King George Returns to Throngs After Ill Health
King George and Queen Mary return to Buckingham Palace after months of illness greeted by one of the largest crowds outside the palace. The monarch, appearing straight and resilient, expressed gratitude for the affectionate welcome and praised the capital’s loyal support. Attending were Alfonso of Spain, Duke of Connaught, the Prince of Wales, and royal family members amid ambulances and police aiding appreciative crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Mary
Averthall
Kensington Garden
Alfons
Spain
Duke of
Duke
Duchess of York
Elizabeth
Lascelles
Ingrid
Sweden
Plumbing dispute ends in killings in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on July 1 a plumbing dispute led Alexander McNhenny to shoot and kill neighbor Charlie Gray after Gray refused a $400 hot water heating job. Gray previously won a court ruling over the issue, and the shooting occurred at Gray’s plumbing shop. Joseph was wounded in the leg by a stray bullet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Alexander McNhenny
Charlie Gray
Joseph
Gray
McNhenny
Gray Plumbing
Twins born in June registration total 755 in Boise
Births during the June registration period of the bureau of vital statistics totaled 755. Of these 71 were female and 434 male. There were 124 sets of twins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Bureau
Sheriff Kills Bad Gunman in Metaline Falls Area
In July 1944 Spokane officer Brower forced entry into a cabin near Metaline Falls and killed Jack Rowden also known as Black Jack MacDonald after Rowden shot at him and barricaded the cabin. Witnesses said Rowden was believed to be a murderer and had fired from the cabin. A car stop seven miles from Metaline Falls ended with a man named Ray Perkins found dead. coroners report in Newport described Perkins as murdered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
Sheruf Ylloyd Brower
Spokane
Jack Rowden
Theels
Rowden
Black Jack” MacDonald
Metaline Falls
Fliers Return From Spain in Atlantic Flight Drama
Flyers aboard HMS Eagle arrive in Spain after a perilous seven day ocean drift. Major Ramon Franco and three companions are greeted by crowds in Madrid and Gibraltar as governments and aero clubs praise the trans Atlantic mission. In Atlanta, Prof A H Johnson is murdered amid a police mystery with theories of taxi ride theft and a poultry deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
Spain
HMS Eagle
Ramon Franco
Plane refueling ship locates endurance flyer over San Fernando
A red flare exploded in fog over the San Fernando valley to guide a refueling ship to the lost endurance flight of Leo Nomis and Maurice Morrison. The plane neared fuel depletion as it was located and a gasoline load transferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Amoeles
San Fernando Valley
Leo Nomis
Maurice Morrison
Weather Pair Forecast Tonight and Tuesday
The CTAM forecast calls for a temperature drop tonight followed by a rise on Tuesday. Expect cooler evening conditions, with daytime highs returning towar ds seasonal norms and a chance of light winds.
Undercover Man Fails at Fishing Bluff on Windsor Waterways
A man posing as a fisherman near Windsor docks aroused suspicion from locals and a police officer. The man carried a book with numbers and names tied to rum runs and auto thefts, but the officer found no hook on his line and detoured safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Down River
Detroit
Two Drown in Shallow Water At Summitt Lake
Olympia reports a double drowning at Summitt Lake 15 miles west of the city. Mrs Mazel Eva Mitchell and Budd Ni thon, both 32 from Centralia, perished in four and a half feet of water. Mrs A Busse, also from Centralia, survived after grabbing a log during the attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia Wash
Mazel Eva Mitchell
Budd Nithon
Centralia
Summitt Lake
Here
A. Busse
Nikhon
Allied Amusements Meet in Spokane for Annual Session
About 75 members of the Allied Amusements of the Pacific Northwest gathered in Spokane for the organization’s regular annual meeting. Theatre owners and managers discussed theater operations and related business matters during the session held July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokans
Allied Amusements of the
Pacific Northwest
Noted Airman Crises Occurs and Two Killed in Plane Crash
Wilmer Stultz Amelia Earhart's trans Atlantic pilot died when his plane stalled near Roosevelt Field Mineola. Patrick Castiluchi and Charles Harwood also died. The crash followed a tailspin at about 300 feet near Mineola. Stultz's wife Mildred arrived at Nassau County Hospital. The plane belonged to John Hay Whitney. Earhart was named assistant general traffic manager of Transcontinental Air Transport Inc. in New York. The Tokyo cabinet crisis toppled Premier Tanaka and several officials amid fallout from the Kellogg pact and Chang Tso Lin assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Field
N.Y
Wilmer Stultz
Amelia Earhart
Stultz
Here
Mineola
Patrick Castiluchi
Revely
Charles Harwood
Nassau County Hospital
Muineol
Long Island Fields
Francis Phillips
John Phillips
Queens
Jack Ashcraft
Viola Gentry
Elmer Barry
Maxwell Balfour
Commie Field
Nesses
Teeseseo
Mildred Stultz
John Hay Whitney
Whitney
Harwood
New York
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc
T. B. Clement
Tokyo
Haron Tanaka
Chang Tso-Lin
