Requests to honor Lindbergh overwhelm Washington committee
Patriot and other society groups seek time at Colonel Lindbergh’s Washington welcome and reception weekend. Most events are booked, with plans for a wreath at Arlington and a visit to Walter Reed Hospital. Byrd and Read will greet Lindbergh in navy dress. Lindbergh may attend flag services.
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Washington
Charles A. Lind- Bergh
Organizations of War Veterans
United States Flag Association
Capitol
Europe
Memphis
Arlington
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Veterans’ Organization
New York
Paris
U.S. N
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Radio stations linked for Lindbergh reception broadcast
Thirty seven stations nationwide will relay the Lindbergh reception ceremonies in Washington on Saturday. The list includes WRC Washington and WLW Cincinnati with others in Chicago Pittsburgh Nashville and Los Angeles among major markets.
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New York
Washington
National Broadcasting Company
WRC
D. C
WCAE
Pittsburgh
TAM
Cleveland
WSAI
WLW
Cincinnati
WGN
WMAQ
KYW
WEBH
Chicago
KSD
St. Louis
WOC
Davenport
WCCO
Minneapolis-St. Paul
WDAF
Kansas City
WHAS
Louisville
WMS
Nashville
WSB
Atlanta
WFAA
Dallas
KVOO
Bristow
Oklo
WIR
Detroit
KHQ
Spokane
KOMO
KFOA
Seattle
KGW
Portland
KGO
KPO
San Francisco
KFI
Los Angeles
Fight Hour Day For Nurses Is Proposed
SAN FRANCISCO June 8 AP delegates to the national league of nursing education discuss eight hour day for nurses among key changes. Recommendations by Dr. May Ayres Durgess include shorter hours central bureaus regular hours of employment and increased pay for specialized skill.
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San Francisco
National League of Nursing Education
May Ayres Durgess
New York
California Officers Booze Smugglers
In Los Angeles the U S attorney calls a special grand jury session for June 13 to review a suspected conspiracy involving Orange County law officers and a rum running gang to smuggle liquor into Southern California.
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Los Angeles
Orange County
California
United States District Attorney's Office
Federal Grand Jury
Smoot predicts early session of Congress
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah forecasts a special session in October and urges an early meeting. President Coolidge has not decided, the White House says, while Smoot argues for a six week advance to tackle tax relief, flood control, and farm aid amid a busy agenda.
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Washington
Congress
Smoot
Utah
White House
Coolidge
Sanders
Senator Smoot
Senate
Wood Upholds Army Officer As Advisor
General Leonard Wood argues in Infantry Journal that military officers should continue serving in advisory and executive roles in civil duties within the insular government. He rejects the idea of abolishing officers from the Cavalry cabinet despite Thompson’s recommendation to end such practice.
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Washington
Cavalry
Leonard Wood
Phillippine Islands
Carmie A. Thompson
Coolidge
Wood
Infantry Journal
Thompson
War Department
Berlin welcomes Bellanca Columbia crew after four days of nonstop flight
Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine, guided by American Ambassador Jacob Gould Schurman, visit President von Hindenberg at the palace as crowds cheer the Columbia crew. Engineers praise the high quality of American aircraft amid plans for a new compass and a smaller fuel tank for future hops.
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Berlin
Columbia
America
Germany
Clarence Chamberlin
Charlies Levine
Jacob Gould Schurman
von Hindenberg
Marshal Foch
Paris
Chamberlin
Tempelhoefer
Vienna
Rome
Former Canton Police Chief Indicted in Editor's Death
Sejanus A. Lengel, 58, former Canton police chief, was indicted as the fifth conspirator in the killing of Canton editor Don R. Mellett. He was arrested at his home, taken to Stark County Jail, and invoked his attorney W. Bernard Rodgers. Floyd Streitenberger, a former deputy, testified and is serving life for the editor's death.
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Canton
Ohio
Sejanus A. Lengel
Stark County
Don R. Mellett
Lengel
W. Bernard Rodgers
Canton Police Department
Floyd E. Streitenberger
Streitenberger
Columbus
Whales Sighted by Lindbergh Aboard Memphis Cruiser
The U S cruiser Memphis spotted a bull whale and cow escorts during a morning voyage. Ensign William Krieg alerted Charles Lindbergh, who hurried to the bridge for a close view as the whales surfaced and spouted beside the ship for about half an hour.
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U.S
Memphis
America
Charles Lindbergh
Birdman
William Krieg
Lindbergh
Moby Dick
Rehabilitation Of Flood Area Goes On Despite Rise
In Louisiana amid rising water the flood relief effort continues as 200 refugees depart Baton Rouge aboard the steamer Kankakee. Evacuation and demobilization plans unfold for boats delivering food to camps with Red Cross support as the Atchafalaya basin floods rise.
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New Orleans
Arkansas
Missouri
Wlingis
Louisiana Territory
Tensas
Atchafalaya
Kankakee
Baton Rouge
Simmesport
Alexandria
Lafayette
Louisiana
American Red Cross
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Kiwanis Outlines Policy For Year At Convention
A Heber Winder of Riverside California warned Kiwanis members that membership losses show danger and urged strict adherence to the classification system as the 1927 convention moves to policy outlining for the year in Memphis Tennessee.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States
Canada
A. Heber Winder
Riverside
Cal
Wiwanis
International
Winder
Arizona Weather Likely Fair With Little Temperature Change
Thursday and Friday expect mostly clear skies in Winslow with little change in temperatures. Highs near the upper 70s to around 80 and overnight lows in the 50s provide mild springlike air.
