Flying machines in war and a note on weight
A column discusses the strategic impact of aerial warfare, noting the U S lack of flying machines and how nations like Russia Japan and China use or build them. It also covers jewels of fallen rulers, vaccines, rust costs in oil, steel tube technology, and advice on dieting and weight standards for longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
China
Russia
Japan
Asia
America
Egloff
National Tube Company
United States Steel Corporation
German Ship Makes Ready For N Y Hop
Junker trans Atlantic Bremen was rolled onto the Dessau runway at 4 55 pm and fueling began. It was reported likely that she might start about 6 30 pm carrying Friederich Loos Herman Koehl and Baron Ehrenfield Gunther von Hurnfeld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dessau
Germany
Bremen
Friederich Loos
Herman Koehl
Baron Ehrenfield Gunther von Hurnefeld
Weather outlook unsettled with possible showers
The forecast calls for tonight and Thursday to be unsettled with possible showers. Temperature readings from a year ago ranged from 93 to 63 degrees, with today’s hourly highs starting at 63 at 7 a.m. and rising to 79 by 1 p.m.
Three College Site Proposals Move Toward City Plans
Amarillo College site choices accelerate as the College locating commission reviews three definite proposals north, west, and south of the city. Howell, Bivins, and civic groups present options with acreage, endowment, and financing terms while executive sessions prepare a formal recommendation for the Northwest Texas Methodist conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo College
College Locating Commission
Northwest Texas Methodist Conference
Country Club
Rock Island Railroad
Howell and Howell
Howell
J. W. Howell
College Board
Bivins
Lee Bivins
C. W. Whittington
Amarillo
John W. Springer
Continental Trust Company of
Denver
W. H. Fuqua
Fliers Hit Atlantic Crossings Amid Sights and Delays
United Press reports renewed attempts to fly east to west across the Atlantic as multiple planes prepare and await favorable weather. Detroit’s round‑the‑world craft reached Constantinople while a Jamaica sighting renewed hopes of Paul Redfern’s missing flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Atlantic Ocean
Detroit
Constantinople
North America
Europe
Paul Redfern
Georgia
Brazil
Christian Krogh
Kindston
Jamaica
Caribbean
Lowenstein-Wertheim
St. Raphael
Upavon
England
Ottawa
Canada
Irish Free State
Bertaud-Hill
Roosevelt Field
New York
Windsor
Ontario
London
William S. Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Belgrade
Jugo Slavia
Trio Held in Bank Robbery
Egbert Bailey leads a trio arrested in Ballinger Texas for the Dodsonville First State Bank robbery and related auto thefts. Sheriffs from Childress Hollis and Wellington plan to transport the suspects back for charges in bank robbery and other crimes across three counties.
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Globe
Childress
Red River Valley
First State Bank
Dodsonville
Ballinger
Texas
Abilene
Egbert Bailey
Collingsworth County
Wellington
John B. Compton
Smith
Hollis
Oklahoma
Man killed in yacht blast near Beaumont
The body of Abraham E. Josey 27 was recovered from the Neches River after the Stedman yacht Donaldo exploded and wrecked last Friday. Josey had arrived in Beaumont about a week earlier from Amarillo.
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Amarillo
The
Associated Press
Beaumont
Abraham E. Josey
Stedman
Neches
Josey
Boy Run Over by Fireman Ends With Minor Bruises
Amarillo boy Steve Polley was bruised when his bicycle was struck by a car driven by C. C. Moore of the Amarillo Fire department. Moore was rushing to the San Jacinto station for chains during a large oil tank fire. The boy was taken to Northwest Texas hospital for a minor examination. Griggs ambulance.
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Steve Polley
Amarillo
C. C. Moore
Moore
San Jacinto
Northwest Texas
Credence Sent to Redfern Rumor by Additional Report
A Caracas dispatch reports an unidentified airplane sighting in the Orinoco delta on Saturday, fueling hopes it was the Brunswick Brazil plane piloted by Paul Redfern. Local telegraphs cite a mail carrier and villagers seeing a southeastward aircraft near Boca Grande amid a storm.
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Redfern
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Cook
Caracas
Venezuela
Oronoco
Paul Redfern
Tucupita
Ciudad Bolivar
Barrancas
Canamacareca
Boca Grande
Orinoco
MacAreilo
Young Forced to Quit 21-Mile Catalina Swim
George Young of Catalina quit the 21 mile marathon swim in Toronto after a cramp at 11:20 a.m. Ernst Vierkoetter of Germany led the race as Young retired. Water temp started at 59 degrees, dipping to 54 degrees three miles out, cooling the large field of over 200 swimmers.
