Record of 1920s aviation feats and voyages
The item lists pilots and crafts including Old Glory, Fokker monoplane, Sikorsky plane, and ships like Royal Windsor and Columbia. It notes flight plans toward Paris, Windward routes, and regional stops at Portland Maine Cranwell Caribou Maine Corunna Spain and Bunderbhas Persia as anticipation of long distance hops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Royal Windsor
Portland
Maine
Windr
England
Courtney
Corunna
Spain
Columbia
Cranwell
Grand
America
Sir John Carling
Caribou
Schlee
Brock
Bunder Bhas
Persia
Adventists Oppose New Sunday Law In Carolina Conference
Delegates in Charlotte pass a resolution denouncing a DC Sunday law as a step toward a national blue law. The protest argues religious legislation threatens liberty and equal treatment of faiths. In Reidsville, a murder case unfolds as police uncover the body of J. Smith Petty and arrest Alma Petty Gatlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Carolina
Seven Day Adventists
Congress
Carolina Conference
North and
South Carolina
Charlotte
N. C
Strikers and Mill Owners Meet in Henderson
In Henderson North Carolina on September 3 AP reports the 800 Harriet Cotton Mill workers nearing a month on strike ponder a return to work as mill owners drop eviction actions and a possible accord appears. Union organizer Alfred Hoffman urged continued strike for a 12 percent raise while promising external funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Henderson Mills
Alfred Hoffman
Durham
Harriet Mill
S. P. Cooper
John D. Cooper
B. H. Perry
J. P. Zolliecoffer
William F. Horner
Vance Hotel
Old Glory Sets Out From Roosevelt Field Amid Wreckage Probes
At Roosevelt Field New York the monoplane Old Glory prepared for a non stop flight to Rome with co pilots J D Hill and Lloyd Bertaud as weather eyed. In Maine coast salvage teams gathered wreckage fragments from a white painted vessel amid reports a large yacht may have foundered in recent gales near Seguin Half Way Rock and Kennebec River mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Field
New York
Old Glory
Old Orchard
Maine
J. D. Hill
Lloyd Bertaud
Rome
Hill
Jones
Portland
Atlantic
Seguin
Kennebec River
Half Way Rock
Charles Blackburn
Long Island
Missing St Raphael flight search continues over weekend
United States coast radio stations stay on alert as the missing St Raphael with its titled man passenger and two pilots is tracked through the weekend. Captain Leslie Hamilton Lieutenant Colonel F F Minchen and Incess Lowenstein-Wtheim planned a flight to England to Ottawa Ontario after a start Wednesday. Rumors of sighting off Labrador coast proved unconfirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upavon
Wiltshire
England
St. Raphael
Princess Lowenstein-Wertheim
Canada
Frederick L. Minchin
Leslie Hamilton
Lowenstein-Wtheim
Ottawa
Labrador
North Carolina Fire Toll in 1926 Hits 186 Lives Lost
Gov McLean reports 186 deaths and 6.65 million dollars in property destroyed by fires in 1926. He urges Fire Prevention Week Oct 5 to mobilize chambers of commerce civic groups and press against fire hazards statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis and Women’s
North Carolina
Salisbury man acquitted of manslaughter in Bebe Taylor death
OCKSVILLE September 3 AP Sylvester Taylor of Salisbury was acquitted by a Davie County jury of manslaughter in connection with the death of Bebe Taylor a Negro woman six months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocksville
Ylvester Taylor
Salisbury
Bebe Taylor
Seven Die in Rioting at Tony De Capua Home
Seven people were shot and killed during a riot at the Tony De Capua residence in Youngstown Ohio. Four others including a gunman and a baby all died or were wounded, with police finding no English speakers at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Ohio
Tony de Capua
Lindbergh Lands Spirit of St Louis at Salt Lake
At Salt Lake City Utah on September 3 Colonel Charles A Lindbergh piloting the Spirit of St Louis landed at the airport at 1 55 p m after arriving from Cheyenne Wyoming The arrival marks a notable stop in his trans Atlantic flight events 今日
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
Charles A. Lindbergh
Cheyenne
Wyo
Three Are Killed in a Train Crash at Princeton Indiana
