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26 Aug 1927
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Kingsport Times in Kingsport, Tennessee
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1927
Page
1
Redfern Aviator Sets Course For Rio In Nonstop Flight
Paul Redfern, Georgia aviator, launches a 4600 mile nonstop Stinson Detroit flyer toward Rio de Janeiro from Brunswick, facing head winds and fuel limits. He aims to pass Porto Rico and Trinidad, then turn toward Pernambuco and Rio while monitoring landfall for fuel checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Redfern
Brunswick
Georgia
Detroit
Woman Arrested Over Placards at Radicals Bier Row
A row at a radical bier event leads to a woman’s arrest amid protestors and mourning mourners. Police faced hostility as undertaker objects to placards. further arrests possible as sympathizers remain active. In Chamonix reports, the Montenvers cog railway wreck pageant developments flood into coverage with casualty tallies and identifications evolving through the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartoloomeo Vanzetti
Mary Donovan
Radical’s Defense Committee
Thayer
Sacco
Vanzetti
Miss Donovan
Gardner Jackson
Defense Committee
Powers Hapgood
Bier
Ocean Liners Report 80 to 100 MPH Winds
New York August 26 reports say ocean liners arriving today faced winds from 80 to 100 miles an hour. The Resolute passed through the storm center and heaved to briefly. The Yoro arrived 40 hours overdue with decks awash and 40 to 50 foot waves sweeping the navigating bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
Kruze
Yoro
Jamaica
Man Found Dead In Newport News Feed Store
S A Rudd a 62 year old feed and grain dealer in Newport News was found dead early this morning in his store badly beaten with two stab wounds near the heart. He had lived in the city for years and had recently slept at his business. Police say the motive is unclear though a broken cash register handle and a grain hook suggest attempted theft. An autopsy will be held this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
S. A. Rudd
Rudd
Richmond
Richmond Some Time Ago. He Has No Immediate Relatives In This City. Mr. Rudd
East End
Donald Campbell
Plane Sighted 300 Miles From British Bahamas
San Juan Porto Rico August 26 Aerialist Paul Redfern flying from Brunswick Georgia toward Rio Janeiro in a Stinson Detroiter monoplane may have passed Porto Rico unseen through the night Aviators say coastal lights could assist him if within 25 to 75 miles Weather across the island was excellent last night Redfern was expected to be near Porto Rico about 2 am eastern standard time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
Paul Redfern
Georgia
Brunswick
Rio Janeiro
Redfern
Plane sighted on non-stop Brunswick to Brazil flight
A Nassau radio report picked up by a Financial Journal wireless station said the Port of Brunswick piloted by Paul Redfern was sighted 300 miles east of the British Bahamas by a steamer arriving at Nassau at 11:40 pm. The message placed the plane at about 2000 feet altitude and heading south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersborf
Fla
Nassau
Financial Journal
Brunswick
Paul Redfern
Brazil
Bahamas
Redfern Flight Path Aboard Port of Brunswick
Wireless report from Nassau via St Petersburg says Paul Redfern’s Port of Brunswick was seen 300 miles east of the Bahamas. He departed Flynn Isle Beach at 12:46 pm planning a southward 45 degree east course over sea, then landfall near Porto Rico and onward toward the Caribbean and Dutch Guiana before deciding at MaP a on the Amazon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Nassau
St. Petersburg
Florida
Paul Redfern
Bahamas
Georgia
Flynn Isle Beach
Redfern
Porto Rico
Caribbean Sea
Grenada Island
Tobago
Trinidad
South America
Dutch Guiana
MaApa
Amazon River
Pernambuco
Rio de Janeiro
One Killed In Humber Arm Storm Wave
A 90 mile gale swept a tidal wave up Humber Arm at the mouth of the Humber river in Western Newfoundland. The storm caused extensive damage and one life was lost as it raged across the island yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curling
N. F
Humber Arm
Humber River
New Foundland
July death toll and births reported in Roanoke county
Sixty nine deaths occurred in Roanoke City and county during July with fifty five white and fourteen colored. The birth rate was slightly over 51 percent higher than the death rate, there being 133 births during the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Roanoke City
Health Department
Monoplane Starts Around the World from Maine
Pride of Detroit, piloted by William S. Brock with Edward F. Schlee aboard, began a world around the globe attempt at 5:25 a.m. from Old Orchard Beach Maine bound for Harbor Grace Newfoundland. The flight aims to beat the 28 days 14 hours 30 minutes record set last year by Evans and Wells, with legs to Croydon England planned after Harbor Grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Pride of
