By Rd Byrd Flies North Pole Route and Returns
Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd completed a perilous nonstop flight to circumnavigate the northernmost point of the globe and returned safely to base at King's Bay Spitzbergen Far. His feat follows Peary’s historic Arctic journey, marking a bold chapter in exploration and aviation progress.
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Richard KE. Byrd
United States Navy
King’s Bat
Spitzbergen
Peary
Byrd
Robert W., Peary
North
Pole
New York City
Basa
Nis
Arche
Mularelig
Grand Circle Four
Effort 10 Enlist South Kills Haugen Plan Debate Ends
Washington May 19. After three days of farm relief debate the Corn Belt Haugen bill faced defeat as opponents argued subsidies replace taxes. The plan shifted from limiting corn wheat cattle hogs to aiding cotton and the South, tying tariffs to a subsidy. The stratagem failed as politics and economics collided.
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Dark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Norn Belt Group
America
Yaugen Group
Congress
Cotton Crowers
Short Interviews With Home Folks on City Demolition Fight
Local council weighs another order to demolish the Schultz warehouse at 819 Commercial. Attorney P. OH Frank, representing B. Schultz, vows to press the case, citing numerous buildings within the fire limits as no better than the Schultz property. A later note describes the German rotor ship Flettner in New York harbor, detailing its wind-driven propulsion and voyage from Hamburg to the U S with towers housing engines and a 14‑person crew plus one passenger.
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P. OH. Frank
B. Schultz
Frank
New York
March T. Lowe
Wade
Germany
New York Harbor
Anton Fieltner
Baden- Baden
Hamburg
Flettner
Chicugo
Indictment Reveals Plan to Smuggle Liquor Ring
New York May 10 AP Buckner opened a sealed indictment last week revealing a conspiracy to import liquor worth millions. The targets are Emil Wormser service Austin Harry Lawson alias Harry Nelson Howard Siegel Chris Berg and Robert Olsen linked to a Port Chester Connecticut area ring near the border. The five count indictment details a vast import smuggling operation tied to prohibition violations.
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New York
Buckner
Port G Chester
Connecticut
Baik
Emil Wormser
Sirving Austin
Harry Lawson
Harry Nelson
Howard Siegel
Chris Berg
Robert Olsen
United States
Alton B. Parker Dies of Stroke in Auto
Former chief judge of the court of appeals and 1904 Democratic presidential candidate Alton B. Parker died in an automobile accident in New York. He suffered a stroke while driving through Central Park, collapsing to apparent death, after leaving the Hotel Ambassador a few minutes earlier. he was en route to his home in Esopus, New York.
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New York
Alton B. Parker
Court of Appeals
Nis
Parker
Central Pack
Ambassador
Esopus
N. Y
Bankers Meet Across Iowa In Late May Schedule
Town Bankers association group meetings spread through southern towns including Marshall and Eldora Centerville HuronMonticello during the week of May 25 Then from May 26 the northern and northwestern towns Storm Lake Carroll Spirit City Waterlag Nashua host further sessions with banker groups.
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Des Moines
iGroup
Town Bankers Association
Marshalldown
Group 6 Bankers
Eldara
Centerville
Humerton
Monticello
Iowa
Storm Lake
Carrol
Stours City
Waterlag
Nashua
Will Rogers Reports on British Strike Visit in England
Will Rogers arrives in England on an unofficial mission to study Britain’s general strike. He dines at the Hotel Savoy with his son and plans a European tour while noting the Prince of Wales’s swift return to London as the strike unfolds.
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London
Will Rogers
England
United Press
Savoy
Rogers
Hawan
Ineh Wall
Unitedian
Franen
Istries
Prince of Wales
Two Inch Hail Causes Million Dollar Damage in Dallas
Dallas reports a severe hailstorm on May 10 causing about 1.9 million dollars in damage. About thirty people were injured, none seriously, as two inch hailstones pelted streets and rooftops for ten minutes, shattering windows and auto tops.
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Dallas
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Former cashier sentenced to 10 years for forgery in Iowa
Audubon Iowa May 0 UP Emery former cashier of Tennant Savings bank was taken to Fort Madison to serve a 10 year term for forgery. Emery pleaded guilty to forging a check for 261.20 before Judge Whitelet, a familiar figure in Iowa banking circles.
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Hilton
Sing Sing
Dane
Judea Vrank
Adel
Arthur Kenny
Audubon
Emery
Tennat Savings Bank
Fort Madison
Serena
Pudge
Sir Whytelet
Iowa
Britain Seizes Extra Newsprint Stocks Amid Strike Turmoil
London reports the government commandeering all newsprint supplies as riots flare during the seventh day of Britain’s general strike. Police constables are stabbed and attacked. leaders Lawther and Belton jailed. May 2 to May 10 coverage notes Army food convoys and public unrest across Nine Mile, Gamdentown, and Crocklewood, with arrests and papers like The Workers Bulletin.
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Obser
London Express
Leabor
Trades Union, Congress
London
Great Britain
Cangress Wotil
Stabbad
Milus
South London
al Gamdentown
Crocklewood
Yarbor
INS
Government Bay
William Lawther
Harry Belton
Durham
Marjorie Pollitt
Itarry Pollitt
Bow Street
Victoria Docks
Kyde Park
Trades Union Congress
Fifteen Nations Meet to Reform League Council
Fifteen nations gathered in Geneva on May 10 to reorganize the League of Nations council and prevent a recurrence of the March situation when the league prepared to welcome Germany and found itself powerless to act. Foreign Minister Motta of Switzerland was elected president of the commission.
