Air Giants to Be Displayed at New York Show
Seven giant land planes plus other aircraft will be shown at the New York air show opening Saturday under the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. The display, in Madison Square Garden, includes the F-32 Fokker and large transports from Ford Sikorsky Consolidated Keystone and Savoia Marchetti, with total display value over 2.5 million dollars.
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United Areas
New York
United States
Merce
Madison Square Garden
Sikorsky
Consolidated
Keystone
Savoia-Marchetti
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
Army
Navy
Giant airship field under construction near Recife
In Recife Pernambuco Brazil engineers and laborers prepare 540000 square meters of level land for Graf Zeppelin arrival from Friedrichshafen. A mooring mast is rising as material comes in daily for the first south Atlantic airship flight. The landing field lies near the village of Gigua about four miles from Recife.
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United Presa Recife
Pernambuco
Brazil
Germany
Friedrichshafen
Seville
South Atlantic
Giguia
Recife
Airplane test flight may run alongside Zeppelin tour
United Press reports from Paris on May 2 that a Com Aeropostale air mail plane may start a test flight from St Louis Senegal to Natal Brazil the same day the Graf Zeppelin begins its South American tour. Officials stress it is not a race between the two hums. Jean Mermox has practiced landing on rough seas as preparations continue.
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United Press
Paris
South Atlantic
Graf Zeppelin
Dirigible
Jean Mermox
Com- Aeropostale
St. Louis
Senegal
Natal
Brazil
Seville
Spain
Sidar Plans May 11 Nonstop Flight to Buenos Aires
Colonel Pablo Sidar announced plans to begin a nonstop flight to Buenos Aires on May 11. He will depart from Mexico City to Cerro Prieto in Oaxaca before starting the long hop.
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United Press
Mexico City
Pablo Sidar
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Cerro Prieto
Arrivals and Departures Curtiss-Mars Hill Airport
Flight lists show pilots Curtiss Robin and Heavily detailed routes from Bloomington to Louisville to Cincinnati and New York. Passengers include Jack Simmons Elvan Tarkington and Earl Sweeney with Embry Riddle instructors and notable travelers from Seymour Martinsville Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
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Curtiss
Hoosier Air Visitors Reported At Fairfield Field
Westbound T A T passengers include H B Lee of Indianapolis and Miss Otta Eagleson of 1628 North Meridian. Indiana National Guard members Lt Matt Carpenter and Sgt E N Caldwell accompany Major Heckman and Col Kirtland of Belleville to Fairfield aboard guard planes. Ralph Sturm from Columbus pilots Curtiss Robin to Terre Haute with Paul Cox, while Billy Hughes travels from New York to Des Moines by Bird plane for an overnight stop.
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H. B. Lee
Indianapolis
Otta Eagleson
North
Meridian Street
Matt G. Carpenter
E. N. Caldwell
Indiana National Guard
Fairfield
National Guard
Heckman
Kirtland
Belleville
Hoosier
Ralph Sturm
Columbus
Ind
Paul Cox
Terre Haute
Barling
Billy Hughes
New York
Des Moines
Hoosier Airport Announces Week End Program
Bob Shank, airport president, unveils a full weekend program featuring two deadstick landings at 4 p m Saturday and Monday. Barney J. Goloski of the Hoosier staff will thrill crowds with parachute jumps at 2 30 and 5 30 Sunday afternoon.
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Hoosier
Bob Shank
Barney J. Goloski
Parliamentary Hunt Train Joins Weekend Hunts After Commons
London May 2 The 5 p m St Pancras Friday train has earned the Parliamentary Hunting train nickname. After the Commons adjourns at 4 p m a group of fifteen to twenty younger Conservatives rush to the train to join weekend hunting parties in Leicestershire.
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House of Commons
Leicestershire
Young aviator resumes flight to break junior transcontinental record
Frank Goldsborough, 19, left El Paso at 7 05 a m bound for Los Angeles after quick repairs to his plane. He planned fueling stops at Tucson and Yuma and hoped to reach the coast by night. He already covered the eastern leg in twenty six hours.
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United Press
EL Paso
Tex
Frank Goldsborough
Los Angeles
Tucson
Yuma
French aviatrix Lena Bernstein sets women's endurance mark
Le Bourget France May 2 Mile Lena Bernstein the noted French aviatrix soared about thirty hours breaking the women endurance record. She claimed she would stay aloft until 8 p m and sent a message to airport authorities. The prior mark by Miss Elinor Smith of New York was 26 hours 21 minutes 32 seconds set at Roosevelt Field April 24 1929. Maryse Bastie had 26 hours 47 minutes last year but did not clear Smith by one hour.
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United Press
LE Bourget
France
Lena Bernstein
Elinor Smith
New York
Roosevelt Field
Mlle
Maryse Bastie
Miss Smith
Lost grass of biblical times found by Medford farmer
Charles C. Hoover of Medford Oregon rediscovered a perennial pasture grass described as a Biblical era forage. He built a dairy operation around it, expanding from near poverty to modest wealth and gaining global attention in agricultural circles. He donated seed valued at 1000 to raise funds for a children's orthopedic hospital in Seattle.
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United Press
Seattle
Charles C. Hoover
Medford
Ore
E. B. Hanley
Hoover
Children’s Orthopedic Hospital
Hoover’s Egyptian Grass Becomes Global Dairy Seed Crusade
Dairyman Hoover discovers a drought tolerant grass named Poa bulbosa from Egypt, solving costly seed issues. Researcher F C Reimer identifies the plant, sparking global interest. Hoover plans to plant 10 000 acres with seed aided by Standard Oil’s R L Hanna and will seed from airplanes.
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F. C. Reimer
Southern Oregon Experiment Station
Egypt
Reimer
Hanley and Hoover
R. L. Hanna
Standard Oil Company of California
Mustache Twins Clew
London May 2 Viscount Knutsford and the Hon Arthur Henry Holland Hibbert England s most famous twins recently celebrated their seventy fifth birthday and grew a moustache for identification though many friends were never sure which twin wore it.
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United Preas London
Memphis Mule Market Reaches World Scale in Memphis
Memphis, Tenn faces the largest mule market and stable complex. Each season more than 80,000 mules are handled with an average value of 100 dollars. One stable offers space for 4,000 mules, underscoring the city's mule trade dominance.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
Old Director Cites Advance In Scenario Writing
Hollywood May 2 Oscar Apfel veteran director and actor traces evolution of screenplay work from brief synopses for Reliance Majestic to fuller scripts for Texan era. He recalls early two and three reel films with vague scene notes and notes how directing timing controlled footage.
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United Press Hollywood
Oscar Apfel
Apfel
Edison Film Company
Edison Organization
Reliance-Majestic Company
Lasky Feature
Reliance Majestic
Mary
John
Rose Garden
Tim
Pueblo County Holds Enough Cars for City Population
Pueblo county has enough automobiles to give the entire city population a ride at the same time according to local calculations made in Pueblo. The finding underscores the large number of motor vehicles in the county.
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United Press
Pueblo
Colo
Pueblo County
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