Wright Ayer Johnstone thrills Trenton with bold air display
Ralph Johnstone dazzled thousands at the Interstate fair in Trenton by circling the Soldiers’ Monument and returning to the grounds after thrilling climbs and maneuvers. Despite a drumbeat of peril, the aviator achieved daring evolutions, drawing thunderous applause on Children’s Day as he challenged gusts and executed a sequence of figure eights and sharp turns above the fairgrounds.
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Bizarre Flight Ends With Safe Landing In Debris Field
A flaring attempt by Johnstone with a four cylinder engine left the crowd astonished as the aeroplane sputtered and dropped. He steadied the craft with a gentle dip and landed on a slope of earth like a stairway, avoiding disaster. Firemen later battled a Houston Transfer building fire in which thirty five workers were burned but none fatally injured.
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Taft Orders Civil Service Extension
Taft plans an executive order to extend civil service to 8000 assistant postmasters and to urge Congress to place certain positions under civil service. Cabinet discussions and wartime estimates framed the policy push as Secretary of War absent. Separately, Robert Reese, indicted for double murder, pleads not guilty in Delaware court despite limited witnesses.
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Roosevelt Foes Fight for Convention Control in New York
The Roosevelt faction clashed at the New York Republican convention over committee selections and platform control. Colonel Roosevelt’s supporters resisted the preferred slate, ousting rival names and reshaping the platform committee while preserving party machinery built over fifty years. The battle highlighted tensions between Roosevelt loyalists and longtime GOP organizers as the convention continued.
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