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Geneva
League of Nations Councill
League
Germany
Motta
Switzerland
Commission
Discoverer of Mesaba Iron Range Dies in Duluth
Leonidas H. W. Merritt, the famed Mesaba Iron Range discoverer and Duluth pioneer whose prospecting and ore shipments helped build Duluth and Superior, died Sunday at age 82. Once a prosperous mining genius, his fortune faded after the Panic of 1883.
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Great
Mesaba Iron Range
Duluth
Duluth. Minn
UPY
Mesaba
Leonidas HW. Merritt
Li Dian
Iin
Superior
Merritt
Hinek Wriday
Delivery deadline notice from Courier company
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 5 30. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please phone FL00. A copy of the paper will be sent. Calls should reach the office before 8 30 p m.
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hieGire
Dynamite Blasts Damage New Church in Francisco Cal
Dynamite exploded early today at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic church in Francisco California marking the second blast in four months. Small charges damaged woodwork and chipped masonry. parish house residents slept nearby as seven priests and three others were in the building. The district is largely Italian in population.
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Cal
Secon
Saints
Pater and Paul
Gangster Surrenders as Bond Forfeiture Looms in Chicago
James Yur Sammons, a gangster sought in connection with multiple murders, surrendered to authorities in Chicago today. The incident involves a forfeiture of a $3,000 bond tied to an $86,000 international conglomerate holding case and names figures such as Assistant States Attorney William H. Doherty.
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INS
James
Sammons
William H. Mc James
Doherty
Duffy
John P. McGoorty
Nolding
Visiting Motorists May Park Overtime
Fort Madison Iowa May 10 Visitation plans from the Des Moines hospitality club lead to motorists being allowed to park along streets without fear of overtime parking penalties. Al J. Towner announces the policy for out of town visitors.
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Fort Madison
Bes Moines Hospitality Club
al J. Towner
Two Boys Held for Automobile Theft
Fort Madison Iowa May 10. Two youths, 17 and 15, were bound over for grand jury action on auto theft after juvenile court authorities sent them to the grand jury. The stolen car from T P Krank was wrecked at Fulton Missouri. both youths were injured in the crash.
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Fort Madison
Ferla Bode
Bere Slagel
T. P. Krank
Fulton
Spectator Pulls Alarm to Break Des Moines Fight
In Des Moines on May 10 a melee between two men drew a spectator who pulled a fire alarm box to halt the fight. Fire department trucks arrived, firemen checked the scene, and the box puller sparked a search for a blaze that did not exist.
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Des Moines
Murray outlaw hanged self in Oregon prison death cell
Murray, an outlaw condemned for aiding the murder of three guards in a 1925 Oregon State Prison break, hanged himself late last night in his death cell in Salem after the sentence of death.
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Murray
Lo Break
Oregon State Prison
Salem
Byrd Flies U S Plane Over North Pole Nonstop Flight
Rome chagrined and Copenhagen skeptical as Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd completes a nonstop flight from King's Bay Spitzbergen to Point Barrow Alaska in an American built plane. The North Pole achievement follows mixed reactions to the Norge failure and draws praise from U S officials and explorers while raising doubts about proof and distance claims.
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Copentagen
Byrd
U.S
North Pole
New York
APJ
Henry Woodhouse
Thhe
Aerial League of America
Richard
King's ‘Bay
Spitzbergen
Point Barrow
Alaskay
Peary
Grant Land
Walter Ward Missing After Auto Wreck Near Trenton
Police search Walter Ward son of George S Ward wealthy New York baker disappeared in 1922 after allegedly fleeing with Ralph Ward recounts. Auto found near Pennsylvania rail station with damaged windshield and rock in front. Ward last seen May 5 leaving for Baltimore. brother Naiph Ward and Ralph Ward raise foul play suspicions amid prior murder acquittal of Clarence Peters in a separate case.
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ARS
S. Ward
George
New York
Naiph
Ward
Baltimore
Ralph Ward
Royalists Clash With Police In Paris Monument Fight
Paris May 10 Fierce street clashes broke out as Royalists marched to lay wreaths at statues of Joan of Arc. About 118 policemen and 140 Royalists were injured as Royalists ignored orders against processions and forced through barriers. In front of a church on Rue Saint Honoré a lively confrontation occurred with shouts of Long live the King down with the republic.
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Joan of Arc
Interior
Jean of Arc
Durand
St. Wenore
Fliers Set to Reach Manila Wednesday
Macao report says Capt. Loriga and Capt. Gailarza aim to arrive in Manila Wednesday afternoon to complete the Madrid to Manila flight. They plan to return by boat after landing, with the Portuguese cruiser Republic likely escorting the flyers from Macao to ABAT?i.
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Macao
Indo-China
Loriga
Gailarza
Madrid
Republic
Maeuo
Abat?i
Women Split Over Conduct of Labor Bureau Advisory Board
Internal strife within women's campaigning groups culminates in the ouster of three members from the advisory committee of the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor. The National Women's Party and National Woman’s Trade Union League clash over influence on policy and the study of legislation affecting women workers. Members cited include Doris Stevens and Alice Paul among others, with retirement announced from Chietgan on May 10.
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Ayas
Yrevall
Women's Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Nation Women's Party
Woman's Party
Women's Labor
Dureau
Miss Party
Mabel Leslie
Doris Stevens
Dudley Fielden
Trade Union League
Malones
Mandel Yausget
Sarre Couboy
Alice Paul
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