Lindbergh heads to Washington for aviation talks
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh leaves St. Louis by military plane for Washington to meet army navy and commerce officials after discussions with a St. Louis business group offering him a manufacturing company presidency He plans to return soon to advance aviation work and has not decided how to pursue it.
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St. Louis
Washington
Army
Navy
Commerce Departments
National Capitol
Col. Lindbergh
Hough De Autremont Found Guilty of Murder in Siskiyou Case
In Jackson ville on June 21 AP reports Hough De Autremont was found guilty of first degree murder in the October 11 1923 Siskiyou tunnel holdup case against Charles C Johnson. Jury deliberated 1 hour 24 minutes with no further discussion. Sentencing not yet set.
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Jacksonville
Obe
Hough de Autremont
Charles C. (Coyle) Johnson
Siskiyou Tunnel
Hugh
Marvin Leng
Bolshevist Propaganda Efforts in the Philippines
Major Harold Fitz, former chief intelligence officer under Governor General Leonard Wood, arrived from the Philippines and said Bolshevist propaganda there has had limited traction. He noted ties with Chinese nationalist propaganda, attracting only scattered minorities and some students, with the Philippines’ prosperity limiting radical appeal.
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New York
Far East
Harold Fitz
Islands
Leonard Wood
Fitz
Philippines
Seeks Local Color Finds Gold Strike Near Hobo Hot Springs
Bakersfield reports placer gravel assaying ten thousand dollars per ton in gold with a trace of silver in Kern river bed one mile from Hobo Hot Springs. Los Angeles novelist J Allen McManus traveled to Kern County to pursue western color and will develop two stakes at the strike scene. He arrived in a Bakersfield pool hall wearing miners clothing and carried an assay certificate signed by R E Vivian, Kern County high school chemist.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Kern River
Hobo Hot Springs
J. Allen McManus
Los Angeles
Kern County
McManus
R. E. Vivian
Weather report for Arizona shows unsettled showers
The forecast calls for Wednesday and Thursday to be fair with possible showers in the northeast portion. Temperatures are not expected to change significantly.
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Arizona
Koennecke Flight Plan Stalls Amid Backer Caution
Berlin June 21 AP Otto Koennecke the German ace returning from the Hartz mountains finds his Berlin to San Francisco non stop flight plan still indefinite. Financial backers now cautious, Koennecke evades reporters and photographers as he hides at Templehoffer field after leaks.
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Berlin
Otto Koennecke
Hartz Mountains
San Francisco
Lufthanses
Spokane Air Derby Set With $15000 Prizes
Spokane Washington June 21 AP Prizes totaling 15000 for the national air races to be held here next September were announced by Walter Jeevens president of the National Air Derby Association. The association also sponsors an air derby from New York to Spokane and another from San Francisco to Spokane prior to the races. Twelve events will be flown for civilian and military planes with first prizes from 1000 in several events. Colonel Charles A Lindbergh has been invited to act as starter for the races.
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Spokane. Wash
Gune 21
National Aeronautic Association
Walter Jévens
National Air Derby Association
New York
Spokane
San Francisco
Charles A. Lindbergh
Widow of Arizona cattleman killed in car plunge near TS
Mrs. W. H. Neal, 46, widow of a renowned Arizona cattleman, died when a car carrying her slid down an embankment TS miles west of here last night. The incident occurred on June 21, with AP reporting.
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Douglas
W. H. Neal
Arizona
Here
Union Miners And Operators Resume Wage Conference
Union miners and operators in central Pennsylvania coal fields reopen wage talks in Philadelphia. After a two hour session a six on six subcommittee will continue negotiations, with no material progress reported and both sides hopeful.
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Peninsyvlvenia
Jacksonville
Charles O'Neil
Central Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Former Minister To Uruguay Dies at 67
Charles Edward O'Brien who served as U S Minister to Paraguay and Uruguay from 1906 until 1900 died in Montevideo at age 67. In recent years he was involved in major South American enterprises and represented several large American corporations.
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Uruguay
Montivideo
Charles Edward O'Brien
U. S
Paraguay
O’brien
South America
Naval conference tours proposed cruiser limits debate in Geneva
United States delegates resist British demand to abolish 10 000 ton cruisers at the tri partite naval talks. Admiral Saito signals Japan may allow scrap of destroyers to boost cruiser tonnage while keeping 32 cruisers totaling 200 000 tons. British leaders defend plan as easing taxpayer burden and compatible with Washington treaty aims.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Washington
Saito
Associated Press
Tokyo
America
Japan
Ieaders
Viscount Saito
W. C. Bridgeman
Hugh S. Gibson
Adiral Earl Jellicoe
Frederick Field
Arizona voters back repeal of constitution sections in May 31 election
Official canvass shows substantial majorities in Phoenix and statewide in favor of repealing two sections of the state constitution in the May 31 special election.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Handbills to Aid Search for Missing Fliers Over Quebec
Ten thousand handbills addressed to missing French fliers Nungesser and Cali will be dropped by airplane over the district northeast of the Saguenay river. The circulars urge residents to signal with smoke at dusk to guide rescuers, noting recent reports of mysterious flares.
