Four Rescued After Pan American Plane Lands in Gulf
An airliner aboard the President Machado with pilot Robert H. Fatt and three others was forced to land in the Gulf of Mexico while en route from Havana to Florida. The tanker Legionnaire rescued all four aboard, and the ship heads to Tampa from Port Arthur. The flight began in clear weather but a tropical storm caused high winds and poor visibility.
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United Press
Key West
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Pan-American Airways
Machado
Gulf
Legionnaire
Tampa
Port Arthur
Tex
Tropical Radio Corporation
Pan-American Airways Corporation
Fokker
Havana
Florida
The
Airways Corporation
Robert H. Fatt
Angel Alfonson
Luther Ritz
Mr. Egerton
Atlantic City
N. J
President Machado
Havana-Florida
Fatt
Sixty Fly at Kokomo Sets One Day Record
Sixty airplane passengers set a one day record at Shockley field in Kokomo Indiana. Twenty four traveled with Clyde Shockley in a Fairchild cabin plane and the rest with Pilot Frappier in a Waco. Three Waco planes were sold in the past week with one sale at Delphi.
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Kokomo
Ind
Shockley Field
Clyde Shockley
Fairchild
Pilot Frappier
Waco
Shockley
Delphi
Norman Thomas to Speak in City Tuesday on Socialist Ticket
Norman Thomas, presidential candidate for the Socialist Party, will address a public meeting Tuesday August 21 1928 at 8 PM in the K of P auditorium Indiana Pythian Building Penn St and Mass Ave. He is noted as an able speaker writer and associate editor of The Nation and New Leader with several books to his credit. Admission free.
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Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
K. of P. Auditorium
Indiana
Pythian Bldg
Penn. St
Mass. Ave
Thomas
Local flier signs contract for Attica fair flight
Attica resident Will Irwin has signed to fly his Spirit of Attica during a Rockville fair. In Winnipeg two youths were arrested after trying to steal a plane from Stephenson's field with plans to fly to Detroit.
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Attica
Ind
Will Irwin
Spirit of Attica
Rockville
United Press
Winnipeg
Canada
Stephenson
Flying Field
Detroit
Kiwanis Club backs Indianapolis airport plan urged by Baxter
Emory R Baxter, a new Kiwanis Club member, urged support for a large municipal airport at a Wednesday Claypool luncheon in Indianapolis. The proposal aims to bolster regional air service and economic development.
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Indianapolis Kiwanis Club
Emory R. Baxter
Claypool
Pilot Smith Lands at Indianapolis for Fuel Stop
Pilot J Warren Smith flies a Ryan Brougham with two passengers into Indianapolis Airport on Wednesday for fuel en route from Columbus Ohio to St. Louis Missouri.
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J. Warren Smith
Ryan Brougham
Indianapolis
Columbus
St. Louis
Plane Leaves Indianapolis for Pittsburgh Piloted by Hamilton
A Stout Ford all metal tri motor fourteen passenger plane that has carried passengers here for days departed Indianapolis airport for Pittsburgh on Wednesday under pilot Edward G. Hamilton of Air Cruises Inc. Co pilot Perry Hutton also left for Pittsburgh earlier in a new Ford Tudor sedan purchased by the two men. Hamilton previously piloted A Kiefer Mayer chair of the Chamber of Commerce industrial commission on Tuesday.
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Indianapolis
Pittsburgh
Edward G. Hamilton
Air Cruises, Inc
Detroit
Perry Hutton
Hamilton
A. Kiefer Mayer
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Commission
Businessmen plan Detroit airport tour for local project
Man and Norman A. Perry, airport committee member, with eight other businessmen, travel to Detroit to inspect the Stout airport and collect ideas for a proposed municipal airport here.
Chicago Businessmen Fly In On Embry-Riddle Air Mail
Two Chicago businessmen reached Chicago Wednesday evening by riding the Embry-Riddle air mail plane from Indianapolis. They were E. A. Bean of Oak Park and W. C. Evans of the Congress Hotel in Chicago.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
E. A. Bean
Oak Park Fll
W. C. Evans
Congress Hotel
Park and Band Stand Dedication in Kendallville Aug 16
Kendallville officials park board members and the Community Band will dedicate the lakeside park and band stand on Lake Bixler this evening. The event follows a report of local aerial activity as Everett Jarrett state oil inspector and Kermit Micklethwaite returned to Hoosier airport after a Kokomo and Logansport flight in a Waco biplane the day before.
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Kermit Micklethwaite
Hoosier
Kokomo
Logansport
Jarrett
Waco
Kendallville
Ind
Lake Bixler
Mexico Delays Air Mail Line Amid Political Unrest
Unsettled political conditions in Mexico may delay air mail development there. Officials could not forecast start of Mexico service or the cross border New Orleans to Houston to Laredo route until Mexico connects Mexico City and Nuevo Laredo by air. About six Mexico air mail planes were ordered and expected soon.
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Times
Washington
Mexico
Post Office Department
New Orleans
Houston
Laredo
Mexico City
Nuevo Laredo
Mexican
Flier May Stay Here Capt H Weir Cook Transfer Revoked
Captain H Weir Cook a flying instructor with the 113th Observation Squadron Indiana National Guard is awaiting orders after unofficial reports said his transfer to the tactical school Bolling Field near Washington D C were revoked. Cook based at Camp Knox Kentucky with the Guard telephoned friends here that the orders to transfer had been revoked. His transfer announcement caused protest from supporters who want him to remain in Indiana where he is an ace with two years remaining in service.
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H. Weir Cook
113Th
Indiana National Guard
Tactical School
Bolling Field
Washington, D. C
Cook
Camp Knox
Indiana
Fokker Supersonic Monoplane Receives Upgrade at Airport
At Teterboro New Jersey on August 16 the Fokker Super Universal monoplane, adaptable as land or seaplane, has been upgraded with new features. This marks a milestone in early aviation design as engineers enhance versatility for varied operations.
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Teterboro
N. J
Department of Commerce
New Transcontinental Air Mail Service Considered
The Post Office Department weighs a Boston to Seattle air mail line along the northern border with possible extensions into several northwestern states. W Irving Glover, assistant postmaster general, is touring current air mail routes and will decide on the plan after his return.
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United Press
Washington
Post Office Department
Boston
Seattle
W. Irving Glover
Planes Carry Fish To South Bend Restaurants
Air mail service started a month ago in South Bend is used by restaurant owners to import Lake Michigan fish before they lose their freshness.
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Times Special
South Bend
Ind
Lake Michigan
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Restores Strength
Mrs J C Bradley of Schoolfield Virginia credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with restoring her health. She says after severe weakness she could not stand, but after five bottles she can do housework, sew, feed livestock and tend chores.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E., Pinkham
J. C. Bradley
Schoolfield
Theater Owners Use Service for Fast Film Transport
According to one proprietor, theater owners are using the service to obtain speedy transportation of motion picture films.
Local farmer marks farm as landing field for airport survey
In Decatur Indiana Herman Meyers marks a field three miles southeast of town as a plane landing site to gauge public sentiment on establishing a municipal airport.
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Decatur
Ind
Herman Meyers
Survey Tour Notes Haight Plans Aviation Survey
Terre Haute reports E. M. Haight of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce aviation division is using the city as a headquarters while conducting an aviation survey and scouting routes and facilities. The visit highlights growing attention to air transport infrastructure.
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Terre Haute
E. M. Haight
Aviation Division
United States Chamber of Commerce
Avia
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