Akron Navy Dirigible Explores North Pole Flight Potential
A Navy airship Akron could feasibly undertake a week end north pole trip given a 11 000 mile radius at 50 knots with limited refueling. Rear Admiral Moffett predicts trans Atlantic trips in about one and a half days and sees long distance commercial future with 10 000 000 cubic feet ships. The Akron’s base is Lakehurst New Jersey and its operations could influence capital interest within four years.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Brazil
Alaska
Pole
Lakehurst
N. J
Lia Hous
Moffett
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Standings And Results From Sunday Games
Chicago defeated St Louis and Boston posted wins while Philadelphia and New York split scores. Detroit posted a large win as Cleveland and Chicago faced a one side result, with Pittsburgh and others showing varied outcomes across the table.
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Athletics Take Final Yankees Game To End Series
Connie Mack's Athletics defeated the New York Yankees 5 to 3 in New York to clinch the three game set. Lefty Grove finished as pitcher after Roy Mahaffey left with an injury in the seventh frame. Mahaffey had held the Yanks to three hits through six innings before trouble in the seventh.
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Athletics
Yankees
New York
Lefty Grove
Young Roy Mahaffey
Mahaffey
Yanks
Rube Walberg
Grove
Pipgras
Ben Chapman romance aids Yankees and 1750 Burkowski note
The narrative links Babe Ruth Myril Hoag Bam Byrd and Dusty Cooke to Ben Chapman’s romance and possible marriage with Ben, noting changes in Yankees by early fields. Burkowski’s $1750 value and 106000 potential earnings cited. Ed Dudley comments on manager hires and exhibition matches as a path to $20000 yearly.
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Yankees
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Babe Ruth
Myril Hoag
Bam Byrd
Dusty Cocke
Ben Chapman
Radio dealer jailed for inspection sale in Slytheville
Fragmentary OCR report from Slytheville outlines a radio installment plan and payments. Officers allege a deal involved a misstep in the sale and inspection, with authorities pursuing further action. The unclear text mentions a radio dealer, jail, and notes tied to the sale.
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Arkoet
Kengatoo
Tisual Indialinie
Kingaroo Cout
Altheimer Women Organize Ball Club
Altheimer, Ark. women have formed a ball club with married and single players chosen into sides. A sizable crowd of male spectators watched the early games as the women played and plan to resume hostilities at a later date.
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Altheimer
Ark
Gurdon Man Killed by Passenger Train Near Conroe
West. Shackleford, a Missouri Pacific railroad brakeman from Gurdon Arkansas, was struck and killed by a southbound passenger train near Conroe Texas on Friday. The train engineer said he saw Shackleford on the track but believed he would move before arrival.
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Tex West
Shackleford
Missouri Pacific
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Reduction in Phone Rates Asked at Mena
A move to cut telephone charges in Mena Arkansas has begun led by Mayor Fred Duke. The city council adopted a resolution asking Southwestern Bell to lower local rates for residential and commercial phones.
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Mena
Mena. Ark
Fred Duke
Southwestern Bell Company
Pecan Growers Protest Freight Rate Increase
In Jackson Mississippi the National Pecan Marketing Association representing growers from 10 Southern states joined protests against a proposed 15 percent rail freight rate hike.
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Jackson
Miss
National Pecan Marketing Association
Age Confusion In Trial Lifts Curious Moment
During the court session a black woman on the stand identifies herself as seventy three to the judge. After initial doubt she reaffirms the age, then finally confesses a mistake, saying her best measure is her own sense of age. The exchange shows a humorous miscue during proceedings.
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Mandy
Admiral touts airships as cheaper to build and faster to deploy
The admiral argues airships offer great value to the fleet, can be built for less than a cruiser, and produced quickly in war. He highlights Akron's housing for airships and aircraft, noting military value and potential for passenger or mail service. With Akron and ZRS-5, the navy could showcase dirigible capability.
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Admral
Akron
Navy
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