Eight Die In Series Of Plane Wrecks Across Nation
A string of crashes kills Jack Ashcrarte on Long Island and injures co pilot Viola Gentry. An army trainer plane from Mitchel Field crashes, injuring Lieut Maxwell Balfour and Sgt Elmer Berry. Despite the accidents, others continue endurance flights including Captain Frank Hawks racing nonstop Los Angeles to across the continent. Earlier deadly incidents struck New York area with two more fatalities and injuries from incidents near Roosevelt Field Little Egg Harbor and a Long Island crash involving Francis Philips son of a former pipe magnate.
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Long Island
Jack Ashcrafte
Viola Gentry
Mitchel Field
Maxwell Balfour
Elmer Berry
Roosevelt Field
Minneapolis
Frank Hawks
Los Angeles
New York
Little Egg Harbor
N. J
Francis Philips
Queens
Six rustlers slain in desert by Rurales near Nacozari
Six of the Fronteras bandits from Sonora were killed in the desert by Rurales after depredations on ranches. Four died Wednesday with two hanged from trees along the Nacozari railroad. two more were bullet riddled and left where they fell among mesquite. Roberto Elias, cousin of Sonora governor Francisco Elias, had been murdered earlier.
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Douglas
Ariz
Fronteras
Sonora
Roberto Elias
Francisco Elias
Nacozari
Mesquite
Two Young Officers Die in Riverside Plane Crash
Lt. William G. Plummer and Flying Cadet Cyrus J. Wallace were killed when a trainee pilots a second plane that scraped Plummer’s wing near Riverside. Army training school officials withheld the trainee’s name. No others were injured and the crash occurred just hundreds of feet above the ground leaving no parachute chance.
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Riverside
Cal
William G. Plummer
Cyrus J. Wallace
Plummer
Owens
Army Training School
Army plane crashes near Meadowbrook club injuring two
An army observation plane caught fire at 2,000 feet and plunged to Meadowbrook Country Club grounds. Lieut. Maxwell Balfour and Sergeant Berry were critically injured in the June 28 accident at Mitchell Field New York.
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Mitchell Field
N. Y
Meadowbrook Country Club
Maxwell Balfour
Berry
Locomotives Transferred to Handle Santa Fe Traffic
Eight Pacific type locomotives were sent from here to Albuquerque last night to boost westbound tourist traffic on the Santa Fe route. A train of these big engines departed at 11 o clock and will haul passenger coaches between Albuquerque and the Pacific coast and return.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico City
Pacific Coast
Local tailor adds enclosed delivery Chevrolet truck
Bill O'Hara, a local tailor and haberdasher, expands his service with a new fully enclosed delivery truck. The steel body guarantees a dustless interior for transporting cleaned and pressed garments.
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Bill O’hara
Chevrolet
Northern Arizona workers awarded workmen's compensation
Ten residents from Flagstaff Kingman Williams McNary and other northern Arizona towns receive workmen's compensation for injuries sustained on the job. Totals range from 7.80 to 552.10 with overall payments rising to 754.83 in a case from December 1925.
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Russell Ewald
Williams
Ralph C. Brown
Kingman
Oscar Dietzman
Flagstaff
Booker Holburt
McNary
E. Martinez
Nick Montoya
Joe Pyland
D. H. Shank
Louis Vickers
Tony Scerna
Hawks Set TO Break Transcontinental Flight Record
Captain Frank Hawks attempted a return east-west flight from Los Angeles aiming to beat his 18 hour 21 minute 59 second record. He faced delays at Metropolitan Airport due to a cracked cowling and leaky carburetor and planned to reach New York in about fourteen hours despite fog and heat.
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Lishing
Frank Hawks
Here
New York
Continental Divide
Protest Against Kaibab Deer Slaughter Plan
A Gila county fish and game protective association protest was filed with the Arizona state game commission opposing any deal with the U S forest service to kill more than the legal deer limit on the Kaibab game refuge in northern Arizona.
