Yellow Bird Crosses Ocean Heading Toward Paris
Wireless reports from two ocean steamers indicate the trans Atlantic monoplane Yellow Bird faring well on its air road from the United States to France. The Niagara and Laconia relayed that the plane was within radio range though its exact position could not be plotted. The Rochambeau earlier said the plane would take the southern route via the Azores and Portugal due to fuel concerns.
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France
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New York
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Azores
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Rochambeau
Portugal
Laconia
Laconia Reports Yellow Bird Well After Transatlantic Relay
London reports Cunard offices received a wireless from the Laconia bound for Liverpool confirming contact with the French trans Atlantic airplane Yellow Bird. The message gave noon GMT position for the Yellow Bird as latitude 48.56 N longitude 22.10 W and noted conditions may include a southerly wind with rain. Laconia’s position was about 900 miles northeast of the Azores.
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Azores
Spiller to sue Clarke Griffith over Atlanta club deal
Leonard Haas, attorney for R. J. Spiller owner of the Atlanta Baseball Club, said a suit will be filed in the District of Columbia next week to compel Clark Griffith to complete the purchase or pay damages. Griffith offered to proceed if Spiller secures Southern Association consent within three days.
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Leonard Haas
R. J. Spiller
Atlanta Baseball Club
Clark Griffith
Washington Americans
District of Columbia
Dam- Hass
Spiller
Haas
Joe Engel
Washington Club
Griffith
Atlanta Journal
Southern Association
Washington
Prince of Wales Snubs Swedish Princess Ball
London crowds heard the Prince of Wales would not attend the Swedish Legation ball honoring Princess Ingrid of Sweden. Official guest lists indicated he was not invited, ending rumors of a possible engagement.
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London
Prince of Wales
Ingrid
Sweden
Boll Weevil Emergence Reported in Southern Allies
Washington reports from June 14 indicate a boll weevil emergency in southern allies. The department of agriculture announced a notable rise in emergence, with a higher percentage observed at four locations and over several years.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Yellow Bird changes course for Azores coast
The French steam er Rochambeau reported that the trans Atlantic monoplane Yellow Bird altered its route toward the Azores and the Portuguese coast due to heavy gasoline use. The craft, which left the Maine coast yesterday at 10 08 A M E D T, had considered two paths including a northerly route along a steamer lane before aiming for Fayal in the Azores and Portugal.
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Azores
Maine
Fayal
Portugal
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Rochambeau
Diaz Pleads Guilty to Counterfeiting in Tampa
Julian Diaz a local attorney pleaded guilty to manufacturing and possession of counterfeit money in federal court in Tampa. Judge Akerman scheduled sentencing later. Co-defendants Mateo Mir Armando Dominguez pleaded not guilty and trials will be set after Sidney J. Catts Sr. former governor whose trial opens next Monday.
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Fla
Julian Diaz
Akerman
Mateo Mir
Armando Dominguez
Sidney J. Catts
Catts
Mir
Dominguez
Diaz
Pan American flier dies of crash injuries in Havana
General George Taylor age 64 operations manager for Pan American Airways in Port au Prince Haiti and former US Army officer died of injuries from a crash. The accident at Santiago de Cuba killed radio operator B A Griffin and left another passenger dead as the plane failed to gain height and struck power wires during takeoff for Havana.
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George Taylor
Pan American Airways, Inc
Port Au Prince Haiti
United States Army
Los Angeles
Santiago de Cuba
B. A. Griffin
Pan American Airways
Ruth and wife vacationing near Annapolis
The Annapolis Evening Capital reports Babe Ruth star Yankee is recuperating from illness by bathing and fishing on Chesapeake Bay shores about 12 miles from Annapolis. He and his bride are said to be guests at the summer cottage of Harry Mohler, a Washington friend, on Hering Bay.
Cop Pails to Persuade Man on Bridge in Milwaukee Crisis
Police officer Raleigh Falke tried to talk down Edward Kluge on a Milwaukee bridge for 20 minutes. The 56 year old leapt 46 feet into a dry creek bed after the fire department was alerted. he was severely injured and not certain to survive.
