One‑Armed Youngstown Pilot Aims for National Air Races
Dale Riblet, a one‑armed aviator from Youngstown, plans to compete in the national air races from the Pacific coast to Cleveland this August, contingent on securing a suitable airplane. He has 150 hours of solo flight and has engineered an extra arm device for control.
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United Press
Youngstown
Dale Riblet
Pacific Coast
Cleveland
Riblet
Dale
Bill Davis
Peedie Institute
Hightstown
N. J
Park's Air College
Parachute Test at Mars Hill Airport Conducted by Guardsmen
Lieutenant Matt G. Carpenter and Sergeant Russell Long led seven parachute drop tests with dummies at Mars Hill airport on Thursday. Tests are planned again on Sunday. Carpenter and Sergeant L. M. Johnson traveled to Dayton today to join the National Guard in a Doug lass O2H biplane.
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Mars Hill
Matt G. Carpenter
Russell Long
Carpenter
L. M. Johnson
Dayton
National Guard
Air show planes ferry passengers in Capitol program
Two Ryan monoplanes and an Eaglerock biplane flew to Frankfort on Thursday for an aerial program by Capitol airport and the Franklin Aerial Club, sponsored by the American Legion post. On return trip one Ryan carried passengers Charles Graves H L Ross and Kenneth Lipp.
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Frankfort
Capitol Airport
Franklin Aerial Club
American Legion Post
Charles Graves
H. L. Ross
Kenneth Lipp
Municipal Pastor Is Named by Dallas Mayor
Dallas Mayor J Waddy Tate appoints Rev Mrs Charles Chasteen as the citys first municipal minister to provide free marriages assist prisoners funerals and spiritual guidance. The office carries no salary and marks a civic effort toward Dallas spiritual improvement.
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Dallas
Allas
Tex
Chasteen
Little Rock
Ark
Charles Chasteen
Mount Auburn Christian Church
Tate
Park Board
Public Welfare Board
Shoe tariff fight seeks free lists for hides and shoes
Washington July 5 A coalition of shoe manufacturers urged the Senate Finance Committee to restore hides and leather footwear to the free list arguing tariffs would raise prices and damage consumers. House measures impose duties of 10 percent on hides 12 to 20 percent on leathers and 20 percent on leather shoes with Farm Bureau pushing higher hide rates. A subcommittee may recommend freeing the list.
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Roscoe B. Fleming
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
American Farm Bureau Federation
Florsheim
Chicago
America
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Last rites for Dr George L Shepard veteran and dentist
Dr George L Shepard 87 a Civil War veteran and retired dentist died at his home 2222 North Illinois Street Indianapolis. Survived by two daughters Mrs Joseph Wilson and Mrs George Ryan three sons Harry Donald and Raymond Shepard. Funeral at son H S Shepard home 2720 College Avenue Saturday morning. Burial in Sedalia Missouri.
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George L. Shepard
North
Illinois Street
H. S. Shepard
College Avenue
Shepard
Indianapolis
Westfield
Mass
William Henry Shepard
George Washington
Indian torture stories to be told senators
Senate Indian investigating committee plans a month tour beginning next week to hear charges about chaining and torturing Indian children alleged immoral conditions in government boarding schools and defrauding of the aged and infirm. The inquiry will travel from Washington to various sites.
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C. J. Lilley
Washington
Indian Service
Senate Indian Investigating Committee
Wisconsin delegates hear timber waste stories on first leg of trip
A Wisconsin investigating committee begins its tour by collecting stories of timber land waste funded by Indian funds. The trip will continue to Montana North and South Dakota and Nebraska where numerous witnesses await testimony.
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Wisconsin
Montana
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Arrivals and Departures at Hoosier Airport
Hoosier Airport reports B H Levy flying a Travel Air biplane from St. Louis to New York City overnight. War ren Smith piloted a Lockheed monoplane Los Angeles to Detroit completing a Tulsa to Indianapolis 700 mile run in about three and a half hours. Capitol Airport lists D R McCauley in a Robin monoplane St. Louis to Cleveland. Mars Hill Airport shows R J Barbin of Curtiss Flying Service returning from Rockville carrying passengers toward Chicago aboard a Curtiss Robin with Bert Schellenbach and V Stephens among the Cincinnati office crew.
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B. H. Levy
Travel Air
St. Louis
New York City
Warren Smith
Los Angeles
Detroit
Tulsa
Okla
Indianapolis
Capitol
D. R. McCauley
Cleveland
Mars Hill
R. J. Barbin
Curtiss Flying Service
Rockville
Ind
Chicago
Embry-Ridddle Air Mail
Bert Schellenbach
Cincinnati
V. Stephens
De Priest to Name 2 Negroes to Annapolis
Oscar De Priest, a Negro congressman, announced plans to nominate two more Black youths for Annapolis appointments. He said names would be announced before summer’s end in a July 4 speech to colored Elks at Calumet Park.
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Chicago
Oscar de Priest
Annapolis
de Priest
Colored Elks
Calumet Park
Herbert Hoover
White House
South
Hoover
Negro race driver in critical condition after crash
Edward Grice, 36, of 2740 North Capitol avenue, Negro race driver, was listed in critical condition at the city hospital after his Fronty-Ford crashed into a Chicago driver on the north straightaway at the state fairgrounds. His car flipped four times and smashed a fence. doctors reported a fractured skull and internal injuries.
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Edward Grice
North Capitol Avenue
State Fairgrounds
William Walthall
Chicago
Grice
Child dies after appendicitis operation in Anderson
Mary Alice Smith, 7, of Detroit, died in Anderson after an appendicitis operation. She had been visiting the home of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Goodykoontz with a sister when she underwent the procedure.
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Anderson
Ind
Mary Alice Smith
Detroit
Luther Goodykoontz
Bond rates rise as Putnam County fails to sell
In Greencastle Indiana on July 5 the county commissioners raised the road bonds interest from 4 percent to 5 1 2 percent after failing to sell at the lower rate. Bridge bonds totaling 15240 80 have been authorized.
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Greencastle
Ind
Putnam County
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