Stunt Plane Crash Kills Six In San Diego Flight
Six people die when an army single seater dives and clips a Maddux Airlines liner over San Diego. The army pilot Lieut Glenn Keefer parachute fails the passenger crew includes pilot Morris Murphy Louis Pratt Arthur Guajardo Amelia Guajardo Cecelia Kelly two hours after the crash.
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San Diego
Calif
Glenn H. Keefer
Amelia Guajardo
Cecelia Kelly
Phoenix
Ariz
Glenn Howard Keefer
Rockwell Field
Murphy
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pratt
Frightened novice seizes control and ship dives to death
In Hardin, Percy Templeman and Grant Warner died after a Lincoln P aige two seater crashed in Cheyenne street. Warner, piloting for the first time, froze to the stick causing a nose dive. Templeman could not save the plane. The wreck occurred near Fifth street. both bodies were wedged in the cockpit and later released. Templeman, 22, a Hardin Aircraft pilot, was from Butte. Warner, 23, from Whitehall, Wis.
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Hardin
Percy Templeman
Hardin Aircraft Company
Grant J. Warner
Warner
Templeman
J. L. Templeman
Butte
W. A. Clark
Montana
Flyer
Whitehall
Wis
Cheyenne Street
Fifth Street
Henry Dorn
Dorn
Melville Shoe Chain Reins in Expansion Plan
Melville Shoe Corp halts rapid growth to focus on merchandising and store improvement. Ward Melville says the chain seeks a breathing spell after opening many outlets, with five new stores this year versus over 100 in the prior year and 50 in 1927. The firm cites the need to train top store managers and assistants.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Melville Shoe Corporation
Thom McAn
John Ward
Ward Melville
Realty Dealers In Butte Notice House Shortage
The Butte Land and Investment company runs over 300 rental houses and all are occupied except six deemed unsuitable for families. W A Kemper, company president and longtime Butte native, predicts a bright but cautious outlook as wartime prosperity fades and postwar deflation looms.
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Butte Notice House
Butte Land and Investment Company
Butte
W. A. Kemper
Kemper
Tornado Strikes Tillar Plantation Killing Thirteen
A tornado cut a 100 yard path through the Tillar Plantation property near Tilar, Arkansas, killing thirteen people, 11 of them Black, and fatally injuring two more. Missouri Pacific officials reported from McGehee, with crews assessing damage and noting nearby reports of wrecks.
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Little Rock
Ark
Tillar
Tilar
Montana Elks Plan Record Delegation to Grand Lodge
Archie McTaggart chairs a general committee to arrange Montana's Elks delegation to the national convention in Los Angeles in July. The group includes Henry Coulam, Charles P. Nevin, Sam Treloar of Butte. G L Steinbenner of Missoula. C T Scott of Billings. H C Karrow of Kalispell. A meeting to appoint subcommittees is set for Tuesday, reservations are being accepted, and accommodations for 300 members are available. The delegation is expected to be the largest in lodge history.
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Archie McTaggart
Montana
Elks
Los Angeles
Elks Hall
LaSage
Henry Coulam
Charles P. Nevin
Sam Treloar
Butte
G. L. Steinbenner
Missoula
C. T. Scott
Billings
H. C. Karrow
Kalispell
Lodge
Boy Criminals Not Accidents Says Engineer
Washington reporter covers engineer John Hays Hammond’s radio talk on The Underprivileged Boy. He argues many youths turn criminal due to lack of parental supervision and alien parents unfamiliar with American civic life, noting two thirds of boys fall into this category amid crowded homes and limited recreation.
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Washington
John Hays Hammond
National Broadcasting Company System
Pri
Hoover Denounces Import Plan as Costly Subsidy
President Hoover denounces the export debenture farm relief plan as a direct subsidy costing the nation more than 200 million dollars yearly. He sends a letter to Senator McNary and releases cabinet analyses by Mellon Lamont and Hyde. The White House plans to present the letter to the Senate Agriculture Committee.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
United States Treasury
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
White House
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Commerce Lamont
Agriculture
Hyde
General Lord to retire from budget work before new fiscal year
Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the budget, will retire before July 1 as the government closes its fiscal year June 30. At Hoover's request he delayed resignation since March but now plans to return to private work after seven years in charge of the nation’s financial program. Hoover seeks a successor, with no decision yet made.
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Lord
Washington
Herbert M. Lord
Hoover
Coole
Five Die as Train Hits Auto at Gastonia Crossing
Five people are killed and three injured when the Crescent limited train from New York to New Orleans strikes an automobile at a grade crossing in East Gastonia. The dead include driver J D McCurry and siblings Ring and Bob Parton. witnesses say a watchman tried to stop the train and an unidentified woman pulled McCurry from the wreck before flames.
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Gastonia
N. C
Crescent Limited
Southern Railway
New York
New Orleans
East Gastonia
J.D. McCurry
Fred Parton
Maggie Parton
Ring Parton
J. D. McCurry
J.D. McCurry Jr
McCurry
Four Die as Car Plunges and is Hit by Train Near Steubenville
Four members of the Di Carlo family were killed when their car plunged 100 feet and was struck by a speeding Pennsylvania railroad passenger train near Steubenville Ohio. Driver Alesio Di Carlo, 43, among those killed, was identified.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alesio di Carlo
Six Injured When Ennis Sheridan Stage Collides in Flint
Six people were injured in a Sunday morning crash on Harrison Avenue as a Flint car driven by Roy Babich rammed the Ennis Sheridan stage bound for Butte. Anttedo Rose, 25, of 528 East Park Street, suffered possible skull and brain injuries and may not survive. Others injured include J Larson of Twin Bridges with glass cuts, Dustin Keller with a broken knee, Roy Babich with head and shoulder bruises, and Vouckovich with minor chest injuries. A young girl in Babich's car had only slight injuries.
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Roy Babich
Harrison Avenue
Anttedo Rose
East Park Street
Murray Hospital
J. Larson
Dustin Keller
East
Granite Street
Tf Vouckovich
Font Babich
American views on arms reduction outlined in Geneva
Ambassador Hugh S Gibson will outline U S views on armament reduction with focus on naval arms at the disarmament conference. The morning session time was advanced from 3:30 to 10:00 A M at the American delegation's request, and Gibson aims to address the naval question.
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Geneva
Hugh 8. Gibson
Belgium
Berlin Won’t Intervene in Paris Financial Talks
Berlin will not intervene directly in the Paris conference though French reports suggest a shift could help the committee of financial experts. German delegates Dr Hjalmar Schacht and Voegler met the cabinet for five hours and will present any attitude changes in Paris at a plenary session.
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Berlin
Paris
Schacht
Two Die When Auto Hits Bridge in Driver Virginia
Norfolk dispatch reports two people killed and three injured when a sedan struck a concrete bridge near Driver Virginia. The deceased include George B. Walton 82 of Suffolk a retired manufacturer and Mrs M W Joyner about 60 also of Suffolk.
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Norfolk
Driver
George B. Walton
Suffolk
M. W. Joyner
Doctor claims discovery of substitute for blood
Dr. Leon Normet, eminent biologist, announced a serum he says can replace blood and save hemorrhage patients. In an Academy of Sciences paper, he reported successful animal tests and recent human use with satisfactory results. Professor Richet hailed it as a first serum to permanently address hemorrhage.
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Paris
George Kent
United Press
Leon Normet
Academy of Sciences
Richet
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