Army and Navy to Enter National Air Races in Los Angeles
Army units from Selfridge Field Langley Field and the Third Attack group will race for the Mitchell Mason Patrick trophies at the National Air Races beginning September 8 in Los Angeles. Navy carriers may anchor near Ocean Park Rendondo Beach while the dirigible Los Angeles is expected to fly west for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Army
Navy
A. Trubee Davison
E. P. Warner
Richfield Oil Company
Davison
Selfridge Field
Mich
Mason M. Patrick
A. P. Flagg
Warner
Washington
Steele
Ocean Park
Venice
Rendondo Beach
Mander Rosendah
Wiley
Liberty Engine Builders
Hoosier Airport Plans Night Flights With Landing Lights
Hoosier airport on Kessler Blvd and Lafayette Pike will equip several Travel Air biplanes with landing lights for night flying. Bob Shank, president, announced today amid a week of record passenger business with about fifty passenger flights during the biggest weekday since opening last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier
Kessler Blvd
Lafayette Pike
Travel Air
Bob Shank
Ants and Roaches Vanish With New Chemical
An odorless stainless powder named Taleimized Sodium Fluoride marketed as T. S. F. promises to drive ants and roaches from homes and deter returns. A single application around sinks and doors is said to work for a long time, with pests leaving quickly and not returning.
Viuna touted as cure for kidney and bladder troubles
Letter from James Sheinberger of South Bend Indiana describes severe kidney pain back ache and related symptoms. He credits Viuna with rapid relief including reduced swelling improved sleep restored appetite and renewed strength. Viuna claims to purify blood aid digestion and build energy with a money back trial offer.
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James Sheinberger
South 31St &T
South Bend
Ind
Viuna
Iceland Medicine Co
Indianapolis
Plane Used By State Police In Ice Cream Wagon Crash
An airplane carried Charles Ottinger of Whites Town to Franklin to face auto crash charges after his vehicle struck an ice cream wagon. He chose plane travel over an eighty mile car trip, despite never flying before.
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Times
Franklin
Ind
Charles Ottinger
Whitestown
Costes Speeds Prep For Transatlantic Nonstop Flight
Dieudonne Costes, French world flyer, hurries preparations for a proposed nonstop Atlantic crossing. He moved from Villacoublay to Le Bourget to allow a full fuel load takeoff, with Mechanic Bellonte set to accompany him. Route and target city remain undecided. The red plane bears white question marks. Costes previously completed a world-flown leg with Lebrix from St. Louis Senegal to Natal Brazil in 1927.
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United Press
Dieudonne Costes
Atlantic
Costes
Villacoublay
le Bourget Field
Bellonte
New York
Philadelphia
Joseph Lebrix
St. Louis
Senegal
Africa
Natal
Brazil
Airplane salute greets boys at Bridgeport camp
Lieutenant Neissell of the National airport flew over the Marion County Tuberculosis Association child nutrition camp in Bridgeport. He dipped his plane low saluted the flag and parachuted a basket of apples to twenty five boys nursing back to health. The baseball game paused as children watched the aircraft and grabbed the fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Bridgeport
Neissell
National Airport
Plane Repair Flight For 113th Observation Squadron
Capt. L. I. Aretz and Lieut. Stan ley Levever of the Indiana National Guard flew from Camp Knox Kentucky to Indianapolis airport in a Curtiss O-11 to obtain repair parts for squadron planes now in camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. I. Aretz
Stanley Levever
113Th Observation Squadron
Indiana National Guard
Indianapolis
Camp Knox
River Night Flights Offer Moonlight Air Trips
Citizens of Cincinnati may take moonlight flights over the Ohio River each weekend via Embry-Riddle Company. A tri motor fourteen passenger plane runs from Stout Field Detroit to Cincinnati and back, carrying Embry-Riddle passengers in Cincinnati. Floyd Prothero, traffic manager, was co pilot on a Chicago air mail flight Tuesday evening to study the route.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Embry-Riddle Company
Cincinnati-Indianapolis-Chicago Air Mail
Stout Field
Detroit
Floyd Prothero
Embry-Riddle
Chicago Air Mail
Weather conditions at 9 30 A M in Times area
The report shows ceiling unlimited and visibility one mile with hazy conditions. Barometer reads 30.13 inches and wind from the northeast at four miles per hour.
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J. H. Armington
Donald McConnell
Funeral Rites Planned for Edward Nicely 15
Edward Nicely, 15, of 348 Miley Ave, died Tuesday after being struck by a Pennsylvania freight train near Crawfordsville. He was visiting uncle William Kelly. son of Frank Nicely, an employee of the Murray Company. He and other boys attempted to hop a train when the accident occurred. He died at Culver hospital Tuesday night.
