Courtney and Crew Land in Gotham Today
The Atlantic liner Minnewaska neared New York with Capt. Frank T. Courtney and three companions after their airship Whale was forced down off the Azores. Rescue crews and ships aided the search. Grover Whalen planned to greet them at city hall as the fliers, in good condition, prepared to reunite with supporters and backers.
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United Press
New York
Minnewaska
Frank T. Courtney
Whale
Atlantic
Azores
Grover Whalen
Battery
City Hall
Courtney
E. B. Hosmer
Fred Pierce
H. W. Gilmour
Lloyd
Columbus
Red Star
Pennland
President Hayes
Airmail and Flight Ventures Lead Indiana Prominence
Flier Loutt from Kendall Refining visits Indianapolis en route to Los Angeles for a transcontinental race while Post Office efforts press to light the Cincinnati to Chicago air mail route with beacon beacons every ten miles. Bristol Aircraft near US manufacture deal for Jupiter engine anticipated.
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Chicago
Lafayette
Ind
Postoffice Department
Chamber of Commerce
Embry-Riddle Company
Cincinnati
Chamber
Robert H. Bryson
Washington, D. C
Indianapolis
Post Office Department
Indiana National Guard squadron departs for 16 weeks camp
Members of the 113th Observation Squadron depart from Indianapolis for Camp Knox Kentucky for the annual encampment. The group travels by air from the city airport after leaving the National Guard Armory by bus in the early hours. Major R F Taylor leads as squadron commander and pilot aboard a C-17 biplane.
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Indiana National Guard
Camp Knox
National Guard
Indianapolis
Maj
R. F. Taylor
85 year old Kendall takes first airplane ride over Columbus
William F. Kendall, 85, enjoys a 30 minute flight over Columbus accompanied by several pilots and observers. The Civil War veteran, once imprisoned in Libby, views buildings by a contracting firm he helps to form as Major General Tyndall and other air crew fly various aircraft including O-17 and PT-1 biplanes.
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Times
Columbus
Ind
William F. Kendall
Libby
Weather Observation Report Summary
Northwest wind five miles per hour. Barometric pressure 31.12 inches. Temperature 75 degrees. Ceiling 800 feet. Visibility eight miles with fog descending. Observed by The Times government observers J. H. Armington and Donald McConnell.
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Times Py
J. H. Armington
Donald McConnell
Government Aeronautical
Viuna Miracle Cure Claims From Farm Letter Reader
A Stockton Illinois farmer describes relief from kidney trouble and rheumatism after taking Viuna. He reports improved sleep, appetite, blood quality, and energy, noting his wife and son also benefited and that refunds are offered if not satisfied. The letter promotes Viuna as a blood purifying tonic with dollar price and mail order option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Reiland
Stockton
Viuna
Iceland Medicine Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Air mail rates could spark all plane postal era
The five-cent air mail rate may transform the U S postal system as railroads seek data on air mail popularity. Post Office officials expect large railroads to start air routes, potentially moving most mail by air within years and doubling or tripling current volumes.
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Ruth Finney
Washington
United States
Post Office Department
Lindy Uses New Tuse To Slip Crowds At Field
Col Charles A Lindbergh escaped large crowds at Mitchel Field after landing from a Transcontinental Air Transport tour. Two women accompanied him, one possibly his mother, as crowds swarmed the field. He moved to a waiting car while another headed to a second vehicle. He was later reported at Harry Guggenheim's home in Port Washington.
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United Press
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mitchelfield
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc
Lindbergh
Harry Guggenheim
Port Washington
Air lift of Ogden flowers reaches Indianapolis by plane
A chartered plane from Ogden Utah delivers 2000 sweet peas to Bettermann Brothers in Indianapolis. The shipment will reach the city less than 24 hours after picking, demonstrating air transport potential for perishable goods and signaling plans for wider flower industry use. Local agents call air delivery a real, growing factor in national shipping.
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Indianapolis
Bettermann Brothers Company
Ogden
Utah
Chicago
Donald McConnell
Embry- Riddie Company
Ees
Europe
Fast Express
Artistic Floral Company
Denver
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Airport Site Recommendations Reported By Commerce Expert
Recommendations from A P Talia ferro of the Department of Commerce on municipal airport sites have been received by the Chamber of Commerce. The report urges a site south to northwest of the city to avoid coal smoke, accessible by road and streetcar, large enough for expansion but outside growth paths, with no wires or dense development nearby and with available water electricity gas and sewerage.
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A. P. Taliaferro
Department of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
L. Ert Slack
C. of C. Industrial Commission
Mother claims son drugged before deadly shooting
Edinburg deputy James Glass's mother says he cannot remember the night he struck Earl Jackson with a revolver and fired the fatal shot. He is jailed in Franklin after Jackson was arrested. Howard Burgess, a Ft. Harrison soldier, is jailed in Eaton, Ohio for beating Nellie Clark with a hammer. her left eye is gone and motive is unclear.
