Hawks to attempt cross country glider flight Sunday
Captain Frank Hawks plans a Sunday launch behind a tow plane from Lindbergh field in a cabin glider named Eaglet. The flight targets New York with stops at Yuma Arizona Tucson El Paso and many other cities, surveying 60 towns for observation and aiming to land in Van Courtland Park on April 6.
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United Press
San Diego
Cal
Frank M. Hawks
New York
Hawks
van Courtland Park
R. E. Franklin
University of Michigan
Wallace
J. D
Duke) Jernigin Jr
Lindbergh Field
Yuma
Ariz
Earth
Tucson
el Paso
Sweetwater
Tex
Tulsa
Okla
East St. Louis
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lordsburg
N. M
Pecos
Midland
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma City
Springfield
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Ind
Cleveland O
Elmira
Pebeco Tooth Paste Ad and John Coons Funeral
An advertisement promotes Pebeco Tooth Paste highlighting its tang taste and claimed cleaning whitening and acid control benefits. Also reported are funeral services for John Coons 84 who died after a month's illness at his home near Redkey Indiana.
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Times Special
Redkey
Ind
John Coons
Here
Dad Cheers New Recruit At Cadet Training Camp
Major Per Ramee, 84th division adjutant and C M T C officer, cheers son Eric Ramee as he enrolls in the ROTC style training at Ft Benjamin Harrison. Eric is among the first Indianapolis cadets to enroll for the camp running June 20 to July 19, having reached the minimum age of 17 this month. More recruits have enrolled this summer than at the same date last year.
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Ole’ Brigade
Eric Ramee
Indianapolis
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Per Ramee
Ramee
Mad Dancers Escape Courtroom Briefs at Cable Exposition
Mad Marathon contestants avoided a courtroom appearance as Judge William O Dunlavy quashed subpoenas. Promoter Richard Edwards faced one suit from his ex wife Mildred Edwards over delinquent support, while a criminal case for child desertion was filed against him. Police involvement included a downtown motor car marathon and the arrest of Henry Ballinger on vagrancy charges after a handbag theft report at the Cable tabernacle.
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Dunlavy
Edwards
Judson L. Stark
Cable Tabernacle
Henry Ballinger
Columbus
Marathon Management
Tabernacle
Ballinger
Williams Fields
Tribe of Savages Who Never Lie Down Found
A Chinese newspaper correspondent reports a tribe in Northern Manchuria named the Orunchuns living in caves and never lying down due to fear of attack. They are described as primitive with no organized leadership, able to outrun predators, and reliant on Russian bows for weapons.
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United Press
Phil Scott
Manchuria
Kolombakh
Army to test civilian pilots for cadet training at Kelly Field
Within three months the army air corps will select ten graduates from civilian flying schools to test the feasibility of recruiting pilots from commercial schools. One student per civilian school with a transport rating will be enlisted as flying cadets and report to Kelly field, San Antonio, by June 15. They must meet current army physical mental and moral standards.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Army
War Department
Department of Commerce
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Cadets to Begin Four Month Air Corps Courses
The group will begin four months of advanced military aviation training on July 1 and may specialize in pursuit attack observation or bombardment. Successful completion leads to commission as second lieutenants in the air corps reserve, with possible one year active duty if funds permit.
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Air Corps Reserve
Japan’s Youth Vies for Naval Aviation Training
More than 6,000 boys aged 16 sought admission to Yokosuka’s junior naval aviation training school near Yokohama. Thousands were rejected, and only about ninety of the accepted can join the first class.
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United Press
Tokio
Japan
Yokosuka
Yokohama
Wright Plane to Return Home, Senator Says
United States bound machine first to fly seen in British science museum after Wright brothers era. Senator Joseph T. Robinson told United Press he will contact Orville Wright on returning the aircraft to America as a Smithsonian board member seeking its early return.
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United Areaa
London
Wright
United States
Josephy T. Robinson
United Press
British Science Museum
America
Orville Wright
Board of Regents
Smithsonian Institute
Miss Halloween Hummer Named Lay County Treasurer
Portland Indiana March 26 Miss Halloween Hummer of Dunkirk was appointed lay county treasurer succeeding William P Strohl who resigned due to ill health. Hummer had served as Strohl's deputy.
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Portland
Ind
Halloween Hummer
Dunkirk
William P. Strohl
Miss Hummer
Strohl
Thompson endows Julia Conner Thompson Memorial Library
Charles N. Thompson of Indianapolis donates 25 000 endowment and 2 500 gift to establish a memorial at the public library. Librarian L L Dickerson notes 40 books bought to form the initial collection focused on fine arts of home making to reflect Mrs Thompson's taste and beauty. Mrs Thompson died December 26 1928.
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Julia Conner Thompson
Public Library
Charles N. Thompson
Indianapolis
Thompson
L. L. Dickerson
Yockey elected president of Indianapolis safety council
Harry E. Yockey attorney today succeeded Frederick E. Schorte meier as president of the Indianapolis safety council. The 1930 program will be announced at a Chamber of Commerce dinner in April with officers Robert E. Springsteen Howard T. Griffith and James P. Tretton as vice presidents Emmett G. Ralston treasurer and Thomas P. Newett secretary.
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Harry E. Yockey
Frederick E. Schortemeier
Indianapolis Safety Council
Chamber of Commerce
Robert E. Springsteen
Howard T. Griffith
James P. Tretton
Emmett G. Ralston
Thomas P. Newett
Police eject eight youths from temple hall brawl
A temple hall incident at 3 am escalates as two youths quarrel and a crowd erupts. Police remove the participants after multiple altercations, detaining Charles Wallace, 29, and Robert Phillips, 28, amid ongoing disorder.
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Charles Wallace
Merrill Street
Robert Phillips
Union Street
Pris
Mrs Sheerin Rites Set For Thursday
Mary Doherty Sheerin died March 13 in Nice France. Rites to be held at 10 a m Thursday at St Joan of Arc Church. Bishop Chartrand and Rev Maurice F O Connor to conduct services. Sheerin prominent in city club life. Burial private. Body arrives today. home at 4330 Central Avenue. She was widow of Simon P Sheerin once Democratic national committee chairman in Cleveland. Survived by five daughters and two sons.
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Mary Doherty Sheerin
Nice
France
St. Joan of Arc
Joseph M. Chartrand
Maurice F. O'Connor
Cleveland
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