List of Air Heroes Is Lengthened in Year of Thrilling Achievement
Aviation added many new heroes in 1928 with nonstop Atlantic and Pacific flights, the Graf Zeppelin round trip, and bold polar expeditions. Notable feats include Amelia Earhart’s New York to Wales crossing, Kingsford Smith’s Pacific voyage, and record speeds by Italian and German crews amid expanding air routes.
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Washington
Aviation
Wricht Brothers
Atlantic
Pacific
Australia
Waly
Brazil
Germany
Graf Zeppelin
Hugo Eckener
Friedrichshafen
New York
North Pole
Umberto Mobile
Dirishie Italia
Kings Bay
Lenin Lard
North Fce
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Polar
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Am Mandton
Nobile
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Arturo Ferrarin
Maj
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Rome
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William Brock
Edward Schlee
Detroit
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Edward Richirz
Johann Ziamerman
Amelia Farhart
Wilmer Stultz
Louis Gordon
Mawfoandinns
Wales
Greenig Island
Baron von Huenefield
Hermann Koeh
James Fitemaurice
Ireland
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Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Rockford
Jrl
Europe
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Teeland
Storkholm
University of Michigan
Hubert Wilkins
Carl B. Ejilson
Point Barrow
Alaska
Green Harbor
Wilkins
Richard E. Byrd
Trans Atlantic
C. R. Collyer
John Henry Mears
California
Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Tim
Harry Lyon
James Warner
Auscallin
American Air Transport Association
Thoxine Cough Remedy Promoted As Safe Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Thoxine as a safe cough remedy free of chloroform and harsh drugs. It claims double action soothes irritation and targets the internal cause for instant relief, superior to syrups, with a money back guarantee. Available at Collier’s drug stores and others.
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Colliers
Seven Injured in Night Fire at Pittsburgh Hotel
Seven persons including a hotel guest were injured when a fire swept the Strand hotel building in Pittsburgh. Six firefighters and one guest were overcome by smoke. the guest was found unconscious on the third floor and each was hospitalized. The blaze confined to the first floor where a grocery and small shop operated.
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Pittsburgh
Dre
Strand
EL Giasro
Tampa
Fin
Giasco
Yeeriurant
Mrs J W Garland Hosts Birthday Party for Stepdaughter
Mrs J W Garland entertained a group of young children Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4 in honor of her stepdaughter Irma Lee Garland s eighth birthday. Guests included Eleanor Ruth Rowe F E Feazel Jr Thomas Fearner Edna Hart Martha Jo Hale Dorothy Pipes Susie Archer Sybil Bord Edna Hinton Helen Spiljers Jimmie Pardue Dorothy Garland Esther Garland and Marjorie Pardue. Mrs Garland was assisted by her sisters in serving homemade cakes and hot chocolate.
Ohio Divorces and Child Care Ties Highlighted
In Columbus Ohio 15000 divorces were granted last year and 19000 children were placed in child care agencies. Belle Greeve the state public welfare official links the two core statistics and notes possible implications for policy and family support.
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Columbus
Ohio
Belle Greeve
The Home Towners Debuts as Warner Bros Production
The film follows a well meaning man who travels to New York to be best man at a friend's wedding. His unjustified suspicions disrupt several lives before a social critique unfolds. The star cast includes Richard Bennett Doris Kenyon Robert McWade and others. Directed by Bryan Faye with adaptation by Addison Burkhart and Murray Roth.
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Saenger
Warner Bros
New York
Marthy Perkins
Richard Bennett
Doris Kenyon
Robert
Chard Bennett
Robert McWade
McWade
Robert Edeson
Gladys Brockwell
John Miljan
Vera Lewis
Stanley Taylor
James T. Mack
Patricia Caton
Bryan Fay
Addison Burkhart
Murray Roth
Don’t Suffer From Colds Grip Flu Bond’s Liver Pills Ad
Advertisement promising relief from colds grip and flu by keeping the liver active and bowels regulated with Bond’s Liver Pills. Claims one nightly pill removes germs and waste, prevents illness, and urges readers to buy 25 cents at druggists before winter ends.
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Bond
Coffee Jake Zach Dies. Pittsburgh Coffee House Founder Probate
Stanislauz Zach known as Coffee Jake in Pittsburgh years ago left an estate valued at 775000 dollars per probate records. He died in Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Stanislauz Zach
Jake
Los Angeles
Syrup Harvest Exceeds Eight Million Gallons in Louisiana
New Orleans reports 1928 syrup production in Louisiana at about 2,061,507 gallons, with 6,644,000 from the cane belt and 7,417,000 outside. Molasses output reaches 14,600,027 gallons, and belt cane yield averages 24 gallons per ton, reflecting shifts from prior years and a ten year average.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lionel L. Janes
U.S. Department of Agriculture
West Virginia league backs rhododendron protection bill
The West Virginia Wildlife League urges lawmakers to outlaw picking the official state flower, the rhododendron, to shield Parkerburgs state symbol. The note cites historical cane molasses yields for context alongside the legislative push.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia Wild Life League
Boston Lunch Counter Plans New Unit Expansion
Boston hosts a single lunch counter restaurant employing 1 000 people and serving 25 000 patrons daily. The owners intend to establish another unit to expand capacity.
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Boston
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