Atlantic Aces Fly From Maine to Spain in Feat
Heroes A. Yancey and Q. Williams flew from Ogun Beach Maine to Santander Spain in the Pathfinder monoplane era. Fog and headwinds strained fuel but they landed on the Spanish coast and next day reached Rome. Mussolini welcomed them as guests of the Italian government at Littorio field.
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W. Pickard
Atlantic
Ocqgn
Casas AL Yancey
Ze Q. Williams
Oreham Beach
Maine
Santander
Spain
Ocean
Yellow Bird
Rome
Littorio Field
Mussolini
Chicago Tribune
Antin’ Bowler
Chicago
Berlin
Greenland
Iceland
Hudson Bay
Labrador
Port Burwell
New Yor
Los Angeles
Pennsylvania Railroad
Columbus
Ohio
California City
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Busy woman who runs South Platte town in 1900s
South Platte Colorado native Mrs. Charles Walbrecht, a widowed leader, manages hotel, post office, depot, cattle, and town affairs. She cooks, milks cows, and handles mail and law enforcement as the town’s busy principal figure. She was wounded defending the town during an 1890s shooting incident.
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South Platte
Colo
Colorado
Charles Walbrecht
West
Denver
South Platte River
Mrs Walbrecht
Soviets Plan Floating Homes For Homeless Children
The Soviet Union may deploy ships as floating homes to house homeless children. Ships on the Black and Caspian seas and the Rossioz river are proposed to house and reform vagrant youths. Officials hope the mobile homes will curb running away from schools and colonies.
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Moscow
Black and
Caspian
Rossioz River
Yale Students Barred Use of Motorcycles
New Haven residents will see a quiet campus as Yale bans student motorcycle use starting September 24. The rule targets motorcycles driven by students on or around campus amid widespread chatter about the noisier roars of the semester era.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
New
Former Soldier Returns Misappropriated Funds
A former private, after embracing religion, returns $20.43 to the War Department amid a WW wartime incident in which he pilfered army surplus gear, noting the department must be paid. The letter explains the mover order and the amount involved.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Unhurt in Wreck at Tracks Near Kenosha Wisconsin
Adolph Spetzer drove onto the tracks near Kenosha as two trains approached. A collision hurled his car 150 feet. trains halted and crews rushed to aid. Spetzer was uninjured, wandering and asking where his car was.
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Kenosha
Wis
Adolph Spetzer
Adolph
Feasibility of Moon Trip Highlighted by Astronomers
Paris scientists say rocket travel to the moon Mars and Venus is theoretically practical though passenger flights remain undecided. Prof Herman Oberth. awarded Rep-Hirsch prize, 10 000 francs, for interplanetary navigation work. double tube rocket using hydrogen exhaust to counter gravity.
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Paris
Janser
Societe Astronomique
France
Mars
Venus
Rep-Hirsch
Herman Oberth
Oberth
Professor Oberth
Andre Hirsch
Robert Eshault-Pelterie
Mrussians
Goe
Americans Among 1928 British Naturalizations
United States ranked among the four leading sources of new British subjects in 1928 with 41 Americans naturalized. Russia supplied the most new citizens, while the United States had the fewest among the top four. A total of 1,392 certificates were issued. 1,115 men and 278 women took the oath. Nineteen certificates were revoked, all to men including Germans and Russians.
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London
England
Russia
Poland
Italy
United States
Great Britain
Austria
Germany
British Isles
Austria-Hungary
Greece
Rumania
Blood Transfusion From Dead to Living Patient Reported
Doctors at a focal hospital transfused blood from a dead girl Rosa Jancu to dying patient George Morar who had stabbed himself and lost most of his blood. Morar is now expected to recover.
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Oiuj
Runsania
Rosa Jancu
George Morar
Morar
Athletes Rarely Face Criminal Charges, Judge Says
Cincinnati jurist Judge Edward Burley notes athletes are seldom arraigned in criminal courts. He attributes the trend to participation in clean athletics building self reliance and character, claiming a sound body typically yields a sound mind.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Edward Burley
Hurley
Six-Foot-Ten Scot Chooses Canadian Fruit
Andrew Kelting Hap of Les Mathangow Scotland, height six feet ten and a half inches, arrives in Winnipeg with other aspiring Canadians. Though shy to vote for himself he wins the prize as Scotland's tallest and plans a fruit picking career in Canada as a path to prosperity.
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Winnipeg
Andrew Kelting
Les Mathangow
Scotland
Canada
New York Magistrate’s blunt remarks on women in court
Magistrate Alexander Brough of the New York family court describes women who appear in court as liars and pursuers. He complains they lack sense of law and order, overspend on vanity, and expect court-driven support while neglecting responsibility. He notes many are strategic about money, fabricating dependency, and dressing seedy in pursuit of income.
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New York
Alexander Brough
Brough
Jim
Kiss in Court to Prove Innocence of Embrace
Paris Saturnin Fabre an actor is to kiss Mme France Buys in a court drama before three judges and onlookers to prove his innocence amid a dispute sparked by a prior onscreen kiss with Sue France Ellys in a frothy farce. An architect spectator named M Tablet caused the uproar.
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Paris
Saturnin Fabre
Mme France-Buys
Fabre
Sue
France- Ellys
Mme. Pabre
M_ Tablet
Court Held in Plane Over California Canyon
Superior Judge Albert Lee Stevens conducted a land condemnation hearing aboard an airplane over a San Gabriel canyon in Los Angeles County. Attorneys argued the case during the flight as a dam project required abandonment of claims, with the court meeting high above the ground.
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California Canyon
Los Angeles
Albert Lee Stevens
Stevens
Los Angeles County
San Gabriel County
Plant Grows in Airless Bottle in Boston Waters
Sailor Captain Ed Forbes brought a corked bottle containing a gulf weed plant to port. The bottle was found off the La Have fishing grounds and appeared airtight yet the plant thrived without air or moisture.
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Boston
Ed Forbes
Gossoon
la Have
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