Bennett Balloon Trophy Won By E J Hill In The Detroit
E J Hill of Detroit won the James Gordon Bennett balloon trophy race unofficially piloting The Detroit a 725 mile trek from Detroit to Baxley Georgia He led a US Belgium France Spain and other entries across the finish line with Goodyear VI close behind The race featured wind squall lines and low altitude flying to conserve gas and ballast.
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Detroit
E. J. Hill
Hill
Baxley
United States
National Aeronautical Association
Washington
Barmen
Germany
Lafayette
France
Hispania
Spain
Belgica
Belgium
Sugar Island
Lake Erie
Sandusky
Dux
Italy
Newberry
S. C
the Bee
England
Randolph
Paris-Bruxelles
Dunn
N. C
Rex
Cleveland County
United States Army
York
Halvetin
Statesville
Munster
Simpsons Ferry
Columbia
Brandenburg
Switzerland
Aircraft Corporation of America
A. G. Schlosser
Schlosser
Atlanta
North Carolina
Smelby
Fort Valley
Bremen
Treasury Officials Study Tax Revision for New Congress
Washington reports treasury officials are weighing tax reform as Congress nears December session. They foresee no half billion surplus this year, expecting possibly over 300 million, with revenue mainly from current receipts as prior surplus sources dry up. Debate centers on surtax reductions, luxury taxes, and corporate levies, plus administrative fixes to end the many law inequalities.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Joint
Congressional Tax Committee
City Schools enroll 6583 on opening day
Six thousand five hundred eighty three children enrolled in High Point's twelve public schools on opening day of the 1927 28 year. White enrollment totals 5382 with 1176 at Negro schools. If kept, total year enrollment may near 8000.
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High Point
T. Wingate Andrews
Johnson Street
Ray Street
Elm Street
Emma Blair
Cloverdale
Grimes Street
Oak Hill
Ruth Elder Indicated Trans Atlantic Flight Plans
Miss Ruth Elder co pilot of the American Girl told Wheeling backers by telephone from Portsmouth that she would proceed with her original trans Atlantic flight plan. She and partner George Haldeman landed in Portsmouth en route from Tampa to Wheeling and aimed to depart for Wheeling then Roosevelt Field New York and on to Paris by Sunday. Promoters urged postponement to next year.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ruth Elder
Portsmouth
Ohio
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Paris
Miss Elder
Haldeman
Mrs Levine pressures husband over new India flight
New York AP report notes Mrs Charles A Levine urges her husband to abandon a proposed non stop flight to Calcutta after securing him to drop plans to fly from England to America. From London he confirms reconsidering homeward travel but intends a Calcutta run.
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New York
England
America
Charles A. Levine
Fengs Leads In Chinese Massacre
Peking reports Chinese newspapers accuse Marshal Feng Yu Hsiang troops of massacring thousands in Changte northern Henan. Heavenly Gate and Read Spears groups clash with Feng's forces, and the army retaliates slaughtering residents regardless of age or sex. Death estimates vary widely from 30 000 to 80 000.
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Peking
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Changte
Henan
Heavenly Gate
Feng
Heat wave grips the Midwest with record September heat
Chicago recorded 92 degrees as part of a long Midwest heat wave lasting five days in Iowa with 90 plus temperatures. Forecasters warned of only fair and warmer conditions and a lone death from prostration was reported as meteorologist H. Cox called the event unusually extensive for the season.
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Chicago
Mid-West
Platte
Arkansas
Missouri
Iowa
Trail Blazing Plane Opens Detroit to Jacksonville Run
A Ford all metal tri motor airliner carrying William C. Wakefield and guests flew from Nashville to Atlanta en route to Jacksonville. The trip marks the Detroit and Northern Airline's trail blazing inaugural weekly service with Wakefield predicting nine and a half hour nine to eleven hour journey times and early November start for regular service.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hill and Vale
William C. Wakefield
Detroit
Blackwood Field
Atlanta
Wakefield
Jacksonville
C. B. Swinson
Candler Airfield
Candler Freer
Candler Field
Detroit and Northern Air Line
Do Not Choose to Run in 1928 Ford Tour Car Declares Legend
A Ford touring car carrying students pulled into town. Boxcar style lettering on the car proclaimed I do not choose to run in 1928. The tongue in cheek statement appears as a lighthearted college scene echoed by the AP report.
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Collegians
Typhoon Impacts Kinshiu As Round The World Flight Stalls
The Pride of Detroit monoplane was not harmed by a typhoon near Kinshiu and aims to leave Omura for Kasumigaurra then Tokyo. Weather woes threaten the round the world attempt of Brock and Schlee as they remain grounded near Omura with a potential takeoff as soon as conditions improve.
