Lindbergh Headed Home From Cherbourg Afloat
Memphis to Cherbourg farewell for Captain Charles Lindbergh as the Memphis steams toward Hampton Roads. Crowds, flowers, and a White House invitation mark the final day of the aviator’s stay in France before his return to the United States.
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U. S. S. Memphis
Charles Lindbergh
Memphis
Cherbourg
Hampton Roads
Kergh
Commander Bay
President Coolidge
Lindbergh
White House
Herbourg
France
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St. Louis
Urget Field
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Wisconsin Train Clerk Kills Ex-Wife Then Himself
Granteburg, Wisconsin June 4 AP. John Erickson 40 killed Lester Anderson 27 a rail telegrapher, at Northern Pacific railroad, then went to his divorced wife’s home and fatally shot her in front of their seven year old son. Sheriff arrived after a struggle and death was confirmed.
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Lester Anderson
John Erickson
Erickson
Charles H. Sam
Train strikes Kimball couple at Main Street crossing
Mr and Mrs George Lynch of Kimball were killed when an eastbound Union Pacific train hit their truck at the Main Street crossing. The wife died instantly and the husband died later in a local hospital. The accident involved train No 2 the Overland Limited.
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Kimball
Neb
George Lynch
Union Pacific
Main Street
Mre
Herusband
Howe Overland Limited
Demand for flood control conference reaches the White House
Chicago Mayors Thompson O Keefe Miller lead 1800 delegates at a flood control conference urging President Coolidge to recognize flood control as a national duty. The group asks for immediate relief for Mississippi flood sufferers and a presidential conference with top engineers and officials to design a permanent program. Roy West to draft a formal notice.
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Chicago
Calvin Coolidge
Executive Committee
Flood Control Conference
William Hale Thompson
Washington
Roy O. West
Republican National Committee
Coolidge
Thompson
Dwight Davis
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
A. J. O'Keefe
New Orleans
W. J. Miller
St. Louis
Father of Waters
Davis
Herbert Hoover
Army
Floods Follow Cloudburst In East Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky confronts major flood damage after a cloudburst. Red Cross led by Governor Fields mobilizes relief across Kentucky valleys along the Kentucky Big Sandy and Licking rivers. Deaths reach at least 89 with thousands unemployed and homeless. relief centers open in Lexington and Ashland as fundraising targets are set.
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Louisvilee
Kentucky
Wiliam J. Fields
National American Red Cross
Big Sandy
Licking
Mississippi Valley
Red Cross
Lewis H. Kilpatrick
National Red Cross
Oisville
The
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kilpatrick
Lexington
Ashland
Plans for repatriation and reconstruction in flood areas advance
New Orleans reports flood threat easing in the lower Atchafalaya river basins as officials push ahead with steady repatriation and reconstruction efforts. The item notes continuation on page 4.
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New Orlean
Atchafalaya
Allocation of Federal Funds for Idaho Highways
Boise June 4 AP Final allocation of federal funds in the federal aid highway program for 1927 totals 1 827 000 dollars to be spent on federally approved projects. Of this amount 1 088 500 comes from the federal government while 738 500 is provided by state counties and highway districts. Old Oregon Trail work features 73 miles regrading and surfacing south of Weiser, a Payette county bridge, 7 miles surface treatment Fruitland to New Plymouth, 11 miles west of Boise, 2 1/2 miles near Glenns Ferry, 5 miles between Buhl and Piler, 18 miles between Pocatello and American Falls, and 4.7 miles west of Pocatello. Nine miles of new construction in Bannock and Power counties and Bear Lake county are included. Local condition reviews and best features from other states will guide Idaho’s program for surface treatments to gravel and crushed rock roads with oil treatment carried under a logical plan. Three types of oil treatment will be used, adapted to foundation, surface material and traffic.
