No results in Talia search by party in Spitzbergen
June 6 reports from Spitzbergen say expeditions chasing the missing Italia failed to locate it. An icebreaker off North Cape found no trace, while Alpine units and a sealer off West Spitzbergen also reported no clues. Wireless signals claimed England, but no new lead emerged.
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N Bay
Spitzbergen
Italia
North Cape
Lend
Umberto Nobile
Ehio
Kremer
Kings Bey
Sora
Braganza
New Priesland
Widje Fjord
Hinlopen Swat
Hobby
Luetasow Holm
Hhe
Biecaya Hook
Broad Bay
West Spitzbergen
Ehe
Russie
Franz Josef l
Kings Bay
Oglo
Norway
Detroït Newspaper Heist Unfolds At Night
About 180 workers at the Detroit News Building were held up at 1 a m as 811 men armed with sawed off shotguns looted the business office and cashier cages. The robbers fled in a car after a street brawl in which a man was fatally wounded during exchanges with police. shots were fired along Le Mapnette Boulevard.
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Detroist
Detroit News
DB Conline
Mane Akion
Fisk University commencement urged for practical lives
Nashville Tennessee June 6 John Dwyce voices RH opinion urging the many students at Fisk University to pursue wakeful occupations in their home towns rather than chase college life. He argues education should fit the individual and environment, warning against dissatisfaction with one’s lot.
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Nashville
John Dwyce
Fisk University
Southern Cross Leaves Fiji for Australia Tonight Flight
Flight commander Charles Kingsford Smith announced the Southern Cross will depart Nasalai Beach at 3 p m for a 1750 mile leg to Brisbane Australia. The crew including Ulm Lyon Warner and Kingsford Smith face perilous conditions as they continue their Oakland to Sydney flight.
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Suva
Fiji
Naselai
Brisbane
Australia
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Pacific Coast Line
Kingsford-Smith
Oakland
Calif
Sydney
Charles Ulm
Harry Lyon
James Warner
Albert Park
Hawaii
Naselal
Ulm
Piji
Wilbur Voliva Promotes Flat Earth Theory
New York AP report states Wilbur Glenn Voliva, leader of Zion City Illinois, asserts the earth is flat and warns that Admiral Richard Byrd could fall off the edge as he crosses the Atlantic. Voliva claims the sun orbits a central plate with the sun moving around it like an orange.
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New York
Jame
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Richard BE
Byrd
Zion City
Senate report tallies campaign spending in 1932 primaries
Washington June 6 AP the senate investigating committee released its final pre convention report listing presidential campaign receipts and expenditures for fifteen candidates. total spending reached 78106775 with Hoover alone accounting for over half. Hoover receipts 33902821 expenditures 633082211. Other figures include Dewes Lowden Watson Willits Curtis Goff Norris Hitchcock Pomerene Smith Reed Walsh But George and more, with several candidates reporting none or minimal activity.
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Washington
Senate Investigating Committee
Hoover
Steiner
Dewes
Lowden
Watson
Willits
Curtis
Goff
Norris
Hitchcock
Pomerene
Smith
Reed
Walsh
George
Chicago Girl Crowned Miss Universe at Galveston Pageant
Ella Van Huesen of Chicago won the title Miss Universe at the third international pageant of pulchritude in Galveston Texas after competing against thirty one Americans and ten foreign contestants. She also earned a silver plaque and a gold crown.
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Galveston
Tex
Ella van Huesen
Chicago
United States
Dorothy Sbrittion
Jersey City
M. J
Wind delays start of hop across the ocean
Trepassey Newfoundland escapade stalls as north-northwest wind delays Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon from lifting the Friendship for the transatlantic attempt. Earhart remains hopeful and focused while others pursue separate Atlantic plans, with dates and pilots still unsettled.
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Trepassey
Atlantic
Shess
Mies
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Plot
Louis Gordon
Stultz
Gordon
Miss Earhart
North Atlantic
Will Rogers Narrowly Escapes Air Crash in Las Vegas
Humorist Will Rogers Dr L D Cheney and pilot Fred Kelly survived a monoplane crash in Las Vegas as the Western Air Express aircraft from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City turned over on landing. The right wheel broke causing a ground loop. Rogers was dazed but unharmed. Cheney suffered a minor cut from flying glass.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
Will Rogers
L D. Cheney
Pasengers
Fred Kelly
Western Air Express
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Rogers
Kansas City
Kelly
Cheney
Ogden Mayor Seeks Air Wedding Bride
Ogden Utah June 6 mayor Frank Precis plans a unique air wedding as part of the first official air mail celebration at the airport on June 30. He seeks a willing bride to marry him in an airborne ceremony, which he will perform in person if a suitable partner can be found.
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Ogden
Utah
Frank Precis
Farm values show turn in tide after bank troubles
The Farm Loan Board reported indications of improving farm values and a sound, useful system despite past mismanagement that put three banks into receivership. With $62.5 billion in loans outstanding, reforms under Farm Loan Commissioner Eugene Meyer are expected to boost utility for farming communities.
