Giant Flying Boat Do-X Flies to Brazil After Long Hop
The Do X giant flying boat landed at Fernando Noronha island Brazil after a 12 hour 26 minute flight covering 1429 miles from Cape Verde. It carried 33 passengers and crew with 13 aboard at Porto Praia and plans to refuel then proceed to Natal Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro. The journey averaged about 113 mph with engines in good condition and fuel use around 1700 liters per hour.
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Fernando Noronha
Brazil
South Atlantic
Cape Verde Islands
Porto Praia
Europe
New World
Friedrich Christiansen
Natal
Pernambuco
Rio de Janeiro
Dornier
Friedrichshafen
Gago Couthino
Friendrich
Christiansen
Berlin
Mess
Do-X Seaplane Arrives In Natal Brazil
The Do-X seaplane landed at 2 10 p m local time completing its trans Atlantic voyage from Alterhein Switzerland After refueling at Fernando de Noronha it continued toward Rio de Janeiro The arrival drew crowds in Natal where Commander Christians planned a stay of several days before the next leg to Rio de Janeiro
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Natal
Brazil
Alterhein
Switzerland
South Atlantic
Porto Praia
Cape Verde Islands
Fernando
Noronha
Pontengy
Italo Balbo
Sient
Kanne
Christians
Rio de’ Janeiro
DO-X Takes Off from Fernanda Noronha for Natal Brazil
The seaplane DO-X took off at 12 45 p m local time for Natal Brazil from Fernanda Noronha. The flight departed at 9 45 a m EST according to the report.
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Fernanda Noronha
Brazil
Natal
Brantley Grand Jury Backs Five-County Consolidation
The Brantley county grand jury endorses consolidating Ware, Pierce, Brantley, Glynn and Camden counties. It urges turning courthouses into schoolhouses and designating Nahunta as the enlarged county seat, noting Brantley was created in 1921.
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Waycross
Ware
Pierce
Brantley
Glynn
Camden
Brantley County
Grand Jury
Nahunta
Brunswick
Race betting legalized in Florida after veto override
Florida lawmakers overridden Governor Carlton and passed the first racing bill. The legislature gave two thirds in both houses to enact the measure into law. Local option counties may decide where racing will be permitted under the new law, with provisions for fating to be new law to conduct between December 1 and the specified date.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Doyle E. Carlton
House Yes
Senate
Abe
Ae Pernilte
Mrs Stillman Divorces Stillman and Weds McCormick
Mrs Anne A Stillman obtained a divorce from James A Stillman and married Fowler McCormick of Chicago grandson of John D Rockefeller The 51 year old widow mother of four children is connected to the Stillman family history including a reconciliation with her former husband years earlier.
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New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Anne A. Stillman
James A. Stillman
Fowler McCormick
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
McCormick
Henry P. Davison
James
Stillmans
Poughkeepsie, N
Anna Urquhart Stillman
Marschanger
Stillman
Henry Cadman Potter
Westchester County
Fred Beauvais
Canada
Guy
Jay Leeds
Filo Leeds
Leeds
Armour Wins British Open Tourney Today
Carnoustie Scotland June 5 Tommy Armour American open champion in 1927 won the British open championship by four strokes finishing with 296 for 72 holes Jose Jurado Argentines bid for the title ended on the seventeenth and eighteenth holes as his birdie bid fell short in a dramatic finish 2000 total prize money was awarded with first prize 500 dollars and weather had plagued the week while Armour rose as the tenth American to win the event in eleven years.
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Carnoustie
Scotland
Tommy Armour
Jose Jurado
Armour
Barry Burn
Jurado
Armour Wins British Open Lead At Carnoustie
Tommy Armour the American with Scottish roots, known as the Black Scot, shot a final round 71 to lead early finishers at Carnoustie with 296. Jurado finished second at 297 after a 77, while Gene Sarazen Percy Alliss tied for third at 298.
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Carnoustie
Scotland
Tommy Armour
Armour
Jurado
Bobby Jones
United States
Gene Sarazen
Percy Alliss
Berlin
Johnny Farrell
MacDonald _Smith
Marco Churio
Argentina
Henry Cotton
Arthur Havers
Abe Mitchell
Horton Smith
The
Missourians
Tomasco Genta
Mussolini offers conciliatory move on Catholic clubs
Rome June 5 Premier Mussolini proposes reopening Catholic clubs for women and girls in the dispute with the church. The Vatican replies that all dissolved clubs must be restored to good standing or none.
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Rome
Mussolini
Church
Vatican
Weather Forecast for South Carolina and Georgia
Generally fair tonight and Saturday with moderate west winds. Florida sees partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with local showers in the south and easterly winds. North Alabama and Florida forecast similar fair conditions overall.
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South
Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
June Taylor Located by Officers in Crawford Slay Case
Los Angeles dispatch reports June Taylor believed to be connected to the May 20 slayings of political boss Charles Crawford and magazine editor Herbert Spencer. She appeared for questioning after voluntary appearance, with prosecutors planning further questioning in a few days.
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Los Angeles
June Taylor
Charles Crawford
Herbert Spencer
Today
David H. Clark
Baron Fitts
Joseph Ford
A. M. Donovan
Albert Marco
San Quentin
Joseph
Taylor
Ford
Clark
Marco
Lindberghs to Leave Late in the Summer
Charles and Anne Lindbergh prepare for a Pacific voyage. They will leave Charles Jr. with grandparents in Englewood New Jersey after his first birthday on June 22 and fly the Lockheed plane fitted with pontoons.
