Glorious Homecoming of NC Airmen Returns to New York
Lieut. Commander A. C. Read and the NC-4 crew arrived in New York aboard the Zeppelin after the first Atlantic seaplane crossing. Commanders Towers and Bellinger of NC-3 and NC-1 respectively joined the welcome, as a crowd cheered through rain and a flotilla of planes and ships.
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Albert Cushing Read
Atlantic
New York
John H. Towers
P. N. L. Bellinger
NC-1
Debarkation
Hoboken
Zeppelin
Herreshoff
Manhattan
Aero Club of America
Welco
Commodore
Pier 4
Port of Debarkation
Commander Towers
James H. Glennon
Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
United States Naval Service
Glennon
Washington
E. H Howard
NCH
Rockaway Point
Howard
Naval Air Service
Read
Royal Air Force Cross
Hawker
Order of the Tower and Sword
Europe
G. H. McManus
Archie Mmler
Army Aviation Field
Mineola
L. I
Frank Andrewa
Air Service
King Snell
Army
Navy
P. Dymington
W. F. Frost
R. W. Cabaniss
Naval Station
Robert Donohue
13Th Infantry
Barrett
Ocean Eere
NC-4
A. C Tead
E. F. Stone
Liieutenant
W. Hinton
J. ° C Rodd
E. Rhoades
J. L. B. Reese
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H. C. Richardson
D. H. McCullogh
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R. Christensen
Azores
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Curtiss
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British Air Service
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Trepassey Bay
Newfoundland
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Lisbon
Plymouth
England
Handley Page Transatlantic Flight Hopes Rise in Newfoundland
Vice Admiral Mark Kerr prepares to launch the Handley Page biplane on a transatlantic attempt from Newfoundland. Major Geofrey J. Taylor notes improving weather while Gran oversees preparations and weather info is shared with Kerr and Brackley.
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New York Times
ST. John's
N. F
Mark Kerr
Handley-Page
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Geoffrey J. Taylor
Major Taylor
Major Gren
Newfoundland-England
Gran
H. G. Brackley
Handley Page
Kerr
Brackley
London
Taylor
Army Reports 3414 Planes Available For Service
Washington June 27 The army lists 13340 planes in serviceable condition plus 862 battle planes in storage and 653 advanced training planes in commission with 156 in storage. Total 3414 planes enough for 136 squadrons and 1894 flying officers are in the United States.
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Washington
United States
United States Army
Army
General March
Mexico
Air Service
Wets Hope Wilson Will Act on War Prohibition
A New York City push seeks a presidential proclamation to suspend the War Prohibition act before July 1. Liquor retailers plan sales strategies as cases test the act’s constitutionality. Clerks and restaurateurs await decisions, while Buckner and Hirst defend limits on intoxicants and warn of enforcement challenges.
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Wilson
Congress
Court of Appeals
William H. Hirst
Society of Restaurateurs
Emory R. Buckner
Sihu Root
William D Guthrie
New York Times
Hirst
Howev
Ricther
Srtison
Internal Revenue Collector
Prohibition Act Debate and Local Test on Wartime Rules
Wartime prohibition and industrial alcohol provisions face new enforcement rules as Congress debates Section 40 funding. St Louis liquor dealers plan to continue sales after July 1 to test enforcement, while 600 saloon keepers seek new six-month licenses, conditional on lifting wartime prohibitions.
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United States
Collector of Internal Revenue
Committee
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
The
Treasury
ST. Louis
John P. Pensa
United States Court of Appeals
New York
Cres Eeey
Excise
Prohibition Funding and Demobilization in War Time Policy Debate
In Washington Representative Hoch argues the President cannot repeal wartime prohibition until demobilization ends, citing lack of moral and legal right. In Hartford District Attorney Crosby warns Connecticut liquor dealers prosecutions will proceed for wartime prohibition violations and tests of the law may go to the Supreme Court. Louisville dealers plan to export surplus whisky to Europe after June 30 to dispose of up to 40 million gallons before nationwide prohibition takes effect.
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House
Representative Hoch
Kansas
Hoch
Congress
Hartford
United States
John F.crosby
Connecticut
Crosby
United States District Court
Supreme Court
Louisville
Kentucky
Europe
W. N Cox
Louisville Warehouse Company
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