St Louis Welcomes Lindbergh on Official Holiday
Thousands of natives and visitors line streets as Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh returns to Missouri. The holiday celebration features a parade from Congress Hotel to the Coronado, a Boy Scouts honor, and a mass review with 20 000 onlookers.
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St. Louis
Lindbergh
City
Dauntless
Missouri
Charles A. Lindbergh
Spirit of
Congress Hotel
Teal Point
Coronado Hotel
Boy Scouts
Troop
Murray Cabell
Keeler to wed Eleanor McAuliffe in New York
Atlanta golf writer O. B. Keeler and Eleanor McAuliffe of Atlanta obtained a marriage license in New York and announced plans to marry there. Savannah friends noted Keeler canceled the Georgia State Golf Tournament trip as he planned a extended Europe stay and possible honeymoon.
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C.'.b. Keeler
Atlanta
New York
O. B. Keeler
Georgia
Bobby Jones
Savannah
Keeler
Europe
Lindbergh Program Marches Through St. Louis
Today's Lindbergh schedule in St. Louis lists a 9:30 a.m. reception at Congress Hotel with 300 guests, a downtown parade at 10:00, noon private luncheon at Coronado Hotel, 2:30 p.m. depart for Sportsman's Park, 2:45 p.m. participate in Cardinals world championship raising ceremonies, and 3:30 p.m. return to the hotel for rest.
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Lindbergh
Cardinals
Park
Mary Pickford Sued for 100000 in Federal Court
In Los Angeles on June 18, Mary Pickford was named a defendant in a $100,000 damage suit filed in federal court seeking an accounting of profits from her film Sparrows. Plaintiffs Phillip Edgerton Hubbard, a scenario writer, and James M. Sheridan, an attorney, claim the film infringes Hubbard's story The Cry of the Children.
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Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
Phillip Edgerton Hubbard
James M. Sheridan
Hubbard
Rain Delays Carolina Tennis Tournament Play
Greenville South Carolina June 18 rain postpones matches at the Carolinas tennis tournament at Greenville Country Club. Officials hope to resume play soon but rain continues to fall and the outlook remains poor.
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Carolina
Greenville
S. C
Carolinas
Greenville Country Club
Third Escape by Life Prisoner Elliott in Georgia Camps
Atlanta June 18 Cracking a double shackled escape Elliott J Miliott serving life for murder of hotel keeper George Rivers of La Grange, broke from a Decatur prison camp with three white inmates after recent recapture of companions. Elliott remains at large.
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J. M. Miliott
Georgia
George Rivers
la Grange
Elliott
Decatur
Tampa
Fla
State Prison Commission
Miliott
Wee Paul Morrison
Lee Johnson
Little Bill Cowart
British Aviators Forced Down By Motor Defect
Flight Lieutenants C. R. Carr and P. H. MacWorth, after departing Cranwell at 12 41 pm for a flight to India, were forced to land at Martlesham Heath Airdrome due to an oiling system defect. They escaped uninjured with their cargo heavy but manageable, ending the record bid near Iswich in Suffolk. The disruption occurred before attempting to beat the 3905 mile Columba record.
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Suffolk
England
C. R. Carr
P. H. MacWorth
Cranwell
Lincolnshire
India
Martlesham Heath
Iswich
Ranwell
Carr
Bellanca
Columbia
German Woman Flier Takes Control of Bellanca Columbia
Berlin reports Fraulein Thea Tasche, the only licensed German pilot, briefly flew the trans Atlantic Bellanca Columbia with Clarence D. Chamberlin at Temple Hofer field. Chamberlin tested the motor after a recent Europe run and Rasche’s plane carried Charles A. Levine as a passenger en route from Magdeburg to Berlin.
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Clarence D. Chamberlin
Europe
Bellanca
Columbia
Temple Hofer Field
Fraulein Thea Tasche
Germany
Charles A. Levine
Chamberlin
Fraulein Rasche
Madgeburg
Rescue of 14 Men From French Schooner Boree
Tampa reports the rescue of 14 men from the French schooner Boree during a May 30 storm in the Bay of Biscayne. The American Star Aquarius limped into port from Hamburg crippled by the same tempest.
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Tampa
Fla
Boree
Bay of Biscayne
Aquarius
Hamburg
Confederate Chieftain Wroten Dies in Magnolia at 80
WH Ham Monroe Wroten 80 longtime commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans died in Magnolia Mississippi this afternoon his death follows a long illness and he was a prominent figure in Confederate veterans circles.
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Magnolia
Miss
Monroe
United Confederate Veterans
Ruth Nears Top Ten Batters in American League
Chicago June 18 Babe Ruth moves toward the top ten hitters in the American League. After a slow start he has risen to fifteenth among regulars with a .340 average including Wednesdays games and 21 homers in his record year. Bing Miller leads the league briefly before Ruth continues his ascent.
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Chicago
Babe Ruth
Bing Miller
St. Louis
Hydro Aircraft Searches for Lost French Fliers in Quebec
A Fairchild hydro plane based in Quebec arrives at Chicoutimi to search the district for the missing French aviators Nungesser and Coli. Tests reportedly confirm the mysterious lights near Chuteaux Galets were from a power plant, not the fliers.
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Quebec
Que
Fairchild Air Service
Chicoutimi
Nungesser
Colt
Chuteaux Galets
Ouster Proceedings Against Directors Insurance Company
Ouster actions filed in Athens against three Southern Mutual Insurance Company directors Hugh H. Gordon Jr Judge C H Brand and John E Talmadge. Mort on and Hodgson allege voting members were not members and the election at the June 7 annual meeting was illegal.
