R 34 Delay Ends as Flight Plans Shift to Ocean Route
The R-34 will not start home until tonight or Wednesday due to gale winds holding at about 48 hours. Major Scott and Major Pritchard expect a long voyage over the Atlantic with a potential southern course near 400 miles north of the Azores if conditions permit, aiming for roughly 3000 miles. Mrs. Francis B Sayre and family visited Roosevelt Field as spectators while crowds gathered, guards limited access, and airship crew were entertained with city tours.
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Azores
Tom Fastman
Scott
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Pritchard
Ma Pritchard
United States
England
Francis B. Sayre
Wilson
America
Guy Harries
Harries
United States Weather Bureau
New York
Southampton
Navy
Rex Durant
Post prints sole pictures of B-34 landing at Roosevelt Field
The Post is the only Boston newspaper to publish morning pictures of the B-34 dirigible’s actual landing at Roosevelt Field Mineola Long Island Sunday forenoon. Photos were shot by Underwood and Underwood New York, rushed to Boston, developed, printed, and delivered in time for first edition. Additional exclusive images appeared in later editions.
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Roosevelt Field
Hagelhurst Field
Legion
W. H. Hoyt
New York Bible Society
the Post
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Mineola
Long Island
Post
Underwood & Underwood
New York
New York City
The
Stowaway Ballantine Defends R-34 Flight Love
W W Ballantine, famed stowaway on the R-34, recalls his passion for the airship and his daring Atlantic crossing. He explains he hid between gas bags, fell ill, and was later allowed to remain aboard. Major Scott hints Ballantine faced light punishment and notes R-33 as a training pattern for future rigid airships.
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Scotland
Cromwell
Ballantine
Major Scott
Bob
Post
US Aero Club urged purchase of British dirigible model
Henry Woodhouse of the Aero Club of America urged the United States to buy the R-3 or R-33 as working models for American dirigible development. He said army and navy aeronautical experts favored the plan.
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Aero Club
New York
United States
Transatlantic R-34 Letter From London Lord Mayor To New York Mayor
New York July 7 The first trans atlantic letter by air from the Lord Mayor of London to an American official reached Mayor Hylan aboard the R 34. Hylan replies by mail on the voyage back. He says the airship proves transoceanic flight is possible and could transform travel and trade.
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New York
London
Hylan
Horace Marshall
Bigger airships loom as obsolete R34 grows
At Mineola on July 7 General F. E. Maitland, director of British aeronautics, said larger lighter-than-air craft render the R34 obsolete. He cited a British airship under construction twice as large, promising a fivefold size within a year and greater transatlantic feasibility as size increases.
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Roosevelt Field
Mineola
N. Y
FE. M. Maitland
British Aeronautics
England
Boy Breaks Leg After Fall From Tree in East Boston
Thomas McArdle aged 11 of 144 Lexington Street East Boston fell 15 feet from a tree at 175 Lexington Street, injuring his left leg and sustaining bruises and cuts. He was taken to East Boston Beltlef Hospital for treatment.
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Thomas McArdle
Lexington Street
East Boston
Beltlef Hospital
Pops concert program features Verdi Puccini and Mascagni works
Tonight at urna Hall Signor Agide Jacchia conducts a sunny Italy themed program of operatic selections and entr'acte overtures. Included are Verdi I Vespri Siciliani Otello and Aida pieces Puccini arias and Fantasias and Mascagni and Ponchielli ballet music.
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Italy
Signor Agide Jacch
Urna Hall
Mmesen
Voromer
Foroni A
Mr. Jacchia
D. Scarlatti
Giuseppe Verdi
Alda
Unfavorable Weather Forecast for B-34 Return Flight
Washington July 7 unfavorable weather will hinder a B-34 return flight over the sea. The Navy Department reports head winds and threatening conditions likely as far east as Newfoundland. The Weather Bureau forecast calls for moderate north-northeast winds and fair weather for 48 hours, with conditions not favorable for the return within 48 hours.
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Washington
Mineola
Navy Department
Newfoundland
Weather Bureau
Fatally Hurt While At Play In Weymouth
Michael Peroni of East Weymouth was fatally struck by an automobile driven by George Clark of East Braintree while returning from Weymouth library with books. Clark was arrested for manslaughter and to be arraigned in Quincy Court. witnesses said the boys were heedless as they played roque and failed to notice the car.
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Atlanta
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