Lindbergh Homecoming Draws Biggest New York Greeting
Charles Lindbergh returns to New York from his Paris flight in a heroic welcome. Crowds jam Battery Park and Broadway as police maintain order amid cheering, floats, and aircraft salutes. The parade proceeds to City Hall where Mayor Walker receives the city medal.
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Marines Arrive in Shanghai with 1150 Troops and Tanks
The United States Transport Chaumont docked in Shanghai today from Manila carrying 1,150 Marines 25 tanks and an aviation unit under Colonel Davis. Marines billeted on Socony Wharf previously used by the sixth regiment. General Chiang Kai Shek’s Nationalists report captures Haichow and Shiyang in Kiangsu with expected advance on Shudhen as Chang Tso Lin withdraws toward Mukden.
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Series of Saturday Night Robberies in Town
A gang broke into three uptown stores on Saturday night taking merchandise but no cash. John Dixon's Grocery, Moore Music Co., and the Globe Store reported thefts, with Moore Music losing about one hundred records and related items. The thieves also entered the Atkinson home on Madison Street, grabbing a $35 pocketbook, a gold watch and chain, and an endorsed check, then escaped via the roof after rifling Sturdivant’s pocketbook.
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Atlanta Traveling Salesman Missing in Florida Bandit Theory
New Orleans June 12 Search launched for H. D. Cochran traveling salesman from Atlanta who vanished May 21 near Latten Florida while driving a coupe found Friday at Daphne Alabama near Mobile. Relatives fear foul play and body hidden. T. D. Cochran of Atlanta and M. Miller of Birmingham led the search.
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Byrd Readies Ocean Flight to Paris from New York
Commander Richard E. Byrd prepares for another transatlantic flight in the America tri motored airship. The craft will undergo final radio tests and loading is nearly complete while emergency supplies stay aboard. Weather charts and twice daily ocean reports will be coordinated for the North Atlantic.
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Two Langley Field fliers killed in plane collision
First Lieutenant F B McConnell and Second Lieutenant C A Anderson were killed at Langley Field during air maneuvers. The C 2 plane crashed from about 150 feet. A board of inquiry will investigate the crash. McConnell survived by a Nashville widow, Anderson by his father in Kentucky.
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Body of Murdered Woman Found in Abandoned Mine
The body of Mrs. Lory L. Price, widow of a highway patrolman, murdered with her husband by gangsters January 18, was found today in an abandoned coal mine shaft near Marion Utah. Sheriff Oren Coleman positively identified the body, noting she wore a purple dress matching that missing from her wardrobe.
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Negroes burned by stake mob in Mississippi
Jim and Mark Fox, accused of slaying Clarence Nichols, were seized near Boxapater by Deputy Sheriff W. S. Permentier and burned at the stake by a mob estimated at 1000 as they were driven toward Louisville. Nichols’s family left in Conehatta, as authorities warn of possible trouble abating.
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Negro Shot After Refusing Halt on Highway
Barnwell South Carolina June 13 Charlie Taylor negro of this place was shot in the face by Sheriff B H Duches and State Constable Gilmore Harley after a collision on the Barnwell Allendale highway. Taylor refused to stop and drove toward the officers machine. He was taken to Augusta hospital in fair condition. Duches and Harley were slightly injured and both cars were wrecked.
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Augusta Woman Dies After Elevator Shaft Fall
Miss Alida K. Potter aged 45, a former employee of Senator Harris of Georgia, died from injuries after falling through an elevator shaft in the Treasury Building where she worked. Her mother resides in Augusta Georgia. Potter had transferred last September from the post office to a clerkship in the architect's division.
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Steel President W H Clingerman Dies After Surgery
W H Clingerman president of the H C Frick Coke Co subsidiary of United States Steel Corp died in a Pittsburg hospital following an operation for appendicitis. His death occurred today and ends a long career with the steel industry.
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New York City Welcomes Lindbergh With Scroll of Honor
Mayor Walker presents Captain Charles A. Lindbergh with a ceremonial scroll at City Hall on his return from the New York to Paris non stop flight. Officials praise his courage and aviation achievement as the city salutes his historic voyage.
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Two Escaping Joliet Prisoners Wounded by Guards
In Joliet Illinois a gun fight with guards in the county jail yard left two of five condemned convicts wounded. Two others were recaptured, one Charles Shader escaped, and Rizzon, one of the shot inmates, died shortly before 2 o clock.
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Longworth Doubts Quick Call for Extra Session
Cincinnati June 13 Speaker Nicholas Longworth of the House says a special session of Congress is unlikely this fall unless unforeseen events occur. He spoke from his office stating the lack of need for an early extraordinary meeting.
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