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MTAMI
Ariz
State Game Commission of
Arizona
Gila County
Woman Poizes Bank Robbery After Kidnapping Cashier
A woman, in Topeka Kansas, robbed Security Benefit Association after kidnapping A J Perlich of Kansas City and forcing him to drive to the scene. The payroll stolen was about $14 000. Police hunt the suspect.
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Topeka
Kans
W. L. Stalons
Security Benefit Association
A. J. Perlich
Kansas City
Stewart Murder Trial Nears End
PHOENIX Arizona June 28 AP The fate of Roy Stewart charged with murdering Carl Schmidt was to be decided by the jury late today. By noon the state had rested and the defense had rested its rebuttal. Closing testimony emphasized Stewart's conduct toward Schmidt's wife and his treatment of other customers as the defense presented witnesses to deny the charges.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Roy Stewart
Carl H. Schmidt
Stewart
Ship Is Wrecked Off San Francisco
Coast guards at Point Reyes report 12 crewmen still aboard the Hartwood as the freighter pounds on rocks near San Francisco. Sixteen crew members were rescued shortly before midnight.
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San Francisco
Point Reyes
Hartwood
Lindberghs Stop Over In St. Louis
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived at Lambert-St. Louis Field on his coast to coast inspection tour for the Transcontinental Air Transport. He traveled with Mrs. Lindbergh, the former Miss Anne Morrow, marking his first visit home since the marriage.
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ST. Louis
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Transcontinental Air Transport
Arizona Railroad Valuations Put At 109.96 Million
RAIL VALUATIONS PHOENIX Ariz June 28 AP Valuation of railroad lines in Arizona is placed at 109,956,763 for taxation purposes this year.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Impostor Jack Dalton Denied as Dalton Gang Relative
Emmett Dalton declares he is the sole living member of the Dalton gang and identifies Jack Dalton, who married Cattle Annie Burke in an Albuquerque airplane ceremony, as an impostor. He says Jack Dalton is not the Coffeyville hold up survivor.
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Jack Dalton
Burke
Alubquerque, N. M
Dalton
Emmett Dalton
Dalton Brothers
Coffeeyville
Kans
Accident near Grand Canyon on 24th wedding anniversary
Rev and Mrs Gifford Garden of Philadelphia planned a Grand Canyon trip for their twenty fourth anniversary. Their light coupe rolled five miles east of here at 8 30 a m after a rear tire flat caused a skid on loose sand and gravel. They escaped with only shock and minor car damage.
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Gifford Garden
Philadelphia
Grand Canyon
Here
Phoenix Vet Found Dead in El Paso Rooming House
W. Phillips, a 35 year old disabled veteran from Phoenix, was found dead in a rooming house in El Paso last night. Officials indicate tuberculosis as the likely cause. his body had been there several hours before discovery.
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EL Paso
Tex
W. Phillips
Phoenix
Ariz
Return Of Ex Kais er Is Possible
Berlin reports that the possible return of former Kaiser William to Germany from exile in Doorn looms on the Versailles treaty anniversary. Protests sweep the nation as Hindenburg rejects war guilt claims and newspapers publish stark border art and mourning symbols.
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Berlin
Kaiser William
Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
Rhineland
Reichstag
Kaiser Wilhelm
der Tag
Danzig
Posen
Kattowitz
Strassburg
Sugar Refiner Louis Spreckels Dies in Yonkers
Louis Spreckles, 62, prominent sugar refiner and longtime general manager of Federal Sugar Refining in Yonkers, NY, died today of a heart attack.
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Louis Spreckles
Yonkers
N. Y
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Final Program For Winslow Fourth Celebration
The Winslow Fourth of July celebration outlines a full day with a parade at 7 PM from Bazell Camp Ground, a baby show at Kinsley and Second, a 1:30 PM baseball game Santa Fe Wiedskins vs Winslow Ball Club, multiple youth contests, a greased pig prize, large night fireworks at city hall park, a city flag pole fireworks display, and a downtown wig street dance.
