Army Birdmen Demonstration Lights Up Denver Skies
Forty Arctic Patrol pursuit ships under Major Ralph Royce visit Denver for a Monday air show hosted by F. G. Bonfils. The event features tactical formations including Immelman turns and inverted flying, followed by a demonstration of air superiority over slower observation planes.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Air Corps
Naval Air Service
Arctic Patrol
Ralph Royce
F. G. Bonfils
Denver Post
War Department
Royce
James W. Irwin
Bonfils
120Th
Lowry Field
Army
Immelman
Brooks Kelly
Duncan Fields
Texas
Post Field
Oklahoma
Vet Compensation Policy Voted By The House
The House approved a bill to provide compensation for disabilities incurred up to January 1 1930 by a vote of 324 to 49 after week long debate and a tense eight hour session. Amendments shifted author Rankin and extended the presumptive clause to 1930 despite objections. Eggs exported last year totaled about 1.1 million dollars.
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Washington
House
Hoover
Wood
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Johnson
World War Veterans’mittee
Rankin
Missippi
Connery
Massachusetts
Boy unable to talk in school room
Arthur Gilbert a 13 year old New Orleans student cannot speak in class though he attends, writes answers, and earns high marks. When away from school he chats readily. Dr John Fletcher of Tulane and Child Guidance staff study the case but offer no explanation yet.
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United Press
New Orleans
Arthur Gilbert
Arthur
Orleans Parish
John 8S. Fletcher
Tulane University
Frenchman tops US word record with Africa postcard
In Paris on April 26 a Frenchman from Perpignan named Nagi Coussanes claimed a new word record by writing a 5151 word geographical description of Africa on a postcard. He eclipsed Harry Block who logged 8205 words last year. In a separate stunt, engineer M Conti drove his car into a tree at 25 mph with wife and child unharmed, the machine stopping the vehicle.
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United Press
Paris
Nagi Coussanes
Perpignan
Africa
Harry Block
New York
M. Conti
Hitch Hiker Gets Lift and Takes Auto Trial Details Case
In Porterville California on April 25 court heard J E Collagy who gave a lift to Hazel Tackett 18 and blonde. She confessed he allowed her to drive the car during a business errand and she drove to Tijuana before officers found them.
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United Press
Porterville
Cal
J. E. Collagy
Bakersfield
Hazel Tackett
Miss Tacket
Collagy
Tulare
Portreville
Tia Juana
Here
Kern County Launches First Aid Plane Rescue Service
Kern County California will form a special aeronautical life saving crew using airplane and inhalator equipment. The fire department in cooperation with a local aviation company will provide free emergency medical aid across vast distances and oil fields with a cabin plane. Fire Chief W E Van Meter said calls will be answered any time whether it takes 10 minutes or 10 days.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Kern County
W. E. van Meter
Trans Saharan Railroad Plans Draw Criticism
Paris April 25 The projected trans-Saharan railroad drew criticism after a French paper printed an expert's view that the project would mainly benefit steel interests urging government haste to boost steel stock values. The expert said a cement road could be built cheaply and be as practical.
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Paris
M. Claude Farrere
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