chamberlin
Eisleben
Levine
Belle
Lindsey Loser Over Court Action in 1924 Election
Ben B. Lindsey former Denver juvenile judge failed to obtain Supreme Court review of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling. The decision confirmed his defeat in the November 1924 election to Royal R. Graham.
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Lindsey I
Denver
Associated Press
Washington
Ben B. Lindsey
Colo
Supreme Court
Colorado Supreme Court
Royal R. Graham
Gems Recovered After Livermore Home Burglary Arrests
Police recovered about 150000 in gems including 85000 jewel set from Jesse L Livermore’s home after the arrest of a man and detention of a woman on a Long Island train at Ronkonkoma. Three other men were taken into custody as detectives seized the valuables linked to the Livermore and Aronsohn thefts.
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New York
Jesse L. Livermore
Wall Street
Long Island
Ronkonkoma
Livermore
Harry Aronsohn
Mississippi River Reaches Flood Stage From Missouri to Gulf
The Mississippi River rose to flood stage from northern Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico with levels in St. Louis at about two feet over flood stage. Weather officials forecast the gauge to reach around 2.6 feet Tuesday and 3 feet at the crest by Wednesday, with only low lands affected.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
In Khaki and Hip Boots Women Go on Usual Rounds
Morgan City reports flood alters fashion and transport as women shop from boats. Water fills streets while dress is traded for khaki and hip boots and nearly every home keeps a boat fleet to replace cars. Light and power stay uninterrupted and ice remains plentiful.
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Morgan City
River Stage Readings Across Mississippi Basin
River stage reports from Memphis to New Orleans show fluctuations with rises at Memphis and Baton Rouge and falls at Vicksburg and Natchez. Some stations list no report and others note minor changes or renewals in readings.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Ccscencone
Vicksburg
Natchez
Angola
St. Louis
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Red
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Atchafalaya
Melville
Morgan City
Ohio Grits
Sasea
Mrs Clarence Chamberlin to Receive $5000 Honor
Clarence D Chamberlin and his wife are singled out for recognition of his trans Atlantic flight. The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce will present Mrs Grace Levine five thousand dollars for her role as co pilot's wife. The gifts aim to accompany the pilots as they travel to Europe to meet their spouses. The organization sponsored the cancelled New York to Paris flight of the Columbia.
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Clarence D. Chamberlin
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Jonas
Grace Levine
Europe
New York
Paris
LIDS OFF IN CHAMBERLIN'S HOME TOWN
Denison Iowa erupts with pride as news arrives that Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A Levine near completing their trans Atlantic flight. A cable from the town cheers the aviators with a royal welcome awaiting Clarence upon return.
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Chamberlin
Denison
Iowa
Attaboy
Clarence
Europe
Clarence Chamberlin
Son
Charles A. Levine
Doubdt
Log of Transatlantic Flight Stops and End Point
The log records a nonstop flight path from Roosevelt Field New York through multiple East Coast and Atlantic waypoints to a final landing near Berlin. It lists times and locations including North Westport Massachusetts Long Pond Marshfield Yarmouth and Cape Race along with a late night approach to Eisleben Germany and the village of Klinge near Kottbus. The journey notes refueling at Eisleben and a landing near Berlin followed by a stop at Madgeburg and final arrival near Klinge.
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Long Pond
Mass
Marshfield
Yarmouth
LaHave Harbor
Peggy's Points
Chebuck
Head
N. S
Shag Ledge
Lighthouse
Wedge Island
Salaccia
St. Pierre
Miquelon
St. Shotte
N.F
Trepassy
N. F
Cape Race
Eisleben
Germany
Madgeburg
Berlin
Klinge
Kottbus
Slaying of Two Detroit Women Investigated
Police probe into the strangling deaths of Minnie May 53 and Naresh Chandra Atorthy 25 in Detroit details fingerprints and a neighbor’s sighting of a man entering the flat last Wednesday. Bodies found in Mrs May’s apartment. post mortem to determine cause. Authorities seek Atorthy’s divorced husband, who has been unreachable.
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Detroit
Minnie May
Naresh Chandra Atorthy
Charles T. Earl
Record flight distance credited by geological survey
Washington report states Chamberlin and Levine logged a 3 905 mile flight from Roosevelt field to Eisleben, with Lindbergh's distance listed as 3 610. Computation came at the request of Carl F. Schory, secretary of the national aeronautical association.
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Washington
Chamberlin
Levine
Geological Survey
Roosevelt Field
Eisleben
Carl F. Schory
National Aeronautical Association
American Airmen End Long Flight Near Berlin
The Bellanca monoplane Columbia piloted by Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine completed a 42 hour non stop leg from Eisleben to a marsh near Klinge Brandenburg failing to reach Berlin but setting a new long distance record about 3800 miles from Roosevelt Field. They started from Raneswoelt field and landed at Eisleben after 120 miles more would have reached Berlin.
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Associated Press
Berlin
West Atlantic
Columbia
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Eisleben
Saxony
New York
Klinge
Kottbus
Brandenburg
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Raneswoelt
Hoover to Lead All Day Rehab Sessions in Monroe
Announcement of a major rehabilitation conference in Monroe for all Northeast Louisiana parishes. Secretary Hoover will oversee sessions at Hotel Virginia on Wednesday with Red Cross and state rehabilitation leaders present. A similar event is planned in Alexandria afterward.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Seey. H. C. Hoover
South
State Line
Red River
Red Cross
State Rehabilitation Committee
Col. W. H. Sullivan
Bogalusa
Hoover
Hotel
Virginia
Alexandria
J. Wassistant
James R
Red Crasg
Erson
Missouri
Arkansas Capital
H. R. Speed
Ate Rehabilitation Board
Sonteregoe Gu Wedpeagay
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Sameone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Pat
North Westport
Scilly Islands
England
Land's End
Padstown
Plymouth
Boulogne Sur Mer
France
Dortmund
U. S
Templehofer Field
Las Thansa
German Air League
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