Byrd Honored in Boston Welcome Home Parade
Boston welcomed Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd home from Antarctic exploration with a parade through downtown led by Governor Frank G. Allen and Mayor James M. Curley. Byrd received a gold medallion, spoke briefly, and then joined his family for a Boston dinner at Brimmer Street before a city reception at Copley Plaza. Accompanying Byrd were Antarctic expedition members including pilots Bernt Balchen Harold June and Dean Smith Paul Sipple and Captain Gustave L. Brown.
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Associated Press
Boston
Richard &. Byrd
South Pole
Antarctic
South Station
Admiral Byrd
New York
State House
Dronch
Daltad
Frank G., Alle
Byrd
Brimmer Street
Copley Plaza
Bernt Balchen
Harold Yune
Dean Smith
Paul Sipple
Gusthve L. Brown
Fleanor Boillug
Trains Plunge Into Hood River Near Capreol
A CN RDC Rail car bound for Toronto plunged into the Hooded Vermilion River four miles west of Capreol during the night. The entire train except engine and tender derailed while search for bodies was inconclusive. Engineers drove the engine to Capreol for aid as doctors and welfare workers rushed to the scene. A new No. 4 train carried the uninjured to Toronto.
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Canadian National’ Railway
Caronto
Vermilion River
Mies
Caprenl
Capreol
Toronto
Ship Takes on Stores Here
The Dutch ship Damaire left the Atlanta Gypsum Products Co. dock Wednesday night with a supply of food from the First National Store on Pleasant Street. The cargo, totaling hundreds of pounds, included coffee, potatoes, flour, sugar and more. It will travel to Norway for coastwise service for several months.
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Damaire
Atlanta
Mrs Walker Hosts Past Chiefs Club Gathering
Mrs William A Walker hosts the Past Chiefs' club Pything Sisters this afternoon and evening at her summer home in Greenland.
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William A. Walker
Chiefs’ Club
Pything Sisters
Greenland
Playground Activities Transferred to School Board
A regular city council meeting at City Hall presided by Mayor FW Hartford approved transferring playground activities to the Board of Instruction with a three assistant supervision team. The ordinance also places playground upkeep under the Board of Public Works and suspends rules for immediate second and third readings.
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FW. Hartford
Fred Oldfield
M. Randall
James H. Smith
Edward H. Woody
Thomas J. Longuinn
Board of Public Works
Board of Instruction
Board of Publc Works
Charles E. Batchelder
Board of Health
Oldfield
Yacht Club
Trummett & Co
Exeter
Randall
Portsmouth
Hiram ©. Wever
Norths Shore, &Lrways
Beverly
Mass
Hac
Airport Commission
Loughlin
Corncr
Woodbury Avenue
Spouth Street
Twenty three candidates take New Hampshire bar exam
Concord June 27: Twenty three candidates for admission to the New Hampshire bar took the annual examination in Concord under the direction of Alexander Murphy of the board of bar examiners. Justices of the Supreme Court were present in advisory capacity. The class is smaller than in recent years and includes one woman.
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Concord
New Hampshire
Alexander Murphie
Board of Bar Examiners
Supreme Court
State Officials to Visit Rye Beach for Parking Study
A delegation of state officials led by Attorney General Ralph W. Davis will visit Rye Beach Monday to study oceanfront parking conditions. The group includes Councilor Harry Merrill of Exeter and Highway Commissioner F. E. Everett. Rye Beach residents recently urged Governor Tobey and his council to extend authority for regulating parking in the precinct.
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Goncord
Luna
Rye Beach
Ocean Front
Ralph W. Davis
Harry Merrill
Exeter and Highway
F. E. Everett
Tobey
Yestea
French Airmen Honored With 1929 Grand Prize
Paris June 27 three French aviators Gene Assolant Rene LePavre and Armand Lott received the 1929 grand prize of the Academy of Sports for the Atlantic crossing from Old Orchard Maine to Santander Spain on June 14 1929 The award honors their record breaking flight and marks a notable achievement in aviation news.
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Associated Press
Paris
Gene Assolant
Rene LePavre
Armand Lott
The
Academy of Sports
Atlantic
Old Orchard
Santander
Spain
Drill boat blown to pieces in St Lawrence River
Associated Press reports a drill boat near Brockville was destroyed by an explosion during a lightning storm. Dynamite charges placed on the reef at Thousand Islands were detonated as the storm struck, with several holes drilled and more dynamite aboard. Witnesses saw a flash followed by the blast. a superintendent ashore said there was no dynamite aboard the craft and believed lightning caused the explosion by igniting the charges attached to the drill holes.
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ST. Lawrence
Associated Press
Brockyile
Qnt
Ste Lawrence
Brockville
Boston Schooner Mary G Maynard Foundered At Sea
The Boston schooner Mary G Maynard bound from New York for Bermuda with 1000 tons of anthracite foundered at sea near 38 N 66 W. The entire crew were rescued by the Norwegian tanker Evina and landed by the Lizard. Built at Boothbay Harbor in 1920, she was 366 feet long with a 14.9 foot depth and valued at about $30 000.
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Mary G. Maynard
Bermuda
Associated Press
Boston
New York
Evina
Isngland
Growelli
Blate Street
Wile Hann Wilkinson
Lizard
Ainking
Maynard
New York Dunes
Boothbay Harbor
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