Coolidge Begins Vacation Work And Travel Plans
President Coolidge, describing his surroundings as "just exactly what I like," settles into a work and play routine during a Black Hills vacation. He describes plans for car trips to Deadwood for the Days of 76 in August and the Belle Fourche rodeo next month, with no far west trips planned.
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Rapid City
S. D
Coolidge
Black Hills
White House
Deadwood
Bellefourche
Sheffield
Mexico
Yale
Industry
Agriculture
Commerce
Army Air Corps Plans Pacific Flight To Hawaii
The army air corps will attempt a transpacific flight from San Francisco to Honolulu if tests succeed. Pilot Lieutenants Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger will lead the giant Fokker across a 2360 mile route when authorized. The effort is an Army project with no prize connection following Commander Rogers 1925 Navy attempt and fatal crash in Philadelphia.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Pacific Ocean
Albert F. Davison
Fokker
Dayton
Ohio
Maitland
Hegenberger
John Rogers
Navy
Philadelphia
Byrd Delayed for Weather on Trans Atlantic Flight
Unfavorable weather at Roosevelt Field postpones Richard Byrd and his three crew members Bert Acosta and George Nevile on the planned tri motored Fokker flight to Europe. The delay comes after Charles Lindbergh's New York reception and before the first possible take off on Sunday night.
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New York
Richard ©. Byrd
Charles Lindbergh
Lindbergh
France
Byrd
St. Louis
Bert Acosta
George Neville
Roosevelt Field
Legg Files for Congress in First Maryland District
Centerville Md June 17 J H C Legg Queen Annes County attorney announces his candidacy for Congress to replace T Alan Goldsborough who is not seeking re election Legg said he acts after reports Goldsborough will not seek another term and is recuperating from illness Filed as a candidate for the first district.
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Centerville
J. H. C. Legg
Queen Anne’s County
Maryland
T. Alan Goldsborough
Caroline County
Investigation ordered into Lindberg Aeronautic stock campaign
Wilmington Delaware authorities and the Burns Detective Agency probe a Lindberg Aeronautic Corporation formed in Ohio with 500 shares. Oscar P. Lindberg listed as president and Charles P. Lindberg as an incorporator are tied to Cleveland, while a 100000 share, no par value issue at 100 dollars per share is planned for nationwide circularization.
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Lindberg Aeronautic Corp
Cleveland
Lindberg Aeronautics Corporation
Wilmington
Del
Ohio
Harvey WH. Eliott
Elliott
Delaware
Oscar P. Lindberg
William J. Burns International Detective Agency
Lindberg Aeronautic Corporation
Equitable
Chamber of Commerce
Philadelphia
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York-to
Paris
New York
Detective Agency
Lindbergh
Burns Agency
Flint
Mich
Trenton
N. J
Newark
White Motor Car Company
Charles P. Lindberg
Baltimore Mail Courtship Leads to Impromptu Visit
Justine Beteka a 23 year old from Providence Rhode Island sought marriage through a matrimonial notice. She traveled by water to Salisbury Maryland after months of letters and a mistaken belief Salisbury was a Baltimore suburb. Local police assisted her return to Providence.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Justine Beteka
Providence
R. I
Salisbury
Fire destroys Fairview Mountain home of Idens
A small house on Fairview Mountain burned to the ground yesterday. The Iden family a man his wife and three children occupied the dwelling but were away at the time. The fire thought caused by an overheated stove ruined the structure valued at about 1500 dollars and not insured.
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Fairview Mountain
Iden
Tommy Armour Clinches United States Open Title at Oakmont
Tommy Armour of Washington D C won the United States Open at Oakmont, defeating Harry Cooper in an 18 hole playoff. Armour edged ahead with a 55 foot putt on the 16th and a deft shot on the 17th, finishing 76 to 79 in the final round for a total 301 strokes. Bobby Jones’s vacant throne passes to Armour as the new champion.
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Alan J. Gould
Associated Press
Oakmont
Tommy Armour
Washington, D. C
United States
Los Angeles
Harry Cooper
Bobby Jones
Armour
Competiton
Congressional Club
Montgomery Co
Tommy
Cooper
Harry
Pickford Shows No Fear After Kidnapping Plot
Hollywood reports Mary Pickford faced a kidnapping scare but no weapons were found at the studio where she worked. Guards were posted at Pickfair after word of a plot to kidnap her surfaced, following a similar case two years earlier. two men remain incarcerated.
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Mary Pickford
Hollywood
Pickfair
Miss Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Beverly Hills
Black Man Slayer Fatally Killed by Posses in Tennessee
Paris Tennessee June 17 Joseph Upchurch a Black man who fatally wounded Sheriff T D Caldwell during an attempted arrest was shot by a posse of about fifty men after being placed in a cabin by a deputy sheriff The cabin was riddled with bullets as the posse fired in and around the dwelling earlier in the day.
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Paris
Tenn
Joseph Upchurch
T. D. Caldwell
Upchurch
Pershing Returns Home From France Visit
General John J. Pershing arrived in New York aboard the President Harding from France where he supervised the Battle Monument Commission duties as chairman. He met Col. Lindbergh in Paris and predicted a great career ahead for the young aviator.
