Walter Rudolph Cunningham, 1973

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August 08 1973

Daily News-Post, Monrovia, California, Wednesday, August 08, 1973

Master chess player Walter Cunningham plays 38 players at once in a chess exhibition sponsored by the Arcadia Chess Club. Cunningham won 23 of the games Monday night. Twelve games were draws and three were won by Chess Club players. Winners were Louis Enriquez. Pete Geissler and Geoge Boehm.

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Walter Rudolph Cunningham, 1976

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January 30 1976

The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida, Friday, January 30, 1976

Federal Grant Helps Move To Check Effects Of Aging
GAINESVILLE (AP)—Dr. Walter Cunningham, who recently needed only three hours to win 18 of 23 simultaneous chess games, uses chess competition as part of a study on the effect of age on mental skills.
“One's ability to understand others and react to others, important to chess, is a highly experience-related ability which increases to a fairly advanced age,” the 32-year-old University of Florida psychologist said.
CUNNINGHAM, one of 60 American life masters at chess, said the research project is supported by a $90,000 federal grant.
“It was long held that intellectual abilities peak at age 20 and decline thereafter,” Cunningham said. “Now, it is generally believed there are no age-related declines in abilities.”
He disagrees with both theories and concludes high-speed work declines significantly as people age, but ability to perform unspeeded tasks doesn't decline if the person is physically healthy.
“In fact,” he said, “verbal ability and experience-related abilities tend to increase with age. In some individuals, vocabulary scores show increases even to age 80.”

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Herman Bottstein, 1953

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May 26 1953

The Gazette and Daily, York, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, May 26, 1953

Horst Bottstein Is Chess Tourney Winner
Horst Bottstein, 624 Roosevelt avenue, won first place Sunday in the York City and County Chess championship, rather than Herman Bottstein, as reported incorrectly yesterday.
Herman Bottstein, who also competed in the tournament, is the father of the winner.

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Herman Bottstein, 1955

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June 06 1955

The Gazette and Daily, York, Pennsylvania, Monday, June 06, 1955

Rabbi Wins Chess Tourney
Rabbi Amos Edelheit, front left, yesterday won the York city and county chess championship in the weekend tournament at the YMCA sponsored by that organization's Chess club. His opponent, opposite, was Herman Bottstein. In front of thej is the situation just before checkmate.
Rabbi Edelheit thus wins a leg on the trophy visible in the background. Looking over his shoulder is John Schultz, tourney director. Opposite Schultz is club president Spero Custis and behind him is C. A. Miller, oldest member of the club. Behind Miller and seated is Horst Bottstein, champion for the past two years and who, if he had won this year, would have retired the trophy.
Ten top chess players in York county took part in the tourney. The scoring was Swiss.
In a separate tourney for women Gladys Purcell won with a 3-0 score. Tied for second place at 1-2 were Naomi Culbertson, Wanda Prause, and Marion Redmond.
Men's scores were Rabbi Edelheit 4-0, Schultz 3-1, Thomas Hollahan 3-1, Herman Bottstein, Horst Bottstein, and Dimitro Grenda 2-2, David Schatanoff 1½-2½, Joseph Schatanoff 1-3, Leroy Gutheridge 1-3, and Miller ½-3½.

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Herman Bottstein, 1970

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November 23 1970

The York Dispatch, York, Pennsylvania, Monday, November 23, 1970

Hermann Bottstein
Herman Bottstein, 77, husband of Frieda M. Bottstein, died at 3 p.m. Sunday at his residence, 9 Crest view Drive.
He was a native of Berlin, Germany, having retired, in 1958 from Swiss Automatic Inc. of York.
Surviving also are a son, Horst Bottstein, 35 N. Gotwalt St. and three grandchildren.
Rabbi Eli Louis Cooper will officiate at funeral services at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Baumeister and Orcutt Colonial Mortuary, South Queen and Jackson streets. Burial will be in Susquehanna Memorial Gardens, near Dallastown.

