Giant Airship Graf Zeppelin Lands at Lakehurst
The Graf Zeppelin arrived at Naval Air Station Lakehurst New Jersey from Rio de Janeiro under escort of the Los Angeles and a commercial blimp. Dr Eckener said the ship rode a violent squall with 40 mile per hour winds and fatigue showed on arrival. It will depart for Seville next Monday.
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Lakehurst
New Jersey
Rio de Janeiro
Naval Air Station
Los Angeles
Eckener
Graf
Seville
Fifteen Lost As Fishing Boat Ateco Founders Off Santa Monica
Santa Monica time reports fifteen missing after the fishing boat Ateco foundered three quarters of a mile off shore. Three victims’ bodies were recovered last night and officials fear more may be lost at sea, with a kelp bed between shore and wreck hindering recovery.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Ateco
Golf ball tragedy claims life of 21 year old in Seattle
John Hawcroft, 21, student at Rainier Golf Club, was struck on the head by a ball driven by Mrs. Wallace Langley. He collapsed about 300 yards from the strike and later died. His quoted comment hinted at possible ear injury before his collapse. Mrs. Etta Payson arrives in Seattle to visit her brother H. T. Tripp and family from Goddard's Hot Springs.
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Seattle
Wallace Langley
Rainier Golf Club
John Hawcroft
Hawcroft
Etta Payson
H. T. ‘Tripp
Goddard's
Hot Springs
Outdoor Life Lures New Associate Justice Roberts
Philadelphia May 31 Owen J Roberts nominated to the Supreme Court bench and confirmed by the Senate is described as a busy lawyer and teacher who enjoys outdoor life. The six Pennsylvanian to reach the post in 150 years owns a 700 acre Chester county farm near Birchaunville, spends two days weekly there, and is an expert canoeist who spent summers in Maine camps. He is 55, has a daughter Elizabeth abroad, and was once a statewide law leader and university lecturer.
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Philadelphia
Petit
Owen J. Roberts
Eeldens Voy
Owen
Roberts
University of Pennsylvania
Coolidge
White Woman Hunter Bags Two Kodiak Brownies
SEWARD Alaska May 31 Nine tyree persons from Anakinsdes led by the father arrived at Bird yesterday morning from Anchorage to continue search for Johnny Myers 16 year old section man on the Alaska Railroad who disappeared on a hike last Sunday foreno on It is said that the youth had only a hunting knife as a weapon. KODIAK Alaska May 31 Bringing seven pelts of Kodiak bears five of which will go to the State Museum at Springfield Illinois Mr and Mrs Claude Barr of Springfield arrived here from the Karluk Lake region after one of the most successful hunts on record Mrs Barr believed to be the first white woman to ever kill a Kodiak brownie brought down two one being a 9% foot specimen The party sighted 31 bears during the 16 days of the hunt The members of the party will leave here today on the Admiral Watson for the States.
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Seward
Alaska
Anakinsdes
Bird
Anchorage
Johnny Myers
Kodiak
State Museum
Springfield
Tlllnois
Claude Barr
Karluk Lake
Kodiak Island
Admiral Watson
Rum Runners Warned as Ottawa Buys Clearances Ban
Ottawa May 31 The Governor General has given assent to the bill refusing clearances of liquor bearing vessels and prohibiting illegal export to the United States. The measure targets outlaw fleets of swift rum running craft on the Great Lakes and Detroit River.
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Ottawa
United States
Great Lakes
Detroit River
Glenn Curtiss retraces 1910 flight in new air tour
In New York on May 31 Glenn H. Curtiss repeated the 1910 Albany to New York route. He piloted a large reciprocating engine transport and covered the distance in about 80 minutes compared with 152 minutes in 1910.
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Glenn Curtiss
New York
Glenn H. Curtiss Yester
Curtiss
Albany
King Recovers and Plans Buckingham Palace Departure
London reports the King has recovered from rheumatism enough to leave Buckingham Palace tomorrow and attend the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra concert.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Tomor
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Husband of former Juneau resident dies in Yakima
Word arrived in Juneau of the death of R. Jeans at Yakima Washington husband of Mrs Mildred Jeans sister of Mrs Stella Young. Jeans had been a nurse at 60 Ann's hospital for over three years before marrying and was known as Miss Mildred McLeod. He leaves two young children.
