Air Service Is Launched In Indianapolis Event
In Indianapolis a major aviation milestone unfolds as Transcontinental Air Transport begins regular passenger routes plus Embry Riddle air mail links between Cincinnati Chicago. Bosses, pilots, and a large crowd witness arrivals City of Columbus and City of Wichita landings. Colonel Gorrell Amelia Earhart and Lindbergh among passengers. schedules show northbound and southbound departures with air mail carried on three round trips and daytime passenger service on two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc
Cincinnati
Chicago
Embry- Riddle Air Mail
Indianapolis
Emby-Riddle Company
Edgar S. Gorrell
Stutz Motor Car Company
Robert H. Bryson
William H. Kershner
C. L. Harrod
Chamber of Commerce
H. Weir Cook
Curtiss Flying Service
Otto P. Deluse
William H. Howard
Board of Trade
City of Columbus
City of
Wichita
Ford Company
W. B. Mayo
Ford Motor Company
J. L. Eysmans
Pennsylvania Railroad
City of Wichita
Columbus
Secretary of Commerce
Charles W. Lamont
Washington
Colonel Gorrell
Betty Brainard
A. Grant Border
New York
A. A. Gaithwaite
Lee Rubber Company
F. W. Higgins
Bosta
Mass
Amelia Earhart
Paul T. Henderson
Fritz Hinkle
Kansas City
D. M. Shearer
Paul T. Henderson Jr
Chauncy Lamb
J. W. Brennan
William Chaplin
John T. Litch
Byfield
Mary A. Salamon
Brooklyn
N. Y
E. E. Greiner
Springfield
James Bryant
Crl Larson
Charles Tice
Fox Movietone News
Donald A. McConnel
Embry- Riddle
Cincinshoo
Manila
Mars Hill
John Paul Riddle
Embry-Riddle Company
Riddle
E. S. Gorrell
Los Angeles
New Court Action Hinted by Dog Race Track Chiefs
Indianapolis Kennel Club plans to resume dog racing at 8 30 tonight on Allisonville road as authorities debate new court action. Sheriff Winkler and Police Chief Worley warned arrests for wagering while the club seeks a temporary injunction. crowd of 2500 stayed through eight races despite police intervention and clandestine bookie wagering continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Kennel Club. Ltd
Allisonville Road
A. C. Baxter
George L. Winkler
Claude M. Worley
Baxter
James M. Leathers
Judson L. Stark
Frank Young
Lumberman
Stark
Earl Cox
T. J. Moll
Kennel Club
Leathers
Quake Stirs 10 Elks at National Convention in LA
A heavy earthquake shook downtown Los Angeles during the Elks national convention. The tremor lasted several seconds and was felt in Monrovia, San Pedro, Wilmington, Point Firmin, and Terminal Island. Four San Pedro city hall workers fainted as buildings swayed and a bank window shattered in Whittier.
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Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
H. B. Herzeg
The
United Press
Monrovia
San Pedro
Wilmington
Point Firmin
Terminal Island
Glendale
Whittier
First National Bank
War Plaza Fight Revived Over Churches Move
The Beecher Bible Class backing Rev William Carson calls for living soldiers’ welfare over removing the Second Presbyterian and First Baptist churches from the War Memorial plaza. Officials have not acted for months while the plaza’s completion hinges on church relocation. The group suggests placing Beecher and peace heroes as statues along Vermont Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Carson
Beecher
Second Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
War Memorial Plaza
Martha W. Kendall
Memorial Commission
Henry Ward Beecher
Vermont Street
Lindy Talks for Anne in Press Interview Mix
Col Charles Lindbergh and wife Anne Morrow arrived by Falcon plane from Kingman Ariz and faced reporters. When asked about Mrs Lindbergh she replied you had better ask Colonel Lindbergh. Lindbergh added she has nothing to say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Los Angeles
Charles A. Lindbergh
Falcon
Kingman, Ariz
Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Man Arrested in Public Dumping Case Near Emerson Avenue
Deputy sheriffs sought a man who dumped a truckload of junk on Prospect street near Emerson avenue after an investigation by Charles Mann, county highway superintendent. Ernest Seele of 332 South Emerson avenue was arrested last Wednesday on a similar charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mann
Mann
Prospect Street
Emerson Avenue
Ernest Seele
Dolt to Marry Bootlegger, Supreme Court Rules
In Lansing on July 8 the state supreme court ruled that Joseph J. Andruska had grounds to break his promise to marry Rose Akema after she refused to quit bootlegging. Andruska admitted the pledge but stated he balked when his fiancee faced liquor law charges during the breach case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
