Dirigible Lines Get New Boost
Washington news reports a prominent banker and business group plans a possible trans Atlantic dirigible line. Owen D Young of General Electric is cited as involved. The effort follows Lindbergh and Chamberlin flights and may rely on Navy tests of a 6 million cubic foot airship. Hoover may advise if sought.
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United Press
Washington
Los Angeles
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Shenandoah
Ohio
Navy
Secretary of
Commerce Hoover
Self-Taught Naturalist Hatches Moths On Porch
Mrs. F. W. Casterline of Tipton Iowa raises hundreds of butterflies and moths each year on her screened porch. The self-made naturalist uses simple methods to cultivate and observe native species in her Cedar Rapids area home.
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NEA
Cedar Rapids
F. W. Casterline
Tipton
Iowa
Germany Returns to Gordon Bennett Cup Race
Berlin reports that Germany will be represented in the Gordon Bennett Cup race in the United States this year for the first time since World War II.
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Germany
Berlin
United States
Hard to Keep Fliers Down During Inclemency
NEA Service reports on how weather tests the air mail system and pilots. Superintendent William Robertson recalls Lindbergh era duties as crews face dangerous storms to keep schedule. A night mail crash near Cleveland injures Pilot Warren Williams, while others survive with injuries and gear damage.
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NEA
Washington
Air Mail
William B. Robertson
Charles Lindbergh
Philadelphia
Warren D. Williams
Night Mail
Cleveland
Chicago
Williams
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