Graf Zeppelin Survives Storm on U S Approach
Graf Zeppelin and 19 passengers endured the worst storm of the voyage from Brazil to the United States. Commander Hugo Eckener spoke at Lakehurst after landing at 6 25 a m EST, noting a 69 hour 12 minute trip and that air service south of Pernambuco remains impractical for liners, though dirigibles may reach Pernambuco before transferring to airplanes.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Uri
United States
Brazil
Hugo Eckener
Martin Wronski
Europe
Latin America
Wronski
Graf
Germany
South American
Bermuda
Eckener
Pernambuco
Five Saved by Skill of Pilot in Blazing Plane
In Burbank on Memorial Day the pilot and co pilot safely landed a tri motored experimental cabin plane after a wing fire. Five passengers including Richard Barnitz Frances Jones and Robert Jones survived as spectators watched side slips and a controlled landing with flames around the wing. Fire was extinguished before fuel tanks ignited.
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Burbank
Calif
United
Richard B. Barnitz
Los Angeles Municipal
Frances Jones
Robert Jones
Robert Igen
Robert Ridwill
Burgen
Ridell
City Taxes Due Next Week
June taxes payable at the Office of the City Treasurer on June 2. Payment in June avoids penalties. Unpaid taxes incur 1 percent interest on July 1 and monthly thereafter. Office hours 8 to 12 and 1 30 to 5. Bessie M. Brown City Treasurer.
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Bessie M. Brown
City Treas. M3i
Recall groups push Bowles ouster in Detroit
Two recall groups directed petitions today for Mayor Charles Bowles’s removal. The second group formed over the first group’s slow progress toward 87,000 signatures. Walter B. Cary, head of a Michigan Insurance agency, leads the first group with 20,000 names already checked and stored.
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Detroit
U.P
Charles Bowles
Harold H. Emmons
Walter B. Cary
Michigan Insurance ,Agency
Cary
Mob Storms Jail Kills Accused Black Man in Chickasha
In Chickasha Oklahoma a mob of up to eight thousand stormed Grady county jail after a Black man accused of attacking a white woman and her baby was killed by a sniper as guardsmen fired blanks and bricks shattered the building. Dozens were injured and authorities sought mob leaders.
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Chickasha
Okla
Grady County
Henry Argo
189Th Field Artillery
Six Communists Face Possible Death Verdicts
Six communists are jailed in Fulton County awaiting possible death sentences under Georgia anti insurrection laws. Two defendants are women Mary Dalton and Anne Burlack. Prosecutor John Hudson says he will seek the death penalty in each case for alleged violent opposition and insurrection plots.
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Foster Haton
United Press
Atlanta
U.P
Fulton County
America
Mary Dalton
Anne Burlack
John H. Hudson
de Garr
M. Hi. Powers
Henry Story
Gilmer Grady
New York
Hudson
Georgia
Speed Classic Fatal Crash Marred Memorial Day Run
Billy Arnold won the 500 mile Memorial Day classic at Indianapolis in a four hour fifty eight minute forty second run at about 100 mph. One mechanic died, two others critically injured, and 50,000 in wrecked cars marked the costly event. Shorty Cantlon finished second, Louis Schneider third, Louis Meyer fourth as 38 drivers started amid dozen crashes.
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Mark H. Knight
United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
America
Billy Arnold
Chicago
Indianapolis Speedway
Arnold
Grinth
Peter de Paolo
Paul Marshall
Detroit
Shorty Cantlon
Arnolds
Cantlon
Louis Schneider
Louis Meyer
Southgate
Galif
Sampson
Ten Die As Fishing Graft Capsizes Off Santa Monica
Ten or more feared drowned when the Ameco capsized off Santa Monica during a holiday fishing excursion. Survivors report the propeller fouled in kelp and a second wave turning the boat, throwing 58 passengers into the bay. Names identified include Margaret Keller 20 Santa Monica Co C Barnett 28 Los Angeles John W Lockhart 14 Pasadena. Coroner’s inquest planned. federal probe planned into operation of the fishing craft.
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George H. Beale
United Press
Santa Monica
Calif
U.P
Bay
Margaret Keller
Co. C. Barnett
Los Angeles
John W. Lockhart
Pasadena
Ameco
Bill Lightfoot
Henry Vandeberg
Lightfoot
Hundreds Battle Red River Flood in Northern Louisiana
In Alexander Louisiana May 31 volunteers reinforced levees along the Red River as flood waters rose toward a crest. Levee breaches threaten 250000 acres and up to six people dead with more bodies feared as waters recede. The Red Cross appeals for funds to aid over 10000 displaced citizens.
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Caddo
Grant
Bossier
Red Cross
Coast Guard Plans Extended War on Rum Runners This Summer
The United States Coast Guard announced an intensified effort against rum runners this summer. Thirty three fast picket boats are under construction in Michigan and New York and will patrol the Great Lakes in July. Six to eight new flying boats are planned for the Atlantic coast to detect ram running vessels with speeds around 120 miles per hour and a wide cruising radius.
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Washington
United States Coast Guard
Benton Harbor
Mich
Brooklyn
N. Y
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Coast Guard
Barrel ride memorial stunt ends with Hill rescued
William Red Hill survived Memorial Day by riding Niagara River in a rubber fur lined steel barrel. He was towed to mid river and released, then rescued five hours later opposite Queenstown Onf.
