Pyle Pays Out Record Prize For 26 Hour Transcontinental Foot Race
Madison Square Garden witnesses promoter C C Pyle award a total of 48500 in bank drafts to the first ten finishers in the Los Angeles to New York 26 hour team foot race. Andy Payne wins 25000, Johnny Salo 10000, Phillip Granville 5000, Mike Joyce 2500 and six others receive 1000 each. The event draws about 250 spectators as Rickard presents the prizes, the largest ever for a sporting event.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
C. C. Pyle
Tex Rickard
Pyle
Los Angeles
Andy ‘Payne
Andy Payne
Payne
Rickard
Johnny Salo
Passaic
N. J
Phillip Granville
Canada
Mike Joyce
Cleveland
Guisto Umek
Willie Kerr
Louis Perrella
Edgar Gardner
Frank
Butler Arrives to Lead Republican Convention Preliminaries
William M. Butler of Massachusetts arrives in Kansas City to oversee initial preparations for the Republican national convention. He will relinquish national committee duties after the final act on June 12, when he hands the gavel to Senator Simeon D. Fess. The day includes hearings on 73 contested delegates and the arrival of key committee staff.
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Kansas City
William M. Butler
Massachusetts
National Committee
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Butler
James White
Washington
Joseph A. Legare
Lowell
Mass
Renie R. Jefrey
Roy O. West
Chicago
W. B. Hoges
Denver
Alvin T. Hert
Kentucky
Dempsey Exhibition Bout Called Off After Protests
Jack Dempsey’s planned ring exhibition for Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church in Los Angeles was canceled amid church factional strife and protests from other city churches. Dr. Frank Dyer, the pastor at the dispute’s center, had hoped the event would aid in paying a mortgage. The pastor labeled Dempsey the “Samaritan” in response.
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Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church
Frank Dyer
Dr. Dyer
Dempsey
Liquor Case Pleas Entered in Holbrook Winslow Raid
Several defendants in Holbrook and Winslow entered pleas before U S Commissioner Easly after federal liquor raids. Adam Miller of Miller's Pool Parlor pleaded not guilty to selling corn whiskey to Agent Long on May 13 and was bound over on a $1000 bond for the July Prescott Federal court session. May Hains of Winslow pleaded not guilty to two counts of selling liquor to Officers Bell and Long with John Willard and Steven Vaughn on May 3, and May 2 sale to Officer Bell with Peggy Hopkins Joyce. Hains bound over on a $500 bond for July Prescott. Mrs L A Scott owner of the Smart Shop Holbrook faced a pint whiskey sale charge and was bound over on a $500 bond. Additional warrants expected. defendants to appear today or tomorrow.
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Holbrook
Ariz
U.S
Easly
Adam Miller
Miller’s
Charles Long
Long
Frank A. Bell
Mildred Fisher
Geraldine Coleman
St. Johns
Miller
Prescott
C. H Jordan
Bell
May Hains
Winslow
Officers Bell
John Willard
Steven Vaughn
Officer Bell
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
U. S
Test Legality of Appointment of Mayor of Tucson
Tucson city council faces Superior court on June 2 to show cause why Mayor Frank J. Cordis appointment may be nullified. Citizen J. G. Brown alleges the charter requires four votes, three approved the selection, two opposed, two absent. If upheld, Granada pavement bonds and water offer from Rillito Development Co. may be voided.
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Tucson
Ariz
Frank J. Cordis
J. G. Brown
Cordis
John White
Granada
Rillito Development Company
Mrs. Rosen Mother of Film Director James Cruze Dies
Hollywood reports Mrs. M. H. Rosen mother of director James Cruze died after a lengthy illness in Hollywood on June 1.
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Hollywood
M. H. Rosen
James Cruze
W B A Convention Set for Phoenix Next Week
Phoenix hosts the annual state convention of the Women’s Benefit Association the world’s largest life insurance group for women. About 25 delegates and 100 visitors from 16 Arizona clubs are expected. Winnie W Arydelotte regional director at large will preside at the sessions.
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Phoenix
Ariz
The
Women’s Benefit Association
Arizona
Winnie W. Arydelotte
Oakland
Doyle, Phoenix Man, Wins Commutation Release
Prescott dispatch reports Doyle of Phoenix, jailed in Yavapai county for violating federal Prohibition, released after President Coolidge approved commutation of his six month sentence. Doyle faced charges of possession and sale of intoxicants, was fined $1000, and detained in county jail. his lawyers cited ill health and jail conditions. The pardon board in Washington recommended the clemency.