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United Press
Toronto
Ont
George Young
Ernst Vierkoetter
Young
Vierkoetter
McCray Freed From Prison After Three Years
Warren T. McCray former Indiana governor was released on parole from a federal penitentiary at 12 51 pm after serving three years and four months of a ten year sentence for use of the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud Atlanta Aug 31.
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Associated
Atlanta
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Federal Penitentiary
Post Office at Paducah Texas Robbed
The Paducah Texas post office was robbed last night. Local officers received information today. The amount taken was not disclosed. Paducah lies in Cottle County about 126 miles southeast of Amarillo.
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Paducah
Texas
Cottle County
Amarillo
Americans Safe After Mines Seized by Labor Radicals
Eighteen Americans barricaded at the American Amparo mines Etzatlan Mexico last week are safe according to a report to the state department via the American consul at Guadalajara. Mexican troops are nearby and American Charge Schoenfeld in Mexico City is making daily representations to protect lives and property.
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United Press
Washington
Etzatlan
Mexico
Guadalajara
State Department
Schoenfeld
Mexico City
Pride of Detroit Lands In Constantinople
The American round the world monoplane Pride of Detroit, piloted by William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, arrived in Constantinople from Belgrade at 11 45 this morning, marking another leg of the flight.
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Detroit
William S. Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Wichita cop kills last member of bandit trio
Porter Meeks once paroled bank robber from Cushing Oklahoma and the final bandit in the trio was killed by detective Merl Colver in Wichita Harold Burkholder 14 was wounded in the leg by a bandit gunfire as officers closed in Police Chief Walston misidentified the dead man before Ber Tillion records confirmed Meeks death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Wichita
Kan
Porter Meeks
Cushing
Oklahoma
Joseph E. Marshall
Merl Colver
Harold Burkholder
Meeks
Colver
Walston
Elmer Inman
Bertillion
Theft Case Is on Trial Here Today
The State versus George Bivins, charged with theft, is on trial in criminal district court and expected to conclude this afternoon. Bivins allegedly stole about $80 from Leland Han Son, a traveling man from Fort Worth, at a local hotel last June. The state rested its case at noon.
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George Bivins
Criminal District Court
Bivins
Leland Han Son
Fort Worth
Famous for Food at Amarillo hotel gains notice
A brief item notes a coffee shop called Famous for Food located at an Amarillo hotel. It identifies the Panhandle’s Meeting Place and mentions Blackburn ambulance and a phone number 21.
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Amarillo Hotel
the Panhandle
Blackburn
Treasure dig near Austin eyed by ghost at vigil
A man claiming to be an experienced explorer searches near McNeil on a railroad switch for buried treasure at night guarded by hired workers. Report says two Austin attorneys are linked to the venture on lime company land offering 10 percent of proceeds.
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Associated Press
Austin
McNeil
Fliers Found at Presidio After Plane Forced Down
Capt. C. Reynolds and Master Sergeant Gus Newland, whose plane was forced down in Mexico, were located at Presidio Texas, per Col. Babcock First Cavalry Camp Marfa telegram. Two Douglas transport planes searched from here. Mexican soldiers may clear land to aid takeoff.
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Associated Plone
San Antonio
C. Reynolds
Gus Newland
Mexico
Presido
Texas
Babcock
First Cavalry
Camp Marfa
British Fliers On Nonstop Flight to Ottawa From Avgon
Capt Leslie Hamilton and Col F F Minchit flew the Saint Raphael a Fokker monoplane carrying Princess Lowenstein Wertheim from UPAVON toward Ottawa Canada. Fog and slow takeoff marked the departure as the craft vanished into mist near Bath and Bristol with Archbishop Mostyn blessing the voyage.
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United Press
Upavon
Wiltshire
Eng
Lowenstein- Wertheim
Leslie Hamilton
F. F. Minchit
Ottawa
Canada
Galway
Dublin
New Ross
Thurles
Inveran
Saint Raphael
Bath
Bristol
Mostyn
Cardiff
Levine planned flight years ago to cross Atlantic
Charles A. Levine, American aviator enthusiast, told The Associated Press in London of a five year plan to fly across the Atlantic and back. He kept the dream private even from his wife, speaking more as if reading about aviation than as a personal confession. The interview appears in his Hotel Savoy suite with his thoughts continuing on page three.
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James P. Howe
Associated Press
London
Charles A. Levine
Atlantic
Hotel Savoy
Europe
Levine
Army Fliers Told to Watch Skies for Baby Storks
Army aviators have been told to watch for storks delivering babies after a Cuyahoga Falls girl asked for a baby sibling. Assistant Secretary of War MacNider replied he cannot spare any babies, but with a lighthearted twist promised to tell any stork he sees to inform it of the girl's wish.
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United Press
Washington
MacNider
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
War Department
Army
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M’cray
Brock
Turkey
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