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All Times
Edinburg
Ind
James Glass
W. C. Milburn
Earl
Jackson
Glass
Timea
Richmond
Howard Burgess
Harrison
Eaton
Ohio
Nellie Clark
Air progress discussed by Hoover Davis at Palo Alto
Herbert Hoover and War Secretary Dwight Davis discussed air navigation progress and future U S air transport needs at Hoover Campus. Davis reported Army aviation advances and predicted it would become the world’s greatest once Congress funds are spent. Hoover plans a Yosemite trip before accepting campaign events.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Palo Alto
Cal
Herbert Hoover
Dwight Davis
Hoover
United States
Davis
Army Aviation Division
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Lester Maitland
Congress
Yosemite Valley
National Park
Hubert Work
Scholarships Established to Honor World War Sacrifice
Five Indiana University scholarships have been awarded under LaVerne Noyes will to fund contingent fees of about $70 for the coming year. Eligibility is limited to World War veterans or their direct descendants, with applications now being received in Bloomington.
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Postmaster General
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
LaVerne Noyes
Chicago
Teeth for Fish Near Boston Light
John Barry an amateur fisherman asks police to search for his missing false teeth after a fish tugged his line off Hull Massachusetts. In the struggle he yelled and his teeth dropped into the sea leaving him noting he lost the fish as well.
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Barry
Boston Light
Mrs. Frances Golden 75 Dies in Indianapolis
Mrs. Frances Golden of the Hanover College faculty died Sunday at St. Vincent's Hospital aged 75. She is survived by her husband Rev. Frank O. Ballard, a brother William Nelson Golden of Pittsburgh, three sons Felix Foster Birmingham, William Reed New York, Roger Kingsley Ballard Chicago, a daughter Mrs. David F. Smith Indianapolis and eight grandchildren. Funeral services are at Flanner Buchanan mortuary at 8 this evening with Dr. William A. Millis officiating. Burial will be in Athens Ohio.
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Frances Golden
Hanover College
Frank O. Ballard
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Athens
Ohio
Ballard
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary
William A. Millis
Hanover
William Nelson Golden
Pittsburgh
Felix Foster
Birmingham
Ala
William Reed
New York City
Roger Kingsley Ballard
Chicago
David F. Smith
Indianapolis
Kidnap Drive Intensifies Detroit Taxi War
A United Cab Company driver was beaten and kidnapped by six men in Detroit as taxi wars escalate. Rival companies and authorities report hundreds of arrests, cab damage, stonings, and sabotage across fleets, with fare disputes and deliberate violence heightening tensions.
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United Press
Detroit
United Cab Company
Ohio
United Company
Checker Company
United
Smith Day Draws 2000 in Galveston
More than 2,000 Smiths attended a Smith day in Galveston on Sunday. Politics were barred to preserve harmony at the event.
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Galveston
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M. C. Loutt
Kendall Refining Company
Bradford
Loutt
Los Angéles
Louisville
Jupiter
U. S
Bristol Airplane Company, Ltd
Bristol
Eng
Marty and
Fly
W. A. Varick
Flint
Mich
Wichita
Kan
Boston
Tyndall
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Oliver Stout
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George W. Vawter
Raymond Barbin
Earl Sweeney
John Deiter
Cecil Reynolds
Harry Munn
Farmer
Riverside Amusement Park
Nu-Grape Bottling Co
Riverside
Lindy
Health Research Bureau
Alabama
Riley
Millard Institute OF Normal Speech
William A. Craig
Darrach
N. Ilinois
Illinois St
Shank Storage Co
R Tire CO
MOTO
General Banking
Meyer-Kiser Bank
E. Washington
Bowes
Pays
Noecause
Amanat da
Seal- Fast
Seal-Fast Corporation
Tlanspolis
Amundsen
Paris
Rene Guilbaud
Roald Amundsen
Italia
Ailette
Cherbourg
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Strasbourg
Arctic
Ft. Harrison
Gay Taikechere
Toledo
Pye Cibe
Traction Terminal
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Market Sts
Claypool Hotel
W. Washington St
Lincoln
State Life Insurance CO
State Life
Virginia Beach
Martha Washington Hotel
Apt
Big Four
R. R
Niagara Falls
N.Y
City Ticket Office
Monument Circle
Union Station
J. N. Lemmon
iPass
Hull
Mass
John
Mrs. Golden
Sander & Becker
Meridian
Maryland
Garand
Tire CO
Penn
Liberty Credit Clothing Co
North
Pennsylvania Street
Akron Surgical House, Inc
Mass, Ave
Aetna Trust & Savings Co
N, Penn. St
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Georgia St
Kelly-Springfield
Hassler
Willis Tire Store
Fred I. Willis
Mer
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Kiley
W. Wash
St. Steve
Haag
Pennsylvania
Public Service Tire CO
E. New York St
Ideal Furniture CO
Indiana
State Auto Insurance Association
Occidental
Lin
Puritan Finance CO
S. Delaware St. Lincoln
O’coats
Massachusetts Ave
Perle
Bau
United Tride
Guarantee Tire & Rubber CO
Brannum-Keene Lumber CO
Economy Rug Co
East
Washington St
Main
Paul H. Krauss
E. Kernel Optical Dept
WM. H. Block CO
Eiteljorg
Moore Cor
Market St. and Circle
Circle Theater
United Union Dental Corporation
Drexel
Hollander Co
Virginia Ave
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