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Charles Legare Bagby, 1944

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September 20, 1944

Petaluma Argus-Courier, Petaluma, California, Wednesday, September 20, 1944

Bay City Chess Expert Here Friday
Charles Bagby, San Francisco attorney, No. 1 top ranking player of the Mechanic Institute for San Francisco is coming to Petaluma Friday night, September 22, to play simultaneous chess, with the Petaluma Chess club.
Bagby is noted for his ability to play several boards at one time blindfolded and is also very talented as an entertainer.
Members of the club have been looking forward for sometime to having him come to Petaluma. It was largely through the efforts of Jim Chadwick, local club president, who is now attending a company sales conference in Oakland, that arrangements were made to have this famous visitor come to the club.
Bagby is coming to Petaluma early in the evening to have dinner with some of the club members and will return home Saturday morning.

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Charles Legare Bagby, 1939

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November 02 1939

The Modesto Bee, Modesto, California, Thursday, November 02, 1939

Chess Professional Will Play Tonight
Charles Bagby of San Francisco, Pacific Coast chess professional, will give an exhibition tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the B. R. Fitch home on Morton Boulevard.
Bagby will play all comers simultaneously and also will give a blindfold exhibition. Anyone interested may attend.

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Charles Legare Bagby, 1929

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June 09 1929

The Modesto Bee, Modesto, California, Sunday, June 09, 1929

Charles Bagby of Modesto, member of the Stanislaus County Chess Club, played simultaneously against eight other members at a meeting held Friday night at the home of R. W. Shoemaker at Turlock.
Bagby won on six boards, one of which was played blindfolded. Twelve members were present.

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September 25 1929

Los Angeles Evening Express, Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, September 25, 1929

State Championship Chess Battle Under Way

There are “thunders of silence” but plenty of excitement as far as the players are concerned in the annual state chess tournament now under way in Los Angeles. Upper photo, a group of players in action, and below, one of the tough games. In the lower photo, the men are, left to right, Harry Borochow, Charles L. Bagby and A. J. Fink, the state champion.

Nine Experts, Including A. J. Fink, Twice Champ, Contend for Coveted Title
You never would guess it but that undisturbed silence on the top floor of the Union League Building means excitement.
For the pick of California's chess players are contending for the state chess championship with nine experts from various parts of the state participating.
Particular interest is attached to this year's struggle because of the possibility that A. J. Fink of San Francisco, present state champion, may gain permanent possession of the silver trophy put up eight years ago by the California Chess Association. Fink has won the trophy twice and needs to win it only once more to establish permanent title.
Besides Fink the players are H. Borochow of Los Angeles, C. L. Bagby of San Francisco, C. H. Whipple of Laguna Beach, Dr. M. Scholtz of Hollywood, S. Weinbaum of Los Angeles, E. W. Grabill of Los Angeles, A. H. Bierwirth of Los Angeles, and E. P. Elliott of Fullerton.
In the first round Fink defeated Grabill, Bagby beat Weinbaum, Whipple beat Doctor Scholtz and Borochow won from Elliott. Elliott formerly was Western American champion.
Between two and three hours are required for a game although Bagby's victory required five hours. The average number of moves to a game is thirty-five. Players are required to make forty moves in the first two hours, twenty in the third hour and twenty in the fourth hour.
The tournament lasts eight days. Games are played in the afternoon and adjourned games in the evening.

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Charles Legare Bagby, 1953

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October 1953

1953, Charles Bagby

California Chess Reporter, October 1953, Vol. 3, No. 2 http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/ccr/V3N2.pdf

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Charles Legare Bagby, 1955

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August 1955

U.S. Open Chess Championship, Mechanics Institute Chess Club (Seated) Charles Svalberg, A. B. Stamer, Charles Bagby, Earl Pruner (Standing) Karl Bopp, William G. Addison, Dmitri Poliakoff.

California Chess Reporter, August 1955 http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/ccr/aug_1955.pdf

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U.S. Open Chess Championship, Mechanics' Institute Clubroom Scene.

California Chess Reporter, August 1955. http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/ccr/aug_1955.pdf

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Charles Legare Bagby, 1956

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April 1956

Mechanics' Institute vs. Golden Gate. The photo is the last-round decisive match in the San Francisco Bay Area Chess League 1956 season. Mechanics' Institute, on the left, beat Golden Gate 4½-2½. The pairings, beginning with Board One nearest the camera: Jim Schmitt-Vladimir Pafnutieff, Charles Bagby-Henry Gross, William Addison-Carroll Capps, Charles Svalberg-Gilbert Ramirez, Horst Bullwinkel-Robert Currie, Alan Bourke-William Bills, Kurt Bendit-Ed Logwood.