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Niagara
Falls
Ont
William
Red) Hill
Niagara River
Hill
Queenstown
Guard shoots ringleader in Ohio prison riot
London Ohio May 31 Armed guards at the state prison farm faced 45 inmates who attempted an escape after a riot. The alleged ring leader Sam Mazele Youngstown was shot by a guard as he tried to break his cell lock. Superintendent Amrine said guards were instructed to shoot to kill if mutiny or escape occurred. Mazele had been jailed for burglary and grand larceny.
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London
Ohio
U.P
State Prison
Sam Mazele
Youngstown
Ohio State Penitentiary
Mazelo
W. F. Amrine
Amrine
Mazele
Despondent Owosso Man Kills Self Over Finances
Elmer Terry, 28, of Owosso, Mich., shot himself with a shotgun in a change of fortune implied by financial troubles. His wife and two children were in the garden at the time. He had been drinking, according to his wife.
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Owosso
Mich
U.P
Elmer Terry
Terry
Log of Graf Zeppelin Arrival and Course Movements
The report records the Graf Zeppelin flight path from Friedrichshafen Germany visiting Seville Pernam Buco Rio de Janeiro Lakehurst and San Juan Puerto Rico. It notes flight times dates and routes with weather-related diversions and positions over the Atlantic and near Delaware Bay.
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United Press
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Seville
Spain
Parbedoes Island
Havana
Lakehurst
Cuba
San Juan
Porto Rico
Delaware Bay
Fenwicks
Lakehuurst
N. Se
Canada Passes Law Forbidding Liquor Export
Ottawa reports the Canadian government enacted Premier Mackenzie King’s liquor export bill to curb rum runners. Viscount Willingdon gave assent. the law bans exporting liquor to countries where it is prohibited and bars clearance for vessels bound for prohibition nations. Opponents warn export losses and possible loop holes.
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Ottawa
Ont
U.P
United States
Mackenzie
Viscount Willingdon
Canada
King
House of Commons
Senate
St. Pierre-Miquelon
Washington
Trios of Indian Rebels Fail in Sholapur Raid
Three national congress volunteers rode to Sholapur to hoist flags in defiance of martial law but were captured and sent back to Poona clothed only in loincloths. A planned mass raid on the Wadala salt works was scheduled for tomorrow as leaders escalated actions against British rule. In Rangoon, riots continue with 168 deaths and 700 injured since Monday as troops hold the city.
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Francis Low
United Press
Bombay
U.R
National Congress
Sholapur
Poona
India
Congress
Wadala
Burma
Rangoon
Alma Man Heads Post Office Clerks
Carl V. Shook of Alma was elected president of the United National Association of Post Office Clerks by 300 delegates at the Lansing convention on Memorial Day. Other officers include August Krueger Mussegon first vice president John H. Payne Detroit second vice president H. A. Licke Lansing secretary and F. Dillman South Haven treasurer. Mrs Hugh Gibbs Grand Rapids was re elected head of the ladies auxiliary.
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Lansing
U.P
Carl V. Shook
Alma
United National Association of Post Office Clerks
State House of Representatives Chamber
August Krueger
Mussegon
John H. Payne
Detroit
H. A. Licke
F. Dillman
South Haven
Hugh Gibbs
Grand Rapids
Congress May Adjourn Within Next Two Weeks
Congress leaders plan adjournment within two weeks with next week focusing on the tariff bill in the Senate and the following week on rivers and harbors three veterans bills and minor measures. A special Senate session may be called around June 16 to consider the London arms limitation treaty. The House aims to clear remaining legislation, while key items like Muscle Shoals railroad and court reform measures face delay.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
U.P
Congress
Senate
Hoover
House
Silionis
Deneen
Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission
Mt. Pleasant High Sings On WBCM Airwaves
Mt. Pleasant high school boys glee club was heard on Station WBCM Bay City during the Safety Hour. They sang three songs and were introduced by George Garnard head of schools. Next Tuesday at 7 pm the girls glee club will be featured on WBCM.
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Mt. Pleasant
WBCM
Bay City
George Garnard
Glee Club
Weather Forecast for Lower Michigan Rising Temperatures
Weather report for Detroit and nearby cities notes fair conditions tonight with gradually rising temperatures Sunday. Readings list Detroit 64 60 46 Duluth 46 64 68 42 Grand Rapids 48 64 40 with variances across locations and extreme east readings.
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Detroit
U.P
Lower
Michigan
Nortion
Duluth
Grand Rapids
Graf Zeppelin Arrives at Lakehurst on Long Atlantic Flight
The Graf Zeppelin lands at Naval Air Station Lakehurst after a 69 hour 12 minute flight from Pernambuco Brazil marking a long leg in a commercial south Atlantic route test. Commander Hugo Eckener leads 19 passengers as marines guard the field and the Los Angeles escorts arrive.
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Lyle G. Wilson
United Press
Lakehurst
N. J
U.R
United States
Naval Air Station
Pernambuco
Brazil
New York
South America
Europe
Atlantic
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Atlantic’ Coast Line
Hugo Eckener
New Yorkj
United States Naval
Los Angeles
Eckener
Washington
Graf
Garth
Dakehurst
Girl Scout Rally Planned at Mt Pleasant High School
Mt Pleasant Girl Scout unit sets a public rally in the high school auditorium Monday evening June 2. The program features singing, flag pledge, merit badge demonstrations, and an address by Prof P G Lantz on The Need for a Community Committee. An election of committee chairman will follow.
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Mt. Pleasant
Girl Scon
Aledge
Allegiant
Fox
P. G. Lantz
Mem Ae
Nam
Josephine Rogers
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