Nova Scotia
Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Detroit
Hone
Edward S. Evans
Linton Wells
Harbor Grace
Croydon
England
Pride of Detroitcrosses out of U S Territory in Maine
Out of U S Eastport Maine August 26 the monoplane Pride of Detroit en route to circle the globe record passed out of United States territory at 7 55 am eastern daylight time and was sighted at West Quoddy Head Coast Guard station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Eastport
Maine
Detroit
Globe
United States Territory
West Quoddy Head Coast Guard Station
Pride of Detroit Monoplane Seen Over Charlottetown
Witnesses in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island report seeing the Pride of Detroit monoplane at about 10 o'clock Atlantic standard time this morning as it flew low over the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottetown
Prince Edwards Island
Pride of
Detroit
Richmond man shot in attempted filling station robbery
Allen T. Perkins, 29, lay in serious condition at a Richmond hospital after a midnight shooting at a local filling station. He said a negro robber asked for patches, drew a pistol when he turned, and fired wounding him in the side. Perkins returned fire and the assailant fled without getting any money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Allen T. Perkins
Perkins
Jones Routs Johnston to Enter Semi Finals
Jones defeats Johnston by ten and nine at Minikahda, earning a place in the semifinals alongside Ouimet MacKenzie and Evans in the tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Johnston
Minikahda
Ouimet
MacKenzie
Evans
Francis Hunter Reaches Newport Tennis Semi finals
In Newport Rhode Island August 26 Francis T Hunter reached the invitation tournament semi finals by beating Watson Washburn 6 1 6 2 Manuel Alonzo defeated Frank Shields to face Hunter in the semis Shields hindered by a toe injury Van Ryne advances over Arnold W Jones 6 3 6 2 to meet William T Tilden Princeton star showed an accurate cross court game
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Francis T. Hunter
Newport Cacino
Watson Washburn
Manuel Alonzo
Hunter
Frank Shields
Shields
John van Ryne
William T. Tilden
Arnold W. Jones
Providence
van Ryne
Princeton
Jones
Randolph–Macon Academy to Lay Cornerstone
Royal, Va. August 26. Dr John Paul Tyler of Washington DC will be principal speaker at the cornerstone laying for Randolph Macon Academy on September 1 at 3 PM. Rev N B Harmon Jr will introduce Mr Tyler. public invited.
Cape Cod Fishing Fleets In Danger
Cape Cod to Newfoundland reports warn of nine dead four missing and many injured as a tropical hurricane rages up the coast. Three yachts grounded at Nantucket and vessels wrecked from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia with losses, redrawn routes, and rail washouts, as harrowing tales reach Boston with crews lost at sea and damage surpassing a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cape Cod
New Foundland
Nantucket
Nova Scotia
St. Pierr
Miquilon
St. Johns
Lindbergh Gets Huge Welcome in Little Falls Crowd
In Little Falls Minnesota a native son receives a much larger crowd than the town's population as Lindbergh visits the area. The turnout reflects strong local pride and local officials note the significance of the aviator's hometown ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Falls
Minn
Lindbergh
Virginia and Tennessee Weather Outlook Tonight and Saturday
Virginia expects rain in the east tonight with cloudy conditions and continued cool, fresh northeast and north winds. Tennessee shows fair tonight with increasing clouds Saturday and warmer temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Memorial Completed for Yorktown French Valor Tablet
The bronze memorial tablet commemorating French soldiers and sailors who died in the American War of Independence was completed yesterday at the Norfolk Navy Yard. It will be unveiled September 5 by the Virginia Department of the American Legion at Yorktown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Yorktown
Virginia Department of the American Legion
Norfolk Navy Yard
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May
Enroute
Ieve
French Mountain
Willis
Greenville
S. C
Ethel Willis
Henry S. Townsend
Sam D. Willis
John L. Parks
Parks
Flyer
Tropics
Isle of Trinidad
Washington
Isle of
Macapa
Rio
Moore
Chamonix
France
Montenver
Mont Blac. Chin
Montenvers
Ss. A. Rudd
Virginia
Townsend
Procter A. Bonham
Bonham
Chamonix Hospital
Clines
Annecy
Newton Perry
Chicago
British Bahamas
The
William S. Brock
Newfoundland
Francis Hunter
Randolf Macon Accademy
Harvard
George Bank
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Dominion Atlantic Railway
Halifax
Yarmouth
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