Army Flyers Must Return Home From Hawaii
War department officials reaffirmed the decision to prevent a Hawaii to Pacific coast return hop for the Bird of Paradise plane. General Macon Patrick, air corps chief in San Francisco, had requested permission for the flight, but United Press confirms the ruling stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Jime
War Department
Hawaii
Pacific Coast
Maitland-Hegenberger
Con Patrick
San Francisco
United Press
Miss Mackaye Convicted of Manslaughter
In Los Angeles on June 30 the actress Dorothy Mackaye was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of her husband Ray Raymond after a fist fight with Paul Kelly. A jury of eight women and four men concluded she attempted to conceal the manner of death and faces one to three years in the pen or six months in county jail. Sentencing is set for Saturday as her lawyers plan an appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Dorothy Mackaye
Ray Raymond
Raymond
Paul Kelly
Miss Mackaye
Miss Mackave
Hawaii Honors Transpacific Aviators Maitland and Hegenberger
Lieuts Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger, first to cross the Pacific, seek permission for a round trip to the mainland after planes are inspected. They meet Gen Edward Lewis and Admiral John McDonald and receive social receptions in Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Lester J. Maitland
Albert F. Hegenberger
Pacific
Lewis
United States Army
Army
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Washington
INS
Hawaii
Albert Hegenberger
Oakland
Calif
Edward Lewis
Department of Hawaii
John McDonald
Naval Station
trans-Pacific
Farrink
Mayor Dahlman Injured by Street Car Collision
Omaha mayor James C. Dahlman was confined to his home with severe bruises after being knocked down by a street car late yesterday. Physicians said it would be several days before he could return to his office.
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Omaha
Neb
James C. Dahlman
Byrd family praised as Virginia mapmakers of old days
Will Rogers comments from Los Angeles praising the Byrd family as notable Virginians. He notes one member is Virginia governor and predicts the Democratic presidential nominee in 1932, amid a playful aside about castor oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Byrd
Old Virginia
Washington
Virginia
P. S
Council Settles Squabble Over Linden Paving
Cedar Rapids council approved paving only one third of Linden drive and related Crescent street sections at 24 and 30 feet, eliminating rest of Linden drive and Crossways. Bids expected soon. work likely not start before Oct 1 due to prep and legal steps. Protests from several property owners persisted for 22-foot paving on the remaining sections.
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Cedar Rapids
Linden Drive
Carl Jordan
Crescent Street
Blake Boulevard
Grande Avenue
Jordan Home
Ralph Gearhart
George Ainslee
Percy P. Smith
G. SS. Malone
T. R. Warriner
Malcolm V. Bolton
Grande Avenue Land Company
Warriner
Bolton
Malone
Lowden Declines Run for Presidency in 1928
Former Illinois governor Frank O Lowden told an Indiana Republican committee he cannot run for the presidency. He said no man has ever run away from the office and declined to enter his name in Indiana primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Ill
United States
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Indiana
Lowden
Gazette-Republican Rent Want Ad Call to Action
A classified plea urges readers to place a rent want ad in The Gazette-Republican starting July 1 for apartments houses or offices. It promotes furnished rentals for summer and invites immediate phone calls to 6000 and to ask for an ad-taker to start the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette-Republican
Mrs Coolidge Wins Western Hearts On Black Hills Visit
President Coolidge’s vacation in the Black Hills sees his wife, Mrs. Coolidge, win strong western popularity. Delegations from the National Editorial Association and the South Dakota legislature applaud her, while she remains a focal point in hotel lobby circles. Limited recreation beyond hiking and rare swimming due to icy streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
8. D
INS
Coolidge
Black Hills
West
White House
National Editorial Association
South Dakota
Summer White House stabilizes Black Hills community hub
Rapid City reports tents and cabins rising along Squaw Creek near the state game lodge as the summer White House expands. The Coolidge party, including Mrs. Cecil Gideon, feeds throngs at Mother Gideon’s pavilion with meals and a famed dance a few times nightly, drawing tourists and locals alike.
