Graf Zeppelin Reaches Lakehurst on Fourth U S Visit
Graf Zeppelin arrives at Lakehurst New Jersey after a 69 hour 25 minute Pernambuco to Lakehurst flight. Commander Hugo Eckener leads 19 passengers amid naval guard and air escort including the Los Angeles blimp and six planes. The voyage marks the longest leg of a new Atlantic route test across the southern sea route and follows the 12,000 mile journey since May 18 from Friedrichshafen Germany.
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Lakemurst
N. J
Mayel
United States
Swingine Eidte
Nasal
Pernamouco
Brazil
South America
Europe
Atlantic
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Atlantes
Atlante
Hugo Eckener
Lakehurst
New York
United States Naval
Los Angeles
Fickener
Washington
Graf
Earth
Pernambuco
S Secito
Zeppelin
Erkener
Fire department adds three Tygaght brothers among 33
Saturday's addition of five new firemen brings the Central Station roster to 33 with three brothers among them James Frank and Orrie Tygaght. Other notes include safety quirks at the Oberlin club and memories from the Spanish-American War involving Southam and Schrock.
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James, Frank
Orrie Tygaght
Central Station
Central Fire Station
Australian woman Grace Houlder speaks on prohibition at Methodist church
Miss Grace Houlder a lawyer actress musician and orator held the audience for two hours at the Methodist church delivering a forceful talk on prohibition. She recounted her life family early experiences the impact of alcohol and the World War service of her brothers while urging persistent anti liquor advocacy amid warnings from brewers.
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Grace
Leggo Houlder
Wwomad
Miss Houlder
Shea
President Hoover pleads for peace in Gettysburg address
In Williamsport Pennsylvania on May 31 President Hoover delivered an eloquent appeal amid a large gathering at Gettysburg. He spoke of freedom and unity, urging lawfulness against demagoguery and fear, and stressed tolerance in world affairs. The speech followed a hunting and fishing visit with Jay Cooke near the mountains.
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Williamsport
President Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Gettysburg
Jay Cooke
Hoover
Abraham Lincoln
Canada joins 1.5 in war on rum runners and liquor smuggling
Ottawa report says Canada's liquor export bill became law enabling the release of alcohol only for non prohibited destinations and barring clearance papers for ships bound for bans. Viscount Willingdon delivered the assent as the measure took effect at midnight to curb smuggling toward the United States.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
Mackenzie King
Viscount Willingdon
Canada
Tragic Ameco Fishing Launch Sinks Off Santa Monica
At Santa Monica Bay the motor launch Ameco capsized after a double wave, with authorities estimating seven to ten dead from 58 aboard. Surviving passengers recall being thrown into icy waters as Freedom boats assisted, while coroner inquest and federal probe are planned. Margaret Keller, C C Barnett, and John W. Lockhart named among the known dead.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Santa Monica Bay
Margaret Keller
C C Barnett
Los Angeles
John W. Lockhart
Pasadena
Ameco
Bill Lightfoot
Henry Vandeberg
Lightfoot
Freedom
Jane Ferguson
Glendale
W EF. Ferguson
Father
Paul E. Fowler
Fowler
Piar
Four Killed in Memorial Day Racing Crash at Winchester
A racing car crashed into the Winchester grandstand during Memorial Day events, killing four people and injuring twenty. The fatalities include Malcolm Jennings, 20, of Winchester, Roy Bird, 32, of Richmond, John Vaughn, 6, of Muncie, and Thomas Hale, 41, of Middleton. The driver’s car suffered a tire blowout causing the wheel to snap off and spin into the stands. The infant son of Mrs. John Mohler of Muncie was saved when she hurled the baby to safety.
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Winchester
Ind
Leonard McHrun
Brun
Malcolm Jennings
Roy Bird
Richmond
John Vaughn
Muncie
Thomas Hale
Middleton
John Mohler
Eight Civil War veterans parade in Elyria on Decoration Day
Eight aging Civil War veterans joined the parade in Elyria with six other veterans from later wars and numerous patriotic groups. The procession moved from West avenue to Ridge Lawn Cemetery where Lowell Raymond gave the principal address and tributes were paid to all fallen soldiers.
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Elyria
West Avenue
Broad Street
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Charles Abbey
Richard Allen
E. J. Stankard
Albert Herold
Frank Diederick
James Monroe
Albert Taylor
John Kayley
Andrew Marshall
LaFayette Stough
Just Plain
Woman's Relief Corps
Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
American Legion and Auxiliary
Sons of Veterans
Ohio National Guard
Charley Abbey Post
Boy Scouts
Elyria High School
Washington Avenue
Harrison Street
Ely Park
Lowell Raymond
Cleveland Veterans’ Bureau
Cleveland Traffic Toll Reaches Hundredth Victim of 1930
Cleveland police report the city’s traffic toll for 1930 has reached three figures. Victim Henry Jarhboe, 38, was struck while crossing and listed as the 100th fatality since January 1. Another man, unnamed, died after hospital treatment. witnesses who helped him fled before giving their names.