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New York
John J. Pershing
President ‘Harding
France
Battle Monument Commission
Col. Lindbergh
Paris
John J. Mahon III Ill in Baltimore Hotel Suite
Democratic political leader John J. Mahon is ill in his hotel suite in Baltimore with family allowed to visit. He has suffered for a year. his physician says condition is not dangerous.
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Baltimore
John J. Mahon
Rogers Better After Gall Stone Operation
Will Rogers cowboys humorist and Beverly Hills mayor was in highly satisfactory condition at California Lutheran Hospital after a major morning operation to remove gall stones. Dr. P G White reported he came through nicely after a sudden decision following a consult. Rogers had been treated for nervous indigestion and was admitted yesterday after illness following a nationwide lecture tour.
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Los Angeles
Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
California Lutheran Hospital
P. G. White
Rogers
Senators Comment On Coolidge Catch
Washington June 17 The Associated Press reports President Coolidge caught trout with worm bait prompting sharp remarks from Senator Borah Idaho and Senator Reed Missouri Borah joked the fish were imbeciles if they were trout Reed called bottom feeding trout degenerate and added a line about whether a whole worm was used
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Washington
Coolidge
Borah
Idaho
Reed
Missouri
Mongan Held In Auto Theft Case
Richard Mongan was arrested by Patrolman Hasty for stealing a car owned by Mrs. L. Be Palmer on South Street. The car was parked at Washington and High Streets and later claimed by the owner. This is believed to be his second auto theft arrest.
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Mongan
House of Correction
Catonsville
Judge James Reed Dies In Pittsburgh at 73
Judge James W. Reed father of Senator David A Reed and an organizer of the United States Steel Corporation died at his Pittsburgh home tonight aged 73.
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Pittsburgh
James WH. Reed
United States
David A. Reed
United States Steel Corporation
Tax Collection Record Shatters One Day Totals
Tax collectors reported record one day totals with Albert B. Beyard collecting 27000 at the county office and Daniel E. Downin 11600 for the city. More taxpayers, 491 county and about 294 city, paid on the first day than last year. Discounts of five and four percent spur timely payments and enforcement continues with Keller B. Bell seizing nearly forty properties for nonpayment.
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Albert B. Beyard
Daniel E. Downin
Catherine Witzenbacher
A. Elder Hoover
Keller B. Bell
Pittsburgh Pastor Guilty of Heresy and Deposition
The Rev. Dr. Frank Edwin Smith, former pastor of Lutheran Church in Pittsburgh, was found guilty of heresy and deposed by the Pittsburgh Synod. Trial focused on belief in the Virgin birth miracles blood atonement and bodily resurrection. He announced acceptance of a call as associate pastor at the First Unitarian Church in Pittsburgh.
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Frank Edwin Smith
Luther Memorial Church
Pittsburgh
Evangelical Lutheran Church
United States
J. Smith
First Unitarian Church
Lindbergh Returns To St Louis In Prideful Homecoming
Col Charles A Lindbergh lands at Lambert Field after a 9 hour 20 minute flight from New York. Crowds cheer as the hero circles downtown and pauses at his home city. He rests tonight with donors who helped finance the trans Atlantic trip.
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Berlin
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Brémerhave
Hamburg
Magdeburg
Bremen
Magarburg
Tempelhofer Field
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Eisleben
Germany
Tempelhofer Airdrome
Chamberlin
Levine
Lufthansa
St. Louis
United States Air Mail Service
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
Air Mail Service
Philip R
Red Love
Associated Press
Lindy
Officers Elected At Frederick District Epworth League Meet
Cumberland Md June 17 two day Ep worth League convention adjourned after election and installation of officers Frederick chosen for next year Officers elected President D N Magruder Martinsburg W Va secretary Alberta Chambers Martinsburg treasurer John Reinhart Piedmont first vice president William B Yates Cumberland second vice president Eleanor Williams Martinsburg third vice president Mrs E Moats Hagerstown junior superintendent Louise Crooker Hagerstown
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Cumberland
Frederick District
Epworth League
Frederick
D. N. Magruder
Martinsburg
W. Va
Alberta Chambers
Mattinsburg
John Reinhart
Piedmont
William B. Yates
Eleanor Williams
Merchants Fined in License Evasion Drive
Authorities pressed a crackdown on delinquent merchants failing to secure licenses. Six were arraigned before local magistrates and fined. the second day of the drive saw twelve merchants total moving to comply, including the local Y.M.C.A. and Dr. William Hoffler, a druggist.
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William Hoffler
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Mr. Coolidge
Pat McKenna
Everett Sanders
Hawaii
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U.S. Army
Pacific Coast
Pro
Congressional Country Club
Jones
Negro Slayer
Posse
Pershing
Sonny” Mahon III
Rogers Better
Adolphe Menjou
Kathryn Carver
Senators
The
Man
L. E. Palmer
Judge Reed
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