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Rapid City
S. D
White House
Black Hills
Squaw Creek
Coolidge
Gideon
Paul Revere
Mother Gideon
Cecil Gideon
President Coolidge
South Dakota
Byrd Pays Tribute To Brave Crew Amid Atlantic Fog
Commander Richard Byrd reports from Roosevelt Field that his Fokker plane America and crew have flown sixteen hours under dense fog without sighting land or water. He praises the three companions and remarks he will honor them regardless of the outcome. The message arrives via liner Drothingham at 6 50 EDT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fokker
Maitland
Hegenberger
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
INS
Richard Byrd
Atlantic
America
Eixteen
Drothingham
Man Badly Hurt In Fall At New Quaker Building
Ww. C. McCoy of Leonard Construction fell several stories from the Quaker Oats plant site about 2 30 p m. He was taken to St Luke s hospital with skull injuries. The company did not know how the accident occurred or how far he fell and the severity of his injuries remained undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww. C. McCoy
Leonard Construction Company
St. Luke's Hospital
McCoy
Supervisors Award $65 476.88 in Road Contracts
A special board meeting awarded contracts totaling 65 476.88 for primary and federal aid road work. Builders Material won seven and a half miles of No 11 Cedar Rapids Center Point road surfacing with crushed stone. Iowa Falls took a 25 011.68 bid for remaining gravel surfacing. Pioneer Construction of Newhall and other firms secured guard rails and baffle walls. The board did not postpone letting, despite requests to wait for the new highway commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Builders Material Company
No. 11
Cedar Rapids Center Point Road
M. C. Weaver
Iowa Falls
Pioneer Construction Company
Newhall
Weaver
George Cronkhite
Perry
H. J. Murphy
Marengo
Howard R. Green
Highway Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Commission
Gifford Rice
Green
Vavra Drops Three Down In State Golf Action
In Davenport Bob McKee of Des Moines sits three up on Cedar Rapids’s Johnny Vavra after the first eighteen holes of the State golf tournament. Ira Allen leads Ted Payseur three up, while Lee Herron is one up on Dr. Paul Barton. Second round play resumes this afternoon.
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Davenport
Bob McKee
Des Moines
Johnny Vavra
Cedar Rapids
McKee
Vavra
Ira Allen
Ted Payseur
Dubuque
Lee Herron
Sioux City
Paul Barton
Barton
Lloyd Nordstrom
IL. B. May
Francill Closes Demonstrations Of Radio Power
Maurice J. Francill radio wizard concluded three demonstrations in Mount Vernon and at Ma Kibben Motor company as crowds gathered. He will travel to Dubuque to show radio power today through Saturday, amid a fire alarm incident near Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice J. Francill
Evening Gazette
Republican
Mount Vernon
Eighth Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Ma- Kibben Motor Company
First Avenue
Francill
Dubuque
M. A. Duke
Baltimore publisher completes world record flight to Batavia
Van Lear Black of the Baltimore Sun arrived at Weltevreden flying field near Batavia after completing a world record passenger flight. The Fokker monoplane he hired in Amsterdam covered 8,000 miles in 15 days.
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Batavia
Dutch East _ Indies
UPF
van Lear Black
Publsher
Baltimore Sun
Weltevreden
Amsterdam
Another Movie Program Will Be Given Saturday To Aid Children's Camp
Cedar Rapids hosts a Saturday benefit at the Isis theater to raise funds for a children's camp. A double program with Tom Mix and Hoot Gibson, plus Jackie Coogan in The Rag Man, will run for ten cents a person, with all proceeds aiding undernourished children. Harry Crinklaw pledges to repeat his contribution, hoping to reach the $750 goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isis
Tom Mix
Hoot Gibson
Harry Crinklaw
Children of
Cedar Rapids
Canadian Mounted Police
James Oliver Curwood
Jackie Coogan
Isis Theater
Man Walks From Behind Car Struck On Third Avenue Bridge
Frank W. Sager, 60, of 839 Rockford Avenue West, was bruised on the elbows chest and scalp when struck from behind on the Third Avenue Bridge yesterday afternoon by a car driven by A G Rebel ski of 1338 Ellis Boulevard. Rebel ski drove Sager to a physician and notified police.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank W. Sager
Rockford Avenue
Third Avenue
A. G. Rebelski
Ellis Boulevard
Sager
Rebelski
Big Beer Raids Hit Davenport Lodges
Federal and state prohibition officers raided the Eagles and Northwest Davenport Turners clubs on a hot morning. Officers seized 13 500 bottles of beer at the Turners and 20 000 at the Eagles, with arrests of lodge officers expected. A federal agent requested a district attorney assistant.