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Winslow
Bazell Camp Ground
Kinsley
Santa Fe
City Hall Park
First Street
Kinsler Avenue
Governor appoints boards and Luke monument committee
Governor Phillips names members to two new state boards and selects a committee to administer a 310000 appropriation for a Frank Luke Jr. memorial. Tucson Senator T W Donnelly and others join the deaf and blind school board while Globe resident W K Noles and others join the barber and cosmetician board.
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Tee
Frank Luke Jr
Tors
State School For the Deaf and Blind
W. K. Noles
Globe
Isabel Baxter
Tucson
Ethel Miller
Phoenix
Frank E. Miller
State Board of Barbers and Cosmeticians
Frank Luke, Sr
Neil Osborn, Jr
J. N. Nixon
Frank Luke, Jr
Arizona
Flying Ace
Publisher of Yuma Newspaper Is Here
E. S. Worthington publisher of the Yuma Morning Sun and Mrs Worthington visited Winslow briefly on their way home from a vacation through Northern Arizona and Albuquerque. Worthington renewed old acquaintances at The Mail office and inspected the plant. He purchased the Yuma Sun from Judge J H West Over several years ago.
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E. S. Worthington
Yuma
Sanitary Board To Meet In Flagstaff
Phoenix officials J. M. Courtright and Hoyt Medlar left for Flagstaff to attend the Sanitary Board meeting Saturday. Frank P. Moore of Douglas is already there and Martin Buggern is expected from Williams.
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Phoenix, Ariz
J. M. Courtright
Phoenix
State Livestock Board
Hoyt Medlar
Flagstaff
Sanitary Board
Frank P. Moore
Douglas
Martin Buggern
Williams
Endurance Pilot Dies In Biplane Crash Near Nassau County
Professional pilot Jack Ashcraft, 33, was killed when his biplane crashed near a nursery after taking off from Roosevelt Field at 8 49 pm. Viola Gentry, known as The Flying Cashier, was critically injured with both arms broken. The craft ran low on fuel, the fogged field hindered visibility, and the wreck left Ashcraft wedged under the motor while Gentry was found atop the gas tank. She regained consciousness en route to Nassau County Hospital Mineola.
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Westbury
Jack Ashcraft
Viola Gentry
the Flying Cashier
Ashcraft
Miss Gentry
Nassau County Hospital
Mineola
Roosevelt Field
Jericho Turnpike
Henry ‘Hicks
Einai
Viola
Prof Agiy
Endurance fliers near world record in 128 hours of flight
Thorwald Thunder Johnson and Owen Haugland in Minneapolis were within 45 hours of the world endurance record as of 1 80 p m after 128 hours of continuous flight. In Los Angeles John L Hoard was convicted of first degree murder after an 18 hour jury deliberation. he attacked Victor A Cooley with a hammer on April 16.
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Buns P
Ee Winneapolis
Thorwald “Thunder” Johnson
Owen Haugland
Los Angeles
John L. Hoard
Superior Court
Howard
Victor A. Cooley
Pasadena
Cal
Filings Initiated Over Arizona Water Pollution Case
Everett Kelly sues Cady Lumber Co in Federal Court seeking 25000 dollars for illness and death of his wife from alleged pollution of McNary Arizona domestic water supply.
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Phoenix
Ariz
McNary
Everett Kelly
Cady Lumber Company
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Kira Vladimirovitch
Cyril
Boris of
Bulgaria
R. B. Sims
Industrial Commission
Hawks
Collyer
Tucker
Utes
C. B. D. Collyer
Harry Tucker
Atlantic Seaboard
Charles M. Hawks
Kaibab
Lindberghs
Rail Valuations
Doorn
Mueller
Vossiche Zeitung
Southside
Coopertown
Downtow
Burkhelser
Detroit Harbormaster
Canada
Belle Isle
Phillips
T. W. Donnelly
Harriett Murlless
John W. Flynn
Prescott
Direc
Plane
Protection
Kansas
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