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Raleigh Falke
Edward Kluge
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Kluge
Soviet Troops Claimed on Chinese Border Amid Manchurian Tensions
A Peking dispatch to the Daily Express reports Soviet Russia has begun war movements against China with troops crossing the Siberian border and establishing outposts in western Manchuria. Chang Hsueh Liang appeals to Nanking as Harbin hosts a May 28 police raid on the Soviet consulate, seizing propaganda and detaining forty. Moscow denies invasion of Mongolia.
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Peking
China
Daily Express Today
Russia
Siberian
Manchuria
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chang Tso-Lin
Nanking
Harbin
H. M. Lenikoff
Mukden
N. K. Kuznetzoff
Nationalist government reports no invasion information
Nanking reports no reports of a Russian invasion of Mongolia and Manchuria in reprisal for May Manchurian raids on Soviet consulates.
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Nanking
China
Mongolia
Manchuria
Soviet Troops Enter Khailar Manchuria On Evacuated Railway
An unofficial Russian report from Harbin says Soviet troops crossed into Khailar Manchuria on the Chinese Eastern Railway about 100 miles east of Manchoul. The action is described as retaliation for Chinese raids on Soviet consulates in Manchuria on May 28.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Khailar
Manchoul
Banana King Dead at 81. founder of United Fruit Company
Babylon N Y June 14 Minor Cooper Keith 81 known as the Banana King and founder of the United Fruit Company died at his home after a week of illness. He built railways in Central America and helped develop the banana trade, serving as first vice president of United Fruit and later as director and railway executive.
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Minor Cooper Keith
United Fruit Company
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St. Andrews
Florida
Edison and wife leave Fort Myers for East Orange home
After months of rubber plant experiments in their Fort Myers laboratory, Thomas A. Edison and his wife departed today for the summer home in East Orange New Jersey.
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Fort. Myers
Fla
Thomas A. Edison
East Orange
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Dawes Accepts Welcome in Britain as Ambassador
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes arrived in Southampton aboard the Olympic and accepted the welcome with cheer. He declined to be interviewed by reporters, saying the press should understand his official instructions. He planned talks with Premier Ramsay MacDonald in Scotland and would present credentials to King George at Windsor. Mrs. Dawes and Henry Dawes, his secretary, accompanied him.
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England
Charles G. Dawes
Great Britain
Olympic
Dawes
Hoover
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Scotland
King George
Windsor
London
Virkkula Killing Deemed Justifiable by Treasury Official
Assistant Secretary Loman of the Treasury announced that E. J. White, a customs patrolman, shot Henry Virkkula near International Falls Minnesota last Saturday night and was acting within his authority under the law with a perfect defense. Treasury stated it would transfer if indicted and criticized press accounts as colored. He said disarming patrolmen would effectively repeal tariff laws and similar for prohibition agents and the 18th amendment.
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Loman
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E. J. White
Henry Virkkula
International Falls
Minn
White
United States Court
Congress
Borah Tariff Bill Debate Faces Senate Vote
The Borah resolution, Republican from Idaho, would confine tariff bill revisions to farm products. Its fate in the Senate was uncertain as the administration opposed it and Senator Jones of Washington moved to permit broader revisions beyond farm items amid sustained import pressures.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Republican Administration
Jones
Fresh Revolt in Republican Ranks Over Tariff Bill
Washington reports a new GOP revolt in the Senate against the House tariff bill as Congress tackles Hoover’s two main asks: tariff revision and farm relief. Senator Borah proposes limiting tariff revision to agricultural goods, while a farm relief debenture plan faces House opposition.
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Senate
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Hoover
Borah
Idaho
Chamber
King
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Minn. Will Prosecute Day Officer To Limit
International Falls Minnesota June 14 David Hurlbert county attorney commenting on a treasury official's ruling said Emmet J White border patrolman who killed Henry Virkkula violated Minnesota law and cannot escape punishment here He pledged to resist federal efforts to remove the case to federal courts.
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International Falls
David Hurlbert
Esambia River Survey Authorized by House Bill
The Hill bill to authorize a survey of the Esambia River to control floods was approved by the House and sent to the Senate. The survey aims to study flood control possibilities for the river system.
