Zeppelin plan for weekly transatlantic airship mail service
Berlin reports drumbeat of a weekly airship mail route between the United States and Europe with a Zeppelin Goodyear pairing. Eckner notes no passenger service yet but a weekly letter run could move half a million letters at 25 cents each. Officials in Washington weigh costs, hangars, and five ships to cross the Atlantic.
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President Coolidge to rule on sugar tariff cuts
Washington November 28 President Coolidge will soon decide on sugar tariff schedules. A majority U S tariff commission report recommends a half cent a pound cut, with the president having received added information he requested. The panel’s long standing dispute split the commissions into majority and minority factions led by Cunbertson and Marvin.
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Women Seek Right to Join Marine Corps Protest at Secy Wilbur
The National Woman's Party delivering a strong protest to Secretary Wilbur argued that pending senate and house bills would bar women from naval and marine corps reserve service. A deputation claimed the measures discriminate by limiting service to male citizens and would exclude women from roles like yeomanettes served in World War I.
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Electrocuted Negro Confesses in Funderburk Murder
Raleigh authorities report Vance Morgan alias Vance Clayburn was electrocuted after confessing to his spiritual adviser that he killed Butler Funderburk, the Union County murder convict. The admission came just minutes before the execution at the state prison.
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