Noted flyer plans selling famous plane and world flight
Squadron Leader Charles Kingsford-Smith and crew plan a Wednesday departure from New York to San Francisco in a nonstop leg to complete a globe circumnavigation aboard the Southern Cross. Kingsford-Smith hints at selling the plane and returning to England.
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Charles Kingsford- Smith
San Francisco
Globe
Southern Cross
England
Sydney
Washington
Hoover
Kingsford-Smith
Man Warns Wife During Storm As Lightning Strikes Line
St Johns North Carolina June 28 AP James Clark feared his wife could be killed if she dialed during a violent electrical storm. He phoned her to warn against calling while awaiting the line. A lightning flash struck the tele line outside and Clark dropped.
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ST. Johns
N. C
James Clark
Clark
Texans Go Gunning For Bad Criminals
A Round Rock shooting incident ends with the death of a Negro suspect after he attacked Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Egger near Round Rock. The couple, wounded, were taken to Georgetown hospital. The suspect fled in a car as a posse closed in. name not learned.
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Tex
R. L. Egger
Round Rock
Otto Stolley
Egger
Georgetown
Senate committee approves amended veterans measure
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee unanimously reported the veterans relief bill with minor amendments. An attempt to raise disability pension rates to a $60 maximum failed 11 to 8, with Republicans except La Follette voting against the increase. Walsh and Connally sponsored amendments to extend filing claims and tied benefits to a broader motion, which failed on a tie vote.
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Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Repu
la Follette
American Legion
Cannan Walsh
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Connally
Texas
Walsh
Port Arthur attacker jail riot foiled by police and fire crews
A mob of about one hundred, including several women, attempted to storm the Jefferson county jail in Beaumont to seize Rainey Williams after his confession to eight assaults on Port Arthur white women. Deputies and firemen repelled the attack with tear gas and water streams.
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Tex
Jefferson County
Rainey Williams
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Williams
Electric chair ends long criminal career of Williams
In Columbus Ohio on June 28 George Williams 68 was executed for the murder of Patrolman Sherman in Cleveland. He cursed guards threatened to beat the chair and his death followed after midnight at 12 14 amid fears of attempted escape with a blackjack found in the death house. Williams known as a hardened gunman had a two decade crime trail across Ohio Michigan Kansas Missouri and was blamed for at least four deaths including the patrolman killing during an arrest attempt with accomplice Charles Hanovich.
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George Williams
Cleveland
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Ohio
Michigan
Kinois
Missouri
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Gibson and Bride on a Honeymoon
Hoot Gibson the cowboy film star and Sally Eilers his bride set off for a honeymoon in the Canadian Rockies after a ranch wedding near Saugus attended by about 150 Hollywood stars. Gibson, 36, and Eilers, 21, announce her first marriage.
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Rocky Mountains
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Man Arrested After Niagara Falls Church Shooting
Frank Ross, 37, was arrested near Niagara Falls after fatally shooting Rev. Edgar Wood and wounding two church members. Police say Ross admitted plans to kill Wood and his wife Mildred Ross and others, then opened fire as services ended at the Tenth Street mission. Towe tried to intervene but was hit during the attack.
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Edgar KR. Wood
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Wood
Mildred Ross
Leona Kuhn
Leonard Towe
Tenth Street
Towe
Ruth Hammers Three Homers to Boost Yankees
Babe Ruth belted his 28th 29th and third homers of the day driving the Yankees to an 8 1 victory in game one and a 13 1 lead in the second against Cleveland. The day also featured other scores across the league with St Louis Detroit Chicago and Brooklyn posting wins and losses as listed.
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Cleveland
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Holloway
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Glietto
Yankee
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Shoffner
Myatt
Johnson
Dickey
Harder
Gliatto
Sherfd
Sande Rides Fox to Fifth Victory
At Aqueduct New York William Woodward's Gallant Fox won the Dwyer stakes for the fifth straight year with Earl Sande aboard. He defeated Zenerol by one and a half lengths as Apay, Limbus, Flaming, and Bannerette followed in the mile and a half race.
