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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1925
Page
4
Airship crew members from Shenandoah arrive at Lakehurst amid tearful reunions. Relatives, including widows and children, mourn losses while survivors, still in torn clothing, recount the storm and breakup minutes. Commander Klein and Lt Headley lead the welcome as families embrace.
Cambridge Ohio September 4 United Press Dispatch. The Shenandoah airship wreck left a morgue with fourteen dead and survivors en route to Philadelphia as souvenir seekers pillaged wreckage. Investigators met near Ava to study three possible causes: cabin snag on a tree, lightning during the storm, or cross currents. Commander Lansdowne to be buried in Greenville Ohio. Millitia guarded the scene while survivors were treated to a farewell dinner.
A July report by Archie Babbitt state gasoline tax collector shows 3,363,000 more gallons of gasoline used in the state than July 1924. Total gas tax collections reached $853,685, up $351,827 from the previous year.
The Shenandoah crash shocks military and commercial lighter than air plans. Secretary Wilbur expects no policy change, but the Navy calls off a PB-1 flight to Hawaii. Los Angeles is grounded for months as helium reserves dwindle and a new dirigible funding faces likely congressional resistance.
A Daily Citizen reporter found a bustling new half mile track at Linton with a finished grand stand, cement topped wells, and a dozen refreshment stands. Numerous drivers and horses from Indiana and Kentucky arrived, with crowds forming around tents and barns as four gates were prepared for fast entry during Monday and Tuesday races.
Operators from Pittsburg and Latimer counties met Acting Governor W J Holloway to request troops after Dow Mine No 5 equipment was burned and guards were fired upon amid the strike area violence.
Demands for troops presented in a written petition to Sheriff Will Anderson by coal operators will be presented by Pittsburg County officials to Acting Governor W J Holloway today. Pittsburg county center of the mine district was called out on strike last Saturday at a mass meeting of union miners.
Reginald Calypool Vanderbilt died at 4 15 am at Sandy Point farm Portsmouh N Y after a first hemorrhage at 9 pm and a second at 3 am His wife was at his bedside He was a leader in society and amateur sport and a director in several transportation firms He married Cathleen Gebhard Nelson in 1908 and his second marriage occurred two years ago
Chicago Sept 4 A war between bricklayers and plasterers unions halts more than 200 million dollars worth of building across the United States Edward Craig secretary of the building construction employers association estimates the impact debated in industry circles and unions seek settlement to resume work nationwide.
Chicago and Northwest seeks complete control of the Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railway as a strategic move. The stake involves reorganization efforts and possible shifts in management control. Details remain pending as negotiations continue in Washington.
An application filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission requests permission to purchase the railroad's entire outstanding capital stock comprising 5,879,300 dollars in preferred and 9,165,000 dollars in common stock. The filing notes that since 1882 Northwestern has held controlling interest in the line.
Three western railroads agreed to split the difference with farmers over rate schedules and will seek only half of the proposed increase from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The deal aims to ease tensions by moderating the requested rates.
Mrs Margaret Lansdowne charges politics influenced the Shenandoah voyage that killed Lieut Commander Zachary Lansdowne. She said he warned Navy officials and protested to Secretary Wilbur but orders stood to fly over midwestern fairs, risking the ship in frequent thunderstorms.
Secretary Wilbur stated Commander Lansdowne was free to choose the flight time and believed it would be safe. He said he would not have ordered the dirigible trip against Lansdowne’s judgment or protest, countering reports from Lakehurst.
The Linton race tightens as Republican and Democratic tickets led by Enoch Murphy and Dr E V Bull prepare for the November 3 city election. City Clerk Cletus Gill reports Indiana rules require no voter registration for fifth class cities, easing access for ballots. J Otto Lee, Clerk, confirms the guidance from the state election commissioners.
San Francisco authorities refuse to give up hope for PN-91 missing since September in the Pacific. The San Francisco to Hawaii seaplane and its five onboard crew remain unfound after nearly sixty hours of search. Captain Stanford Mones urges continued rapid pursuit of the missing craft and crew.
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