Confidence in flier's ability sways inquiry shows Texas crash
Amarillo dispatch reports Lt. Robert H. Gray, his wife, and three business leaders died when a passenger plane crashed after takeoff at the Texas Airport Company field. Witnesses noted loose rudder wires, suggesting loss of pilot control. Gray, a World War II veteran, had recent duties as division manager for Texas Air Transport. The couple left a 15 month old son.
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United Arena
Amarillo
Tex
Robert H. Gray
Texas Airport Company
Leutenant
R. L. Allison
Dillon
Gray
Australia
United States
Dallas
Texas Air Transport Company
Plant Site Sought in Porter County Land Rush
United Press reports options on nearly 4000 acres in north Porter county near Valparaiso are expected to close in January. Wierton Steel Company of Wierton Pennsylvania may establish a plant on land formerly wilderness, whose value has soared from taxes owed to 250 dollars per acre and now 2500 dollars per acre.
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United Press
Valparaiso
Ind
Gary
Indiana
Porter County
Wierton Steel Company
Wierton
No Grudge Held By Pauline Garon Over Ex-Husband
Pauline Garon, ex wife of Lowell Sherman, says she bears no grudge or jealousy toward Sherman’s fiancée Helene Costello. She wired congratulations to Costello on her forthcoming marriage to Sherman, as all three are noted movie stars.
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Lowell Sherman
Helene Costello
Sherman
Miss Garon
Lowell
Laugh Cure Effective for Aged Editor on Honeymoon
Morris Emmerson brother of Illinois governor is recovering at Good Samaritan hospital in Los Angeles after a mince pie at Crane Missouri, a high altitude and a honeymoon trip left him partially paralyzed. If his condition improves, he hopes to leave for home Thursday.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Morris Emmerson
Emmerson
Illinois
Good Samaritan Hospital
Crane
G O P Failure At Polls Next Year Forecast
Indiana Republicans face a fractured party in 1929 with a strengthened Democratic party foreseen. Southern Indiana school finance collapse, Lake County scandals, and a disputed senatorial leadership signal a Democratic state later in 1930. Possible shifts threaten Roy Wisehart and Otto Fifield while internal rifts emerge around Watson Robinson and Brown.
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Roy P. Wisehart
Lake County
Otto G. Fifield
Fifield
James E. Watson
Elza O
Arthur R. Robinson
Robinson
George W. Coffin
Washington
George Foote
Internal Revenue
Dorothy Cunningham
Harry Nichols
Nichols
Watson
Fritz Van Opel Sees Rocket Planes As Stunt
Chicago December 31 Fritz Van Opel a German automobile maker and pioneer of rocket flight says rocket planes and cars remain in the stunt class but believes substantial progress is possible.
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Chicago
Fritz van Opel
Commercial promise of his reactant theory noted
Van Opel highlighted vast commercial possibilities of his reactant theory after visiting Chicago and touring the Bendix Aviation Corporation plant in South Bend Indiana.
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van Opel
Chicago
Bendix Aviation Corporation
South Bend
Ind
The Company for Policyholders Interest and Trust
The company is owned by and operated for its policyholders with no stockholders. It is a life insurance firm dedicated to protection not speculation, governed by Indiana investment law. Mortality experience is under 40 percent of expected, mortgage loans earn over 6 percent, and the twenty five year record shows dividends and faith kept with policyholders. It boasted 1929 assets of 97 million.
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