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Chicoutimi
Nungesser
Cali
Saguenay River
First Skirmish in Battle for Water Told
Details of the first rifle clash in the Owens Valley water dispute between residents and Los Angeles over $2,000,000 water rights were released by the Bureau of Water and Power. Guards faced fire near No Name canyon and Nine Mile canyon as they protected the aqueduct. No militia request was made, Governor Young said.
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Los Angeles
Owens Valley
Owens River
Bureau of Water and Power
R.R. Robertson
Robertson
No Name Canyon
Nine Mile Canyon
Young
Inauguration of Geneva Naval Disarmament Conference
In Berlin on June 21, Germany attaches utmost importance to the Geneva conference. The entry of the United States Great Britain and Japan in avoiding armament competition is seen by some as a sufficient safeguard for naval disarmament.
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Berlin
Germany
Geneva
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Nationalists Seize Tsingtao Port Amid North China Drive
Dispatches report nationalist troops occupy Tsingtao in Shantung after crossing Hai chow by boat and advancing toward Tsinanfu. Northern General Sun Chuanfang reportedly to surrender to the Southerners as Sino factions edge toward a unified government at Nanking.
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Haichow
Tsinanfu
Sun Chuan Fang
Shanghai
Peking
Tsingtao
China
Tsingao
Shuntao
Suchow
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Hankow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Mrs. Bud Fisher Wins Separation Plea Indication
New York June 21 AP indications that former Countess de Beaumont has won separation from husband Harry C Bud Fisher cartoonist were seen when counsel for Mrs Fisher asked the court to order Fisher to pay fees to a referee Herman Joseph The referee would not report until the fee was paid Justice Ingraham adjourned the motion until Thursday.
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New York
Countess de Beaumont
Harry C
Bud) Fisher
Women Granted Equal License Paths in Free Methodist Church
At the 20th session of the Free Methodist general conference in Rochester on June 21, women were granted equal recognition with men to obtain preaching licenses and be ordained as deacons. The ban on secret fraternal orders was amended to allow full church membership alongside membership in insurance fraternal organizations where dues are the main requirement.
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Rochester
Free Methodist Church of North America
General Conference
Byrd's Amer ica Flier Delayed by Strong Atlantic Storm
A nor eastward storm from Hatteras roars toward the Grand Banks delaying Commander Richard E. Byrd and his four man crew from attempting an early flight to France. Bernt Balchen is added to the party with Bert Acosta and George Novello as companions. Weather bureau meteorologists recommend postponing the attempt until conditions improve.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Atlantic
Grand Banks
France
Richard E. Byrd
America
Byrd
Bert Acosta
George Novello
Bernt Balchen
New York
Hatteras
Nantucket
Grand Baaks
Great Circle
Cabinet Resigns in Bucharest. Liberty Party Leader Forms Government
In Bucharest on June 21 the Sticdy Cabinet resigned. Liberty Party leader Joan HBriziano will form a new government. Arrangements will follow for General Fleenons.
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Bucharest
Romania
Sticdy Cabnet
Joan Hbriziano
Liberty Party
Gener Fleenons
Mutiny in Kansas Penitentiary Coal Mine
In Lansing Kansas on June 21 328 convicts and guards were trapped 720 feet underground after a mine mutiny triggered by demands for cigarettes. Officials pursued a watchful waiting stance while hunger and threats of punishment loomed.
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R. H. Hudspeth
W. H. Mackey
Mackey
Beaumont
Texas
Will Moore
Mutiny and prison riot at Kansas penitentiary
In Lansing Kansas 328 convicts barricaded 720 feet underground in the prison mine and seized the B Cell house. Guards retook the facility after night shift back up with riot shotguns. one guard stabbed, a prisoner shot in the leg, and several inmates placed in solitary confinement.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas Penitentiary
J. E. Thomas
R.H. Hudspeth
H. Mackey
Thomas
John Drew Reported As Terribly Weak
San Francisco June 21 John Drew actor was reported by physicians as terribly weak but unchanged otherwise. Ill since May 21 with arthritis and rheumatic fever his mind remains keen and he has been cheered. His daughter Louise and her husband Jack Devereaux are the only allowed visitors, living with him and present constantly.
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San Francisco
John Drew
Drew
Louise
Jack Devereaux
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