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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1919
Page
16
Women of Texas press for the May 24 election on a state constitution woman suffrage amendment. A note mentions House Painia-Sherman Co as part of the snippet.
A confession outlines multiple car looting trips led by Crawford Kirchner and Hird. The group describes stealing goods including rugs, stockings, dresses, shoes, and auto parts, loading items into a car, and dispersing shares among members. They mention a plan to avoid police, trips near Cheyenne, and a firearm belonging to Crawford. The witness identifies a member named Joe Burg as Bird.
Report describes NC flying boats NC-1 NC-3 and NC-4 using Liberty engines to push sea to air routes. Ships weigh 28 500 pounds with dual controls and marine instruments. Navigation station sits in the bow as crews study steering weather charts for safe oversea trials.
A line of destroyers spaced about eighty miles apart covers the path for seaplanes bound for the Azores. The vessels have tracked the route for days, keeping naval officers informed of weather along the coast while other ships including the Florida Wah and Tesae assist at sea.
Detailed instructions describe destroyers at Trepassey Bay to Azores providing radio links, night illumination, smoke and flare signals, and distress procedures for NC-3 NC-4 and NC-1 flights. Planes communicate with ships, signal via rockets, and use green or red stars to indicate status. Banquet speakers include women at a Chicago Democratic event.
Ocean rescue efforts focus on Dirigible C 5 reported lost in the Atlantic after a night incident. Freighter Glan Mavidaon radioed that the dirigible veered off course and remains unaccounted for, with search and salvage operations and statements from naval authorities continuing.
The department requests authorization to attempt another transatlantic flight by dirigible. Officials outline safety, route, and proof of airworthiness as conditions for approval before proceeding with the project.
A flawed Navy Department dispatch from Wallington May 16 notes the Edwanda destroyer returning to Sir John's and mentions a dirigible loss. The message offers unclear details about abducted personnel and whether a removal affected the status.
Three seaplanes of the American Navy named NE-3 NC-1 and NC-1 rose from the water near Tremasrey Newfoundland on May 16 in a bid to cross the Atlantic toward Gores. The attempt aims to push a new record across the sea using in flight refueling and long distance endurance.
Three NC flying boats set off from New York harbor during a Navy Department announcement as the NC-3 went at 6 06, NC-4 at 6 07 and a second NC-4 at 6 09 Greenwich time. Officials reported sighting beyond Trepassy Bay with Greenwhich time 0 20. Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association plans Julia Ward Howe birthday observance in Boston.
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