Rumors of War Said to Cloud European Peace at League Meeting
At the League of Nations Council in Geneva officials warn of potential war in Europe unless preventive steps are taken. Tensions rise from Soviet Russia after Britain cut diplomatic ties and an Italian engineered split with Albania and Yugoslavia deepens Balkan instability.
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League of Nations
Rumors of Soviet Terror Reports Sweep London
London cables quote rumors from Warsaw and Riga of mass executions and martial law in Russia. Warned by anti Soviet telegram censorship, the claims include Vlasdivostok and Caspian regions with reports of G P U power over citizens. Continued on page four.
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Caspian
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Hornsby Named New Giants Manager for 1928
St Louis June 15 Rogers Hornsby former Cardinal and current Giants captain will become manager of the New York Giants in 1928 as John J McGraw retires from travel duties and turns control over to Hornsby.
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John J. McGraw
New York Giants
Rogers Hornsby
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McGraw
Hornsby
Commander Byrd Ready For Non Stop Flight To Europe
Commander Richard E. Byrd announced his tri motor monoplane America is ready at Roosevelt Field to depart for Paris on a non stop Atlantic flight. He will wait until the Lindbergh reception is over and use the first favorable weather window to launch. It remains undecided if the America will return to the United States.
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Byrd Denies Plans for World Flight at Virginia Military Institute
Commander Richard E. Byrd told the Associated Press in Lexington that he has contemplated a round the world flight but did not intend to imply such plans are imminent. He was visiting to receive an honorary civil engineer degree from his alma mater, Virginia Military Institute.
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Richard BE. Byrd
Associated Press Today
Virginia Military Institute
Chamberlin and Levine Visit Frederickshafen in Passenger Plane
Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine arrived in Frederickshafen Germany by a German passenger plane after a Baden Baden to Karlsruhe hop. A cheering crowd greeted them at Loewenthal Airdrome as they were escorted to the Dornier factory and Zeppelin works for tours and demonstrations. They viewed a new large passenger plane the super-Wal and the L-2127 under construction bound for a 1928 world flight. Eckener hosted a luncheon at his home after museum visits.
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Germany
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Karlsruhe
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Loewenthal
Hugo Eckener
Zepplin
Dornier
Eckener
French fliers used downed flares in transatlantic flight report
Paris reports that Captains Nungesser and Coli carried ten flares and a pistol aboard the White Bird mission. Military officers say a ten pound flare package was removed from the aircraft at Le Bourget before the historic trans Atlantic hop.
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Lindbergh Seeks Bigger Air Force at New York Luncheon
Charles Lindbergh urged a substantial rise in national air power at a New York City luncheon of the Merchants Association and the New York Chamber of Commerce. He warned air power cannot replace land and sea forces but must be protected by aircraft and training civilians as pilots. The event at the Astor Hotel drew about 3,000 attendees. The next plans outline Lindbergh leaving Mitchel Field for Washington by army plane to receive the Orteig prize before heading to St Louis.
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Deputy Sheriff Arrested in Slaying of Greenville Sheriff
Greenville South Carolina officials disclose Deputy Henry Townsend, longtime friend of Sheriff Sam D Willis, is arrested on murder charges in the killing of Sheriff Willis. Mrs Ethel Willis attends grand jury testimony as rumors of another arrest swirl amid questions of planning versus spur of the moment action.
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Henry Townsend
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Ethel Willis
W. W. Rogers
Townsend
Rogers
Wtltet Willits
Walter C. Willis
Sheriff's Office
Columbia
Wil‘iia
Greenville County
John Parks
Rain Delays Third Round at Greenville Country Club
Rain soaked the Greenville Country Club courts delaying the Carolinas tournament third round. Play will resume tomorrow morning after today’s washout.
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Greenville Country Club
Greenville
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Airmen Missing May Have Reached North Coast
The report suggests that flares seen in northern Quebec may indicate the two French airmen were alive and possibly reached the North American mainland after more than a month missing.
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Quebec
Lucy Hoke Smith Simpson seeks second divorce in Georgia
Mrs Lucy Hoke Smith Simpson daughter of Hoke Smith asks a Georgia court to divorce Alston R Simpson a naval officer for cruelty The petition notes a first divorce in 1925 and a second marriage in Rhode Island around July 1926 The latest filing targets the July 1927 hearing date and cites continued cruelty as grounds
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Lucy Hoke Smith Simpson
Atlanta, Ga
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Alston R. Simpson
United States Naval
John D. Humphries
Fulton County
Clay County
Rhode Island
Petitioner
Fruitless search for possible survivors of the yacht Cinnebar
Savannah reports a weeklong, unsuccessful hunt for six survivors after the Cinnebar yacht exploded near Savannah Light. Ted Suckow of Miami, VP of Pomeroy Overland Co, said rescue hopes faded after meetings with involved forces.
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Savannah
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Savannah Light
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Miami
Suckow
Pomeroy Overland Company
Phil Pomeroy
Johnston Sets The Page For Oakmont Title Contenders
Oakmont Pa June 15 Harrison R Johnston Minneapolis entry for the National Open Golf crown continued to lead this afternoon as about 20 finalists completed 36 holes. Johnston posted 147 two round total four strokes ahead of Harry Hampton of Memphis Tenn who tied Johnston with 73s yesterday to lead the field.
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Harrison R. Johnston
Minneapolis
Bobby Jones
Harry Hampton
Memphis
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Atlanta
Archie Compston
Compston
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Fred Barni
Crafton
Flogging Incident Shocks Toccoa Town
In Toccoa Georgia on June 15 a mob flogged a 15 year old and his mother reporting Ku Klux Klan involvement. Mrs Ansley Bowers alleges 12 men in three cars beat them and threatened to brand a K on her back. Police note possible impostors while four men are jailed.
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Gainesville
Ku Kla Klan
Toccoa
Georgia
Nathan Bedford Forrest
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