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Arizona
Winslow
King Acquitted On Charges Of Negro Peonage
Dr W R King, a prominent physician farmer from Oglethorpe County Georgia, was found not guilty of peonage by a federal jury after a trial that featured nearly fifty witnesses. King testified that no laborers were held against their will and claimed any strikes were in self defense or for discipline.
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Athens
W. RR. King
Oglethorpe County
Danville, Vir
James Felton
South Upheld In Volstead View By William McAdoo
At Mercer University in Macon Georgia on June 8 1930 William G McAdoo told graduates the 18th amendment gives to both federal and state governments a mandate to enforce prohibition with no division of powers. He urged full cooperation and said states can object by enforcing amendments themselves.
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William McAdoo
Macon
William G. McAdoo
Mercer University
Disarm Rebel Bands on Nicaragua Coast
Rear Admiral Latimer reports removal of all rebel bands on Nicaragua's east coast and along the river. Boats seized by liberals in the conflict have been turned over to American forces and returned to their owners except the schooner Hermilita, ownership under investigation.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Navy Department
Latimer
Foreigners in Peking largely remain as evacuation fears ease
In Peking foreign residents show renewed calm as American legation and most expatriates stay put. British move into legation quarter while Japanese send families home. U S forces disembark at Tientsin as negotiations for a China peace continue and leaders Chiang Kai-Shek Yen Hsi-Shan Chang Tso-Lin stay in contact.
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Felkture
South China
Legation
Smedney
Butler
Tientsin
Shanghai
Peking Legation
Washington
Peking
Marhal Chang Tso-Lin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yen Hsi
Oil Companies Refuse To Ture In State Taxes
A letter from Arizona Secretary of State James H. Kerby says oil companies will withhold the May gasoline tax and not remit it to county treasurers, fearing loss of refunds if the Supreme Court voids the tax law. Company managers deny directing such action and say they will wait until June 15 when the tax is due.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Jamesh. Kerby
Boards of Supervisors
Kerby
Lenate
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Search Fliers Unsuccessful In Quebec Missing Aviators
The government continues the hydroairplane search for missing French aviators Nungesser and Coli. Two hydro-airplanes traveled from Natashquan to Quebec to resume searches around Belle Isle and Blac Sablon for the White Bird and its crew.
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Quebec
Nungesser
Coli
Natashquan
Belle Isle
Blac Sablon
Moonlight Flight for Hawaii Contest Delayed to Aug 12
Honolulu officials postpone the Trans Pacific flight date to August 12 to boost night flying visibility. Entrants pay a $500 fee to the San Francisco committee and may start anywhere in North America, finishing at John Rodgers Airport near Honolulu. Seaplanes must end at Pearl Harbor.
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Honolulu
T. H. Jones
Valentine Gephart
National Aeronautical Association
Co. W. Saunders
California
Harry MacConnaughy
San Francisco Manger
Hawaiian Pineapple Company
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
San Francisco
North American
John Rodgers
Pearl Harbor
Cal's Pet Raccoon Leads White House Search
Rebecca the raccoon of President Coolidge slipped away and for two hours toyed with White House staff in a playful hide and seek through trees before being safely returned to her residence behind the temporary White House.
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Washington
Rebecca
Coolidge
Jane Gray Seeks Divorce from Martin for Cruelty and Nonsupport
New York report states Jane Gray, once with John Burrimore, will sail Friday for Paris to file for divorce from tenor Riccardo Martin of the Chicago Civic Opera. She cites cruelty and nonsupport. Martin formerly appeared with the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
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New York
The
Evening Sun
Jane Gray
John Burrimore
Chick Tin
Paris
Failhend
Riccardo Martin
Chiesco Civic Opera Company
Poland probes Russian envoy murder amid monarchist plot
Polish authorities searched monarchist circles in Warsaw and Vilna after the assassination of Soviet envoy Peter Volkoff. Five arrests in Warsaw and 39 in Vilna followed. The Vilna No vaia Russia edition praising the murderer was suppressed and its editor arrested. Poland cooperates with the Soviet investigation under legal allowance, with the note from M. Litvinoff shaping cautious views. Volkoff’s body lay at the Soviet legation as officials and social leaders paid respects before Friday’s train to Moscow. Several Russian monarchists, including M. Kielpitch, were detained in connection with the case.
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Warsaw
Peter Vaikoff
Vatkoff
Vilna
Vilna Novaia Russia
Lester Asniet
M. Litvinoffs
Elpeles
Poland
Soviet Union
M. Volkoff
Legation
MM. Zaleskiv
Gorps
Moscow
Telegraphic
German Warship Man Bring Aviators Back
Berlin reports the German press suggests sending American aviator Clarence D. Chamberlin back to the United States on a German warship, preferably the cruiser, as a gesture of honor and reconciliation between nations. The idea aims to demonstrate German pride despite reduced relations and open hostility.
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Berlin
Germany
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Postponed Habeas Corpus Hearing for Two Phoenix Lawyers
The Arizona Supreme Court postponed the habeas corpus hearing for two Phoenix attorneys, Howard Speakman and Herman Lewkowitz, directing their release from county jail until June 18. The writ was issued after Judge M T Phelps held them in contempt for not producing affidavits bias claims. Struckmeyer, defending Judge Phelps, requested more time to prepare arguments.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Howard Speakman
Herman Lewkowitz
Supreme Court
M. T. Phelps
Superior Court
Fred C. Struckmeyer
Pehlps
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