Angeleno endurance flight ends at Culver City
Culver City reports the Angeleno biplane lands after 746 hours 43 minutes aloft, ending a world endurance record run. Pilots Loren Mendell and R B Reinhart are cheered as the craft is wheeled to a hangar amid police lines and thousands of spectators.
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Culver City
U.P
Loren Mendell
R. B
Pete” Reinhart
Reinhart
Mendel
NEA
Los Angeles
R. E
Calibore Mendell
Age
Last of the Limpy Cleaver gang found guilty in mail train raid
Virgil Litzinger and John Flannery, named as the final members of the Limpy Cleaver gang, were convicted in federal court for the Evergreen mail train robbery that netted about 133000. The jury returned verdicts after trial in Chicago on July 12.
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Chicago
Virgil Litzinger
John Flannery
Endurance Flyers Tie After 246-Hour Flight
Culver City July 12. Loren Mendel and Roland Reinhart completed a 246 hour 43 minute endurance flight in a second hand Buhl Air Sedan powered by a Wright Whirlwind. A fluttering tail section forced an end after 38 refuelings. They logged about 19 000 miles using 3000 gallons of gasoline and 100 gallons of oil. The motor was found in good condition and deemed ready to fly again.
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Culver City
Loren Mendel
Los Angeles
Roland Reinhart
Salem
Ore
Bookkeeper Sought in Forgery Case in Forgery County
Forgery charges allege H W Covin former Tower NEE bookkeeper forged two company checks and cashed a third for 225 dollars total. Checks drawn on H N Schur and R H Sahanow with salaries dated July 5. Victim company officials L H Smith at Union Cafe reported missing six blank checks and payments of 80 and 65 dollars. Police believed Covin fled by train to Barstow after last night’s tip.
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H. W. Covin
H. N. Schur
R. H. Sahanow
Colvin
A. C. Kitchen
Union Cafe
Northern
L. H. Smith
Smiths
Barstow
Lighting Plans Up In the Air City Books U K
City board debated ornamental street lighting specifications at last night meeting. Commissioners Hansell and Thomas pushed for metal standards, while Ferron backed marberite reinforced concrete. A motion to allow bids for both options passed with Mayor Hesse voting aye. The board adjourned to Tuesday at 8 pm for further action.
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Hassell
German
Thomas
Smith
Hesse
W. E. Ferron
City Planning Commission
Hansell
Early Birds to Bring Trout or Tales for Rotary Lunch
Rotarians await Ernie Bihlmaier and Walter Souck after a planned zo n trip to Zion National Park and Fish Lake. They left at 4 a.m. to get bait and report on a fishing trip claimed to produce trout for a Rotary luncheon next week. Mrs. Bihlmaier suspects stories or even a tan. The group hopes for a positive fish dinner and a lively update in about eight days. The city auditor W J Hooper reported 1928 through May 31 1929 records neat and kept, with monthly reports by former City Clerk Scott.
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Ernie Bihlmaier
Walter Souck
Rotarians
Rotary Club
Rotary
Bihlmaier
Zion National Park
Fish Lake
W. J. Hooper
Scott
First Regular Reno Line Plane Initiates Airport
Las Vegas and Reno linked by a new airplane service with three hour flights. The first regular scheduled plane landed at the Las Vegas airport at 5 PM, three hours after leaving Reno. Two planes carried passengers on the inaugural run to a field north of the city, with one set to return tonight and another to depart tomorrow at 7 30 AM for the first regular northward flight. The schedule lists landings on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays and departures on Wednesdays Fridays for Tonopah and Carrara. G Ray Boggs, president of Nevada Airlines, Inc., joined the inaugural trip. Both directions are expected to take about 3 1/2 hours between 7:30 AM and 11 AM.
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Las Vegas
Reno
Tonopah
Carrara G
Pictures of Angeleno landing rush to Las Vegas
NEA service captured the Angeleno landing at 2 13 yesterday afternoon and sent by air mail to Las Vegas receiving at 9 p m. In the brief interval from photo to print stereotype mats were made mailed and ready for publication in the Age. A fast service noted.
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NEA
Las Vegas
Canyon Survey For Aqueduct to L.A. Begun Here
Surveying of the prospective Colorado River to Los Angeles aqueduct line begins at Black Canyon with eight men. 14 surveys running toward Ban ning California under S L Farratt and E A Bayley. About 25 workers operate from Searchlight, with N M Imbertson supervising. project to finish by November. Gravity flow deemed unlikely. Boulder Dam lift and Opal Mountains pump would be required. Mrs Fred Hesse departs for Long Beach for several weeks.
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Los Angeles
Black Canyon
Department of Water and Power of
Banning
Califor
S. L. Farratt
E. A. Bayley
Clark County
Boulder Dam
Opal Mountains
Parratt
Polish Flyers Start First Trans Atlantic Air Race From Paris
At Le Bourget Field Paris the Polish duo Idzikowski and Kuvala flew the Marshal Pilsudski and the red Question Mark toward America in the first Paris to New York air race. They hope to reach the United States in about 45 hours racing through mist with favorable winds.
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LE Bourget Field
France
Paris
New York
Marshall Pilsudski
America
Atlantic Ocean
Marshal Pilsudski
Yg Aeeevee Lage
Col
hCarles A. Lindbéteh
Pilsudski
Louis Idaikowski
Casimir Kuvala
Fearless
United States
Idzikowski
Kuvala
Kavala
Lindbe
Question Mark
Amiot
Rate of City License Fees Doubled in 1929 First Five Months
Las Vegas city license receipts surged in early 1929 with 13 137.00 collected in five months, nearly matching the 13 349.50 total for all of 1928. W J Hooper’s audit report to County Clerk Wm L Scott confirms the sharp increase in licenses issued and collected through May 31, 1929.
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Las Vegas
W. J. Hooper
Wm. L. Scott
New Corporation To Run Potosi Flotation Mill
Foster Thomas & Hill Incorporated will own and operate the Potosi flotation mill with capacity for 100 tons daily. O D Thomas named president, Frank R Foster vice president, John M Porthomas secretary, Robert L ter treasurer, and Hill architect. firm plans a second mill near Las Vegas and contracts with Associated Metals to handle Potosi ores. The Nevada mine, one of the oldest, yields zinc, lead, silver and gold and is partly worked out. Associated Metals installing a 300 cubic foot Sullivan compressor and new mining gear plus a 3000 foot airline to the mine. Harold Buddy Davis, jailed in San Quentin, says the fight has just begun.
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O. D. Thomas
Foster Thomas & Hill, Incorporated
Frank R. Foster
John M. Porthomas
San Diego
Robert L. Ter
Los Angeles
Hill
Las Vegas
Pres
Thomas
Eat Mill
Associated Meals, Inc
Associated Metals
Sullivan
Potosi Mountain
Roy W. Martin
James McCoy
H. H. Purser
Harvey Hardy
Box Robbins
O.D. Thomas
New Mining and Milling Corporation
Bureau of Mines of
Imperial County
Rich John Cudahy Settled In Jail After DWI Arrest
Hollywood July 12 UP John Patrick Michael Cudahy grandson of the Cudahy Packing founder and social figure was jailed after a DWI arrest early today. He reportedly believed his eastbound car on Vine Street was going west and struck a car driven by Charles B Lang of Eagle Rock. both men escaped injury and Cudahy was allowed to settle in at the station.
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Hollywood
John Patrick Michael Cudahy
The
Cudahy Packing Company
City
Muriel Evans
Cudahy
Vine Street
Charles B. Lang
Eagle Rock
Lang
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