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Atlanta
Southern Mutual Insurance Co
Athens
Southern Mutual Insurance Company
Hugh H. Gordon, Jr
C. H. Brand
John E. Talmadge
Chas. M. Snelling
John White Morton
B. R. Hodgson
Morton
Hodgson
Ilegal
J E. Talmadge, Jr
C. J. Decker
Tom MacMahan
Man builds coffin, dies in personal crisis in Huntington
Huntington W V June 18 after four months building his own coffin Michael Lee 62 died in a personal crisis. In a note he said he preferred to meet passing rather than have it creep up on him.
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Huntington
W. Va
Michael Lee
Lee
Death of Dr Henry Paul Talbot Noted Chemist and MIT Dean
Cambridge Mass June 18 Dr Henry Paul Talbot dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a leading chemist died at City Hospital Boston after months of illness following an operation He was connected with MIT since 1885 born Boston May 15 1864 He authored several authoritative books on chemistry and many papers on scientific and educational topics
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Cambridge
Mass
Henry Paul Talbot
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
City Hospital
Boston
Talbot
Mrs Bowman to Be Freed for Murder Trial
Mrs Mann Bowman, confined since May 1925 at Milledgeville Insane Asylum after a fatal shooting, will be returned to Marrow county for further court atten tion as her condition improves. A five doctor panel found her insane. a second panel and officials affirmed the verdict amid ongoing murder charges.
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Mann Bowman
Milledgeville
Guy Thurmond
Marrow County
R. C. Swint
Aslum
W. W. Stark
Commerce
Thurmond
Statehom
Commander Byrd Awaits Better Weather For Paris Flight
Commander Richard E. Byrd remained grounded at Roosevelt Field New York as forecasts of unfavorable trans Atlantic conditions delayed the America’s attempt to Paris. Byrd did not comment on rumors of a possible fourth crew member joining the August crew alongside Neville, the radio engineer.
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N. Y
Richard E. Byrd
America
Paris
Byrd
August
George C. Neville
Byrd to send hourly radio messages on Atlantic flight
Commander Richard E Byrd plans constant world contact during the America’s crossing from Roosevelt Field. A radio receiver at the hangar will capture hourly updates and an automatic transmitter will relay messages as the plane flies. Messages will be relayed to ships at sea when direct contact is broken.
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Roosevelt Field
N.Y
Richard E. Byrd
Paris
Atlantic
America
Menard Re-elected President Of Georgia Insurance Agents
Albert R. Menard of Macaqua reelected president of the Georgia Association of Insurance Agents at Hotel Tybee Savannah after a two day convention. S. O. Smith Gainesville first vice president N. Macintyre Atlanta second vice president H. B. Taylor Augusta secretary. All elections were unanimous. The 1928 convention will meet at Hotel Tybee.
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Savannah
Albert R. Menard
Macaqa
Georgia Association of Insurance Agents
Hotel Tybee
Steward
S. O. Smith
Gainesville
N. Macintyre
Atlanta
H. B. Taylor
Augusta
Mernard
Weather outlook week beginning Monday South Atlantic Gulf
A period of showers starts the week in the South Atlantic states with another shower period midweek. Temperatures will be below normal in the south gulf and near normal in the south Atlantic for most of the week.
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South Atlantic
East Gulf States
South Atlantic States
South
Creditors Meet in Atlanta Over Adair Firm Bankruptcy
In Atlanta on June 18 a creditors hearing discussed a 1.5 million loan from S A Lynch to Consolidated Securities, with half a million paid as commission. The Adair firm’s Whitfield estates and Tate Spring projects were linked, funds moved through a general account, and residential loans to Whitfield estates tied to the bankruptcy.
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S. A. Lynch
Consolidated Securities Company
Adair
Adair and Reality Company of
BE. A. Irwin
New York
Whitfield Estate
Tate Spring
Tenn
Adair Company
Whitfield Estates
Sarasota
Fla
W. C. Akers
Little Rock
William Hotel
Irwin
Ackers
Florida
Beverly Hills Mayor Will Rogers Recovers After Operation
Los Angeles June 18 Beverly Hills Mayor Will Rogers film cowboy humorist underwent gallstone surgery yesterday. Nurses reported a fairly good night with his condition favorable and resting comfortably this morning.
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Los Angeles
Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
Chattanooga Wins Next Dixie Boosters Meeting
Savannah Ga June 18 At the closing session of the Dixie Boosters convention Chat tanooga was selected for the next meeting J C Cox of Chattanooga was elected chairman of the organization of the Order of Railway Trainmen and its auxiliary of Southeastern States
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Savannah
Dixie Boosters
Chattanooga
J. C. Cox
Order of
Reed Advocates Clean Government In Tenn Bar Assn
Senator Reed of Missouri urged Tennessee Bar Association to return to old time government fundamentals. He accused federal centralization of fostering corruption and urged protecting ballot purity to preserve liberties. He warned state and local life risked federal surveillance and loss of authority.
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Johnston City
Tenn
Reed
Missouri
Tennessee Bar Association
Miggouri
Senate
America
Des Moines Named 1928 Lions International Meeting City
Des Moines Iowa was chosen to host the 1928 Lions International convention at the closing session of the annual meeting in Miami. Irving L. Camp of Johnston Pennsylvania was elected president with Ben A. Ruffin Ray L. Riley and Carl W. Hodges named as vice presidents. Four directors named were G. H. Hastings M. M. Neilson Charles H. Hatton and Horace S. Kerr.
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Miami
Fla
Des Moines
Iowa
Lions International
Irving L. Camp
Johnston
Penn
Ben A. Ruffin
Richmond
Ray L. Riley
Sacramento
Cal
Carl W. Hodges
New York City
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