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Juneau
Stella Young
R. Jeans
Yakima
Wash
Mildred Jeans
Jeans
60 Ann's Hospital
States
Mildred McLeod
Mr. Jeans
Excursionists Reach Skagway From Whitehorse Voyage
Special dispatch from Skagway Alaska May 31 reports the Alma arriving at 7 PM and the Valkyrie chartered by Juneau students reaching at 8 PM. Excursionists joined a dance at the White Pass Club after the trip began from Whitehorse at 6 AM. Weather turned poor locally but was ideal at Whitehorse.
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Empire
Skagway
Alaska
Whiteorse
Juneau
White Pass
Whitehorse
Memorial Day Services Held in Washington
Washington memorial day observances began with a pilgrimage to Arlington Hills across the Potomac where veterans graves were honored. Sergeant Edward Younger led a prayer at the Unknown Soldier tomb and Col. Grant the Third eulogized Civil War dead. Elsewhere in the capital other heroes were remembered.
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Washington, D. C
Arlington Hills
Potomac
Edward Younger
Col
Grant
Four Die in Winchester Racing Car Crash
Winchester Indiana May 31 four persons killed and 20 injured when a racing car exploded a tire and plunged into a grandstand yesterday afternoon One woman saved her baby by tossing it over the heads of spectators to safety.
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Winchester
Indiana
Judge Refuses Divorce in Fresno Case
In Fresno California on May 31 Superior Judge Denver Church refused to grant a divorce to Mrs Gladys Trousdale after a contested hearing with her husband Albert Trousdale. The judge remarked that both should be spanked. The couple married ten years ago when she was fourteen and he eighteen and they have three children.
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Fresno
Cal
Denver
Church
Gladys ‘Trousdale
Albert Trousdale
Trousdales
Trousdale
Hoover to Visit Five National Parks This Summer
President Hoover will lead a 2000000 tourist motor cavalcade through Glacier Yellowstone Estes Yosemite and the Grand Canyon in a government protected tour. The party will travel by car with clerks secret service men photographers and newspapermen forming a touring contingent across seven million seven hundred fifty three thousand eight hundred one acres of park land. Officials expect a banner year as headlines focus on the presidential journey to Palo Alto and back with a week long stay at Glacier.
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Washington
Talkatech
Glacier
Yellowstone
Estes
Yosemite
Grand Canyon
Secret Service
Glacier National Park
Montana
Es~tes Parka
Palo Alto
Gail
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
Hoover
Yellowstore
Miss Barbara Mudd to Wed in Fairbanks Honeymoon Flight Planned
Seattle May 31 Miss Barbara Mudd sails on the Yukon for Fairbanks where she will wed Grant Elliott an aviator with Alaska Airways. A honeymoon flight from Fairbanks to Nome is planned. Miss Mudd is the daughter of prominent Seattle lumberman Benjamin Mudd.
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Seattle
Barbara Mudd
Yukon
Fairbanks
Grant Eliott
Alska Airways
Nome
Miss Mudd
Benjamin Mudd
Plane crash during fireworks kills flyer in Fairmont
Everett Arnholt, 40, was killed and Lieut. Loren Scott seriously injured when a plane crashed at Arnettsville during a holiday celebration in Fairmont West Virginia. The flyer attempted a loop as the engine failed and the aircraft plunged to the ground.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
Everett Arnholt
Loren Scott
Arnettsville
Mize Leaves Juneau for Interior Weather Station Plans
R. C. Mize, meteorologist in charge at Juneau Weather Bureau, sails tomorrow on the Alaska for Fairbanks. He will confer with Howard Thompson on establishing minor weather stations to aid aviation firms in the Interior and beyond, with a return expected as soon as possible.
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R. C. Mize
Juneau
Alaska
Fairbanks
Howard Thompson
Cowbell Divorce Suit Echoes in Florida Case
Reginald Brooks, a New York clubman and winter resident, counters a divorce filing by his wife in West Palm Beach accusing her of fraud in obtaining a title to their winter home. Mrs. Brooks had sought separate maintenance claiming nerves were shattered by her husband's pranks including ringing cowbells and setting off alarm clocks at late hours.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Reginald Brooks
New York
Colored man dies after mob attack in Oklahoma
In Chickasha on May 31 an angry mob shot and stabbed Henry Argo, a Black man accused of attacking a white woman. Guards were evaded as Argo, near death, was moved to Oklahoma City. Argo died after being stabbed and shot, and G W Skinner was arrested as the resulting death sparked a clash with authorities.