Original b/w via Vol. 5, No. 8, California Chess Reporter, April 1956. http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/ccr/V5N8.pdf

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September 1956

1956, Charles L. Bagby, Chess Champion

California Chess Reporter, September 1956, Vol. 6, No. 2 http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/ccr/V6N2.pdf

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Charles Legare Bagby, 1959

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August 21 1959

The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California, Friday, August 21, 1959

See Pictorial Living For Chess By Master
For the chess players—
A witty article by San Francisco lawyer, Charles Bagby, chess master and champion of California, appears in Pictorial Living with Sunday's Examiner. Original b/w photography by Eugene Anthony.
In addition, Pictorial Living photographers invaded the chess and checker room of the Nation's oldest club, said Mechanics Institute.
You'll also see photographs of rare collectors' item chess sets.
Be sure to read “The Chess Men—A Piece of Mind,” in Pictorial Living Magazine with Sunday's Examiner.

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August 23 1959

The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California, Sunday, August 23, 1959

Charles Bagby studies the chess board, set with chessmen over a half century old, and carved from tough lignum vitae wood.

San Francisco lawyer Charles Bagby is a chess master and Champion of California as well as vice president of the Mechanics Institute whose chess club is the country's oldest.

The Chess Men-A Piece Of Mind
By Charles Bagby
Over a century ago there appeared in England chess sets of a design that bears the name of Howard Staunton, a noted player of that day. They are of graceful aspect, and especially pleasing are the hand carved knights with spirited horses' heads derived from the Parthenon frieze. These pieces, traditionally made of boxwood, when carved and polished are rich and close grained, a delight to the eye and sensuous to the hand. The Queen in Tenniel's illustration of Lewis Carroll's “Alice” is a Staunton piece.
A good Staunton set is the gold standard of the experienced chess player. Unfortunately, few good ones are being made today. As the modern manufacturer of furniture cannot refrain from adding his own embellishments to Chippendale and Sheraton, the manufacturer of chess pieces must modify the Staunton design. Little change is needed to take the grace out of it; knights are machine carved; orange or lemon wood is substituted for boxwood and soon the truth of the old saying is proved once more: “Nobody has yet made anything that some one else can not make' cheaper and poorer.”
The second traditional design is what is called the “French” set. These pieces are too tall for the width of the base and are inherently unstable. They are caught by the player's cuff at every move with consequent disaster to the position. They bear a number of inane ruffles around the neck which, in case of need, one may count in order to distinguish the bishop from the queen. Perhaps the best commentary on this design is that the French do not like it.

Collectors' sets are made of precious materials and seem to share one curious particularity they are fragile. Sets of ivory come from India, sets of jade from China and the Swedes turn out a few of carved crystal. Much subtlety goes into the oriental productions, but it is not all aimed at the enhancement of the beauty of the work; a great deal of it is directed at the souvenir collecting proclivities of the tourist. If these carvings were in fact fine art they would not pretend to a utility which is forbidden by their costliness and delicacy.
Every man who owns a lathe will sooner or later design and make a chess set. This fact should be included with the inevitabilities of death and taxes. The shapes will vary, but you may be sure that each will be highly original. Some will be conical and should come supplied with a tool with which they may be grasped when a move is to be made. Others will be squat blobs; a few are exercises in primitive geometry; many are artistic bankruptcies of the type exemplified by those modern bentwood chairs supported on off-center, spindling iron legs. Whatever the form, they will bear to a good Staunton set about the same relationship that a building contractor's portable house bears to the Palace of Fine Arts. I have seen hundreds of such sets but never one with which I was willing to play a game.
Other novelties along this line are encountered. Those who own home metal working machinery turn out aluminum sets for the antiseptically minded. I should mention also —oh woe!— that there are sets of plastic. They are usually rendered more “attractive” by coloring half the pieces red instead of black. On a recent depressing day I was much cheered by a friend who informed me that plastic pieces ignite readily, burn rapidly and leave but little ash.

