Florida primary tallies show Carlton leading for governor
In Florida the statewide Democratic primary returns from about half the precincts place Doyle E. Carlton in the lead for governor with 21,425 votes, ahead of Sidney J. Catts 18,042 and R. A. Hathaway 17,681. U S Senator Park Trammell also leads Governor John W. Martin by more than 9,000 votes, with 413 precincts reported. Ruth Bryan Owen trails W. J. Sears in the Fourth District race. Two Miami election inspectors collapse from long hours counting ballots.
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Hathaway
Catts
Taylor
Carson
United States
Senator Park
Trammell
John W. Martin
Martin
W. J. Sears
Florida
Congress
Ruth Bryan Owen
Sears
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Anti- Sélon League of Florida
Smith
J. T. Crawford
Houston
Democratic State Committee
Doyle E. Carlton
Tampa
Sidney—J
Fons A. Hathaway
John S. Taylor
James Carson
Park Trammell
Coral Gables
William Jennings Bryan
Owen
Foxfilm aerial expedition men recount Alaska rescue ordeal
In Fairbanks the Foxfilm aerial expedition members recount months of hardship after fog forced a snowbound crash in northern Alaska. Three walked nearly 100 miles to safety while Noel Wien and L Virgil Hart pressed on seeking missing crew from Point Barrow as relief planes returned.
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Alaska
Foxfilm
Point Barrow
Kotzebue
Matt Neiminen
Richard Heyser
Arctic
H. S. Merrill
Charles G. Clarke
Jack Robertson
Noel Wien
L. Virgil Hart
Hart
Wien
Republicans Settle Several Delegation Contests
Four Texas Crager delegates at large aligned with Herbert Hoover won seats at the Republican convention against an uninstructed faction led by Rep Wurzbach. In Georgia seventh district, Hofstetler and Crawford seat controversy ends with both taking half a vote each. South Carolina four Lowden supporters seated after withdrawal of contest. Tolbert leads with three others from Lexington Barnwell and Columbia.
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Wurzbach
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
San Antonio
Georgia Dist
Kansas
Cty
Georgia
P. Hofstetnler
Chatsworth
O. HH. Crawford
Dalton
Crawford
South Carolina
Lowden
National Committee
Joseph W. Tolbert
Samuel J. Leaphart
Lexington
Wesley
Payroll Heist at Detroit News Leaves Patrolmen Wounded
Six gunmen raided the Detroit News building and fled with about $65,000 in payroll funds. A traffic officer George Barstead was fatally wounded, Patrolman Guy W. Craig shot in the foot, and Joseph Worren received multiple wounds but not life threatening. More than a dozen shots fired in Lafayettene Boulevard street chase.
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Detroit
Detriot News
George Barstead
Guy W. Craig
Lafayétte ‘Boulevard
News Building
Joseph Worren
Barstead
Lafayette Boulevard
Southern Cross Heads to Australia on 1750 Mile Flight
The South ern Cross plans a 1750 mile hop from Naselai Fiji to Brisbane. Flight Commander Charles Kingsford Smith told Fiji officials that the takeoff is set for tomorrow at 3 p.m. local time. He credited American navigator Harry Lyon and radio operator James Warren for crucial support during perilous seas and bad weather.
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Fiji
Naselai
Brisbane
Australia
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Ulm
Harry Lyon
James Warren
Jim Warner
Warner
Pacific
Talking Automaton to Be Near Future Merchant of Retail
United Cigars Stores Company leads Consolidated Merchandising Corporation with 25 million capitalization to produce a talking automaton for retail use. The robot will deliver goods, make change, say thank you, and repeat ads. Remington Arms to manufacture the device for placement in existing stores and rented wall space in offices, trains, ships, and stations.
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New York
Consolidated Merchandising Corporation
United Cigars Stores Company
Wall Street
Remington Arms Company
Monoplane Friendship Crew Delays England Hop
Trepassey Newfoundland June 6 With no plan for an early departure the crew of the Fokker monoplane Friendship of Boston slept late. Troublesome winds yesterday and today slow their projected hop to England though the Northwest breeze eased and conditions were otherwise fine and clear.
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Friendship
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Historic Derby Awarded To Felstead Bank Outsider
The Epsom Downs races near a million spectators with Felstead described as a Bank Outsider winning the historic Derby as millions are wagered on the event.
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Postal receipts rise in fifty cities May figures show gains
Washington June 6 Postal receipts for fifty industrial cities rose 6 31 percent in May from a year earlier. Total receipts reached 3 276 213 versus 3 081 691 last year with Jackson Mississippi leading at 96 44 percent growth while Savannah Georgia posted a 2 26 percent decline.
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Savannah
London Stenographer Wins Prize in Stock Exchange Sweepstake
London June 6 Miss Helma a Brewers firm clerk won the 125000 pounds roughly 625000 dollars prize as holder of Fel sted's ticket in the derby sweepstakes on today’s Stock Exchange event.
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London
Helma
Felsted
Stock Exchange
Felstead Wins Historic English Derby at Epsom Downs
Felstead owned by Sir H Cunliffe Owen takes the 748th Derby at Epsom Downs with Flamigo second and Black Watch third. Nineteen runners. Felstead matches sire Spion Kop’s 1920 Derby victory. Record crowd near one million. wagers estimated at 15 million dollars.
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H. Cunliffe- Owen
Epsom Downs
Flamigo
Flamigos
Lawrence Phillips
Black Watch
L. Newmann
Ee. Felstead
Spion Kop
Calcutta
Rainbreak in Deep South Floods Patched Traffic Restored
In Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana relief from three days of heavy rain appeared as sun broke through. The weather bureau predicted clear skies and cessation of rainfall. The Louisville and Nashville line between Montgomery and Mobile, once flooded, resumed service with trains running three to five hours late after roadbed repairs.
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Mobile
Floods Cut Off Towns Across Gulf States
The second Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana flood in two months left six dead and crop losses in the hundreds of thousands as streams overflowed and highways became impassable. Water released from 24 flood gates above Montgomery worsened conditions near Covington and Birmingham where a highway bridge was swept away and three men died in a rain slicked crash.
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Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Gulf
Coastal Plain
Lake Martin
Covington
Birmingham
Mobile
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Indbergh Girl” Dares Ocean
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