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Tokyo
Detroit
KinKshiu
Nagasaki
Omura
William S. Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Globe
Shanghai
Anpparentis
Policeman Joseph M Quigley Dies at Rochester Leader of Police
Joseph M Quigley chief of police in Rochester New York died today He led the force for 18 years and was president of the International Association of Police Chiefs in 1919 and 1927 He refused a third term after serving as head of the department for many years
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Washington
Federal Land Bank
South Atlantic
Howard C. Arnold
Columbia
S. C
Federal Farm Loan Board
Rochester
N. Y
Joseph M Quigley
Ional Aeseiiation
Peiice Ch
Efir
Bowie Will Speak For Smith At Mecklenburg Rally
Former Judge Tom C. Bowie of Jefferson will deliver the principal speech at the Smith for president rally in Mecklenburg courthouse, with five minute talks planned. Delegations from Hickory, Concord, Gastonia and Monroe were expected, plus other communities.
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Charlotte
Tom C. Bowie
Jefferson
Mecklenburg
Johnson DP. McCall
al Smith
McCall
Hickory
Concord
Gastonia
Monroe
Foreign doctors study North Carolina health effort
A delegation from Mexico led by H. P. Carr director of the international board of health examines rural sanitation and hookworm control in North Carolina. Dr H Mejia, Vera Cruz health officer, accompanies the group. An Australian contingent traveled from Durham to Charlotte to observe hospital management at Duke Foundation under Drew S Baumkin.
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Wilmington
Carolina Beach
H. T. Ireland
J. L. Bird
Greensboro
Ireland
South Atlantic
Carolina Beach Corporation
Winston-Salem
Messrs. Ireland
Bird
J. T. Webb
Webb
Raleigh
Stacey W. Wade
W. A. Scott
Wade
H. P. Carr
International Board of Health For Mexico
H. Mejia
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Australia
Durham
Charlotte
Judas ‘Ly
Duke Feundon
Drew S. Baumkin
Gwyn denies confession in R. Smith Petty murder case
Reidsville reports rumors claim a confession in the Petty murder case, but Solictor Allen Gwyn denies any confession after checking reports. Alma Petty Gatlin, daughter of Petty, remains jailed in Wentworth on first degree murder charges after a coroner's jury inquiry into his death and burial.
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Reidsville
R. Smith Petty
Allen Gwyn
Rockingham County
Alma Petty Gatlin
Petty
Wentworth
Thomas F. Pardue
Gatlin
Big grain breaks spark drop in wheat and corn prices
In Chicago on September 13, the wheat and corn markets fell sharply after the official Canadian wheat production estimate rose unexpectedly. Wheat dropped 5 1/8 cents a bushel and corn fell 5 cents.
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Chicago
Atlantic Search Spots Wreckage From Lost Air Expedition
Water logged wreckage from the lost Old Glory monoplane was found at three sea locations as crews pursue ten missing adventurers. A French schooner sighted wreckage about 2590 miles off Sable Island and a Newquay beach fragment hinted at a yellowish plane with black lettering. Douglas Muir aboard the Kyle relayed coordinates 51.17 north 39.23 west and no crew signs were reported match the Old Glory catastrophe.
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New York
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Old Glory
Nungesser and
Coli
Lowenstein-Wertheim
John Carling
Newquay
Cornwall
England
Halifax
Sable Island
Jeanne D‘arc
Douglas Muir
St. John’s
N. F
Kyle
New York Daily Mirror
Newfoundland
Mexican Bandits Active Near Mexican Frontier
Reports from Tepic and Nayarit describe bandit activity prompting Jalisco troops to assist in protecting foreign lives and property. Federal forces reportedly defeated rebel groups with a 35-man surrender at Compostela near the Nayarit area and routed Daniel Cruz’s band near Ista De Sancavyetano.
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Nogales
Ariz
Nayarit
Mexico
Jalisco
Tepic
Compostela
Daniel Cruz
Ista de Sancavyetano
Dixie Stirs Yankee Vets To Applause In Grand Army Meet
Grand Army of the Republic leaders in Grand Rapids discuss a joint blue and gray reunion. A Dixie chorus provokes cheers as veterans rally in the hotel lobby while plans for a permanent G A R headquarters and the 1928 convention circulate.
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Dixie
Grand Army Desirous
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Army
Blue
Mabel Kline
Reading
Woman's Relief Corps
G. A. RR
Altthough
Denver
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Zane Grey
NEA
Fred Kleibingat
Phyllis Reid
South Seas
Nukualofa
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Whangaroa
ST. Johns
India
London
Levine
Mrs. Levine
Island of
Japan
Federal Land Bank At
Kasumigaurra
Lam Bowie
Smith
N.C. Health
Gwyn
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