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Chickasha
Argo
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Henry Argo
Grady County
Pioneer of Alaska Since 1888, Is Dead
Tanana Alaska May 3 Nathan Pullmore Petterson aged 12 died in the hospital here last Thursday. He was born in Tennessee and had lived in Alaska since 1868. He was a member of Igloo No. 18 Pioneers of Alaska.
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Tanana
Alaska
Nathan Pullmore Petterson
Tennessee
Igloo No. 18
Pioneers of
Hoover Enjoying Trip Into Alleghany Mountains
President Hoover enjoys a rest and fishing opportunity on the estate of Way Cooke in the Alleghany Mountains near Williamsport Pennsylvania. He plans to return to Washington by automobile tomorrow, with only a special White House telephone connection to his duties.
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Williamsport
Penn
Hoover
Way Cooke
Philadelphia
Alleghany Mountains
White House
Professional killer slain in Chicago attack with gunmen
Phillip Gnolf, known as a professional Chicago killer, was slain in a gang assault on the West Side. Two companions were wounded and a 14 year old boy was struck by a stray bullet as a machine gun, shotgun, and revolvers were used. The attackers forced Gnolf from his car, leaving nineteen bullet holes in the vehicle.
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Chicago
Til
Phillip Gnolf
Girolfo
Miss Kelly Undergoes Appendectomy at St Ann’s
Juneau High School teacher Miss Blanche Kelly underwent an appendicitis operation this morning at St Ann's hospital.
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Blanche Kelly
Juneau
St Ann's Hospital
Dallas Officials Raid Suspected Liquor Dens
More than 100 persons were taken to the County Jail after surprise raids by Federal Prohibition Agents in Dallas Texas on May 1. Agents acted with secrecy collecting prisoners at private homes then visited liquor selling places before transporting arrestees to jail. Lawyers and reporters were denied admission.
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Dallas
Texas
Safe Deposit Vault Burglary Reveals Million Dollar Loss
Newslines report a large burglary at Grand Nations Bank in St. Louis on the prior Sunday. President Ed Mays states total losses near 1.05 million with bank cash loss at 43 thousand and 350 thousand in securitized collateral. customer losses about 640 thousand.
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ST. Louis
Grand Nations Bank
Ed Mays
Sloans
Wife at Work Loses Nonsupport Fight
In Los Angeles on May 31 Judge W A Anderson denied Lunella B. Howsley a decree against Lucien B. Howsley ruling a wife cannot claim divorce on non support if she earns enough for her own maintenance.
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Los Angeles
W. A. Anderson
Lunella B. Howsley
Lucien B. Howsley
Civil War Veteran Marries 17-Year-Old Bride in Alabama
In Enterprise Alabama on May 31 J N Cooper an 87 year old Confederate veteran wed Miss Claire Sheppard reportedly 17. The pair are said to be on their honeymoon as relatives confirm the ages amid a May December romance.
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Enterprise
Ala
J. N. Cooper
Claire Sheppard
Average date costs $2.50 at University of California
May 31 report shows male students at the University of California Los Angeles expended an average of $2.50 on engagements with coeds. Entries ranged from ten cents to ten dollars, with the average accepted as the typical expenditure for such dates.
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Univ. of C
Los Angeles
University of California At
Mexico to resume U S oil activity under two month concession rulings
Mexico City May 31 The commerce and industry ministry said all oil concession applications would be acted on within two months renewing prospects of American company development of Mexico’s vast oil resources. Mrs Lois Ulrich was discharged from St Ann’s hospital after a stay since May 20.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Ulrich
Lois Ulrich
St. Ann's Hospital
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U.S
Erta
Elizabeth
Yakima, Wash
Joe
Flivver
L, A, Brophy
A, P
Shiney
Mize
Interior
Okla
Phillip Gnolfo
Miss Kelly
U. S
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