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Reno Lee of Lit of Andrew Meilon secretary has been granted a di em. President Coolidge selects a summer White House site on the Brule river near Superior Wisconsin. In Washington a White House executive lodge is readied for a departure after June 11. Tests and campaign funding details emerge from various states. A cross Atlantic air leg completes 7790 miles in 27 hours. A rattlesnake funeral dispute, a Cuban girl’s death, and Tammany Hall campaign notes appear amid scattered items.
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Reno, Lee
Andrew Meilon
Harry A Lee
New York
Coolidge
Brule River
Superior
Wisconsin
White House
Washington
Hono
Pacific Air
Oakland
Cal
Southern Cross
Wheeler Field
California
Australia
Nashville
Fred Galligar
Joe Sirmans
Sirmans
New Y
Strauss
Commerce Secretary
Julius Rosenwald
Sears Roebuck and Company
Henry I. Moses
W. E. Macy
Hoover
Chicago
Robin
Vinten
Iowa
Kansas City
United States
James McMuhen
Nebraska
George Peek
Moline
Til
Governor Albert Ritchie of Maryland A Brief Biography
Maryland’s favorite son Albert Cabell Ritchie, born in Richmond on August 29, 1876, rose from law practice to governor in 1920. He earned degrees from Johns Hopkins University Mand University St Johns and the University of Washington and served as lawyer, professor, and public official.
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Albert Cabell Ritchie
Maryland
Richmond
Supreme Beach of Maryland
Johns Hopkins
University of
University of Maryland
War Industries Board
Baltimore
Public Service Commission of
Ritchie
North Carolina Spends 22.6 Million on 1205 Miles of Roads
State highway commission reports 1927 investment of 22,598,852.93 to build 1,205.5 miles of new roads including 221.99 miles graded, 395.51 miles concrete, and 243.52 miles road oil. Bridges accounted for 1,375,828.15 of the total. Engineering costs estimate ten percent per mile. In 1924, about 28.9 million funded 1,870 miles of new roads and bridges.
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North Carolina
State Highway Commission
Division of Construction and Tests
Highway Commission
Cleric wounded in church office. shooter dies in断
In Charleston a gunman, Rev J H Woodward of Georgia, killed himself after wounding Rt Rev Dr Sam A Guerry, bishop of Carolina, in the diocesean offices. The motive appeared linked to retirement age discussions. a $50 check lay nearby.
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Tobin
Misri
Lowden
Press- Dawes
Watson
Curl Norris
Iowan
Charleston
S. C
Sam A. Guerry
Carolina
Pratt Episcopal Church
J. H. Woodward
Brunswick
South Carolina
Woodward
Cove Creek Dam Project Mislocated Between States
North Carolina engineers say the Cove Creek dam proposal examined in the Muscle Shoals bill is in Tennessee, not North Carolina. They note two Cove Creeks exist, one in NC and one in TN, with the cited tributary on the Clinch River in northeastern Tennessee.
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Clinch River
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee River
North Carolina
Watauga River
Watauga County
Valle Crucis
Cove Creek
Congress
The
Conservation Department of North Carolina
Tennessee
Trorndike Saville
Raleigh
Muscle Shoals Hill
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Flint
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Fisher
Boone Chevrolet Co
Boone, N. C
F. M. Maltea Boone
N. C
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