Hawks Aims One Stop Transcontinental Flight Record
Captain Frank Hawks starts from Metropolitan Airport Los Angeles at 1 a m for New York to attempt a one stop round trip from New York to Los Angeles and back. He hopes to beat the east west record of 24 hours 51 minutes and will refuel in St Louis before continuing. He already holds the west-east non stop record of 18 hours 21 minutes 59 seconds.
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Metropolitan Airport
Los Angeles
Frank Hawks
New York City
New York
Hawks
Peter Clausen
St. Louis
C. B. D. Collyer
Harry Tucker
Albuquerque
N. M
Frank C. Hawks
Van Deman Promotion Gets Hoover's Approval
Washington June 24 President Hoover approved Brigadier General Ralph H Van Deman for promotion to major general to fill the vacancy from Major General Harry A Smiths death. Brigadier General Frank R McCoy will become major general upon Van Demans retirement September 3. Colonel George C Shaw will fill the brigadier general slot Shaw at Fort Benning Ga McCoy on special duty as Bolivia Paraguay arbitration and conciliation commission chair in Washington Van Deman commands the sixth brigade at Fort Rosecrans Calif.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Ralph H. van Deman
Harry A. Smith
Seventh Corps
Frank R. McCoy
van Deman
George C. Shaw
Dist
Shaw
Fort Benning
McCoy
Washington
Fort Rosecrans
Calif
Singer Sewing Machine Company Official Dies
London reports the death of Sir Mortimer Singer at age sixty six. A Yonkers native and eldest son of Isaac Merritt Singer, he belonged to the Singer Sewing Machine family and became a naturalized British subject in 1900.
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London
Sir Mortimer Singer
Yonkers
Singer
Isaac Merritt Singer
Vanguard of Georgia General Assembly Opens in Atlanta
In Atlanta on June 24 the Georgia General Assembly began assembling as senators and representatives from across the state arrived. Senator Cecil Neil and Rep Richard Russell Jr. stood unopposed for Senate president and House speaker, with many job applicants seeking support from officials like Secretary of the Senate Devereaux McClatcher and Clerk E Dismark Moore. Early discussions in hotel lobbies and capitol corridors focused on issues facing the new session.
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Atlanta
Georgia General Assembly
Cecil Neil
Columbus
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Barrow County
Devereaux F. McClatcher
E Dismark Moore
T. J. Anderson
House of Representatives
Dawes Refuses Whisky Service at London Home
London June 24. Ambassador Dawes denies rumors he would serve alcohol in his London residence. He states he never served alcohol in his Washington home or before and sees no reason to change his procedures in London.
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DAWES
London
Ambassador Dawes
Washington
Southern air service inaugurated with five passengers
The first cabin plane to serve the south arrived from Montgomery as it began tri weekly express service to Atlanta and Montgomery. The route included Columbus Georgia with a stop in between. Flights operated Monday Wednesday and Friday using two cabin planes.
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Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Columbus
Candler Field
Fred Ausfeld
O. A. Dell
G. T. Key
W. J. Mahoney
H. G. Pannell
L. G. Mason
Montgomery School
Municipal Field
Montgomery School of Aeronautics
South
Peacox Murder Trial Postponed to September Sixteen
White Plains New York June 24 trial of Earl Frances Peacox for the murder of his wife Dorothy was delayed until September 16 as the state stated it was unprepared to proceed. Peacox was indicted after the burned remains of Dorothy were found in a West Chester woodside thicket police say he confessed to strangling her and setting the body aflame after dousing with kerosene. The couple had been estranged.
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White Plains
N. Y
Earl Frances Peacox
Dorothy
Frank A. Coyne
Peacox
West Chester
Hoover Plans Farm Board Appointments This Week
President Hoover to select members for the newly created federal farm board this week. While at his Virginia fishing preserve he reviewed a list of about 400 names with Secretary Hyde who joined him for the weekend. Hoover hoped to finalize appointments within two to three weeks after signing the farm bill.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Virginia
Hyde
Agriculture Department
Hoover declines Southern Publishers address in Asheville
President Hoover told Representative Aswell he cannot accept the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association invitation to speak in Asheville on the Fourth of July due to a heavy public schedule. He is still considering other invitations including Independence Hall Philadelphia and the naturalized citizens meeting in New York.