State Supreme Court
Joseph J. Andruska
Rose Akema
Andruska
Miss Akema
Royal bumps death leads to murder charges for two boys
In Flint Michigan two boys aged 11 and 14 face murder charges after Merrill Putnam aged 8 died from blood poisoning linked to a gang initiation called the royal bumps. The youths admitted striking him as one held his head and the other his feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Flint
Mich
Merrill A. Putnam
Putnam
Harold Creighton
Harley Topman
Merrill
Creighton
Topman
Gambler Caruso Found Dead Near Roadhouse
Cincinnati July 8 The body of Charles Caruso 26 a gambler was found in a clump of weeds near an outlying roadhouse. A bullet pierced his heart police believe he was taken for a ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Charles Caruso
Caruso
Dies Reading Mass Rector Stricken by Heat
NORRISTOWN Pa July 8 during mass Rev Hugh A Trimble 55 assistant rector of St Augustine s church near here died of a heart attack brought on by the heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Norristown
Hugh A. Trimble
St. Augustine’s Church
Here
Pathfinder Sets Off To Break Distance Record For Heavier-Than-Air Craft
The Pathfinder monoplane bound for Rome lifted off from Old Orchard Beach at 8 48 a m heading south southeast toward a 1000 mile fog bank as Pilot Roger Q Williams and navigator Lewis A Yancey seek a new distance record. Coast guard Lt Leonard M Melka reported the craft strong seventy five miles off Portland lightship, then landed fuel exhausted while returning to shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Murphy
United Press
Old Orchard
Rome
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Leonard M. Melka
Gloucester
Mass
Coast Guard
Portland
Melka
Pathfinder
State Refuses Bonds for Kessler Boulevard Extension
State tax commissioners refused the Indianapolis park board's 282000 bond request to extend Kessler Boulevard east of Keystone Avenue beyond the city limits. No bids will be sought. The board upheld a 32776208 assessment for the Indiana Bell Telephone Co and noted potential future reconsideration when finances and needs align.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Park Board
State Board
William A. Hough
State Tax Board
Millersville
Broad Ripple
Kessler
Hough
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Doctors in Two Cities Race for Rabies Serum Death
In Pottshaw Indiana a four year old boy, James Prostman, died after rabies caused convulsions. Despite frantic efforts by doctors in two cities and a flight to Indianapolis to fetch serum, the child died at 3 AM. Captain Charles Bowers of Shockley Flying Service flew serum from Indianapolis to South Bend but arrived too late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Specia Pottshaw
Ind
Indianapolis
James Prostman
Donald Prestman
Charles Bowers
Shockley Flying Service
South Bend
Kokomo
Clyde Shockley
Shockley
Here
The Shining Talent serial begins in The Times
Molly Burnham faces a choice between marriage and a writer’s life as The Shining Talent debuts Wednesday July 10 in The Indianapolis Times. The dramatic serial follows her rise as a reporter, writer, and photographer amid danger, love, ambition, and underworld intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Burnham
Reese May
Molly Burn
Underworld
Pathfinders Ready To Fly From Brunswick To Rome
The air crew plans an eastward route to Cape Sable then toward latitude 41, longitude 47 near ship lanes, then to Cape Ortega Spain and Marseilles before crossing the Mediterranean to Corsica and Rome. They fuel the Pathfinder with 500 gallons for about fifty hours of flight, aiming for a forty five to fifty hour Rome arrival.
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Cape Sable
Cape Ortega
Spain
Bayonne
Marseilles
France
Mediterranean
Corsica
Rome
Yancey
Sixth Day in Air By United Press
Culver City Calif July 8 Within striking distance of a new world's refueling endurance record Loren Mendell and Pete Reinhart were on the sixth day of their long flight today If the California fliers succeed in keeping their Buhl Air sedan afloat until 230 p m Tuesday they will have passed the mark of 174 hours 59 seconds set in Cleveland Saturday by Byron K Newcomb and Roy L Mitchell The fliers were hard pressed by fogs during the first three days of their flight but clearing weather has eliminated this dangerous hazard at least temporarily.
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Preas Culver City
Cal
Loren Mendell
Pete Reinhart
California
Cleveland
Byron K. Newcomb
Roy L. Mitchell
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