Guardians Home Seeks 120000 For Kids Welfare
Marion County council to consider an 120000 appropriation for Guardians Home for dependent and neglected children at the Sept 4 meeting. Budget to set a 32.5 cent tax rate and transfer funds for emergencies as auditors present the 1929 plans. San Antonio aviation field project involves a government purchase of 2400 acres for an aviation school later dubbed a West Point of flight.
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United Press
Washington
Sarzent
San Antonio
Texas
West Point
County Guardians Home
Marion County Council
Harry Dunn
Types of airplanes mirror autos in design and use
A historical overview explains airplane classes military and commercial, noting speed growth from 75 to over 320 mph, core parts like wings fuselage and cockpit, and the evolution of engines, control surfaces, and landing gear. It contrasts freight passenger and business planes and outlines wing construction and cockpit instruments.
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Samuel Pierpont Langley
Darius Green
Aviation study airport sites list to narrow choice
Petersburg Indiana August 22 A workman found a four young mice nest in a car of R W Dyer. At a luncheon the Columbia Club discussed aviation in Indianapolis and municipal airport plans. A site committee and finance group began reviewing fifteen proposed sites and options with a goal to a bonded municipal airport enterprise.
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Petersburg
Ind
R. W. Dyer
Canada
Columbia Club
Indianapolis
Richard F Taylor
Indiana National Guard
America
Chamber of Commerce
Paul H. Moore
Chamber Aviation
Moore
Aviation
Fred C. Gardner
Fred C. Dickson
Arthur R. Baxter
G. A.broymson
Fred Hoke
Edward A. Kahn
James W. Noel
A. M Glossbrenner
RAF tests heavy machine gun bombers to negate escort need
London Aug 22 Experiments by the Royal Air Force are developing a new bomber type armed with as many as seven machine guns placed in the nose tail and on the wings giving no blind spots. The design aims to negate the requirement for single seat fighter escorts by ensuring gunners can fire on attackers from any angle.
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United Press
London
Royal Air Force
Nine year old defies Lindbergh declines flight offer
Marilyn Lockwood of Wabash Ind aged 9 refused Col Charles A Lindbergh’s invitation to fly as his passenger saying she would only fly with her dad. Lindbergh noted she was the first to refuse him. She later flew with her parents from Amityville to Detroit piloted by her father.
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Wabash
Ind
Marilyn Lockwood
Eva Pettit
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Marilyn
Amityvile
N. Y
Detroit
Mich
Ralph Lockwood
Eighth Anniversary Flight Gift At Turkey Creek Club
Times Special reports in Gary Indiana on August 22 that L W Jacobs manager of Turkey Creek Country Club treated his wife to an airplane ride as an eighth wedding anniversary gift.
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Gary
Ind
L. W. Jacobs
Turkey Creek Country Club
Flying Helps Grocer By Selling Goods
Valparaiso Indiana August 22 Morris Lowenstein local grocer reports brisk business after offering a free twenty five mile airplane ride to every customer who buys twenty five dollars worth of goods at his store.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Morris Lowenstein
Diving circus plans at local airport for Labor Day
A diving circus with twenty or more planes is being arranged for Labor Day at the local airport. Wing walking and races will be on the program.
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Bu Times
Ncis
Aviation Meet Set for Goshen Air Mail Field
Goshen Indiana hosts an aviation meet this Saturday and Sunday at the air mail field three miles south of town. The event features display flights and may attract local spectators and aviation enthusiasts from nearby areas.
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Times Special
Goshen, Ind
Air Mail
Here
Weather Report of Unclear Aviation Conditions
At 9 30 AM the ceiling and visibility are unlimited with a barometer reading 30 14. Winds from the northeast at 3 miles per hour.
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JH. Armington
Donald McConnell
Canton City Okays Bond Issue for New Airport
Canton Ohio voters approve a 100000 dollar bond issue to fund a new airport. The site was bought last year by the Chamber of Commerce but plans were vetoed by the mayor.
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Bu United Press
Canton
Ohho
Chamber of Commerce
Indianapolis May Become Backwoods Village Without Airport Facilities
J. C. Marshal, vice president of the Indianapolis chapter of the National Aeronautics Association, told Universal Club that Indianapolis risks becoming a rural outpost unless adequate airport facilities are provided.he
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Indianapolis
J. C. Marshal
National Aeronautics Association
Universal Club
Tree on Roof Grows from Apple Seed in Fort Wayne
In Fort Wayne Indiana Oscar Lepper and G Bowen pipe fitters at the Pennsylvania Railroad found a three foot tall tree sprouting from a rooftop eye trough atop a blacksmith shop. They believe an apple core was discarded about three years ago and later rooted in dirt and cinders.
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United Press
FT. Wayne
Ind
Nature
Oscar Lepper
G. Bowen
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indianapolis Ponders Airport Funding And Model Air Port
Discussion centers on a $675,000 municipal airport funding rule. A proposed amendment to the statute may be pursued next legislative session. Carl H. Weyl urges including airport maintenance costs in the 1929 city budget. Gavin L. Payne calls Indianapolis a fitting home for a model air port.
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Carl H. Weyl
Gavin L. Payne
Indianapolis
Harry S. New
Air Mail
Air Mail Flight Teaches Chicago Conference
Floyd Prothero traffic manager of Embry-Riddle Company flew to Chicago Tuesday evening to confer with Frank Ware Chicago representative of the company on air mail routes and operations.
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Floyd Prothero
Embry-Riddle Company
Chicago
Frank Ware
St Louis Flier Returns From Business Stopover
St Louis pilot F T Dunn arrived Tuesday afternoon in his Ryan monoplane after several hours in town on business to conclude a brief visit.
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F. T. Dunn
St. Louis
Air mail plane shuttles big shipment to Chicago and Indianapolis
A special Embry-Riddle Company plane carried 93 pounds of air mail from Lansing Michigan to Indianapolis Tuesday evening. The Reo factory at Lansing shipped 16 000 pounds of literature by air to Chicago for nationwide distribution. A 500 pound leg of the flight went to Indianapolis and Chicago piloted by Frank Merrill.
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Reo Automobile
Lansing, Mich
Indianapolis
Embry-Riddle Company
Chicago
Frank Merrill
Tipton Lodge 33 marks 100 years amid Cass County picnic
Loganport Ind Aug 22 Tipton Lodge No 33 Free and Accepted Masons celebrates its centennial founding at the eighth annual Cass County Masonic picnic. Lodges from Twelve Mile New Waverly Royal Center Walton and Young America participate in the event.
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Logansport
Ind
Tipton Lodge No. 33
Cass County
Tewlve Mile
New Waverly
Royal Center
Walton
Young America
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