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Eugene Meyer
Holland June 6 report on arrival of AP Wilkins and Lieut Fars
AP and Lieut Carl Fars arrived in Amsterdam from Brussels today aboard an air airplane. They were due to depart later this afternoon for an undisclosed destination in a continuing overseas assignment.
Six Dead as Montgomery Flood Wrecks Alabama Area
Six people died as renewed floods hit Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana after five days of heavy rain. Coastal Plain croplands suffered widespread losses while low land communities prepared evacuations amid rising waters from released dam gates near Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Gulf
Hoover Forces Start on Final Delegation Drive
Hoover campaign moves to clinch the Republican nomination as delegates assemble in Kansas City. Despite obstacles from rival candidates and farm faction pressure, Hoover backers express growing confidence while opponents plan to stop him. A large jewel display for the convention hall signals the political theater ahead.
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Hoover
Kansas City
API
Herbert Koore
Nationa
Brest
Bacs
Commerce
Nen
Lowden
Curtis
Melion
Hig
Sundey
Con Gge
Ambascador Hotel
Hoover Com
James W Good
Hoover Campaign Generalissimo
Mace Pulse Today
Florida
Louisana
Mississippi
Rain Delays Hit Major League Games In AMERICAN LEAGUE
Postponements stain today’s schedule as Boston at Detroit and Washington at Chicago are rained out. Phillies beat St Louis 8 to 7 in a rain shorted contest while New York defeated Cleveland 8 to 3. In the NL, Pittsburgh at Boston was postponed, Brooklyn beat Cincinnati 8 to 12, and Chicago topped Philadelphia 6 to 5 with late rally.
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Boston
Philadelphia
St Louis
Ehmke
Rommel
Cochrane
Gray and Manion
Cleveland
New York
Pennock
Grabowski
Uhle
Barne Leveen
L. Sewell
National League
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Maye Edwards
Picinich Hargrave
McWeeney
Fhrhard
Henline
Seven Killed in Collision at Ridgley Crossing
Seven Virden youths and a five year old playmate died when a northbound interurban crashed into their car at Ridgley crossing. The victims ranged from 3 to 19, including Samuel Brubaker 19 driver and siblings Mary 17 Delvin 15 Ross belle 12 June 5 Ellen 3 Chester Wiley, all Virden residents. The motor car was forced down the track and blocked the right of way.
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Springfield
Ridgley Crossing
Here
Interurban
Samuel Brubaker
Mary
Delvin
Rossbelle
Ellen
Chester Wiley
Balloon race winner declared in Pittsburgh elimination
The article states that on June in Washington the Army Air Corps balloon race was won by a contestant tied to Scott Field, with Lie O. Eareckson and Iain W. Eepnrer among those attached. Pittsburgh hosted the main elimination event.
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Washington
Apermy Air Corps
Iain W.eepnrer
Lie “ O. Eareckson
Sre
Scott Pieldel
Pittsburgh
Mermorts
Smith May Get Indiana Votes
Indiana's delegation to the Democratic national convention in Houston will back Evens Woollen for the presidential nomination if his name remains on the ballot, with no second choice pledged unless Woollen withdraws. Ten district delegates urged waiting for Governor Alfred E. Smith as a potential second choice, while others suggested Smith as a likely alternative.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Houston
Mey
Evens Wooten
Hoosier
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Smith
Directors vote to retain 14 man plan
Boise Senators release Walter Paepke and Ed Keuhl after Utah Idaho League limits rosters to 14 players. Walter Canfield is ill and may be considered for a later berth as the present roster stands at 14 players. Grave condition reported for Marche Chang Teo Lin in Manchuria with Doihara stating he remains unconscious.
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Boise
Walter Paepke
Ed Keuhl
Boise Senators
Walter Canfield
Canfield
Ray McKaig
Muekden
Manchuria
Doihara
Marche Chang Teo-Lin
Fliers Postpone Coast to Coast Hop from San Diego
The attempt by pilots Lee Schoenhair and Harry Tucker to fly non stop from San Diego to New York was postponed on urgent weather advice. They planned a landing at Curtiss Field Long Island about 36 hours after departure, flying the Lockheed monoplane Yankee Doodle at an estimated speed of 170 miles per hour.
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Jim Warner
Eid
Warner
Pacific
G@mith
Ban Diego
Washington
New York
San Diego
Lee Schoenhair
Harry Tucker
Curtins Field
Rockwell Field
Sirmen
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Wilbur Voliva
Amelia Eathart
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Charles Levine
Clarence Chamberlin
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Mabel Boll
Thea Rasche
Bellanca
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Rasche
Ruth McDonald
Aurora
Denver
Federal Farm Loan Board
Amsterdam
Convention
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Jones and Hartnett
Miller
Walsh and Schulte
Louis
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Alaidge Faulkner
Chaplin Snc O’parreil
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