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Willam Woodward
Gallant Fox
Aqueduct
the Fox
Earl Sande
Gifford C. Cochran
Zenerol
Apay
Utah Weather Generally Fair Tonight and Sunday
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Utah with cooler temperatures expected in the northwest portion tonight. Sunday should bring continued fair skies and cooler readings across the state.
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Northwest
Loaded for Gunmen Lahiff Arrives in Chicago
Dr John B Lahiff traveling from Clarksville Tennessee reached Chicago with a gun, ready to fight gangsters. He went to his son in law home where an accidental discharge occurred when the weapon fired. The bullet wounded Mrs Lahiff in the thigh but not seriously.
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John B. Lahiff
Clarksville
Tenn
Mob disperses before guard at Concord jail
Governor O Max Gardner sent Company E of the 120th Infantry to guard the Cabarrus jail after a mob surrounded the jail to threaten seven jailed Black youths tied to a brutal assault on Ruth Criswell, a 16 year old white girl. Eleven suspects were arrested as deputies pursued countywide warrants.
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N. C
North Carolina National Guard
O. Max Gardner
Gardner
120 Infantry
Eigh
Ruth Criswell
Roberta Mill
Oands
Charlotte
Col William Boyce Thompson Dies in Yonk ers at 61
Mining magnate and philanthropist Colonel William Boyce Thompson died at his Yonk ers home from pneumonia aged 61 after four years of ill health following a stroke. His wife Gertrude Hickman Thompson and daughter Margaret Schulze were with him. brother J Edward Thompson traveled from Phoenix. Thompson’s ventures spanned copper in Montana diamonds in Africa and sulphur in Texas. He served as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 1914 to 1919 and later wall street banker. He founded Exeter’s generosity with a $1 million gift shortly before death and held roles in politics diplomacy and the Red Cross mission to Russia during WWI.
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Anaconda Copper Company
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Columbia School of Mines
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Russia
Perfect Anesthetic Has Its Defects
Dr. J. W. Baker of Seattle told Idaho physicians at the Idaho State Medical Association convention that sodium amytal is not the perfect anesthetic but valuable when used with other agents. Dr. T. A. Ellison of St. Anthony cited that last year diphtheria deaths rose due to delayed physician calls, with 12 fatalities in 89 cases. The convention continued with Dr. H. D. Spencer presiding.
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Idaho
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Seattle
Idaho State Medical Association
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St. Anthony
H. D. Spencer
Idaho Falls
Western governors debate federal land management plans
At the Western Governors Conference in Salt Lake City, speakers including Marshall Dana and E F Allen opposed turning over surface rights or forests to states. Dana argued against replacing federal reclamation with state control and urged careful river development for the Columbia system. F E Stevens pressed for pest control agencies free of politics to curb plant damage and foreign pests.
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A. W. Norblad
Oregon
Marshall MN. Dana
Oregon Daily Journal
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EF. T. Allen
Western Forestry and Conservation Association
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Commonwealth
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Columbia River
Columbia
Idaho
Snake River
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Washington
F. E. Stevens
Landslide Buries Two Rail Coaches Near Shimonoseki
A landslide 59 miles northeast of Shimonoseki buried two railway coaches. Fifteen people were believed dead, 36 trapped with 21 escaping. Three bodies recovered as 500 workers rushed to the scene after heavy rains.
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Tokyo
Shimonoseki
Congress approves Haugen bill on cooking compounds
In Washington on June 28 the House approved the conference report on the Haugen bill to bring colored cooking compounds under the oleomargarine act. The measure, after resolving minor differences with the Senate, now goes to the president.
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Washington
House
Senate
Shannon the Wild Horse Causes Court Costs in Milwaukee
In Milwaukee the horse Shannon, involved in a dispute between Michael Cudahy and John T. Johnston, was ruled a bad actor. After years of legal wrangling and appeals, Judge Augustan held Shannon was wild and awarded damages pegged at about 100 000 dollars in costs to the parties. The saga traces back to 1925 when Johnston bought the horse, formerly known as Bo Gee, from Cudahy, with a prior jury decision rating Shannon as valueless.
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Shannon
Michael Cudahy
John T. Johnston
Cudahy
Johnston
Bo Gee
Shannon Worthery
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