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Lindberghs
New York
Charles
Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Englewood
N. J
Dwight W. Morrow
Pacific Ocean
North Beach
Queens
Hasbrouck Heights
Hicksville
Long Island Country Aviation Club
Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Ocean
Kamatchka
Kurile Islands
Japan
Bering Strait
Al Capone Indicted on Income Tax Charges
Chicago reports that Alphonso Capone, head of a Chicago gang, was indicted by a federal grand jury for income tax violations. The government says he owed 215 864 dollars on a gross income of 1 038 654 dollars over several years based on a two year investigation.
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Chicago
Alphhonse Capone
Capone
Treasury Statement Summary for June
Treasury data shows eB receipts totaling $5,895,054.85 and expenditures of $1.5.00. Balance reported as $1 with a customs receipt. The text contains garbled figures referencing a June period and a negative dive of $3,228. These disjointed items suggest misprints in the June treasury statement.
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Sanetate
Impeachment of Horton Fails on First Article
The Tennessee House defeated the first article of impeachment against Governor Henry H. Horton with 41 yeas and 58 nays. The article alleged a conspiracy with Luke Lea and Rogers Caldwell to swap control of state departments for political support. The chamber restored order after the vote as Speaker Haynes announced the result.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House of Representative
Henry H. Horton
Luke Lea
Rogers Caldwell
Walter M. Haynes
George Chamlee
Hamilton
George L. Stockton
Impeachment Debate Heats Up in Tennessee House
In Nashville the Tennessee House resumes impeachment talks as George W. Cross and Leon Gilbert lead charges against Governor Henry Horton. Cross cites prior state employment figures while Gilbert questions Horton’s innocence and calls for action against state workers. Clarence Haston questions anti impeachment rhetoric.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee House of Representatives
George W. Cross
Tennessee
Leon Gilbert
Horton
Clarence Haston
Warren
Haston
Farmers Face High Interest Rates in Georgia
J Phil Campbell director of extension work for Georgia told the South Georgia Vocational Teachers closing session in Tifton that farmers statewide pay 20 to 50 percent this year for financing. He announced a new farm credit organization to be funded by government money and with local county agencies to offer lower rate loans for crops in Atlanta and across the state.
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Tiften
J. Phil Campbell
Georgia
South Georgia Vocational Teachers Meeting
Atlanta
Campbell
Thomas J. Shackleford
Athens
State College of Agriculture
Records of
Legislative Investigating Committee
Shackleford
Andrew M. Soule
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Athena
State
Soule
Eugene Talmadge
Carl M. Davie
State Banking Department
H. F. Crutchfield
Rome
Davie
Clarke County
State University System
University of Georgia At Athens
Charles M. Snelling
Georgia State: College For Men
Fall Too Ill To Make Rail Trip To Washington
El Paso Texas June 5 Former interior secretary Albert E Fall has determined to attempt a Washington trip for possible committment to jail on a bribery conviction despite four physicians stating he is physically unable to travel He was sentenced to a year in prison and a $100000 fine for taking a bribe from Edward L Doheny in naval oil reserve leases He has been bed bound for a week and has limited mobility Physicians report congestion at the base of his right lung and a tendency to bronchial pneumonia
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el Paso
Texas
Albert E. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Naval Oil Reserve
Fall
Frank J. Hogan
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Lincoln analyzed as schizoid by Dr Brill at ASA meeting
Toronto reports Abraham Lincoln described as a schizoid maniac personality by Dr A A Brill at the American scene Association meeting. Brill, noting dual personality and depressive moods, compares Lincoln’s wit to Twain and Remus while warning of aggressive and sexual humor in his anecdotes.
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Toronto
Abraham Lincoln
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
A. A. Brill
New York City
Brill
Association
Edward E. Hicks
Brooklyn
Lincoln
Dr. Brill
Bry
Stock Exchange Recalls Questionnaire on Short Positions
The New York Stock Exchange recalled its May 25 questionnaire seeking short positions of members. It replaces it with a modified form asking only the short position in each stock without naming customers.
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Stock Exchange
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Pew
Friend of Edison Dies in Florida
John K. Butler, 91, builder of the first long distance telephone line and a close friend of Thomas A. Edison, died in St. Petersburg after several months illness. Butler worked with Edison in telegraphy days and later with Bell Telephone Company, remaining active for 51 years. He helped construct the first long distance line from New York to Philadelphia.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Thomas
A. Edison
Butler
Edison
Bell Telephone Company
New York
Phils
Georgia University Payrolls Reveal Multi-State Figures
State Auditor figures show University of Georgia and branches pay 2 654 868.98 annually with 522 vehicles, 402 trustees drawing per diems, and 44 boards plus a 230-person staff. Hearings closed, executive session to report reorganization.
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Atlanta
Hugh Peterson
Legislative Reorganization Investigating Committee Today
University of Georgia
Peterson
Tom Wisdom
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George Edward Deely
Brooklyn, N. Y
James Stillman
M'Cormick
Ann A. Stillman
Rockefeller
Poughkeepishe
A. Stillman
Jones
AL Capone
Treasury Statement
Nashville Solons
Interior
H. T. Satford
Senika Simplicio
George K. Deely
Abe Lincoln
Special Legislative Reorganization Committee
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