Columbia Nears Berlin After An Hour Grind
Observers tracked the Bellanca Columbia piloted by Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine as it sailed southeast at high speed across the Atlantic. Officials noted a possible Rome destination, with Plymouth reports and Mauretania sightings tying their course to Europe.
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London
British Isles
Bellanca
Columbia
Clarence D. Chamberlin
South England
Coast Guard
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Europe
Chamberlin
Levine
Plymouth
Berlin
Lindbergh Rest Aboard Memphis After Atlantic Crossing
Lindbergh enjoys a restful night aboard the U S cruiser Memphis after a tense port delay in Cherbourg. The voyage home begins with the starry pennant unfurled and the aviator, designer Mahloney, and reporters hosted by Admiral Burrage.
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U. S
Memphis
Associated Press
Lindbergh
Paris
Cherbourg
U S
Breck
Lindberg
Admiral Burrage
Benjamin Mahoney
Capital Anticipates Lindbergh Flight News
Washington officials and military officers awaited word on the Columbia's Atlantic crossing from Europe. News of a sighting sparked talk that a second nonstop New York to Europe flight would succeed and pave the way for passenger transatlantic service.
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Washington
Lindbergh
Berlin
Army
Navy
Europe
Atlantic
New York
Columbia's Bellanca Columbia Proves Wonder Ship in Atlantic Flight
The Bellanca Columbia impresses as a wonder ship with speed, efficiency, and endurance. Chamberlin and Levine fly from New York toward Europe in a nearly 5,435 pound craft, carrying 325 gallons of gasoline in wing tanks and a rear fuselage supply, while design features and fuel systems boost reliability.
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Columbia
New York World News Service
New York
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
North Atlantic
Europe
Bellanca
Chamberlin
Bert Acosta
United States
Aeronautical
Acosta
Chamberlin Fails to Hear A Case in 5 Years
In Teterboro New Jersey the small borough plans a celebration for Clarence Chamberlin the Bellanca pilot who serves as Justice of the Peace. In five years he has not heard a case and the town remains confident in his abilities despite the lack of judicial action.
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Chamberlin
Teterboro
N. J
Clarence Chamberlin
Bellanca Trans- Atlantic
Edward Shafer
Hollister
Justice of the Peace
Manila prize offered for San Francisco Manila flight
Stewart Tait, a Manila businessman and president of the Olympic Athletic Club of Manila, announced that he and four other Manila men will offer 25,000 pesos for the first flight between San Francisco and Manila. The flight may occur in either direction.
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Manila
Stewart Tait
Olympic Athletic Club of
San Francisco
Bellanca Plans Faster Planes For New York Rome Flight
G M Bellanca announces a new, more efficient sister craft to the Columbia for a nonstop New York to Rome flight. Chamberlin may pilot the Rome run if weather favors it, with Bellanca offering the chance on a new single motor craft and a tri motor, built soon.
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New York World News Service
New York
G. M. Bellanca
Columbia
Chamberlin
Bellanca
Rome
Berlin
Levine
Chamberlin Traces Aviation Thirst From College to Flight
Clarence Duncan Chamberlin, famed for the 61 hour 11 minute endurance flight with Bert Acosta, rose from Dennison to aviation. He left Iowa State University for engineering, joined the army signal corps, repaired engines, and built a career as a reliable pilot, later joining the Bellanca flying circle and surviving a fatal crash that cemented his role in the trans Atlantic venture.
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New York World News Service
New York
Clarence Duncan Chamberlin
Bert Acosta
Dennison
Iowa State University
Ames
Army Signal Corps
Ft. Omaha
Clarence
Chamberlin
Flying Corps
Signal’ Branch
University of Illinois
Chanute Field
Kelly
McCook Fields
Boston
France
Wilda Boget
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Teterboro
Giuseppe Bellanca
Bellanca
Champerlin
National Air Races
Hempstead
L. I
Lawrence Baranelli
Mitchel Field
Columbia
Acosta
Ruins of Fire Being Cleared in Montgomery Block
A massive blaze in Montgomery destroyed 58 buildings and caused over 2 million dollars in losses. Firemen battled hotspots as National Guardsmen kept bystanders away and planners began rebuilding plans for the business district.
