Westward Atlantic Flight Marks Second Plane Crossing
June 25 reports the Southern Cross reaching New York after a westward flight from Ireland, following Bremen’s failed westward crossing. Many prior attempts ended in tragedy with ten lives lost. Notable names include Baron von Huenefeld, Captain Koehl, Colonel Fitzmaurice, and others from Paris to New York, with several planes forced to land or wrecked.
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New York
Southern Cross
Ireland
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
North Atlantic
Bremen
Greenley Island
Labrador
Baron von Huenefeld
Herman Koehl
James Fitzmaurice
Atlantic
Europe
America
Charles Nungesser
Francois Coli
Freuchen
Paris
Upavon
England
Ottawa
Ont
Princess Lowenstein-Wirtheim
Leslie Hamilton
F. F. Minchin
H. G. Hinchcliffe
Elsie Mackay
Cranwell
Ocean
Leon Idzikowski
Azores
Kasimir Kubala
Rotary chief candidates nominated in Chicago see actions
Raymond J. Knoeppel of New York City and Almon E. Roth of Palo Alto California were nominated for Rotary International president. Ten US directors were named with elections set for tomorrow. Knoeppel is an attorney and Roth a Stanford University business manager. The convention heard Sir Henry Worth Thornton warn that modern industry and expanding markets threaten world peace as tariff barriers and national pride rise.
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Chicago
Raymond J. Knoeppel
New York City
Almon E. Roth
Palo Alto
Cal
Rotary International
United States
Knoeppel
Roth
Stanford University
Henry Worth Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Henry
Indiana
Washington George
Fire destroys 27 airplanes and two hangars at Chicago airport
A fire at Mile Square airport destroyed two hangars belonging to Universal Airlines and Grey Goose Airlines, plus 27 airplanes including 12 tri motor passenger planes. The loss exceeds $2 million, with an explosion in the Universal hangar cited as the ignition. Ground crews saved five planes from the flames as power lines failed and lights went out.
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Chicago
Municipal
Universal Airlines, Inc
Grey Goose Airlines
Stout Air Lines
Universal
Mile Square
Grey Goose
Universal Airlines
Cleveland
Kansas City
St. Louis
Tulsa
Governor Baldridge to Attend Conference in Salt Lake City
Governor H C Baldridge will travel by car to Salt Lake City for the conference of governors opening June 27. He stops tonight at Twin Falls and continues tomorrow with Mrs Baldridge, daughter Gail, and secretary Victor Shawe joining the trip.
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Boise
H.C. Baldridge
Salt Lake City
Twin Falls
Parties to Introduce Prohibition Repeal Planks
In Trenton New Jersey June 25 AP: Both parties move to include repeal planks in their platforms. Republicans announce a repeal plank in their tentative platform and reaffirm support for repeal of the prohibition amendment and federal enforcement act. Governor not fully cited in available text.
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Trenton
N. J
Resolutions Committee
Hobart
G. Wolker
Bank robbers run from home guard chase in NOBLE Ill
Four bank robbers robbed First National Bank in Noble before a 60 mile pursuit led by a month old Home Guard. The posse shot at breakaway bandits, three were captured. one was killed during a retreat into woods. Everett Woolen the druggist was wounded. Loot of 10,000 dollars cash and 30,000 dollars in bonds recovered.
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Noble
Ill
First National Bank
Home Guard
Everett Woolen
Sears Declares Quarterly Dividend and Stock Dividends
In Chicago on June 25 Sears Roebuck and Company directors declare a regular quarterly dividend of 62 cents per share payable August 1 to stockholders of record July 15. Previous declarations include two 1 percent stock dividends to be paid August 1 and November 1 to holders of record July 15 and October 15.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Recod
Relief bill faces a veto by President Hoover
The House accepted Senate amendments to a veterans relief bill for World War I soldiers, branded bad legislation by Hoover. He is expected to veto and a two thirds override vote appears unlikely with Republican backing. The House plans a new bill to counter administration objections.
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Washington
Hoover
House
Senate
Longworth
Royal C. Johnson
Lost His Dads Taking a Nap
Clarence Corp, while resting in a Kansas City park, was assaulted by two men who robbed him of $4 and his clothing. He was left wrapped in newspapers and later reached his room perspiring and talked to police.
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Kansas City
Clarence Corp
Clarence
Ruth Hits Two Homers As Yankees Defeat St Louis
Babe Ruth belts his 25th and 26th homers of the season, driving the Yankees to a 5 to 4 win over St Louis. Bill Werber records his first major league hit on base during the contest, with Holshauser pitching for the visitors.
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New York
Babe Ruth
George Blaeholder
Bill Werber
Yankees
Babe
Holshauser
Fliers Disappearance Mystery Deepens in Utah Snow
Wreckage of Maurice Graham air mail flier found near Cedar City by local shepherds. Parachute with his name traced to the scene. Blizzard and deep snow hinder recovery as officials guard the craft and pursue leads from Los Angeles to Cedar City.