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Cleveland
Henry Jarhboe
Aiica
Racing crash injures child as car vaults into stands
A racing auto plunged into the grandstand injuring a child and injuring the boy’s father who was nearby. The incident disrupted the event and drew emergency response. Spectators fled as officials began investigations into the cause.
Baccalaureate Service Opens Elyria High Commencement Week
Commencement week activities for 166 Elyria High School graduates begin with a baccalaureate service at First M. E. Church at 7 30 p m. Rev A E Piper delivers the address as a 35 member mixed chorus sings Lift Up Our Heads and Awake Put on Strength.
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Elyria High School
M. E
A. E. P'per
Methodist Church
Nolt
Sheppard
Baptists vote to meet in Kansas City next year
In Cleveland on May 31 the Northern Baptist convention voted to hold its next gathering in Southern Baptist territory at Kansas City Missouri in Convention Hall where Hoover was nominated. 87 Kansas City Southern Baptist churches endorsed the move. Albert W Beaven of Colgate Rochester Divinity School was elected president to succeed Alton L Miller. Congress plans to adjourn in two weeks with tariff, Rivers and Harbors, and veterans bills on the agenda.
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Cleveland
Northern Baptist Convention
Convention
Herbert Hoover
Northern Baptists
Albert W. Beaven
Colgate-Rochester Divinity School
Rochester
N. Y
Alton L. Miller
Boston
Congress
Washington
Senate
One Killed In Gang Warfare In The Valley Chicago
One man was killed and two wounded in gang warfare at 19th and Peoria streets in Chicago. Victim Phillip Gnalfeo, a racketeer with a police record, died at the scene. Wounded are William Carnido of Toledo and Joseph Viassacha of Rochester, New York, in the Valley district.
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19Th
Peoria
Coast Guard Plans Summer War on Rum Runners
The United States Coast Guard will intensify air and sea actions against rum runners this summer. Thirty three fast picket boats built at Benton Harbor Michigan and Brooklyn New York are under construction and due for duty on the Great Lakes in July.
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Washington
United States Coast Guard
Benton Harbor
Mich
Brooklyn
Great Lakes
Bank Yeggs Rob Bank in Dawson Springs Heist
Four bandits masked as miners robbed the First National Bank at Dawson Springs today. They forced assistant cashier A M Morris to the floor, escaped with 840,000, and fled as an alarm sounded. An Indiana posse pursued in a responding car with a license plate noted by Morris.
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First National Bank
A.M. Morris
Morris
Indiana
Riots erupt in India. casualties including child and woman shot
Rioting broke out in Plush Award, India, today with several injuries reported. A child and a woman were among those accidentally shot during the unrest.
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India
Awar
Strange Murder Tale Unfolded In Ohio Frontier Town
In Ashtabula County Ohio Tilby Smith and Maude Lowther face first degree murder charges for killing Clara Smith, 28, mother of two, as her husband’s lover plotted a fatal strike four miles from town. Sheriff Donovan said the affair and “eternal triangle” motive drove the crime, with Mrs Smith fatally shot beside her infant and young son aboard a truck.
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Ashtabula
Younghusband
Clara Smith
Tilby Smith
Maude Lowther
Frank Sheldon
Sheldon
Pilots Blaze Plane to Earth at Memorial Day Dedication
In Burbank California on Memorial Day crowd of ten thousand watched a blazing tri motored cabin plane safely land after fire broke out in the right engine. Pilot Robert Burgen and co pilot Robert Ridell steered the craft to safety saving five occupants including Richard Barmitz and Frances and Robert Jones. In Zanesville on May 31 a blaze from an open fire caused Mrs Harriet Vernon to die from burns.
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Cali
United
Richard 8B
Barmitz
Los Aneles
Frances Jones
Robert Jones
Robert Burgen
Robert Ridell
Zanesville
Harriett Vernon
Couple blamed in center road murder plot
Sheriff said the couple plotted the killing that left the victim dead on Center Road near Smiths' home. Baby Donald, four months, and Frederick, three, were nearby as the plan to flee south unraveled due to a strange chain of events.
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Sheldon
Smith
Three Die In Lorain County Auto Crashes This Week
A sequence of injuries and fatalities across Lorain county Friday and Thursday leaves three dead and six seriously hurt. Victims include Charles Sackett, 70, and James Moehl, 8, plus Don Larsen and others in Elyria and Oberlin area accidents. Several drivers fined for drunken driving and reckless operation follow the incidents.
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Lorain County
Charles Sackett
Telegraph Road
Mr. Lewis
Medina County
James Moehl
Oberlin
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