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Montgomery
Ala
Flyers Jubilant Wives to Sail for Europe Soon
New York June 5 Mrs Clarence Chamberlin and Mrs Charles Levine will likely travel on the Berengaria bound for Europe to join their husbands who crossed the ocean. Both women express joy that the trip was successful and that their spouses near Berlin. Mrs Levine says she would join her husband as soon as possible.
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Willoa Chamberlin
New York World Office
Charles. C. Lockwood
George W. Martin
Brooklyn
Bellanca
Chamberlin
Belle Harbor
L. I
New York
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Berlin
Mrs. Levine
Mountain Side Memorial to Lincoln Planned at Pinnacle Mountain
In Middlesboro Kentucky plans are underway to carve a Lincoln memorial on Pinnacle Mountain overlooking Cumberland Gap. Dr John Wesley Hill chancellor of Lincoln Memorial University leads the project with sculptor C H Paolo evaluating feasibility and a two year completion estimate.
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Middlesboro
Abraham Lincoln
Pinnacle Mountain
Cumberland Gap
John Wesley Hill
Lincoln Memorial University
Lincoln
C. H. Paolo
New York
Berlin Sees Feverish Welcome For Flyer Arrival
A massive parade and hours of traffic gridlock greeted the first European sighting of the plane at Tempelhofer Field. Automobiles jammed the airfield area as the American Ambassador Jacob Gould Schurman and staff arrived amid belief the Columbia was bound for Berlin.
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Tempelhofer Field
Tempelhofer Airdrome
Jacob Gould Schurman
Germany
Berlin
Father Maps Flight Path to Berlin for Son
Mrs. Chamberlin cheers as her son completes an Atlantic crossing while Mr. Chamberlin studies a map and a printer keeps watch. He traces the New York hop-off to Berlin route via Land's End and Plymouth, calculating gasoline and mileage to assert the flight will reach Berlin. Both parents express pride and confidence.
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Mrs. Chamberlin
Berlin
Atlantic
Land’s End
Plymouth
Livermore Jewel Theft Suspects Arrested
Nassau County detectives arrest a man connected to the $83 000 jewel robbery at Jesse L Livermore's Kings Point home. The suspect fled to a train and was cornered with officers drawing their guns before surrendering. a woman was also arrested and taken to Mineola.
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Ronkonkoma
N. Y
Nassau County
Kings Point
L. I
Jesse L. Livermore
Wall Street
Mineola
Mauretania Encounters Chamberlin Plane In Flight
Passengers aboard the Cunarder Mauretania sight a Bellanca monoplane NX-237,140 flown by Chamberlin circling the ship at 140 feet. The stunt follows Lindbergh’s era, with Memphis and Lindbergh news relayed to Washington. Mauretania races toward New York, faster than Memphis.
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Admiral Burrage
Lindbergh
New York
Mauretania
Chamberlin
Memphis
New York World News
S. S. Mauretania
Cherbourg
Land’s End
England
Bellanca
Washington
Powder Magazine Blast Kills One In Cracow Area
Tremendous explosions rocked the Tonie powder magazine near Cracow this morning, with a principal blast at Ft. Witkovice. The blast destroyed nearby houses and shook Cracow, causing one soldier death and injuries to eighty civilians in the fort.
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Warsaw
Poland
Tonie
Cracow
Ft. Witkovice
Theater fight leaves teen with facial injuries
Joseph Reese, 18, of Fourteenth and Republic streets, was bruised on the face and right eye in a quarrel at the Woodward Theater on Webster and Main streets yesterday afternoon. He was taken to the General Hospital. police have the assailant’s name.
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Joseph Reese
Fourteenth
Republic Streets
Woodward Theater
Webster
Main Streets
General Hospital
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