Local interest grows as Parker Cramer charts air route
Local residents follow Parker Cramer, aided by Bert Hassell, on an aerial survey from Detroit toward Greenland and Denmark for potential U S air mail route. The pair faced two weeks lost in the frozen north after an earlier European flight. A radio operator travels with them as they align with Transamerican offices in Cleveland.
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Parker Cramer
Greeneland
Europe
Post Office Department
Cramer
Clarion
Corey
Pennsylvania
Bert Hassell
Rockford, T
Detroit
Handit
Greenland
Toeland
Faroe + Islands
Denmark
Finch
Cleveland
Young flier earns transport pilot license
Oil City August 6 Ray Byjak of Titusville affiliated with Taylor and Foye operators of Splane Memorial airport flew to Port Brie on Tuesday to pass his transport pilot license test. The 19 year old gained aviation credit, securing initial instruction in Wichita Kansas and later private and limited commercial licenses, well known at Titusville and Splane port.
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Oil City
Ray Byjak
Titusville
Taylor and Foye
Splane Memorial
Brie
Port Brie
Dygile
Wichita
Kansas
Splane
Cyrul
Lus
Davis Attacks Wine Bricks in Prohibition Plea
County Commissioner Charles R. Davis, a strong prohibitionist, denounced "wine bricks" and other evasion methods at a courthouse interview. He argued against any liquor substitutes, reaffirming his stance that liquor brings misery and he will continue to oppose them while declining to comment on Hoover farm board funding or the former attorney general's involvement with the grape pulp organization.
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Eri
Charles R. Davis
Tve
Herbert Hoover
Farm Board
Mabel Walker Willembrandl
Man killed and coworker burned by high voltage line near Titusville
William Fox 32 of Venangoboro near Meadville was instantly killed when a tree limb struck a live power line and the fence it touched. Carman Dearborn 23 of Edinboro suffered severe burns to the left arm and body and is hospitalized in Titusville but expected to recover. Both men belonged to a crew cutting brush along the Allied Gas and Electric Co. line from Clarion to Union City and Erie.
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William, Fox
Venangoboro
Meadville
Titusville
Associated’ Gas and Electric Company
Carman Dearborn
Edinboro
Clarion
Union City
Erie
Fox
Hyew Fox
Dearborn
Young Dearborn
Suit for 50000 Damages Follows Crossing Death
Mrs Ella May Brown of New Kensington Pa files a 50000 damages suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad on behalf of her three minor children Howard W Waneta and Eleanor D Brown after the death of husband Harry M Brown struck by a train while crossing tracks between Ninth and Tenth streets in New Kensington February 16 1929 The suit was filed today in Greensburg Pa.
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United Press
Greensburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Today
Ella May Brown
New Kensington
Harry M. ‘Brown
Brown
Ninn and
Tenth Streets
Howard W., Waneta
Eleanor D. Brown
Real Estate Dealer Fires On Officers Then Tries Suicide
Gari T. Lord, 50, a Boston real estate dealer, forced entry at his estranged wife’s Framingham home to meet his five children. Police were summoned after the intrusion. Lord shot two officers and then attempted suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Framingham
Mass
Gari T. Lord
Boston
Grand Valley picnic draws over five thousand attendees
United States Senator James J. Davis headlined the Grand Valley Odd Fellows picnic, delivering the main address amid a record turnout of more than 5,000. Judge J. A. Arndt Assemblyman A. W. Mumford and State Senator Leroy E. Chapman joined Davis with warm tributes and remarks on agriculture, industry, and the tariff as crowds enjoyed an all day program of games and entertainment.
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Corry
F. Piemc
Grand Valley
United States
James J. Davis
J. A. Arvnd
Warren
A. W. Mumford
Warren County
LeRoy EB. Chapman
Warren-Venango
Davis
Hearst
Odd Fellows
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Garion Flier
Ocean
William Fox
Associated Electric Gang
R. B. Mosier
J. J. Davis
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Pt. Jar
Uneeda Bakers Asst
Pet
Sunkist
Bartlett Pears
Junior Department Store
RICH
North Center Street
Corry, Pa
Cretonne
SILK
Ivory
Ocean Blue
Gge
Dunity
Lin
White House
Aluminum
Federal Reserve Bank
Colt
Assei Con
State
Maintens
Winton de Sparta
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