Bremen arrival prompts heavy police at Mitchel Field
More than 1000 soldiers and Nassau County police will staff Mitchel Field to guard the landing of the Bremen expected Tuesday. Night illumination includes eight searchlights from the 62nd Anti Aircraft Regiment and extensive field lighting to cover ten square miles.
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Junkers
Benjamin D Fowles
Count von Lesings
Bean
Iowa
Gracias
Foujois
Foujois Immedate
Yokates
Air Corps
Nassau
Abram Skidmore
Foulois
62Nd
For
Totten
Eso
Winds Rain and Fog Confront Flyers
The two Junkers aircraft from Dessau to New York face unsettled weather with fresh winds and showers. A weather outlook shows a low pressure trough across the Atlantic, with oncoming mist and fog as planes traverse the east ocean, while high pressure exists near Newfoundland.
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New York
Associated
Ress
Dessau
Unied
Tries Weather Bureau
Tet
Newfoundard
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Janes
Kester Quebec
Mississippi Valley
Motorcycle racer Brink killed at Springfield track
Eddie Brink of Dayton Ohio dies from injuries after a three mile national championship event crash at the Springfield track. A blowout caused his machine to crash while another rider Joe Peyrell of Los Angeles is seriously hurt but expected to recover. Jockey Alevanche dashes to hospital after a race accident at Beulah Park.
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Springfield
Mass
Eddie Brink
Dayton
Ohio
Ima
Astero States
Brink
Jain Ceuse
Curle
Joe Peyrell
Los Ange
Wes SoTlous
Jocken Dils
Columbu
Weoclated
A Alevanche
Morrieal
Yinnie Stuart
Ming
Rome
Bremen Pilot Were German War Ace and Transatlantic Flight
The Bremen trans Atlantic attempt features Captain Herman Koehl and Frederick Loose from Berlin, famed German air aces with wartime exploits. Planes are Junkers W-93, speed 123 mph, 97 mph cruising, 58 mph landing, fuel 700 gallons, oil 20 gallons, total takeoff weight about 8140 pounds, with duralumin construction and a cantilever wing design aiding range.
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Herman Koehl
Frederick Loose
Bremen
Berlin
Koehl
Wer
Paris
Lufthansa
Berlin-Koenigsburg
Thay
Sinn
Moscow
Ikac
Baron von Huensel
Hubert R Kuickerbockel
Yoakum
Texas
Europa
German Plane May Alight in Boston
Boston August 14 report from Associated Press says North German Lloyd general agent Christopher Degroot will fly to Boston from Chocorua NH to arrange a possible trans Atlantic landing. If a plane can depart tonight a landing in Boston by tomorrow morning is hoped to qualify for a 2500000 purse proposed by Sheldon Fairbanks and endorsed by the Boston Chamber of Commerce. Coast Guard and Navy planes will assist with guidance and landing plans along the New England coast. The Bremen is expected in daylight with no night landing facilities available.
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Associated Press
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New England
Chocorua
Sheldon H Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Boston Radio-Aero Show
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Janders
Bremen
Atlantic
Iran Longanecker
First Corps
Nungesser and
Collete
Coast Guard
Navy
Manehattan
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Koeht
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Huropr
Franz Schnaebele
Dessau
Friederich Looge
Herman Koeh
Gunther von Huenefeld
North German
Lloyd Steamship Line
Europe
Correline Edward
Johann Risticz
Huberl
Knickerbocker
New York American
Fght Hoth
Lioydne
Bremen and Europa Triumphant Transatlantic Flight Start
German pilots Koehl and Loose launched the Bremen and Europa from Germany aiming for Cape Race and New York. The Bremen led off at 6 21 p m Berlin time with fuel for about 80 hours, flying a northerly route via Scotland and Northern Ireland toward Newfoundland, while the Europa followed four minutes later.
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Dessau
Germany
Associated Press
Junker
Bremen
Europa
Berlin
Mitchelfield
Long Island
Chicago
Bremen Free State
Lloyd Line
Europe
Geran
Cornelius Edgard Art Johann Risticz
Atlantic
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Man Loeh
Friedrich Loose
Flyer
Keoh
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Beason
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Junkers
German Aviation Board
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German Plane Flight Log Notable Sightings and Landing
The Associated Press reports highlights from a German air mission. Entries show Bremen departing Dessau at 1:21 pm with Europa departing at 1:26 pm. Sightings include Bremen over Wakefield and Liverpool, England, and Europa making a forced Bremen landing at 6:00 pm in Bremen Germany.
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Associated Press
Bremen
Dessau
Germany
Europa
Wakefield
Yorkshire
England
Liverpool
Junkers transatlantic flight attempt begins with bold pilots
In Dessau the Junkers W-33 aircraft Huropr and Bremen prepared for a bold long voyage. Framed by confident pilots Franz Schnaebele and crew, the takeoff sparked cheers as engines roared and reporters boarded the piloting plane.
German Flyers Sure of Success in World Flight Effort
Leaders of the German aviation effort express strong confidence in a transatlantic flight. Professor Junkers praises aviation’s comradery. Fatl G Summings lauds the national gratitude and resolve. Otto Merkel calls the pilots Vikings of the air, promising endurance and reliability to spur safe air transport.
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Berlin
New York
Germany
Junkers
Ovean
Fatl G Summings
Lloyd
Otto Merkel
Lufhansa
German Aerial League
Seven Qualify for Dole Prize Flight Field
Seven pilots and navigators listed for the Dole prize navigation test tomorrow at the field. If they pass by noon the nine starters will be confirmed, otherwise seven. Participants include Miss Mildred Doran, Charles W. Parkhurst, Martina Jensen, William P. Erwin, Arthur Goebel, and others. The bi plane Hollydeale and crew reportedly will not participate.