The Mechanics Institute, operating the oldest chess club in the United States, possesses chessmen that have been in constant use for more than half a century. They were especially designed for vigorous service and were turned from lignum vitae, a wood so hard that it is used as bearing on the propeller shafts of ships. In spite of their toughness these pieces are chipped and scarred from the stress of many a forgotten struggle. Here in this old club on Post Street chess geniuses have pondered over them, stretching forth their hands to grasp and move them upon the checkered board. They have evoked the imagination of the greatest chessplayers of our time: Emmanuel Lasker of Germany, Jose Capablanca of Cuba, Max Euwe of Holland and Alexander Alekhine of Russia, all World Champions. You will understand, then, if I say that for me, a player, these battered symbols, through association, have acquired a value far beyond that of pieces carved from mere jade or crystal.

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Charles Legare Bagby, 1958

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December 11 1958

Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday, December 11, 1958

Takes Title—Charles Bagby of San Francisco won the California State Chess Championship, scoring 5½-1½ in the tournament completed last week at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club in San Francisco.
Bagby, a 55-year-old lawyer, has been a prominent figure in San Francisco chess for more than 30 years. He has had his share of successes, but this is the first time he has gained the coveted State title.
In outscoring his opponents, Bagby played sound, conservative chess, winning four games and drawing three. At no time was he in real danger of losing. His drawn battles were against William Addison of San Francisco and Irving Rivise and Joe Mego of Los Angeles.
Addison took second place with a 5-2 score. He won four times, drew twice and lost only to Arthur Wang, a high school student from Berkeley. Despite his last-place finish, Wang played enterprising chess and will no doubt be heard from in the future.

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Charles Legare Bagby, 1975

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October 01 1975

The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California, Wednesday, October 01, 1975

Charles Bagby
Attorney Charles Bagby, a noted San Francisco chess player, died in Presbyterian Hospital here yesterday. He was 72.
A master chess player, Mr. Bagby won the 1959 California chess championships and player in tournaments all over the world.
Mr. Bagby is survived by his wife, June Phelps Bagby.
Services are private.

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Charles Legare Bagby, 1987

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February 01 1987

The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, February 01, 1987

Northern California Championship
The Bagby Memorial is the state championship for the northern half of California, which the chess world views as a separate state. It's a round-robin tournament named after Charles Bagby, the 1956 California champion, who was an officer of the century-old Mechanics Chess Club in San Francisco. The 1987 event, the 12th in the series, finished in January.

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Daniel Anchersen Amneus, 1948

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June 20 1948

The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, June 20, 1948

Rapid Transit Winners
Herman Steiner won the Hollywood Chess Group's weekly rapid transit tournament last Wednesday with A. Amneus second and S. Almgren third.

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Daniel Anchersen Amneus, 1938

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May 16 1938

Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, Monday, May 16, 1938

Northern California Chess Team Victor in South
San Luis Obispo, May 16.—(UP)—Northern California won the annual chess tournament yesterday by defeating Southern California, 14½-10½.
Northern winners were Fink, Bergman, Vedensky, Stamer, Willson, Cupps, Lewis, Christensen, Hendricks, Amneus, Lovera and Boone. Southerner were Spero, Elliott, Dobsevage, Banner, Wolffe, Freed, Johnson, Smith and Schirm. Tying were Clarke, North, Travers, South; McClain, North, Goldberg, South: Smolakov, North, Whiffle, South; Tomasini, North, Holt, South.

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May 16 1938

Santa Barbara News-Press, Santa Barbara, California, Monday, May 16, 1938

Northern California Best at Chess
San Luis Obispo, May 15 (AP)— Northern California chess players defeated southern state opponents 14½ to 10½ in their annual contest here today.
Northern winners: Fink, Bergman, Vedensky, Stamer, Wilson, Cupps, Lewis, Christensen, Hendricks, Amneus, Lovera and Boone.
Southern winners: Spero, Elliott, Dobsevage, Banner, Wolfe, Freed, Johnson, Smith and Schirm.
Tying players: Clarke, north and Travers, south; McClain, north, and Goldberg, south; Smolakov, north, and Whiffle, south; Tomasini, north, and Holt, south.

