Record Won't Stand Post Fears New York Flight Record
Wiley Post doubts the globe speed record of 7 days 1A hours and 49 minutes will stand. He praises the Winnie Mae robot co pilot, noting weather and oil-feed issues affected the journey from Edmonton to Germany. Post says he could have finished in five days with better luck and laments a tired moment near Flat, Alaska before landing in Nome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wiley Post
Easp
Post
Edmonton
Newark
Germany
Flat
Alaska
Nome
Eve
Mobilgas
Mobiloil
A Worthwhile Investment Promotes Rental Ad Success
Mrs. Horton of 82% Main Avenue posted a well written rental ad in The Light and found a tenant after only two appearances. The notice urges others to rent now while many seek homes and rooms, inviting contact by telephone or in person at Broadway and Fifth Street.
Glad Plant Strike Looms at Hazel Atlas Glass
About 2,200 workers at three Hazel Atlas Glass plants in Washington Pennsylvania threaten to strike after demanding an eight hour day and a minimum wage of 60 cents an hour. They gave an ultimatum to general manager A M Algeo with the deadline set for midnight Tuesday. Previously the company cut the day to six hours during four shifts, lowering the daily minimum wage to $2.40. At a mass meeting workers insisted on 6 cents per hour but would accept 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
A.M. Algeo
Dern Addresses Governors on Federal-State Relation
SACRAMENTO Calif July 24 George H Dern secretary of War addresses the twenty fifth annual conference of governors on the relation between the federal government and the states. He is a former Utah governor and his talk was the only one on the day’s program for 14 state chiefs. Governor Cross’s scheduled tax exemptions talk was postponed and the governors meet tomorrow in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
George H. Dern
Utah
Wilbur L. Cross
Connecticut
San Francisco
Texas Cleaners to Accept Code
About 300 members or 60 percent of the Texas Association of Cleaners and Dyers voted unanimously to join other states in adopting a fair practices code. The code sets a 42 hour weekend and a minimum wage of 12.60 dollars per week and will be presented to General Hugh Johnson on August 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas Association of Cleaners and Dyers
Texas Association
4& States
Hugh Johnson
Venezuela and Mexico resume ties after decade gap
Mexico marks Bolivar day as relations with Venezuela resume after ten years. Dr Jose Gil Fortoul, new Venezuelan minister, will present credentials to President Rodriguez at 5 p m. Ambassador Campa from Cuba will present credentials soon after. A reception at the Cuban embassy will renew the interlude ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Bolivar
Venezuela
Jose Gil Fortoul
Rodriguez
Ravoy
Cuba
Ambassador Campa
Post’s Winn ie Mae visit sparks field day at Floyd Bennett
Early in the day heaped with attention, a dazed Post receives medical checks, greets backers, and tours Floyd Bennett Field to inspect the Winnie Mae while crowds cheer. General Balbo later hails him as a remarkable leader and the scene shifts to plans for a city trek to Hinadway before a possible Oklahoma trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Bennett Field
Winnie Mae
Dolel
Malo Balbo
Post
New York
Oklahorn
Farm tax plan shifts revenue to boost farmer income
Washington July 24 and 10 Aust Far Venue report a series on new taxes under the cultural adjustment law. The levy targets the price gap between current public market prices and the 1909–14 average, funding a central fund to curb overproduction while supporting farmers and raising market prices. Wheat tax is 30 cents per bushel at conversion to flour, with the cotton tax to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wallace
Milwaukee Youth Farm Strike Demands Wage Hikes
About 200 youths aged 14 to 24 worked in truck gardens southwest of Milwaukee and staged a strike for higher wages and better conditions. They picketed, boycotted, and held discussions after demanding 26 35 cents an hour for field work versus 12 18 cents, plus 3 cents for handling radishes. Employers refused and issued an ultimatum to return or crews would be replaced. Also mentions upcoming processing taxes on seven commodities and broader tax schemes tied to costs and parity values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wallace
Bureau of Agri
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Report for July
Treasury receipts for July 21 totaled 281 601.03 dollars while expenditures reached 3 335 442.19 dollars leaving a balance of 939 468 869.55 dollars. Customs duties for one day in July amounted to 15 616 242.65 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Treasury
bogus major put in toil
Louis Charles Monte, 47, of Royston Texas, was arrested in Chicago on a federal request for passing bogus checks while posing as a United States Air Force major. Authorities say he claimed to be attached to an airfield at Mt Clemens Michigan and obtained 400 to 500 dollars from local clubs by claiming temporary embarrassment. He admitted no army service and said he once piloted a mail route between Trouston and San Antonio, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States’ Air Force, & Man
Louis Charles Monte
Royston
Texas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Monte
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Ther
Pulot
Trouston
San Antonio
Teras
Death takes noted German musician Max Von Schilling
Max Von Schilling, a prominent German musician for nearly four decades, died today in BEXLIN Germany at age 65 from an embolism. A profile mentions an investment in San Antonio real estate and a buyer's market is noted in real estate ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death
Bexlin
Germany
Max von Schilling
San Antonio
Spe Light Closel
Aimee McPherson-Hutton Arrives Amid Public Show of Support
In Los Angeles on July 4, Aimee McPherson-Hutton returns from a foreign tour to a city buzzing with faith. About 500 march behind a loud band to welcome her, signaling support amid ongoing divorce proceedings. Hutton sails from Havre to Baltimore but continues daily stage shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tos Angeles
Aimee Bempia
McPherson-Hutton
Evangeliouls
Angelue
Temple
Alwaya
Linda
Almer
David K. Hutton, Jr
Havre
Baltimore
Hutton
Long Beach
Man Rescued from San Pedro Creek
A man identified as J. Obsido, 50, of 917 Jackson Street, was rescued from San Pedro Creek early Monday after falling in near North Laredo Street. He was found almost submerged and lying on his back by Sam Butiagla of South Leona Street and Juan Martinez of 119 Burnett Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passora-By
J. Obsido
Jackson Street
San Pedro Creek
Morth’ Laredo
Sam Butiagla
Bouth Leona Street
Juan Martinez
Burnett. Street
Tasteless Chill Tonic Promoted As Safe Remedy
A dated advertisement touts Tasteless Chill as a reliable treatment for malaria and general tonic. It claims to destroy infectious disease, fortify the blood, and prevent further attacks, appealing to families with assurances of safety and harmlessness for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trip
Gasie Cates Contes
ArCooled
Lowner Wk Barber
Bath
Toin
W. A. Hostrom
Flaca
RTSA
Havery
Madey
Fen Ini
Southern Pacific
Icket
Mary's Bt
Arfield
Bae
Ae Esse
George Earle TH
The
Pennsylvania Sugar Company
Roosevelt
Gilchrist B. Stockton
Austria
Dern
Texas Cleaners
Associated Press
Aimee
Vontiell
Furoye
Mobilgas Mobiloil
Magnolia Petroleum Company
A Socony-Vacuum Company
Marley Lehe
Vattican Aviation Division
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!