Southern Cross Prepares For New Hop Across Pacific
The Southern Cross crew plans a 1700 mile leg from Suva to Brisbane en route to Sydney after crossing 5538 miles from Oakland to Suva. Captain Kingsford Smith and crew rest after a perilous storm as they study weather charts, inspect fuel and engines, and plot the next leg with navigator Lyon and radio operator Warner praised for steadiness.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
Oakland
Cal
Hawaii
Brisbane
Sydney
Australia
Kauai
Southern Cross
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Charles Ulm
Harry W. Lyon
James Warner
Grand Pacific
E Kingsford-Smith
Lyon
Warner
Hawaiian
Kingsford- Smith
Kingsford-Smith
Highway authority held to 6300 mile limit in Georgia ruling
Judge R. N. Hardeman ruled the state highway department may route roads but cannot exceed the 6300 mile limit set by statute. The decision upheld one injunction against a seven mile stretch in Richmond county while voiding a bid to abandon the Mc Bean route. It also allows city streets to be part of the state system if treated as such.
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Louisville
Georgia Highway Department
R. N. Hardeman
Jefferson Superior Court
W. B. Marks
Richmond County
Peach Orchard
Augusta
Waynesboro
Jefferson County
Mukden Bombing Decides Fate of Chang Tso Lin
Tokyo dispatches report Chang Tso Lin died after the Mukden train bombing though unconfirmed claims say his death is being kept secret. Chang Hsueh Liang rushes toward Mukden as Shansi Nationalists move on Peking with leaders departing the Northern government amid rumors of partisan involvement.
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Tokyo
Jijishimpo’today
Mukden
Chang Tso-Lin
Peking
Chang Hsueh- Liang
Marshall Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Chang
Wu Chun-Sheng
Jeiliungkiang
Tso-Lin
Althe
Lindbergh Appears in St. Louis After Overnight Gap
Colonel Charles Lindbergh lands at Lambert Field at 10 30 a m after an overnight layover near St Louis. He missed Washington University commencement where a Master of Science was awarded in absentia. Lindbergh explains landing on a nearby farm and notes Major Lanphier and Colonel Breckinridge may reach the event by car.
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St. Louis
Fort Worth
Texas
Charles Lindbergh
Lambert St. Louis Field
Washington University
Lindbergh
Lewis
Ryan
Thomas G
Lanphier
Henry Breckinridge
Breckenridge
Nine Men Rob Jewelry Store in Chicago heist
Nine armed men robbed the Hillman and Katzen jewelry store in Chicago last night. They forced salesman John Wohl, 27, to surrender keys and the safe combination while others looted about $50,000 in jewels and held Wohl and his family. Three guards were ordered to leave at seven the next morning as the band claimed the loot.
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Chicago
John Wohl
Hillman and Katzen
Wohl
Menin
Hoover Forces Still Holding the Whip Hand
Hoover forces maintain control of Republican National Committee seating four Louisiana delegates amid a contest over credentials. Georgia disputes and Louisiana delegation battles unfold as party contests continue. settlement talks push hearings to tomorrow.
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Hoover
Kansas City
Republican National Committee
Louisiana
Emile Kuntz
Commerce Secretary
Walter L. Cohen
New Orleans
Georgia
Butler
National Committee
Frank A. Doughman
Atlanta
Clint W. Hager
Herbert Hoover
George S. Williams
William James
Statesboro
E. W. S. Daniels
Savannah
Doughman
R. P. Hutstetler
Chatsworth
L. H. Crawford
Dalton
Crawford
Hufstetler
Mamie Williams
Soviet Skepticism Over Italia Landing Reported From Wireless Chatter
Soviet rescue officials doubt claims that the missing dirigible Italia landed on Franz Josef Land. Wireless messages from Obdorsk and Siberian stations and hearsay from ships near Murmansk prompt fresh searches led by Lieut. Luetzow Holm. The Norge flight plans a probable air reconnaissance from Spitzbergen while dog teams may probe Northeast Land.
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Moscow
Soviet Rescue Commission
Franz Josef Land
Nobile
Murmansk
Obdorsk
Tobolsk
Siberia
Loutchinski
Murman Coast
Russia
Italia
Sob
Pur
Kins Bay
Spitzbergen
Kings Bay
Luetzow Holm
Hilopen Straits
West Spitzbergen
Holm
Virgo Bay
Salesman dies from crash injuries near Albany
J C Orvin, a traveling salesman from Atlanta, died in a hospital after his car overturned at Dry Creek Bridge, ten miles south of Albany on the Camilla Thomasville highway. He escaped briefly but was badly burned as the vehicle burst into flames and later died. Authorities believe loss of control on the sharp incline led to the collision.
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Albany
J. C. Orvin
Atlanta
Dry Creek Bridge
Here
Camilla-Thomasville
Orvin
Night watchman electrocuted at Augusta transformer
Night watchman J. P. Chapman, 48, unmarried, was electrocuted in Augusta Georgia when 13 800 volts passed through his body as he pulled a fuse at a transformer in the Dilant plant of the International Corporation. Authorities reported the accident occurred early today.
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Augusta
J. S. Chapman
Dilant
International Corporation
Hoover Opponents Fight Hard To Stop Nomination Drive
Kansas City June 6 Hoover backers pressed to boost their drive for the Republican presidential nomination after early delegate wins. The convention will begin a week from today as opponents rally a determined effort to halt the nomination push.
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Hoover
Kansas City
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hoover
Trolleys Crash in Decatur injuring seven
Seven people were injured when two Stone Mountain to Atlanta interurban trolleys collided head on in Decatur Georgia. A preliminary investigation by Georgia Power suggested a faulty signal light caused the crash. Injured include motorman Joe Wallace and several passengers. An unidentified man and woman with child were treated for cuts and bruises.
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Decatur
Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Georgia Power Company
Joe Wallace
Eugenia McSweeney
Clarkston
Friendship Trio Ready for Jump Across Atlantic
Trepassey Newfoundland June 5 re fueling of the monoplane Friendship completed this afternoon. The aviators Miss Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stultz, and Louis Gordon were ready to resume the landmark Atlantic crossing attempt.
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Atlantic
Trepassey
N. F
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Louis Gordon
Rain Fails Main Line Traffic Between Montgomery and Mobile
Heavy rains forced suspension of traffic on the Louisville and Nashville main line between Montgomery and Mobile with passenger trains rerouted via Opp Florala and Pensacola. Water covered tracks a mile south of Evergreen and a flood watch was in effect as the Alabama river and smaller streams neared flood stage.
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Montgomery
Ala
Louisville and Nashville
Mobile
Opp
Florala
Pensacola
Evergreen
H. E. Starks
P. H. Smyth
Alabama
Stranger Sought For Kidnapping Of Grace Budd
New York police today sought a suave stranger named Frank Howard who vanished with ten year old Grace Budd after gaining the family’s trust with a job offer for Grace’s brother Edward Budd. The man’s sister’s address was fictitious and Farmingdale, Long Island had no record of him. Grace, ill and undergoing treatment, was to attend a convalescent camp before a trans Atlantic flight.
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New York
Grace Budd
Frank Howard
Albert Budd
Edward Budd
Farmingdale
Long Island
Budd
Grace
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Charles M. ‘Howall
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