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Daniel Anchersen Amneus, 1935

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November 04 1935

Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, Monday, November 04, 1935

The Claremont Junior High School chess team defeated a team from Herbert Hoover in a recent match with a score of 5 to 2. The lineup was for Claremont as follows: Frank Pauli, first board; Frank Burritt, second board; Art Pardee, third board; Bob Birge, fourth board; Bertram Smart, fifth board; Boyd Weeks, sixth board, and Douglas Campbell, seventh board.
Frequent visitors at the Claremont Jr. High Chess Club, which meets every Monday, are: Phyllis Burleson, Doris Krueger, Sigrid Anderson, Bill Hall and Dan Amneus, of University High School. They were formerly members of this club. Amneus now plays first board on the Uni team.

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Daniel Anchersen Amneus, 1934

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March 29 1934

Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, Thursday, March 29, 1934

Chess Club Organized
Chess players of Claremont Junior High School have organized a club which meets after school on Wednesday afternoons with Miss Julia Hennessey as faculty director.
Dan Amneus has been elected president, Bill Hall, vice-president, and Harry Davis, secretary.
Members are Lawrence Paine, Jim Wood, Bertram Smart, Allan Frickstad, Bill Thomas and Norman Crough.
The membership has been limited to 16 and in order to become a member one must meet and defeat one of the charter members at chess. A tournament is being planned for the present membership.

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December 04 1934

Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, Tuesday, December 04, 1934

New Chess Constitution
The Chess Club of the University High School has named a committee to replace “an obsolete and inadequate constitution,” and is contemplating a complete revision of policy, change of charter and renaming, according to their president, John McTeer.
John heads the committee and is assisted by Dan Amneus, Phil Craner and Ray Mathewson.

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Herbert Mois Avram, 1953

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September 02 1953

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, Wednesday, September 02, 1953

Arlington Champion To Defend Chess Title
Herbert Avram of Arlington, current State champion, has indicated he will defend his title against some 25 contenders at the Virginia Chess Federation's sixteenth annual tournament here September 5, 6 and 7.
A business meeting, set for 10:30 A. M. Saturday at Hotel Richmond will precede the tourney.
The tournament will be a seven-round Swiss system affair, Rodney M. Baine, federation president said yesterday. Under the system, Baine said, as each round is completed, persons with similar scores are paired for the next round.
The tournament is open to Virginia residents and to students attending schools and colleges in the State, Baine said.

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Herbert Mois Avram, 1952

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September 02 1952

Ledger-Star, Norfolk, Virginia, Tuesday, September 02, 1952

Herbert Avram New Chess Champ
Herbert Avram, of Arlington, is Virginia's new champion chess player.
Avram, former holder of championships in New York and New England, was named winner of the Virginia Chess Federation following a tournament conducted Monday in Hotel Portsmouth, Portsmouth.
The new State champion is rated as a master player. He took top honors after winning five and one-half games and totaling the most points.
The Sonnenburg-Berger method of scoring points was used in the tournament.
Second-place winner was Malcolm Wiener, of Washington D.C. with five and one-half games to his credit. C. B. Spencer, of Portsmouth, captured third-place honors with five games.
Others entered in the tournament and their games follow:
Russell Chauvenet, Silver Springs Md., 4½; Anthony Pabon, Jr., Roanoke 4½; S. V. McCasland, Charlottesville, 4; Donald Stetzer, Washington, 4; G. F. Miller Washington, 4; Edmund Nash, Washington, 3½; Leonard Moegan, Roanoke, 3½; John R. Rice, Washington, 3½; Martin Seidelman, Falls Church, 3½.
Rodney Baine, Richmond, 3; William Poff, Vickers, 3; Jack Palmer, Richmond, 2; C. W. Riden, Norfolk, 3; Herman Wobus, Norfolk, 3; W. R. Triplett, Portsmouth, 2; William Bell, Norfolk, 1; and Nathan Safian, Portsmouth, 1.
The tournament for Labor Day, 1953, will be held in Richmond and will be a closed contest open only to residents of Virginia. An open tournament will be conducted during the year with the time and place to be announced at a later date.

