Pioneering flyer Maughan nears coast on continental hop
Lieutenant Russell L. Maughan continues his dawn-to-dusk attempt to cross the continent. He departs St. Joseph Missouri toward Cheyenne and then heads toward the coast, reporting a well-running plane and good progress despite weather delays. He stops briefly at Rosecrans Field after covering about 1141 miles and awaiting a near-term departure for the next leg.
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Bulletinternational News Service
Roscrans Field
St. Joseph
Lieut
Russell L. Maughan
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lieut. Maughan
Rosecrans Field
Bulletin International News Service
Rosecrans
Maughan
Wyoming
Quincy
Ill
Missouri
Macon
St. Louis
Dayton
Russell Maughan
McCook Field
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Army Flier
San Francisco
Salduro
Utah
Vacation costs and mountain dreams amid travel woes
The poem expresses longing for sea and mountains but admits lack of funds to travel. It contrasts vacation desire with a months long wait, noting weather and finances shape plans as 88 degree heat arrives. The Dayton Ohio dispatch reports Lt Russell Maughan’s cross country flight facing a minor gasoline leak delaying refueling before continuing toward St. Joseph and San Francisco.
Delegates Battle Lines Form At Democratic Convention
New York June 23 delegates pour into the Democratic national convention where McAdoo clings to a lead while Smith pushes delegates with businesslike efficiency. Tensions rise as potential breaks and dark horse candidates Davis Ralston Underwood and Glass loom, with rumors of splits in Missouri Iowa Michigan and Texas. The Ku Klux Klan plank shapes the fight as McAdoo faces anti Klan pressure from Smith Underwood allies and Moore declares 590 votes in play.
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George R. Holmes
International News Service
New York
William G. McAdoo
al Smith
McAdoo
Smith
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Samuel M. Ralston
Indiana
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Carter Glass
Virginia
Ralston
Texas
Iowa
Missouri
Michigan
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
Underwood
Citizens Rally Against Anarchy After Bomb Attack
New Castle residents packed the First Methodist church to denounce the dynamite attack on County Detective Jack M. Dunlap's home. Speakers urged swift punishment for the guilty and pledged unwavering support for law enforcement led by District Attorney R. Lawrence Hildebrand and Mayor W. H. Dunlap.
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New Castle
First Methodist
Jack M. Dunlap
Mr. Dunlap
R. Lawrence Hildebrand
W. H. Dunlap
Emery
Dunlap
William H. Dunlap
Fort Sumter
Black Handerg
Bomberg
Parking Prohibited Around Fisher Building for Flower Show
Chief of Police J Ed Elder received council permission to set a no parking zone around the Fisher building on Washington Street for the Flower Show on June 25 and 26. Parking is banned 10 feet on each side of the building.
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J. Ed Elder
Council
Fisher Building
Washington Street
Violent Midwest Storms Kill Several as Tornado Strikes Near Tracy
Violent storms on Sunday left six dead and many injured across the Midwest. Chicago reported three deaths including a man who fell from an 11th story window. a caddy was killed by lightning and a fire captain died during the storm. A tornado near Tracy Minnesota killed three and injured about twenty. Crops and power lines suffered heavy damage as the system moved east from the Dakotas.
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International News Service
Chicago
Michael Shagney
Stanley Bariel
Timothy Murrphy
Tracy
Minn
Dakotas
Minnesota
Rose Show Opens Tuesday Morning
The Rose Show opens Tuesday and Wednesday June 24 and 25 drawing interest from local gardeners and nearby towns. Carnegie Steel contributes blooms from the conservatory grown by Mr. Lash as part of efforts to form a Garden Club for flower lovers. entry closes at 10 a.m. Tuesday with judges meeting at 11. The event is held in the former Fisher furniture store room.
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Ellwood City
New Wilmington
Carnegie Steel Company
Lash
Fisher Furniture
Death Notices for Five Locals Include Ages and Streets
Thomas J. Price 78 of 609 Long Avenue. Isabel Bates 78 of Youngstown Ohio. Raymond F. Cramer 21 of 214 Pearson Street. J Boggs 1 of Ellwood City. Lorenzo Booker 85 of Slippery Rock Township.
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Thomas J. Price
Long Avenue
Isabel Bates
Youngstown
O. Raymond F. Cramer
Pearson Street
J. Boggs
Ellwood City
Lorenzo Booker
Slippery Rock Township
Democratic Leaders Draft Tentative Platform Without League
An unofficial group of Democratic leaders adopted a tentative platform focusing on oil scandals corruption and farm relief for the coming campaign. They will submit it to the resolutions committee with few changes expected and decided to keep the League of Nations out as a national issue.
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William K. Hutchinson
New York
Committee On
Cordell Hull
Homer
Cummings
Resolutions Committee
League of Nations
League
Langhorne Tragedy: Family Slain as Son Then Kills Self
Investigators probe the Langhorne Pennsylvania case where Mr and Mrs Gillan and their son Clarence were found dead in their Woodside farmhouse. Police believe the son killed his parents and then died by suicide. Neighbors forced entry after not seeing the family since Wednesday.
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International News Service
Langhorne
Jonathan Gillan
Clarence
Woodside
News Snapshots From Hartford and Nearby Areas
The report lists multiple incidents including the death of Thomas Clendenning aged 69 from heat in Hartford Ohio, and Benjamin Downey aged 55 drowning after cramps in Duncard Creek near Waynesburg Pennsylvania. It also notes a missing person found in Jefferson Ohio, school enforcement suits in Pittsburgh, a lineman killed near Easton Pennsylvania, a medical malpractice case in New Philadelphia Ohio, and a man crushed by a harrow in Reading Pennsylvania.
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Thomas Clendenning
Hartford
Paul Wyceoff
Benjamin Downey
Duncard Creek
Waynesburg
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Himself
Kk. H. Stewart and Associates of
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Brookfield Township
N. A. Thompson
Eli Thornburg
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Allen Street Railway Company
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Delphia Manley
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Reading
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