French Monoplane Yellow Bird Takes Offshore Atlantic Run
Old Orchard Maine June 13 two trans Atlantic planes launched toward Paris and Rome. Yellow Bird with crew Armona Lotti Jr Jean Assolant and Rene Lefevre cleared the beach and headed east with a coast guard escort. Green Flash piloted by Roger Q Williams and Lewis A Yancey nosed over. no injuries reported.
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Old Orchard
Maine
Paris
Rome
Coast Guard
Lewis A. Yancey
Roger Q. Williams
Yancey
L. M. Malka
Malka
Armona Lotti, Jr
Jean Assolant
Rene Lefevre
Assolant
Pauline Parker
New York
Lefevre
Lotti
Morocco
Roger
Williams
Lewis A. Yancy
Yancy
Yellow Bird Passes Matinous Rock Light Eastbound
The French plane Yellow Bird flew from Old Orchard Beach to France, with radio contact planned with ships and shore. The craft, call letters Fax, operates on a 500 meter wavelength, as it proceeds from Maine.
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New York
Yellow Bird
France
Old Orchard Beach
Senate Approves Census Reapportionment Bill
Washington June 13 The Senate voted 48 to 37 to approve the census reapportionment bill and send the measure to the White House as part of the extra session. The conference report resolving House differences was adopted. The bill authorizes automatic apportionment after each census and sets the 1930 census to begin next April 1.
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Washinon
Senate
White House
House
Hoover
Radio Operator John Griffin Killed in Pan American Crash
Miami reports Pan American flight NC-9700 forced down near Santiago De Cuba after takeoff. Radio operator John M. Griffin, 20, killed. all passengers escaped uninjured as the plane burned. Griffin hailed from Tampa and studied at Georgia Tech before joining Pan American.
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Miami
Fla
John M. Griffin
Pan American Airways
Santiago de Cuba
Pan-American
Pan- American Airways, Inc
Himore
Santiago
Griffin
Tampa
E. Liyale Griffin
Hoover Era Tariff Debates Split Senate Over Farm Relief
Hoover faces a choice between Watson and Borah views as tariff revision and farm relief collide in the Senate. Republican leaders press limited action while exporting debenture plans and farm relief loom large. The split reflects rising tensions between East and West factions and a potential coalition with Democrats on tariff policy.
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Senate
Pres Hoover
Watson
Borah
Brookhart
Iowa
Hoover Farm
Cadet Killed in Texas Training Incident
At Kelly Field in Texas on June 13 a cadet L. H. Troup aged 24 and another cadet Bernard Wood 21 were killed in a flying training accident during a para drop exercise. The incident involved stalled lines and failed lane handling amid a hurricane of flying debris and weather complications.
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Ilo
Texas
T L. H. Troup
Stu Advanced Flying School
Bernard Wodd
Esby
Kelly Field
Murder Charges Against Strikers Sparked by Gastonia Shootout
In Gastonia North Carolina on June 13 twenty four Loray Mill strikers and sympathizers were released after a Friday night shooting in which police chief O F Aderholt and three patrolmen were shot by strike guards. 13 of the 47 jailed remain charged with murder and assault. Attorney Tom P Jimison of Charlotte filed habeas corpus in Mecklenburg Superior Court seeking release for 19 detainees and aims to free all.
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Gastonia
N.C
Loray Mill
O. F. Aderholt
Tom P. Jimison
Charlotte
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Slater Defense to Present Witnesses in Slicer Trial
Atlanta June 13 The state and defense readiness marked opening of court in the trial of J. Sam Slicer former president of the Colonial Trust Company charged in its collapse Jury selection completed after Judge Virlyn B Moore overruled a defense demurrer challenging the indictment The defendant previously faced a prior trial under the Georgia bankers insolvency act which the Supreme Court later ruled unconstitutional
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Atlanta
J. Sam Slicer
Colonial Trust Company
Jude Virlyn B. Moore
Slicer
Georgia Bankers
United States Supreme Court
Dawes and MacDonald to Meet Sunday in Scotland
Ambassador Dawes to travel to Forres near Lossiemouth to meet Premier MacDonald during a short vacation. Dawes will present credentials at Windsor Castle on Saturday after arriving in Britain from the Olympic. They plan talks on Anglo American cooperation for disarmament and peace and discuss MacDonald’s US visit plans.