Korea
South Manchuria
Yugo Hamaguchi
Minsekto
Uppor Liberal Party
Emperor Hirohito
Baron Kijuro Shidehara
Washington
Marshall Chang Tso-Lin
Northern China
Mukden
Japan
Home Office
Chang
Yoshinori Shirakawa
Grosso Held for Killing Frank Marlow
New York police say Dave Grosso, held as a material witness, is the man who abducted and may have killed Frank Marlow after the fatal ride last Monday. Nicholas McDermott and James Graham were also detained as material witnesses. authorities link Mariow to aiding Grosso before Marlow’s body was found near Flushing cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grover A Whalen
Dave Grosso
Frank Marlow
Grosso
Elizabeth
N. J
Long Island City
Nicholas McDermott
James Graham
Whalen
Mariow
Marlow
Io Queens
Barr
Greese
McDermott
Flushing Cemetery
Five Victims of Auto Fire in Angola Incident
Noah F Trosper of Detroit and his family died in a head on crash near Lake George. Herman Scott of Coldwater escaped his vehicle but five relatives perished including Mrs Otha Trosper and three children. Survivors were hospitalized with injuries. Coroner will rule accidental death for both drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angola
Ind
Noah F Trosper
Detroit
Lake George
Trosper
Herman Scott
Coldwater
Midh
Scott
Otha Trosper
Iona
Eleanor
Robert
Henry Trosper
Plainville
Davies County
W. H. Lane
Yankees Top Red Sox In Rain Extended Scrimmage Result
New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 1 0 in a rain delayed game with a Ben Paschal seventh inning homer driving in the only run. Herb Pennock and Mel Parnell locked down the mound as New York won at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankees
Ben Paschal
Heston Red Sox
Herb Pennock
Melone
New York
Rayne
Gaston
Pennock
Hietmach
Bencough
Home Brew Tax Yields Revenue For Tennessee
Nashville reports the first month of the malt extract tax brought in 15000 dollars for Tennessee. Officials say about 300000 pounds of malt extract were sold in June, mostly for home brew, supporting the 5 cent per pound levy aimed at making home brewers share the tax burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
State of Tennessee
State Department of Finance and Taxation
Gey
General Assembly
Advo Ca Ies
Airmen Endurance Flight Under Wind and Fatigue
Byron K. Newcomb and Roy L Mitchell pressed toward a world record of 172 12 hours in the air as they battled weariness and choppy winds near Cleveland. The crew reported needing rest after a third day of refueling attempts hampered by hazardous flying and adverse weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Byron K. Newcomb
Roy L Mitchell
Rigney Succeeds Gibson on Idaho Utilities Board
J D Rigney Jerome took the oath as member of the public utilities commission in Boise. He succeeds Will H Gibson Mountains Home who completes a six year term on the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
J. D. Rigney Jerome
Public Utilities Commission
Will H. Gibson
Mountains Home
Commission
Cessna Plane With Nomis Morrison Lost From Los Angeles Airport
Ground officials said the monoplane flown by Leo Nomis and Maurice Morrison went missing in dense fog after a planned first day of fuel en durance flight at 7 30 a m The crew risks forced landing if the search fails to locate the aircraft before noon
Income Taxes and Prosperity Lift a Burden
Washington reports the new fiscal year with public debt at its lowest since World War I and a cash balance of 61.6 million. Higher receipts due to prosperity reduced the deficit, with individual income tax gains offsetting lower corporation taxes. Total 1929 receipts reached 4.033 billion, expenditures 3.845 billion, interest 678 million, and inked debt down to 16.921 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Civil Service Retirement Fund
Veterans’ Bureau
Wabash Plans a Big Merger
Washington reports the Wabash railroad seeks to form a new eastern trunk line by acquiring control of nine railroads and joint control of five others. The plan includes trackage rights and would create terminals at Chicago St. Louis Kansas City Omaha Des Moines New York Philadelphia and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wabash Railroad
Wabash
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Des Moines
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Week End Crashesin World of Fliers and Several Deaths
An air mail pilot and an airline official were killed in a series of crashes across the nation over the weekend. Mishaps on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the Midwest claimed four lives including Waldo E Robey of Kansas City and Iran Wilkinson of Capital Airways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Air Mail
Atlantic
Pacific
Middle West
Waldo E Robey
Kansas City
Continental Air Lines, Inc
Columbus
Ohio
Iran Wilkinson
Capital Airways Company
Iis
Charles Wilson
Sacramento
Calif
Marin
Berlin
W. J
Also Mentioned on This Page
King
Great Britain
Frank Hawks
Los Angeles
Gibral
Santa Marialand
Azores
Madrid
Uose
Muslera
la Linca
Alrminen
Spanish
Aero Club
John Grahame
Atlanta
A. H Johnson
Georgia
Pdlufation Association
Hartwell
Johnson
J. A. McKibben
Ting
Grimes
Jacksonville
Fla
Hariwell
Solicitor General's Office
Coroner
Solgins
Gil Washington
Hirage I
Prankhouse
Maines
Mueller
Bad Mergenghrim
Axy
Marston
Iowa State College
Hoover
Rigney
Gibson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!