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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1928
Page
7
Crowds cheered as the Graf Zeppelin circled high above the White House then headed east toward Baltimore. Government and private planes followed, as President Coolidge and officials watched from the executive mansion.
President Coolidge sends radio congratulations to Dr. Eckener aboard Graf Zeppelin for the first Atlantic airship crossing with passengers and mail. He also acknowledges German and U.S. officials and notes the achievement marks progress in airship transportation.
Reports from the Naval Air Station New Jersey describe anxious crowds gathering at Lakehurst as the Graf Zeppelin returns from Europe. Capt. Hugo Eckener leads the airship on a 100 hour voyage, with officials eyeing the craft’s flight path toward Lakehurst and Washington.
Reports from Berlin describe a surge of jubilation as word arrived that Graf Zeppelin, Germany's airliner, had signaled arrival off the American coast. Crowds gathered, newspapers printed extras, and officials noted the flight as an experimental milestone.
Paris reports rising excitement as news spreads that the German airship Zepp pelin may be approaching western shores. The city follows dramatic crossings and the peril of air raids with cautious optimism as observers weigh potential news and broader wartime fears.
Berlin readers eagerly await news of the Graf Zeppelin as it advances toward America. Reports describe widespread anticipation, radio updates, and journalists tracking the air liner’s progress from East Prussia to the Swiss border amid a mood of cautious excitement.
Fragmentary OCR note describes crowds gathering in streets before a bulletin board as reports spread that a zeppelin faced bombardment and the defender’s exact position remained unclear. Public reaction mixed with derision and speculation about the craft’s whereabouts.
Alfred Durr, designer of the Graf Zeppelin, says no one is at work on the airship’s progress toward American shores. He cites heat driven glare and wind as factors and notes stabilizer repairs are necessary but not dangerous. A cover tear at the top prompted strengthening repairs after Saturday’s damage.
San Antonio woman Ella Wespa Foundation forms a lonely life after husband’s 1921 death. She fills grief by collecting items from frostage sapins to ferns and newspaper clippings, expanding to antlers his husband gathered and scrapbook biographies of city officials who died in the past year.
In Corporalian court Monday, $6 fines led the list among 35 cases with only two dismissed. Among those fined for drunkenness were Lloyd Taylor and B A Davila at $15. J McDonald at $10. and many others listed, while affray fines reached $5 for Albert and Duvard Keilor with Edward Jao.
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