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Prescott
Ariz
Eddie J. Doyle
Phoenix
Yavapai County
Coolidge
Doyle
Federal Board of Pardons and Paroles
Washington
Ocean glider can cross Atlantic in 36 hours
Engineer Sa gert announced a model ocean glider built to traverse the Atlantic in thirty six hours. The craft uses two air propellers and two water propellers and resembles an airplane fuselage.
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Berlin
Atlantic
Sagert
Ruchel Heath Back in Hollywood Amid Forgery Charges
The Texas-born outlaw known as Rudie Heath, famed for milk bottle smashes and a string of escapades in Hollywood, is wanted on three forgery counts. Phoenix authorities plan to detain her as she heads toward a confrontation with Hollywood police, after previous warnings and a recent release.
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Hollywood
Owoopee
Phoenix
Ruchel Heath
Texas
Rudie
Filmland
Ariz
Rudie” Heath
Jacksonville
Tex
Southland
Miss Heath
Indian Divorced From White Wife Former Actress
Wal ter Voorhees, an Indian service employee at Reams Canyon, obtained a divorce from his wife Marcelle Voorhees, a former movie actress, on desertion grounds in Holbrook Superior Court. The couple wed in Gallup on December 13, 1927, and separated March 1, 1928. Marcelle kept her maiden name, Marcelle Fallet, and attorney John L. Sweeney of Winslow represented the defendant.
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Marcelle Fallet
John L. Sweeney
Winslow
Fall of Peking Looms as Warlord Forces Retreat
June dispatch reports China near a national crisis as Chang Tso Lin's northern troops retreat toward Manchuria. Chiang Kai-shek proposes peaceful transfer of Peking to the victor. Foreign diplomats seek guarantees for expatriates as a committee for public safety discussed. Chang declines timing but pledges order as allied commanders pull back.
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United Press
Shanghai
China
Peking
Chang Tso-Lin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Yen Hsi- Shan
Chang
United States
MacMurray
Chiang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Committee of Public Safety
Chang Tsun Chang
Tuchun
Shantung
Tientsin
Liukho
Lindbergh Surprised by Flight Questions at Mills Field
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh flew over two San Francisco airports and landed at Mills Field as crowds gathered. Reporters pressed for his view on Charles Kingsford Smith’s Oakland to Honolulu flight, but Lindbergh said he did not know a transoceanic flight was underway and asked about it with surprise. The interview ended with praise for the flyers.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
San Francisco
Mills Field
Southern Cross
Oakland
Honolulu
Charles Kingsford Smith
Lindbergh
Cuban to Preside Geneva Council Session
Aguerro Bethancourt of Cuba will preside at the fiftieth session of the League of Nations council starting Monday. The announcement came today in Geneva.
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Geneva
Aguerro Bethancourt
Cuba
League of Nations Council
Early 1900s Arizona yeggs rob two safes in Ea x by Flagstaff
In Ea x by Flagstarf Arizona on a Friday night, burglars blew two safes in a laundry and a City Drug Store. A $50 cash note, a diamond ring and a lavalier were taken, while $45 in gold remained untouched. The thieves bored doors, unlocked locks, wore gloves, and fled with a 300-pound safe loaded into a truck. Night marshal Claude Tackett investigated after a false alarm. The safe was later recovered.
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Geggs
Claude Tackett
Tackett
Expedition To Seek Cradle of Human Race
The Cameron Cable Kalahari Desert Expedition sails for Southampton to Cape Town and then into the African Bushman region to begin the search for the cradle of the human race. The party aims to reach the heart of the area as they pursue historic evidence of early humanity.
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New York
Southampton
Cape Town
South Africa
Plane journey tricks and missteps flash across Pacific
Fragmentary text recounts Australian and American airmen in a perilous voyage toward Suva. The Padie et iss preparations reference a Fokker monoplane and a Dole prize, with losses of bearings causing fear for supplies as four airmen press on amid a world awaiting news of their journey.
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Suva
Padie
Barking Sands
Sunshine Oil G Expects To Drill Again Next Week
Sunshine Oil G expects to resume drilling next week at an early date on the retite well in the city. Al Smith vice president said work would begin after boiler steam is raised Monday. Depth may exceed 2000 feet and backers aim to put Winslow and Navajo county on the oil map through this venture.
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Sunshine Oil
al Smith
Ebm
I T
Winslow
Navajo County
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