American youth joins Yellow Bird crew after Atlantic flight
In Comillas Spain an American boy, Arthur Schreiber from Portland, Maine, rode the Atlantic on a flip of a coin and joined French aviators Jean Assolant Rene Lefevre and Armeno Lotti aboard the Yellow Bird. The monoplane landed with fuel nearly gone after a 29 hour 00 minute flight from Old Orchard Maine. The crew planned to refuel and fly to Paris with Schreiber, who earned the crew's praise as a nervy American.
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Comillas
Spain
Atlantic
Yellow Bird
Arthur Schreiber
Portland
Jean Assolant
Rene Lefevre
Armeno Lotti
Paris
Schreiber
France
Old Orchard
Assolant
The
Lindbergh
Central Press
Old Orchard Beach
Questioned in laying of Miss Hix at Ohio rifle range
Columbus Ohio June 15 Dr James H Snook professor of veterinary medicine at Ohio State University was arrested for questioning in the brutal slaying of Miss Theora Hix a University co ed Friends say Miss Hix was last seen Thursday night with two men in a blue car The body was found at a rifle range five miles northwest of Columbus Police and medical authorities deem the murder the work of a maniac Identifications were made by dormitory and apartment residents The blue coupe had been the object of a police search and fresh automobile tracks were found leading to the range
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
Snook
Miss Hix
Here
Stook
Antwerp
Columbus Revolver Club
United Press
Hix
University Hospital
Miss Six
Beatrice Bustin
Yellow Bird Lands in Ocean Draws Stowaway Rescue
Assolant and Schreiber land at a village after a perilous North Atlantic crossing. A 165 pound stowaway, Schreiber, emerged midflight and faced a stern, mixed reception from the crew and locals. Assolant praised the boy and celebrated his bold act, while the crew lamented the danger and the miscalculation that endangered fuel.
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Assolant
Schreiber
Lindbergh
Stowaway declares he’s sittin pretty in Spain
A Spanish coast stowaway, in a breezy diary style, says he is “sittin’ pretty” after landing. He spends time kissing Senoritas, getting autographs, and breakfasting while aviators tune a monoplane named Yellow Bird. He hopes for a Paris visit, fears jail in France, and expects possible help with a passport from locals.
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Comillas
Spain
Schreiber
France
Paris
Assolant
Lottia
Lefevre
Robert H. Rice Early Life of Elyria Lawyer
Robert H. Rice of Elyria, formerly Oberlin College student, studied law at Columbia after graduation. Admitted to the bar in 1911, he began practice in Elyria and has worked there since. He is married, resides at 300 Park Avenue, and enjoys gardening and flowers. As a boy his main aim was to become a doctor.
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Robert H. Rice
Oberlin College
Elyria
Oberlin
Columbia University
Rice
Park Avenue
Richard P. Clark Listed as Much Improved
Memorial hospital authorities reported Richard P. Clark, sole survivor of last Sunday's plane crash, as much improved. He has shown a marked improvement over yesterday according to official statements this morning.
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Richard P. Clark
Memorial Hospital
Murderer Executed in West Virginia Gallows
Theorode D. Carr, 50, was hanged at the state penitentiary in Moundsville for the murder of his brother-in-law, Lock Sharp. He went to his death calmly, offering no sign of emotion as the sentence was carried out.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Theorode D. Carr
State Penitentiary
Lock Sharp
Dawes Accepted as U S Ambassador to Great Britain
King George in Windsor Castle received Charles G. Dawes the former vice president and new United States ambassador to Britain. Dawes presented credentials accompanied by Mrs. Dawes, Arthur Henderson British Foreign Secretary, Ray Atherton, and J B Monck as officials traveled by train to Windsor.
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Windsor
England
Jane
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Great Britain
King George
Windsor Castle
Dawes
Arthur Henderson
Ray Atherton
J. B. Monck
Foreign Office
Liner collision in Plymouth Harbor between American Banker and Carmania
In Plymouth England on June 15 the liner American Banker scraped the Sunard liner Carmania as they passed in Plymouth Harbor. No major damage occurred and both ships continued. Carmania was inbound from New York with 860 passengers aboard.
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Plymouth
England
Sunard
New York
Bishop Schrembs Receives Audience With Pope
In Vatican City on June 15, Bishop Joseph Schrembs of Cleveland Ohio was received in audience by the Pope.
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Schrembs
Vatican City
Joseph Schrembs
Cleveland
Ohio
CANDIDATES IN FINAL RUSH TOIL
The August primary horizon brings local contests in Elyria Lorain Amherst and Oberlin with Harvey Cheney entering the City Solicitor race against incumbent Harry Reddington. Elyria council seats also hot, mayor Hewitt seeks renomination. several wards and at large seats contested. Oberlin graduation featured with six locals among seven graduates noted with final campus scenes.
