Kingsford-Smith Heads for Australia From Rome Flight
Charles E Kingsford Smith departed Rome for Athens en route to Australia in the Southern Cross Jr The voyage aims to beat Bert Hinklers 1928 Croydon Port Darwin record and draw Mary Powell to Melbourne as fiancee Meanwhile Clara Bow travels to New York to film No Limit denying wedding plans with Harry Richman
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United Press
Rome
Charles E. Kingsford-Smith
Athens
Australia
Kingsford-Smith
Amy Johnson
Bert Hinkler
Hinkler
Croydon
Port Darwin
Mary Powell
Melbourne
Harry Richman
Hollywood
Clara Bow
New York
Harry
Miss Bow
Paramount Publix
Youthful burglars loot Ruth Ray clothing store
Three young suspects, including a 12 year old, were arrested after looting a Ruth Ray store at 918 South Meridian. Police found them changing stolen clothes. two other youths fled after looting desks at a nearby School 6. They were turned over to juvenile court authorities.
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South Side
Ruth Ray
South Meridian Street
Norwood
Union Streets
London to adopt one way air traffic over city
The airways above London are becoming crowded and a one way system for airplanes is planned. Incoming planes will approach from one side and outgoing flights will depart by the opposite side, guiding pilots along a roughly thirty five mile approach route. The air ministry sees this as a safety measure to prevent head on collisions amid traffic and bad weather.
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NEA
London
Air Ministry
Italy Cuts Airmail Rate to Match First Class
In Rome on October 10 1920 Italy reduced airmail charges to the same rate as first class mail to popularize air delivery. Mussolini declares faster delivery at no extra cost will benefit the nation.
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NEA
Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Ente plane tested by Fokker Wulf works at Bremen
Bremer works claim the Ente duck plane is fool proof and can glide safely to earth with the engine dead. The wooden winged aircraft features a metal body and a special device enabling a wide circular descent without pilot input.
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Berlin
Fokker- Wulf
Bremen
Building Delay Looms at Municipal Airport Project
The administration building at the municipal airport near Ben Davis may not finish before December. Board members ordered a review of construction expenditures with airport superintendent Paul H. Moore and deputy city controller Francis Coleman to assess remaining funds from a 693000 bond issue.
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Ben Davis
Board of Works
Paul H. Moore
Francis Coleman
Charles T. Caldwell
Transcontinental and
Western Air, Inc
Western Air Express
T. A. T. Maddux Lines
Helium Key To Airship Safety Says Purdue Dean
Dr. R B Moore of Purdue University argues the R 101 disaster shows helium's value for airships. He supports lifting the wartime helium ban in peacetime with limits on exports and insists airships remain viable for commerce and defense alongside rail and air transport.
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R. B. Moore
School of Science
Purdue University
United States Bureau of Mines
Science
Lafayette
Ind
United States
William A. Moffett
New York
Washington
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Tor
Purdue
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Waltham
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Illinois
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West Washington Street
Indiana Theatre
Seth Thomas
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