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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1927
Page
3
James Dewitt Till, 42, a veteran co-pilot aboard the monoplane Old Glory, is selected as Bertaud’s partner for the Homeward trip. Till has flown between New York and Australia for three years, enduring repeated engine trouble and sleet but never abandoning ship, with a parachute at his side.
In Ninety fourth District Court a case arising from alleged swindling was dismissed due to lack of proper FM prospering evidence. The proceedings referenced Charles Martherrs and the absence of key witnesses as factors in the decision.
A scrambled note outlines Charles A Lindbergh touring the nation to press for building airports. The plan seeks federal oversight and calls for action to provide landing facilities in cities lacking airstrips.
A Chicago dispatch reports on the third leg of a flight toward Hawaii featuring pilot Auggie Peidlar and passenger Miss Mildred Duryy. The two, traveling from Michigan, are part of a longer ocean crossing plan and were joined by Magnoni air wait data. Their progress appears to be on schedule as they move toward the Pacific.
Biartines of the Kety railroad at Mexico City attends meeting in San Antonio Thursday to discuss traffic representation and regional rail operations with key officials and transportation groups.
Trans Atlantic aviator Admiral Byrd, aboard the Leviathan with companions Grotz Neville, Bert Acosta, and Bernt Balchen, seeks rest and calm on his voyage home. He accepts privacy but enjoys walks and reading between social duties and preparations for the final leg of the journey.
PENSACOLA Fla July 14 Donald C Beatty an aviator with a record of hours in the air has offered to make a 4090 mile non stop flight from Pensacola Florida to Rio de Janeiro Major Bayliss announced Charles L Lawrence president of the Wright Aeronautical Company Paterson New Jersey was offered to furnish the plane and finance the flight if Beatty accepts
Willem Rosle and assistant planned the preliminaries as weather kept spectators away. Smith stated they would not turn back, recalling an earlier attempt to race Maitland and Hegenberger, as Bronte prepared on the field.
Deputies Joe Garsa and Joe Flores surprised two men fleeing in Tampico street. One man fired six shots as he fled. the other, held in jail in default of 1000 bond, is reported wounded and unlikely to survive. The wife of the escaped man gave information to the sheriff on Thursday.
Rapid City dispatch reports President Coolidge received a dawn haircut on the front porch of a summer White House. Barber John May performed the work as a small audience of early rising tourists observed, light improving with the rising sun.
Manuel Perez of 119 Hedges Street suffered severe bruises after his truck overturned in a collision with a second truck in the 400 block at Dawson Street. Perez was treated at Robert B. Fireen Hospital Thursday. Both drivers were charged with liability.
Old program note from UBICAGG reports the death of a Metropolitan Opera soprano Maria Genharl who died suddenly last Tuesday. A $700 fund was found to cover funeral expenses for the one year old woman, highlighting a sad end for a once celebrated artist.
The article notes Couzens overseeing reconstruction of a bombed school at Nery Bath with movers, aiming to complete the new structure by early next year. Senator James Cowzonx is mentioned in relation to funding and support for the project.
A corrupted dispatch reports Premier Mussolini appointing General Juberto Wohile to lead a new body for anti-atria fascist defense. The article notes a past role with the Ellsworth-Ampadsen expedition over the North Pole and mentions Nobile’s influence in organizing fascist forces in Italy.
Mrs. Melville Charles Settoon, a noted New Orleans society figure, was found with a bullet wound over her heart early today. Police said the injury did not appear to threaten personal safety. Doctors described her condition as serious but stable.
Paris July 14 Capt Dieudonne Coste the former endurance record holder announced intent to fly nonstop to New York within the coming week in the Gre du Guet biplane. He seeks French government support and will use a 600 horse power Hispano-Suiza engine with wireless gear.
Jester Maitland and Albert Hogenberger, noted aviators, were honored guests at a Shriners luncheon in San Francisco. They will fly to Chicago by train and proceed to Milwaukee, then report to Trubee Davidean in Washington for aviation duties.
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