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Washington
Hoover
Aswell
Louisiana
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Asheville
N. C
White House
Virginia
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
New York City
Henry Mason Day to Join Sinclair in Jail
Henry Mason Day, vice president of a Sinclair oil company, is expected to join Harry F. Sinclair in the District of Columbia jail for a four month contempt sentence tied to jury shadowing during the Falls conspiracy trial. Day’s counsel notified officials he would surrender before midnight to avoid publicity.
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Henry Mason Day
Sinclair
Washington, D. C
Sinclair Oil Companies
Harry F. Sinclair
Day
District of Columbia
Albert B. Falls
Sillah
Electrical Storm in Montreal Wrecks Property and Claims Lives
A violent electrical storm swept Montreal and surrounding areas causing millions in damage and six deaths as boats overturned in the floodwaters. The storm followed eight days of unseasonable heat, with the fatalities resulting from vessels swamped by the storm’s fury. Miss Mabel Price, lecturer in history at MacDonald College, is mentioned among continuing coverage.
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Montreal
Mabel Price
MacDonald College
Great Outpouring At Booth Funeral In London
London witnesses one of the greatest popular outpourings as the funeral of General William Bramwell Booth, former Salvation Army commander, is held. His body travels from Salvation Army HQ to Abney Park Cemetery, with tens of thousands lining the streets in mourning. The procession follows the route once used by his father, General William Booth, in 1912.
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London
William Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
Abney Park
Londons’ Financial Center
William Booth
Washington eagerly awaits MacDonald visit
Washington buzzes over the planned trip of Ramsay MacDonald the British prime minister. Officials and social leaders debate formalities and hosting, with Sir Esme Howard and Lady Isabella Howard likely to extend hospitality at a Maryland country estate in Prince George County.
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Washington
America
Ramsay MacDonald
Sir Esme Howard
United States
Isabella Howard
MacDonald
Prince George County
Maryland
Esme Howard
England
Airplane wreckage sighted near Azores linked to Franco flight
A British steamer reported seeing aircraft wreckage about 170 miles off the Azores with no occupants aboard. Spanish authorities dispatched destroyers to search the area for Major Ramon Franco and three companions on a flight toward New York. Flights and ships continue to scour the region as investigators assess if the plane made landfall or proceeded to New York.
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Madrid
Ramon Franco
New York
Azores
Spain
Grelden
Ministry of the Navy
Ferrol
Ministry
Cartagena
Vasco da Gama
Franco
Navy Department
St. Vincent
Marques de Comillas
Mystery plane flare sighted near 40N 50W near Cape Race
The Buffalo Bridge freighter reported a flare seen at 400 miles south of Cape Race in latitude 40.04 north longitude 50.57 west. The signal noted a six degree bearing and ten degree altitude, described as apparently an airplane. The sighting coincides roughly with the Madrid Franco flight expected to cross that route.
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New York
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Azores
Radio Marine Corporation
Buffalo Bridge
Ramon Franco
Texans Charged With Poisoning Wives In Texas County
Bowie county officials use chemical analysis to probe two violent deaths of young wives. Ooie Nix, 22, confesses to placing poison in a capsule for his wife who died at New Boston. Chester Peavy, 25, held after his wife died in convulsions. exhumation urged. Both cases await chemist report.
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Texarkana
Texas
Bowie County
Chester Peavy
Ooie Nix
R. G. Waters
Nix
New Boston
Peavy
Jones Defends Law Over Prohibition Shootings
Senator Jones of Washington asserts the Jones law he authored did not cause recent shootings by officers enforcing prohibition. He cautions judges may be imposing sentences under the statute, which carries five years in prison and a ten thousand dollar fine with discretion based on evidence.
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Washington
White House
Jones
Cause of shooting affray in Georgia town remains undetermined
Louisville Georgia June 24 The cause of a shooting affray shortly after midnight left undetermined today Barton Arrington was killed Jewell Hinson wounded Thomas A Wasden held in jail charged with Arringtons murder Wasden allegedly fired four times at Arrington and struck Hinson in the thigh The shooting occurred near Wasdens home He surrendered to Sheriff Thomas
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Louisville
Barton Arrington
Jewell Hinson
Thomas A. Wasden
Arrington
Wasden
Hinson
Thomas
Ambassador Gibson Visits London for Talks with Dawes
Hugh S. S. Gibson American ambassador to Belgium and head of the 1927 naval disarmament delegation arrived in London from Brussels. He will stay at General Dawes' residence during talks and will discuss the general international situation and disarmament.
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London
Hugh S.S. Gibson
Belgium
Brussels
General Dawes
Gibson
Associated Press
Dawes
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