Army Plane Leaves Frisco for Hawaii in Nonstop Flight Try
Army air officers Maitland and Hegenberger launched the giant tri motor Fokker from San Francisco on a non stop attempt to Honolulu. Crowds cheered as escort planes formed up and the vessel Matsonia saluted from the bay. Smith and Carter prepared a backup plane while navy aid was not requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Lester J. Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
Honolulu
Mason Patrick
Army Air Service
Maitland
Hegenberger
Ernest L. Smith
Smith
Fokker
San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate
Lieut. Maitland
J. W. Maitland
Burlingham
Land’s End
San Francisco Coast
Matsonia
Charles H. Carter
Los Angeles
Crissy Field
Army
NAVY
Washington
Shipping Board
Army Air Corps
Lieut
Davison
Responsibility for flogging outraged laid at door KKK
Atlanta to Wesleyan Christian Advocate the Ku Klux Klan is blamed for recent outrages in Stephens county where at least five persons were flogged including Mrs. Ansley Bowers and her 15 year old son. The editorial urges the Klan to drop public regalia and calls for a felony ban on masked robed public appearances.
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Atlanta
Stephens County
Wesleyan Christian Advocate
North
South Georgia
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
A. M. Pierce
Advocate
Ansley Bowers
Ku Klux Klan
K. K
Paving Petitions Dominate City Council Session
City council held a lengthy meeting addressing numerous paving petitions including sewer work for East End residents and a septic tank plan to divert water. Engineers call for a sewer and possible twenty to twenty five thousand dollars, though financial constraints may delay the project. Grady Street sidewalk and curb requests and Bartow Street paving from Jackson to the city limits were also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
Country Club
Grady Street
Hansell
Bartow Street
Jackson
Swainsboro Charter Bill Passes House First Step
Atlanta June 28 A local bill amending Swainsboro city charter passed the House as the first measure to gain final approval by either branch of the general assembly. A 45 minute session followed with more bills, and a forecast of a clash over rules and gag rule amendments surfaced in Rep Wilhoit's resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Swainsboro
General Assembly
House
Wilhoit
Warren
Rules Committee
Beaufort Court Guards as Negroes Stand Trial
Beaufort South Carolina June 28 soldiers from Company AH 118th Infantry and the 263rd Coast Artillery guard seven Savannah negroes charged with the murder of County Officer A J Langford. The men are to stand trial Thursday with guards surrounding jail and court and spectators searched.
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Beaufort
S. C
Beauforts
118Th Infantry
263Rd Company
Coast Artillery Batallion
C. C. Smith
A. J. Langford
Columbia
Randolph Murdaugh
Major Smith
Talmadge Finishes Temporary Reorganization of Georgia Agriculture
Atlanta June 28 Eugene Talmadge new commissioner of agriculture announced that a temporary reorganization of the Georgia department of agriculture was nearly complete He fired J J Brown and installed Dr A G Richardson as acting state veterinarian and Mrs Norman Sharp as assistant to the director of markets Boswell relinquished the market bureau directorship to Max L McRae Officials said appointments will remain temporary to test fit of candidates while seeking a permanent vet and board recommendations Dr Bahnsen will stay on in a legislative role to support livestock interests
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
State Department of Agriculture
Talmadge
J. J. Brown
Capitol
A. G. Richardson
Athens
Norman Sharp
State Bureau of Markets
Market Bureau
Felix E Boswell
Max L. McRae
McRae
Boswell
Commissiner Talmadge
Richardson
State College of Agriculture
South
State
Sharp
Atlanta Federation of Women’s Clubs
Atlanta Woman's Club
Department of Agriculture
State Board of Veterinarian Examiners
Peter F. Bahnsen
J. C. Schwencke
Thomasville
W. E. White
Tifton
John W. Salter
Dawson
Bahnsen
General Assembly
Georgia
One of First Society Women to Hold Appointive Office
Atlanta June 28. Mrs. Norman Sharp president of the Atlanta Federation of Women's Clubs will join the department of agriculture as assistant to the director of the bureau of market. She is among the first appointees of Eugene Talmadge the new agricultural commissioner who ordered the discharge of prior staff. Sharp helped establish a curb market and secured funds for a municipal market and will promote green products and direct grower consumer contact.
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Atlanta
Norman Sharp
Atlanta Federation of Women’s Clubs
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Market
Nine Miners Injured in Birmingham Slope Explosion
Nine miners were injured in an explosion at the Hamilton Slope mine of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company in Birmingham Alabama. Several workers suffered serious burns as state and federal officials, investigating the cause, moved the injured to the Ensley hospital.
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Hamilton Slope
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Birmingham
Ala
Ensley
Paris Opera Star Maurice Mura Seeks Divorce
Paris on June 28 reports operatic tenor Maurice Mura and his former wife Lina Cavalieri have filed for divorce in Paris courts.
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Paris
Maurice Muratore
Lina Cavalieri
Wife's planned joke ends in shooting husband in Albany
In Albany Georgia on June 28 1926 Mrs Corley 29 of Macon shot her husband P W C Corley chief electrician at Central of Georgia Railroad after luring him to a home as a joke. He was wounded four times and hospitalized. Her two young sons and she were taken into custody as officers investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Corley
Miss Maude Averitt
Central of Georgia Railroad
Southwestern Division
Governor General Wood to Return to Post
Major General Leonard Wood announced to newspapermen that he will definitively resume his duties as Governor General in New York setting. The statement confirms a planned return to official post soon after months of absence.
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Wood
New York
Leonard Wood
Quiet Beaufort Describes Unmoved Scene After Incident
A fragment notes that a negress was given and Beaufort remains calm with no signs of disturbance or movements. The phrasing implies a settled street scene with no reported disorder.
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Beaufort
Civil aviator forced to return after takeoff
Ernest L. Smith civilian aviator attempting the Golden Gate Hawaii flight from Municipal Airport Oakland Calif started the non drop flight and was forced to return when a mica window shield blew in on his face and windshield broke. Lieutenant Valentine Gephart of the national aeronautics association praised the landing and noted plans to repair shield and refuel before a second attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Death of Gordon man after three weeks in hospital
John H. Gabbett 20 of Gordon Ga. died in Macon after more than three weeks with a broken neck from a pond dive. His father W B Gabbet of Birmingham Ala. kept vigil at his bedside. Funeral services and interment will be in Jasper Alan.
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John H. Gabbett
Gordon, Ga
Macon
Gordon Ga
W. B. Gabbet
Birmingham
Alabama
Jasper
Alan
Governor General Return Denied by Time Reports
A report asserts a governor general would not return to the Philippines despite contrary rumors. The note clarifies expectations and outlines potential implications for colonial administration.
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Lieuts
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Thomas County
Albert F. Hegenberger
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KKK
Stephenson County
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Beaufort Court
Talmadge Finghes
Hubby
W. C. Corley
Ternoon
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