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Davenport
Prohibition
Eagles
Turners
John Co. Witt
United States Prohibition
Roy Muhs
United States District Attorney's Office
State Department of Investigation
Heat Record Approaches 91 as Temperatures Hold at 90
The season’s heat record neared 91 degrees yesterday while today’s readings stayed at 90 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Beachgoers and park visitors sought relief from the warm conditions.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Heat Claims First Summer Fatality as City Sees Prostrations
In Et. Louis on June 39 Joan Vernosky aged 61 of Granite City died as heat took its first victim of the summer. Four prostrations were reported since the temperatures rose yesterday to the high 90s.
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ET. Louis
Joan Vernosky
Granite City
Advertising Deadline Notice for Independence Day
The Evening Gazette and Republican will not publish Monday July 4 a legal holiday advertisers must submit all copy for Tuesday July 5 editions to this office by Saturday noon.
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Evening Gazette
Republican
Flight log of America's transatlantic journey
A dated log tracks the aircraft's progress from Roosevelt field Long Island through Nova Scotia Ireland and France with sightings reports from byrd radio messages and signals. It notes land and sea sightings and communications with Brest Paris and Dublin as the plane crosses the Atlantic.
America Now Winging From Coast To Cy Bulletin
Paris reports the monoplane America crossed Landvision near Brest at 8 50 p m en route to Paris. New York wireless confirms Commander Byrd over Brest at 7 45 p m Paris time. Brest to Paris distance about 310 miles. Le Bourget field expected about 6 30 p m EDT if via direct route.
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Roosevelt Field
Long Island
N. Y
Watch Hill
R. I
Newport
Saunderstown
Plymouth
Mass
Cape Cod
Gloucester
Yarmouth
Mereghan
Nova Scotia
Cook's Falls
New Foundland
St. Johns
N. F
Chatham
Radio Corporation of America
America
Byrd
Berlin
Land's End
England
Hamburg
Irish
Valentia
Ireland
France
French
Tuscaloosa
Land
Maritime Prefecture
Brest
Revenge
Trevose Head
Cornwall
New York
le Bourget
Paris
B.C
Dublin
América
INS
Landvision
Ushant
Brittany
Comemander Byrd
le Bourget Field
Byrd Signals Position Near Cherbourg Heading to England
APA Havas dispatch from Cherbourg reports Commander Byrd signaling his position 35 miles north of Land's End England. The message lacks time but expected Cherbourg arrival around 7 30 p m French daylight time, 2 30 p m eastern daylight time.
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Paris
APA Havas
Cherbourg
Byrd
Land's End
England
London
Brest
Ushant
Revenge
Byrd Establishes Wireless Contact On North Atlantic Flight
Commander Byrd linked with Brest and Ushant stations while en route from Newfoundland to Ireland. Land's End intercepts confirmed bearings as the America advances toward Paris amid fog and headwinds.
Movie Actress Dies In On Location Thrill Stunt
Merced California June 30 In a on location stunt for Tom Mix films actress Ethel Hall doubled for Dorothy Dwan. The boat float broke from control and overturned in the Merced River rapids. Hall was dashed on a boulder and swept to her death as Mix failed to reach her before the cataract.
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Merced
Calif
Tom Mix
Ethel Hall
Dorothy Dwan
Villian
Miss Hall
Rapiis
Merced River
Mix
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Susaleth
John H. Howard
Air Service
Silvers
Seping
Hiegenberger
James Dole
Dole
DahlIman
Will Rogers
Garrette-Republican
Mrs. Coolidge
New Quaker
Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapips News
Children’s Camp Fund
Mary A. Williams
Edward Markham
W. C. la Tourette
K.e.byrd
Associated Press
Richard E. Byrd
North Atlantic
Brayhead
Bellevue
North America
George Neville
North Pole
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