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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1927
Page
3
A sweeping search off Langley near San Francisco seeks five missing Navy fliers. Crew reports debris and wreckage sighted, but no trace of the men has been found. The mother ship leads the frantic hunt as planes scour the waters.
Frank M. Coleman commends Coffman on his ninth anniversary with Coleman & Go, calling him the best fire insurance man in San Antonio and the leading producer of all kinds of insurance. Coffman invites friends to consult him for policy needs and guidance.
John Furling, a Los Angeles man separated from his pioneer family, believes he has found his niece Miss Mildred Doran the so called flying school marm, amid news that a passenger plane vanished in the Pacific and may have caused her death.
ISAT page notes Capt William P. Erwin, known as Bone Star BIW, from Texas, once a brilliant pianist who studied under Godowski in Chicago. Born October 18 1893 in Bryan Oklahoma he left Chicago for aviation after WWI service as a doughboy, earning the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre while rising as a famed World War II aviator.
International News Service reports Aimee Semple McPherson attempted to file incorporation papers in Sacramento for the four sailate geapel lighthouse project. Secretary of state deferred action due to technical defects in the McPherson documents. The evangelistic corporation formed in Chicago plans to carry on religious work worldwide without capital stock.
Report describes a staged rescue mission over the Pacific as a drifting aircrew airplane carrier and destroyer weave a path thirty miles wide. Capt. J H Tower notes the drift approaches a hundred miles while wind and currents hinder recovery. amid tense radio contact and amphibians ready for extraction, observers search for the missing Bears plane and crew.
In Hollywood a police court heard three men charged with bootlegging. Each man claimed to be a movie extra for Nighting Canines and said they earned $20 daily from dog fighting scenes. The judge questioned their occupations and noted the men accepted lower pay for the dangerous work.
An archaeological commission began examining remains of the ancient Buddhist kingdom Shriwidjaja. Evidence points to early sea power in Palembang and the Pati Kaku morass, with governance by the Shainingra dynasty and lingering influence in central Java long after. In Hessville Indiana, Otto Mersch was killed instantly in a gunfire incident described as a “fun” prank.
City business leaders debate methods to raise 2000 to 2500 acres for a government flying field. Fort Worth Dallas and other cities compete, offering land to attract the project. Chamber of Commerce launches steps to buy the site as San Antonio positions to become aviation center.
Planes and Army trackers combed the desert for a missing veteran from Menard. The War Department sent two giant aircraft from San Antonio to scour every square foot of sand while desert vultures circle over a steer carcass reported on the plains.
In HOURGEON Missouri a three legged pig named by locals as a curios animal balances itself and eats regularly alongside its taller kin. Despite its handicap the pig moves on three feet with surprising cleverness, drawing attention from nearby residents.
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