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Washington
Regia An
House
Senate
Strange Tales By Staff Of Returned Scientists
Buffalo reports vivid tales from a museum expedition as staff describe bottom painting with oil on zinc, wandering the Sargasso Sea among spiny sea urchins and giant sea snails, and deep sea fishing among tangled weeds. Mrs. Charles A. Fish led diving studies with a helmet for a hat. funds supported invertebrates and evolution halls.
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N. Y
Sargasso Sea
Buffalo Museum
Charles A. Fish
Frances Hubbard Larkin
Jacob ¥. Schoelthoff
Oppose Increases in Cotton Textiles Debate in Senate Subcommittee
Frederic B. Shipley of the American Importers and Traders Council testifies against House tariff hikes on cotton textiles. He argues exports exceed imports and costs are lower here due to automatic looms. Others push higher duties on cloths, wrappers, and fabrics to aid domestic mills.
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Senate
Frederic B. Shipley
National Council of American Importers and Traders
Shipley
Nathan I. Bijur
New York
Natiional
Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association
Martin W. Monroe
Quincy
Fila
Florida
Harry I. Barrow
Barrow Brothers
Philadelphia
Robert Amory
Boston
National Council of American Cotton Manufacturers
Amory
Plane Leaves Havana for Porto Rico on Survey Flight
A single motor amphibian plane Washington of the New York Rio and Buenos Aires Air Lines took off from Havana for Porto Rico. The six passenger aircraft carries pilot and six passengers on an initial survey trip to map a potential route linking New York with the Antilles and South America.
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Washington
New York
Rio
Buenos Aires Air Lines, Inc
Porto Rico
Antilles
South America
Newcomb Examined by the Commission
Federal Trade Commission questions Josiah T. Newcomb counsel for National Utility Associations about public power bills. Exhibits include letters from George Roberts praising Senate handling of Walsh resolution and from O M Graham discussing January 1927 communications.
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Josiah T. Newcomb
Joint Committee of National Utility Associations
Federal Trade Commission
Newcomb
New York State
George Roberts
New York
Roberts
Senate
Walsh
Power Utilities
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
O. M. Graham
Monroe
N Newcomb
Farm relief bill clears Congress for presidential signing
The farm relief bill advances after Senate and House accept the compromise measure. The export debenture plan is eliminated, and with House approval the bill goes to President Hoover for signing. The Senate is expected to speed passage without the debenture provision.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hoover
Capitol
Approve Plan Minus the Debenture Proposition
Washington report notes House and Senate farm conference committee favor speedy approval of the farm bill without the debenture provision. Conference members Norris of Nebraska and Smith of South Carolina back the report and anticipate rapid passage in both chambers and submission to President Hoover.
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House
Hoover
Senate
House Farm Conference Committee
White House
Norris
Nebraska
Smith
South Carolina
House Nearing Short Recess After Farm Bill Action
Representative Tilson of Connecticut announced a plan for three day recesses starting mid next week as long as the Senate does not set a definite tariff bill vote date to permit a longer recess.
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House
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Tilson
Senate
Export Debenture Plan Faces Senate Tariff Fight
Washington June 14 Advocates of the export debenture plan vow to push the idea into the tariff bill in the Senate even after its removal from farm relief legislation. House leaders deem the move futile, while supporters in the Senate disagree.
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Washington
Senate
House
Three Die in Brooklyn Dry Dock Blast
In Brooklyn an explosion at the Robbins dry dock killed Thomas Kennedy Christoffer Kelly and Phillip Burns all from Brooklyn. Three others were seriously injured and five slightly hurt as about 50 workers scraped the tanker Gus Penn bottom. A leaked compressed air line is suspected to have caused a pontoon explosion.
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New York
Brooklyn
Thomas Kennedy
Christoffer Kelly
Phillip Burns
Robbins Dry Dock
Gus Penn
Suicide By Poison Ivy Attack Fallout
Despondent over an attack of poison ivy Albert Kohler sixty committed suicide last night by hanging himself in a one room shack at Hines Hope. Sayreville N J reports say Kohler was distressed by his illness and the attack.
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N. J
Albert Kohler
Hines Hul
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