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London
Dawes
Scotland
MacDonald
Forres
Aittle Town
Lossiemouth
King George
Windsor Castle
Southampton
United States
Bremmer Dies of Heart Trouble on Train
Ben B. Bremmer of Philadelphia died of a heart attack aboard a train while en route, in Savannah Georgia on June 13. The incident was reported as a sudden death on the journey.
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Savannah
Ben B. Bremmer
Philadelphia
Penn
Norris Challenged by Copley on Power Trust Links
Copley Press challenged Senator Norris of Nebraska to repeat Senate charges about ties to public power interests on the street as facts. At the FTC hearing, Copley denied ownership of power securities and offered to take Norris to court if his claims were echoed outside the Senate.
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Washington
Iran
Norris
Court of Justice
Copley
Samuel Insull
Illinois
Senate
Federal Court of Justice
Insull
Springfield
Inns
Willis J. Spaulding
Tus
California
Springfield Register
Los Angeles Examiner
San Francisco
Federal Trade
Justified shooting noted in Eugster case on border
Congressional findings by Rep. Robert H. Clancy absolve border patrol inspector Jonah Cox of blame and declare the fatal Detroit river shooting of Archibald Eugster justified. The incident follows a week of intensified anti smuggling actions and sparks renewed scrutiny of federal agents in prohibition enforcement.
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Washington
Robert H. Clancy
Michigan
Archibald Eugster
Detroit River
Eugster
Congress
Clancy
Detroit
Clarence J. McLeod
Jonah Cox
Customs Border Patrol
James E. Chenot
Detroit Free Press Today
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Macmaw
Lowman
Treasury
Woman collapses after questioning in Maryland death case
Belair Maryland June 13 Mrs Hattie Stone of Havre De Grace collapsed in the county jail after hours of questioning about the death of her son George and other family deaths over four years. A preliminary report from Baltimore chemists suggested George Stone's organs belonged to a person who died from poisoning. She denied poisoning George Edgar Edward and Emma Stone, all linked to the investigation of George's death on June 4.
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Belair
Maryland
Hattie Stone
Havre de Grace
George
Edgar
Edward Stone
Emma Stone
War in Morocco Worries French Government
Paris reports the clash at El Bordj on June 9 and the siege of Ait Yakoub post have French officials on edge. The small conflict near Moroccan territories is raising concern over stability and potential repercussions.
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el Bordj
Paris
Morocco
Ait Yakoub
Budget Commission In Session In Atlanta
The state investigating and budget commission met in Atlanta to finish recommendations for the legislature meeting later this month. The session likely would not adjourn until late afternoon. Members include the comptroller general attorney general House Ways and Means chair Senate appropriations chair finance committee chairs and the governor.
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Atlanta
State Investigating and Budget Commission
House
Ways and Means and Appropriations
Senate
Eva Cofer Acquitted in Merchant Slaying Case
Chattanooga Tenn June 13 Eva Cofer 21 killed Lea Atchley merchant of Georgetown two weeks ago after alleged insult in his store. Jury acquitted her in criminal court this afternoon.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Eva Cofer
Lea Atchley
Georgetown
House Backs Hoover Views on Farm Debenture Plan
The House rejected the debenture plan for farm relief, voting 250 to 103 after a drawn out roll call. President Hoover opposed the proposal labeling it a subsidy, while Senate leaders urged its inclusion in relief legislation.
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Washington
House
Hoover
Senate
White House
Longworth
Haugen
Agriculture Committee
Farm Conference Committee
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
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