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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1930
Page
6
Major league officials like Sam Breadon say night baseball could move from minors to the big leagues if financially successful. Fans in urban centers may flock to night games as in Des Moines, easing attendance, though novelty might fade.
Sport notes summarize shifts in control of the Saline bury club in the Piedmont league and mention varied sports items. It notes Australian tennis rising in popularity with many courts, Kentucky derby maiden winners, and various sports personalities and events from golf to boxing and baseball history.
Coach Knute Rockne will not scrimmage with players while recovering from a leg infection. He will direct strategy for upcoming games against Army Navy Pennsylvania Southern California and other opponents, delegating physical work to assistants.
Dispatches from Edmonton, Alta report the opening of a new line from Wort McMurray to Aklawik 1800 miles north on the Arctic Ocean. Canada now connects ocean to ocean and interlaces north to south by air routes serving mining, lumbering, fur and milling centers. The Capudan lines subsidized from London and New York move travelers fast at high rates, with charter business thriving in remote areas. Planes use pontoons in summer and skids in winter, with limited usable weeks during spring thaws.
Norfolk Virginia reports that Kill Devil Hill, a 97 foot high sand mound covering 26 acres, will be stabilized by government engineers to permit a Wright memorial. A 55 to 85 foot tall monument is planned at a cost of 295,000 dollars within a 100 acre government reservation to serve as an airport. Capt John A Gilman oversaw anchoring the hill with a wood surround and rye planting to reduce shifting.
Albany N Y The New York aviation commission urges Alaska? The annual report to Gov Franklin D Roosevelt says a state department of aviation is not yet needed and favors continuing the commission It notes 8 percent? landing fields now versus 30 previously and recommends licensing flying schools by the state education department and arming the state police with airplanes enforcing certificate requirements for flight within the state.
Charles J. Lawrence, Wright Whirlwind motor designer, envisions a foolproof airplane guided like a car with no stick or pedals. He says controls will be simplified and safety increased by better motor and frame design, though pilot judgment will still affect outcomes.
Hog Island yard, once the world’s largest wartime shipyard, will become a major airmarine rail terminal. The U S Shipping Board will sell the 946 acre site to Philadelphia for 2 million dollars to support a combined airport seaplane base and marine rail operations.
A Commerce Department report shows New York with 7 7T licensed planes and California far ahead in pilot numbers. California lists 903 transport pilots 18 industrial pilots 179 limited commercial pilots 976 private pilots and 1461 mechanics, while New York reports 46 transport pilots 1% industrial pilots 125 limited commercial pilots 13 private pilots and 733 mechanics.
Dean Dudley asks Molly Anne for six books for a weekend trip and a speech in Pittsburgh. Molly selects a mix of gardening stories bedtime tales Italian monk writings poker prayers and love poetry to test his indifference. He proves impressed by the choices and recounts how the volume on The Lives of the Saints aided his speech and fundraising for a science building.
The U S Employment Service report for the mountain district notes broad improvements in Colorado New Mexico and Arizona industries in April with rising labor demand. Outdoor seasonal workers farm labor railroad and construction jobs increased while coal and copper mining faced cuts. May projects include building pipelines railroad and highway work and extended tourist traffic employment.
A land turtle found near Memphis Tennessee bears the carved name Walter on its shell. The traveler who found it took the reptile to Oklahoma to be reunited with Mrs. Le who once owned it. The animal had wandered about 400 miles over 36 years.
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