A collision involving Southern Railway passenger train No. 2 and a Big Four coal train near Francisco Coal Mine No. 2 killed three men: engineer Thomas Nelson 62 of New Albany and fireman Leonard Wilson 44 of Princeton, plus the Big Four fireman W. E. Anderson of Petersburg. One other dies, George Fluhr 40 of Petersburg, and a seriously injured engineer on the coal train. many passengers and crew suffered bruises as wrecked locomotives blocked the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidsville
J. Smith Petty
Thomas F. Pardue
Petty
Alma Petty Gatlin
Wharton
J. F. Smith
Eugene S. Gatlin
Smith
Princeton
Indiana
Southern Railway
Louisville
St. Louis
Francisco
Southern
Thomas Nelson
New Albany
W. E. Anderson
Petersburg
Ind
Leonard Wilson
George Fluhr
Deserter Rannells Faces Larceny Charge After Washington Trip
W. B. Rannells, who abandoned a tour party in Washington after collecting funds for Canada trips, was brought to High Point from Asheville to face larceny charges. He says he does not intend to defraud and is trying to repay debts. Rannells has ties to Greensboro and Asheville and previously led tours to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Rannells
High Point
Reidsville
Washington, D. C
Canada
Asheville
Chief Gibson
D. K. Ballard
Parkway
Mangum Avenue
Rannells
Sunday
New York Times
Washington
Knoxville
Tenn
Morristown
Walter Royal
Silver Building
Royal
City Jail
W. G. Foy
W. H. Foy
Greensboro
Rennelis
Levine Aims for Transatlantic Flight From Cranwell
Charles A. Levine arrived in Cranwell England as preparations for a Columbia to America move forward. Weather must cooperate for a Tuesday departure as Captain Hinchcliffe conducts a successful test flight despite 45 mile head winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranwell
England
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
America
Hinchcliffe
Levine
Four Girls Drowned When Boat Capsized in Passaic River
Four vacationing girls aged 15 to 20 drowned when their boat capsized in the swollen Passaic River at Pine Brook near Caldwell New Jersey. The victims were Kathryne Azzarra 20 Newark Anna Lynch 16 Newark Jane Harak 15 Irvington Cornelia J Haitsma Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryne Azzarra
Newark
Anna Lynch
Jane Harak
Irvington
Cornelia J. Haitsma
Suit Against The Records Begun
Greensboro police chief Crutchfield sues J M Reece Publishing for 30000 in defamation over articles about Myers discharge and a car wreck affidavit. The suit cites false malicious libelous statements causing mental anguish and damage to reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
J. M. Reece Publishing Company
Greensboro Daily Record
George P. Crutchfield
C. W. Myers
Whale Lands Near Corunna During Flight
The flying boat Whale, piloted by Captain F T Courtney, started from Plymouth this morning and landed in a dangerous spot on the Galician coast near Corunna this afternoon. Rescue teams guided the aviators to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corunna
Spain
F. T. Courtney
Plymouth
Galacian
North Carolina Typhoid Fall Noted as Diphtheria Rises
Raleigh reports August typhoid cases in North Carolina at 313, down from 377 in August 1926, while diphtheria cases rose to 232 from 149. Week ending Saturday saw 5 typhoid, 39 diphtheria, 70 measles, 6 smallpox, 21 scarlet fever. infantile paralysis cases fell to 3 from 27 last August, with one new case in Durham.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Health
Durham
Royal Windsor 8 Stored For Night In Portland
The moneplane Royal Windsor landed safely at Portland airport after a 250 mile two hour flight from St Gregoire Quebec to Windsor Ontario in poor field conditions. Wheels sank into soft ground and a second flight with 3500 pounds of cargo including 400 gallons of gasoline was deemed impossible. Tomorrow they will unload fuel and cargo and relocate from Old Orchard if coast weather improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Royal Windsor
C. A
Duke” Shiller
Phil Wood
Windsor
Opt
England
St. Gregoire
Que
Old Orchard
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Bride
Evangelist
New England
O Perty
Hun
Dred
Law
Redfern
Brunswick
Paul Redfern
Brazil
South America
Venezuela
Orinoco River
Paul J. Warner
Department of State
Caucas
Gate City
WHALE
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