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Edward Nicely
Miley Ave
Pennsylvania
Crawfordsville
Young Nicely
Frank Nicely
Murray Company
William Kelly
Culver Hospital
Massachusetts Ave Merchants Seek Union at Athenaeum
Massachusetts Avenue merchants and property owners will meet at the Athenaeum to organize a merchants association. Mayor L Ert Slack and Dick Miller have been invited, with committee members named as Rauh Jungelaus Ellis Bertman Chambers and Oilar to plan district growth.
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Massachusetts Ave
Athenaeum
Highest BC official stands 9000 feet up Mount Cartier
The top BC official by altitude is the fire ranger at a Mount Cartier lookout station in Revelstoke district nine thousand feet above sea level. He draws water from snow in summer and guards a timber area of about 130 billion cubic feet in British Columbia.
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United Press Revelstore
B. C
British Columbia
Mount Cartier
Congressmen to inspect Minnesota forest region in rare trip
A special congressional committee will enter the Superior National Forest in Minnesota on August 24 to view the disputed wilderness where conservationists and power interests clash. The report comes via the Izaak Walton League of America. Clarence M. Hengst YMCA secretary in Newcastle Indiana, great nephew of Charles Curtis, received a letter and photo from Curtis thanking him for nominating remarks.
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United Press
Chicago
Superior National Forest
Minnesota
Izaak Walton League of America
Bu Times
Newcastle
Ind
Clarence M. Hengst
Charles Curtis
Curtis
Byrd Antarctic Expedition Starts Equipment Phase
The City of New York supply ship is moved to Hoboken for equipping as the Byrd Antarctic expedition proceeds. Projected costs touch about 1 million dollars with $855,000 already spent and $435,000 in equipment donations.
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Bay
United Press
New York
Richard E. Byrd
City of New York
Hoboken
City of
United States
Plans to Fly World Tour From Paris in Small Plane
George Storck of Seattle and Jack sonville plan to depart Paris in a small Avro Avian to circumnavigate the globe in about three weeks. They aim to prove long distance travel by light aircraft is safe and feasible.
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uUnited Preas
Paris
George Storck
Seattle
Wash
Jacksonville
Fla
Stolen Automobiles Reported to Police
Automobiles reported stolen include a Maxwell touring from Broad Ripple Park taken from Rudolph Egener of 1439 N New Jersey St Maxwell, a Ford roadster 47 173 taken from Daniel F Thompson of 1250 Edge mont Ave Flacksville Ind, a Ford coupe 634 542 taken from Bert Lockwood of 1433 Shelby St Woodlawn and Virginia Aves, and a Ford sedan 660 026 taken from W R Elliott of 2630 Burton Ave Morris St and the Belt railroad.
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Rudolph Egener
New Jersey St
Maxwell Touring
Broad Ripple Park
Daniel F. Thompson
Edgemont Ave
Flacksville
Ind
Bert Lockwood
Shelby
Stolen Cars Recovered by Police
Hibben Hollweg Company at Meridian and Georgia streets reports a Ford coupe found at Missouri and Thirteenth streets. Noah Feltner of 1030 Leonard Street reports a Ford sedan found at 1343 North Senate Avenue.
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Hibben Hollweg Company
Meridian
Georgia
Missouri
Thirteenth
Noah Feltner
Leonard St
Ford
N. Senate Ave
Farm leaders praise Smith conference on farm relief
William H. Settle and Verna L. Hatch praised Governor Alfred E. Smith for his farm relief discussion during Monday's conference with farm leaders. They expect his acceptance speech August 22 to go well and will comment further after the speech. A separate ad notes a like new 8x10 tent for sale or trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Verna L. Hatch
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Settle
School seeks land by law for Broad Ripple site
School commissioners plan condemnation to acquire Broad Ripple Christian Church property at 6208 Cornell Ave for School 80. The church board opposed the option of 3675 dollars, while the building and site are appraised at 7200 dollars. Appraisals for four lots include 5200 6500 4200 and 7200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Ripple Christian Church
Cornell Ave
John W. Ewbank
Board of Trustees
Ewbank
Martin M. Hugg
Bellefontaine Sts
Park Ave
Real Estate Board
Bellefontaine St
Apraisals
Night noises blamed for neuroses in New York
New York health commissioner Dr. Louis I. Harris urges residents to report unnecessary nighttime noises between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. to help reduce stress and health issues attributed to nightly disturbances.
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United Press
New York
Louis I. Harris
Largest emerald delivered to Webb C. Ball Co in Cleveland
The largest emerald ever received in Cleveland and among the nation’s biggest was delivered to the Webb C. Ball Co. The rectangular cut gemstone weighed nearly eight carats and the event was reported from Cleveland on August 15, 1928.
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Cleveland
United States
Webb C. Ball Co
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Travelair
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