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Mildred. Doran
Michigan
Charles W. Parkhurst
Peoria Il
Martina Jensen
Honolulu
William P. Erwin
Dallas
Gideon Society
James Adam
San Francisco
Hollydeale
Clover Field
Santa Monica
L Clerk
Charles Babb
Babb
Los Angeles
Southern California
National Aeronautical Association
Hollydale
Girl Stowaway Arrives in New York On Transylvania
Eighteen year old Brooklyn stenographer Fannie Clanci reached New York aboard the Cunard liner Transylvanian after being transferred at sea from the Caledonia 150 miles from New York She said she went aboard the Caledonia Saturday morning to bid friends goodbye and missed the ship’s bell warning visitors ashore Transfer to the Transylvania occurred in a lifeboat manned by six seamen and a ship’s nurse all wearing lifebelts
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New York
Associated Press
Fannie Clanci
Brooklyn
Cunard
Transylvanian
Caledonia
Transylvania
United States envoy leaves Ottawa for vacation
William Phillips United States minister to Canada has departed Ottawa for a camp in northern Maine. During his absence from Ottawa H Dorsey Newson will act as Charge D Affaires of the Legation.
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Ottawa
Bremen Aviators Prepare For Transatlantic Hop From Restricted Airfield
The aircraft Europa and Bremen, after a long consult with Hamburg observatory, prepared for a northerly route. Pilots Edzard Ristice Loose and Koehl arrived at the pilots’ house, donned life gear, and left from a far end of a large airfield closed to the public. Each carried personal rations of sandwiches and drinks, plus emergency hardtack and distilled water.
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Bremen
Europa
Hamburg
Edzard
Ristice
Loose
Koehl
Ships Ordered 10 Radio Bearings 10 German Airmen
The U S Navy to all North Atlantic ships as two Junker planes named Bremen and Europa depart Dessau for the United States. Planes cannot send aid signals and rely on ships for location. If along shipping lanes they may be spotted. otherwise they may stay north of usual liner routes. Navy stations will not receive commercial messages.
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Washington
Europa
Bremen
Dessau
Germany
United States
Navy Department
North Atlantic
Navy
Hurepa
Whale Springs Leak Delays Trans Atlantic Flight
In Southhampton August 14 a leak in the hull of Captain F T Courtney’s flying boat Whale forced postponement of the planned trans Atlantic flight to Tuesday or Wednesday. The craft stayed at anchor after leakage caused by a night storm. Engineer Robert Litle fell ill, delaying further progress.
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Southhampton
Eng
Associated Press
F. T. Courtney
Courtney
Robert Litle
Koennecke Sends Lucky Greeting To Junkers Pilots
Cologne dispatch reports Otto Koennecke, the German aviator preparing to fly across the Atlantic, expressed a cheerful wish for luck to his Junkers pilots after landing from a trial flight. He learned that the Bremen and Europa had already set sail to greet them on the other side of the Atlantic and praised the success of his comrades.
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Cologne
Germany
Otto Koennecke
Atlantic
Bremen
Europa
Junkers Weeps As Plane Fails Yet Sees Future Flight
In Dessau August 14 the Europa ocean flight interruption shocks Germany as Junkers workers grieve yet hold to trans Atlantic aims. Prof Junkers and Director Sachsenberg praise saved lives, vow to learn from the event and resume testing once the aircraft is repaired. Thunderstorms disrupt Berlin Dessau link.
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Dessau
Europa
Germany
Junkers
Gotthar Sachsenberg
Ristice
Long
North Seas
Berlin
Germans Send Greeting to Nungesser's Mother
In Dessau Germany on August 14 Associated Press reports crews of the Bremen and Europa before their trans Atlantic flight dispatch telegrams of respect to Mme Nungesser mother of Charles Nungesser and co pilot Francois Coli lost in first Europe to North America attempt.
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Dispateh
London
Associated Press
Reuter's
Berlin
Lufthansa
Bremen
Europa
Dessau
Germany
Befoe
France
Mme. Nungesser
Charlies Nungesser
Francois Coli
Europe
North American
Shemaes
Nungesser
Agother
French Decline 10 Race Germans Over Atlantic
Paris reports no French bid to chase the German ships Brem en and Europa in the trans Atlantic race. Only Columbia and Briquet remain, both unable to start due to weather and damage. Coste refuses tonight or tomorrow. Columbia’s propeller could be fixed in hours. Wolfgang Levine eyes Columbia with Drouhin while weather and contracts loom.
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Paris
Associated Press
Bremen
Europa
Columbia
Dieudonne Coactse
Coste
Tomorow Mori
Atlantic
John Carisi
Carisi
T. Harold Kinkade
Charles A. Levine
le Bourget
Siipl
Maurice Drouhin
New York
Levine
Drouhin
Bremen Carrying 2000 Letters in Mail Flight to America
In Dessau Germany on August 14 Associated Press reports the airplane Bremen carried 2000 letters and postal cards as sister ship Europa bore 1500 pieces of mail on their voyage to America. The voyage carried 14 000 marks in postage.
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Dessau
Germany
Associated Press
Bremen
Europa
America
Stop Itching Skin Petersons Ointment Ad
The mighty healing power of Petersons Ointment relieves terrible itching of skin and scalp. It often subsides overnight. Get an 85 cent box today at any drug store.
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Peterson
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