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Herbert Mois Avram, 1928

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June 17 1928

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, June 17, 1928

Avram and Schildkraut Lead Chess Players
Herbert Avram, George Washington High, won three games in the 10th, 11th and 12th rounds at the Manhattan Chess Club yesterday, and moved into the lead in the race for the individual championship of the Interborough High School Chess League. Second place was taken by Hyman Schildkraut, Monroe, who was successful in defeating the former leader, Edward Solomon, Madison, in the 11th round.
While Avram has only one more game to play, both Schildkraut and Solomon need two games to complete their schedules. Myron Wiener of James Madison ranks fourth, C. Ruy of Clinton, fifth, and Max Serbis of Clinton, sixth. Summaries:
Tenth round— Schildkraut. Monroe, 1; Cohen, Evander, 0; Wiener, Madison, 1; Goldstein, Boys High, 0; Chernoff, Morris, 1; Kovner, New Utrecht, 0; Sussman, Richmond Hill, 0; Gazik, Clinton, 1; Avram, Washington, 1; Borowitz, Boys High, 0; Serbin, Clinton, l; Schleifer, Eastern, 0.
Eleventh round— Cohen, Evander, ½; Sussman, Richmond Hill, ½; Solomon, Madison, 0; Schildkraut, Monroe, 1; Chernoff, Morris, 0; Wiener, Madison, 1; Gazik, Clinton, 1; Kovner, New Utrecht, 0; Schleifer, Eastern, 0; Ray, Clinton, 1; Goldstein, Boys High, 0; Avram, Washington, 1; Borowitz, Boys High, 0; Serbin, Clinton, 1.
Twelfth round— Avram, Washington, 1; Ruy, Clinton, 0.

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Herbert Mois Avram, 2006

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2006

Herbert Mois Avram, internment at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Herbert Mois Avram, 1965

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September 07 1965

The Courier-News, Bridgewater, New Jersey, Tuesday, September 07, 1965

Championship Chess—Bernard Zuckerman of Brooklyn, front table, right, winner of the New Jersey Open Chess Championship Tournament at the Park Hotel, ponders the board during match with James Sherwin of New York, who tied for second. At the rear table are James Gore of New York, left, who also tied for second, and Herbert Avram of Silver Spring, MD.

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Herbert Mois Avram, 1927

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June 27 1927

Daily News, New York, New York, Monday, June 27, 1927

He “Did” Paris On A Nickel!—Herbert Avram, 16, schoolboy stowaway who went to Paris to see Lindy, got back here yesterday. He's seen with his mother, Mrs. M. H. Avram, and younger brother, Lloyd, to whom he's showing route of his tour.

STOWAWAY, 14, RETURNS FROM PARIS RIDING IN STATE LIKE IDOL LINDY
Father Laughs and Mother Cries Over Prodigal.
Chubby Herbie Avram's great adventure ended yesterday with laughter, tears of joy, and congratulations. Herbie set a world's record for stowaways by managing to stow himself full of food and coin while stowing away.
June 1, Herbie, who's 14, was wending a particularly unenthusiastic way to school at De Witt Clinton high. His comfortable home, 60 West 181st St., and fond friends and relatives had grown just a little too much so.
So Herbie strolled to the riverfront. There he saw a liner, with all steam up, ready to sail for France. “Why not?” thought Herbie. “Lindy did.”
He hid in a stateroom. When they found him, out at sea, Herbie's assurance and bright face won the captain and crew. They treated him as a first class passenger, even though he had just 50 cents.
But that wasn't the last of his triumphs. To French government officials, Herbie looked like a millionaire. They waived all passport rules and Herbie was taken to Paris—to be welcomed to the arms of his sisters, Marguerite and Violet, who are students there.
Still stowed away in state, Herbie arrived home aboard the liner Savoie yesterday. He was full of good French food, dressed in the best his sisters could buy, and swaggering about the deck with 40 francs in his pockets.
Herbie's pa, Mois Avram, manufacturing inventor of 25 Broad St., welcomed him laughingly. And his mother wept over him. It all seemed to bore Herbie.
“Anyway I didn't get a licking,” he said, looking out the window toward the North river.

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July 03 1927

The Charlotte News, Charlotte, North Carolina, Sunday, July 03, 1927

Herbert Avram, 14, high school boy, went to Paris with a nickel to see Lindbergh. As long as his money holds out, it seems, he intends to stay in France, as the dispute still rages as to how and when he will return. The French line wants Herbert's father to pay his way back. Herbert went over on the La Savoie, June 2.

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