07 Jul 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1919
Page
1
The airship finished a perilous voyage despite fierce head winds and limited fuel for 90 minutes. It hovered 2000 feet above the landing field before the executive officer parachuted down to guide the final landing.
The local prohibition issue signaled a move tomorrow with rumors that many saloons will open for beer sales at 23 4 percent strength, followed by hotels. The Boston Licensing Board will issue new retail liquor licenses today as Secretary Epple stated any license class may be granted.
In Amsterdam on July 5 the former German crown prince reportedly told a Dutch official that the allies could only have his dead body. He declared he would decide his life or death, a remark linked to possible extradition discussions. The report came via a British wireless service correspondent.
The R-34 rear car was damaged when it dragged on the ground after hydrogen contracted in a rainstorm. Sixty soldiers aboard couldn't support the weight and a rail plus woodwork were damaged. A freshening breeze forced engineers to vent and re inflate to lift the craft about 300 feet as night approached.
Post MINEOLA N Y July 6 the mammoth British super dirigible B-34 completed the first non stop westward flight across the Atlantic Ocean at 10 o clock this morning 108 hours and 12 minutes after she left East Fortune Continued on Page 10 First Col
Reported actions include Russian forces repelling Austrian troops in southern Poland and the Italian cruiser Amalfi being sunk by an Austrian submarine in 1915. A year ago, the Norwegian ship Marosa was sunk 1200 miles off New York by a German submarine. Allied air forces with the British navy bombed Constantinople.
In Mineola New York on July six a B 34 dirigible descended from two hundred feet after ballast water was dumped from forward and stern sections. British commissioned officers American soldiers and sailors helped seize the hawser devices and land the airship safely with lines anchored to blocks along bow stern and sides.
Weather dispatch notes unsettled conditions for Boston with Monday clouds and a possible Tuesday of fair weather and moderate temperatures. Forecasts for northern New England and eastern New York predict a mix of rain and fair skies with moderate temperatures as winds shift from northeast to north.
In the National League Foston defeated Brooklyn six to four while Chicago beat St Louis four to three. Cincinnati won eight to one over Pittsburg in the first game and took the second two to nil. In the American League Washington won three to one against New York Chicora?ozio beat Detroit four to one and St Louis topped Cleveland twenty three to none.
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