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Carson
Western Air Express
Graham
John Leigh
Shay
Iron County
Cedar City
William Tait
Los Angeles
E. P. Smith
Plane found near Cedar City identified as lost aviator's craft
Two Utah teenagers Ward Mortensen and Elburn Orton discovered a wrecked plane eight miles south of Cedar City on the Kanarra mountains. The craft is identified as Maurice Graham's mail plane lost in January during a storm over Nevada and southern Utah.
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Salt Lake City
Cedar City
Maurice Graham
Air Mat
Nevada
Utah
Ward Mortensen
Elburn Orton
Kanarra
Kolob
Orton
Mortensen
Giant Gulf Stream Power Tube Sinks Near Matanzas
A $1,000,000 experimental tube designed by Georges Claude to generate electricity from the Gulf Stream collapsed and sank off Matanzas Cuba. The corrugated steel structure, 1,800 meters long, was built to pipe warm water to a Pro fessor Claude laboratory power plant and use vacuum to raise water to steam for turbines.
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Havana
Cuba
Matanzas
Georges Claude
Gulf Stream
Claude
Gulf Shore
Senator Couzens Blocks Boulder Dam Bill
In Washington on June 25, Senator Couzens of Michigan led a move to block consideration of a second deficiency appropriation for the Boulder Dam project and other emergency funding. The action halted Senate debate on the timing and scope of the emergency measures.
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Couzens
Boulder Dam
Washington
Senate
Michor
Tuelowe
Plane found ends search for missing air express pilot
An air search resumes for Maurice Graham a Western Air Express pilot who vanished while flying from Las Vegas Nevada to Salt Lake City Utah. His plane was located yesterday in a remote area of southwestern Utah.
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Maurice Graham
Western Air Express
Las Vegas
Nev
Salt Lake City
Utah
Suthwestern
Utihy
Maniac Slayer Still at Liberty Impasse in Queens Hunt
In New York on June 25 police continued a $10,000 per day manhunt for the so called maniac slayer of Joseph Mozynski and Noel Lowley in Queens. Nicholas La Roche a 38 year old Mount Vernon sexton was released after hours in custody when companions Catherine May and Betty Ring failed to identify him. The hunt's daily cost reflects extra police and detectives deployed in the search.
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New York
Joseph Mozynski
Noel Lowley
Queens
Nicholas la Roche
Sexton
Mount Vernom
Dawes Skips Haircut Promise Before Sailing Home
Ambassador Charles G Dawes sailed for America without getting the rumored haircut. In London he had spoken of a "good old American haircut" and a Dawes household aide said he was asked to arrange an Evanston barber appointment with Mark Pulle. Dawes, boarding his train, said he did not remember meeting any Mark Fulle.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Washington
London
America
Ambassador Dawes
Dawes
Evanston
Mark Pulle
Utah Boys Still In The Running For Edison Honors
Three Salt Lake City youths and one from American Fork remain in the running for 1930 Edison honors in Utah. A committee will decide the state winner late today. The Utah candidate will represent the state in a national contest at Orange New Jersey in July for a full technical education at leading universities. The four finalists are Joe W Kingsbury Franklin D Richards Dick C Wright all of East Lake City and A Morrell Ashby of American Fork.
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Salt Lake City
American Fork
Edison
Utah
C. N. Jensen
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Utah Edison
Orange
N. J
Joe W. Kingsbury
Franklin D. Richards
Dick C. Wright
East Lake City
A. Morrell Ashby
Early landing in Harbor Grace aids world flight arc
The Southern Cross landed at Harbor Grace after a 32 hour Atlantic crossing from India and Europe as pilots Kingsford Smith Van Dyk Saul and Stannage planned to push to New York and then San Francisco Weather and fuel constraints forced a stop in Harbor Grace guiding aim toward completing an air miles record via a westward Atlantic crossing with New York the original target.
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Charles Kingsford-Smith
Ireland
J. P. Saul
Kingsford-Smith
Evert van Dyk
John S. W. Stannage
Neae
Southern Cross
Baldonnel Aerodrome
Dublin
Harbor Grace
Atlantic Ocean
New York
San Francisco
Australia
England
Newfoundland
Fers
J. Patrik Saul
John W. Stannage
Usen
United States
Doubst
Bremen
Atlantic
House committee edits merger ban on Great Northern Northern Pacific
Washington June 25 The House Interstate Commerce Committee amended its redraft of a Senate railroad consolidation measure to bar completion of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific merger until after March 4. The move, demanded by Northwestern members, shifts focus from broader suspensions to ICC approval for holding company mergers and allows labor intervention in consolidation cases.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Northwestern House
Northern Lines
Congress
House Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Utah Weather Forecast Sees Small Temperature Change
The weather outlook shows fair conditions tonight and Thursday with little change in temperatures. Officials urge precautions for air quality and wind gusts when needed.
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Utah
Tortured herself to gain sympathy in extortion plot
In Pelican Rapids Minnesota Viola Hunt 18 confessed to Sheriff O Tweeten that she tortured herself to gain her grandparents consent to attend school. She said she tied her feet and wrapped a handkerchief around her neck to appear injured after demanding money and threatening harm with a knife. The motive was to prompt the grandparents to allow her to go to school.
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Pelican Rapids
Minn
Viola Hunt
Eee
O. Tweeten
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