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Joe D. Wood
Veworks
United States Bureau of Public Trade
Weiser
Washington County
Payette River
Payette County
New Plymouth
Ada County
Glenns Ferry
Elmore County
Buhl
Piler
Twin Falls County
Pocatelo
American Falls
Power County
Pocatello
Bannock and Power Cornties
Bear Lake County
Idaho
R. H. Shoemaker
Bureau of Highways
Mr. Shoemaker
Utah Weather Outlook: Sunday and Monday Fair
Sunday and Monday bring fair skies in Utah with little change in temperature. No precipitation expected as high and low ranges remain steady across the two days.
Lindbergh to Arrive in Washington Next Saturday
Washington awaits Captain Charles A. Lindbergh as he returns from Cherbourg aboard the Memphis. He will be greeted by President Coolidge, decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross, and farewelled with a grand parade from Peace Monument to the monument grounds with army navy and district units in attendance.
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President Coolidge
Bollingfield
New York
Washington Navy Yard
Memphis
Kington Grounds
Air Service
Monument
Army
Engineers
Fort Humphreys
Navy
Navy Band
Quantico
District of Columbia National Guard
Chamberlin Ends Flight Record Drive in Europe Run
Clarence Chamberlin and Bert Acosta completed a record endurance flight in a Bellanca craft from New York toward Europe. The flight surpassed the 45 hour 11 minute 659 second French record, with the plane carrying 3080 pounds including 585 gallons of gas and 21 gallons of oil.
Bellanca Pilot Sets Endurance Flight Record
Clarence Duncan Chamberlin, 32, an aviator since World War I, established a new endurance record in a Bellanca Columbia over New York. He flew 1 hours 11 minutes 29 seconds, covering an estimated 3 600 miles, tying with Bert Acosta for the world mark and surviving a separate test flight mishap with minimal damage. Chamberlin, born in Dennison Iowa, has had one serious accident years earlier near Hempstead Long Island.
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Clarence Chamberlin
Chamberlin
Atlantic
Columbia
Charles A. Levine
Lindberg
New York
Clarence Chamberlain
Germany
Bert Acosta
Bellanca
Chamberlain
Etampes
Oakley G. Kelly
John A. Macready
Clarence Duncan Chamberlin
Iowa State College
Army
Army Air Service
Hempstead
L. L
Lawrence Baranelli
Paris
Dennison Ia
Berlin Expects To Welcome Columbia
German officials prepare for the arrival of Clarence D. Chamberlin flying the Columbia. Irish preparations fill the headquarters as Berlin readies a late night reception with all city departments told to pull out all stops for the aviator's welcome.
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Berlin
Columbia
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Bellanca
Aero Club
Distance and Not Speed Is Object Flight
The Bellanca monoplane Columbia piloted by Chamberlin and Levine heads 1900 miles to Ireland on a perilous ocean leg. Weather favors west winds as radio reports track progress, with time margins tight against Lindbergh’s earlier pace and Cape Race routing reducing distance.
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Lindbergh
Ireland
Chamberlin-Levine
Associated Press
North Atlantic
Irish
Chamberlin
Newfoundland
Cape Race
St. John
St. Johns
Chamberlain
Levine
Nova Scotia
Bellanca Monoplane Columbia Over North Atlantic Tonight
The Bellanca monoplane Columbia was reported flying over the north Atlantic tonight. The AP dispatch notes this progress and mentions a page continuation for full details.
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New York
North Atlantic
Three Fort Worth youths die in midair crash
June 4 Port Worth Texas three young Fort Worth residents Marvin Johnson 24 Kearney Wright 21 and Harry Crosby 21 were killed when the plane they rode in went into a tailspin from about 660 feet and exploded on impact. Pilot Johnson had been learning to fly under owner George Bischoff who warned him not to fly passengers. Wright and Crosby were Johnsons passengers and had joined him for a flight after Johnson had done repair work on the aircraft.
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Tex
Marvin Johnson
Kearney Wright
Harry Crosby
Fort Worth
Johnson
George Bischoff
Bischoff
Wright
Corby
Eschoff
Curtis Hic
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