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Board of Elections
Elyria
Lorain
Amherst
Oberlin
Harvey Cheney
Harry Reddington
Myron Jones
C. C. Stolzenberg
Anna Kennedy
Clarence Locke
James A Hewitt
Harry Hinkson
A. C Schilleman
Ralph Reinhart
George Richwine
Lewis Brown
Walter S. Kohn
F. G. Shewell
Paul Wainright
F. A. Moulton
George Stevens
George Stark
J. T. Emerich
W. P. Baumhardt
G. A. Friday
Farm relief bill signed by President Hoover
President Hoover signed a $500 million administration farm relief bill effective immediately. A nine member federal farm board will coordinate agriculture and a revolving fund of $500 million is authorized to develop cooperative marketing and balance production with consumption. The export debenture provision was dropped after Hoover opposed it.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Congress
Administration
White House
Senate
Congress Hopes To Recess On Wednesday
Washington June 15 Congress plans a six week summer recess starting Wednesday if a Borah tariff vote and secrecy rule abolition pass in restricted debate. If not, both houses adjourn for three days with no quorum to extend three day recesses.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Hoover
Band Concert and Elks Flag Day Program Delight Crowd
Elsiia’s first summer band concert and Elks Flag Day exercises united Friday near the county courthouse. The event featured a strong patriotic program with Howard Butler delivering a history of the flag and Harvey Cheney giving the main address. Boy Scouts placed nine flags before the program, led by William Dengate, exalted ruler of the Elks.
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Elsiia
Elks
County Court House
William Dengate
A. L. Werner
Dengate
Howard Butler
Harvey Cheney
Boy Scouts
Minister Given Sentence Of Death In Lynchburg Case
Youngstown Ohio June 15 Rev Maston Rhodes was sentenced to death in the electric chair by Judge David G Jenkins for the murder of Otto Campbell a church member. The jury of nine ballots after three days of trial found Rhodes guilty of first degree murder and did not recommend mercy.
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Youngstown
Maston Rhodes
David G. Jenkins
Otto Campbell
Campbell
Vern Thomas
Elyria Announces Summer School Teachers
Employment of a principal and two grade school teachers for the Elyria summer school was announced today. J. J. Vaughn of the Elyria High School faculty will be the principal and teach in the high school division. Susie Drake returns as a grade four teacher, while Fern Gates will lead grades five through eight as assistant to the principals.
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Elyria
R. C Maston
J. J. Vaughn
Elyria High School
Susie Drake
Fern Gates
Ely and Garford
Mother of Fourteen Children Pardoned in Indiana
Evansville June 15 Mrs Mattie Payne mother of fourteen children was in the Indiana Woman's prison for possession of a still when she was pardoned by Governor Harry Leslie late yesterday.
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Evansville
Ind
Mattie Payne
Indiana Woman’s Prison
Harry Leslie
Carnival pair jailed for abandoning daughter Mercedes
In Columbus Ohio Jane 15 report says Mr and Mrs Irsin B Baxter traveling carnival workers were imprisoned for abandoning their 15 year old daughter Mercedes. Baxter received $500 fine and six months in the work house while his wife got a sentence to Marysville reformatory.
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Columbus
O. Jane
Irsin B. Baxter
Mercedes
Baxter
Marysville Reformatory
Boy Heroes Capture Of Kidnappers In Lewiston
In Lewiston Idaho two teens, Ward Alexander 14 and Sam Bryant 16, captured five kidnapper suspects who kidnappedLieut Gov W B Kinne and two helpers. Police identify gang members as Franklin Law Redmond George Livingston Enges Fernsland Tex Reynolds and Seattle George Normand. The youths alerted authorities after stealthily tracking the suspects, leading to arrests without resistance. The abductors, aged 19 to 22, had planned a bank robbery and left Seattle George to scout the crime.
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Lewiston
Ida
Ward Alexander
Sam Bryant
W. B. Kinne
Julietta
Seattle
George’ Normad
Northwest
Gov. Kinne
Kinne
Paul Killey
W. L. Thibbey
Franklin Law
Redmond
Wis
George Livingston
Tuscaloosa
Alia
Enges
Boys confess in drowning of lad in Welch West Virginia
Two boys aged 11 and 10, arrested on robbery charges, confessed to the drowning of Raymond Cooler, nine, whose body was found in Dry Fork River. Officers say the Cooley boy tried to drown them and they held his head under water before he died. Names withheld.
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Welch
W. Va
Bors
Raymond Cooler
Dry Fork
Cooley
Witéheld
Drive to Enforce Auto Rules Begins Citywide
The state launched a campaign to arrest motorists with one light and dirty license plates. Deputy sheriffs and city police will record all violators and forward totals to state inspectors who will visit departments every few days and press charges. Inspector R. R. Weylandt, based in Cleveland, oversees Curahoca Medina and Lorain counties with deputy inspectors. Police Chief E J Stankard and Sheriff Clarence Adams back the effort to enforce auto regulations.
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R. R. Weylandt
Cleveland
Curahoca
Medina
Auto Races Under House Two Men Killed in Crash
Kas June 15 Richard Wahle and Sheldon Hedeboom died when their automobile was driven beneath a house being moved with block and tackle. The car’s body was torn apart, killing both men. Harold Broughs of Washboat College basketball ...
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TOPEK3
Kas
Richard Wahle
Sheldon Hedeboom
Dreri
Harold Broughs
Vwashboat College
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Princeton Avenue
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Lodi Street
Eleanor Lucille Hughes
Wooster Avenue
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West Avenue
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Telegraph Road
William L. Ludlow
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