Graf Zeppelin completes first commercial air circumnavigation
At Lakehurst New Jersey on August 29 the Graf Zeppelin finished the world’s first commercial air circumnavigation in 21 days 7 hours 32 minutes. The craft completed the landing maneuvers to ground, drawing crowds and radio news coverage as officials secured the ship for hangar storage before returning to Friedrichshafen. Previously fastest voyage was 23 days 15 hours 21 3 10 minutes by Mears and Coyler in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Magellan
Graf
Friedrichshafen
John Henry Mears
Charles B. D. Coyler
Eckener
Charles E. Rosendahl
Navy
Jack Richardson
Henry Sandrock's Career Across Farms and Industries
Henry Sandrock grew up on a East Amherst farm and later moved to Elyria. He worked at juvenile Bicycle Works, National Tube Company as an early foreman on a blast furnace, Garford Company, and the shoe business. After health issues, he ran a farm seven years, then joined General Industries Company as foreman of final inspection of phonograph motors. He is married with six children and lives at 214 Wolf Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sandrock
East Amherst
Elyria
National Tube Company
Garford Company
Eckener Heads By Air To See Hoover In Washington
Dr Hugo Eckener departed from Lakehurst New Jersey at 12 23 p m in a tri motored plane bound for Washington where he will be received by President Hoover Also aboard were Dr Otto Kiep Rear Admiral William A Moffett and William A McCracken all noted aviation and diplomatic figures as part of the Graf Zeppelin expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Bes.t
Washington
Hoover
Graf Zeppelin
Otto Kiep
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Naval Aeronautics
William A. McCracken
Commerce
Dirigibles Seen by Thousands in Cleveland
Cleveland Aug 29 Navy dirigible Los Angeles left at 1 10 pm returning to Lakehurst as Cleveland hosted national air races Endurance flyers planned to beat solo duration records Mae Hairlip Tulsa to challenge Elinor Smith New York Ralph F Thomas Cleveland and Thomas Reid Downey target endurance marks Baker Lieut Fahy set 35 hour solo record Continued on Page 2.
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Cleveland
Los Angeles
Lake Thurst
N. J
Baker
Lieut
Newton Longfellow
Mae Hairlip
Tulsa
Elinor Smith
New York
Ralph F. Thomas Cleveland
Stinson
Thomas Reid
Downey
Cal
Emsco
Herbert Fahy
Dar
Two Die in Auto Crash Near Waparroneta
A collision on the Dixie highway at Botkins left Samuel Gwynn of Mentor Kentucky and his daughter in law Jeannette Gwynn dead from fire. Elizabeth Gwynn his wife survived serious burns and was hospitalized at Lima's St Rita's. The other driver John Blassford of Dayton was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waparroneta
Samuel Gwynn
Mentor
Jeannette Gwynn
Gwynn
Elizabeth
St. Rita’s Hospital
Lima
John Blassford
Dayton
Dixie Highway
Botkins
Blassford
Lorain County newsboys picnic at Cascade Park Elyria
Chronicle Telegram recounts a Cascade Park picnic of Lorain county newsboys and several groups posed for a large group photo. The article lists many attendees by name and town, including Richard Sheak Ridgeville and Andrew Foreman Oberlin, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Foreman
George Bodik
Robert Brown
Oberlin
Glenn Meschka
Alvin Meschka
James Murphey
Carl Saporito
Wellington
Sam Saporito
Richard Barber
Floyd Finkel
William Wranch
Edgar Burr
Jay Kirk
la Porte
Eugene Layman
Warren Powers
South Amherst
George Pallas
Thomas Gilbert
Ridgeville
Herbert Gerhartinger
Kenneth Koepp
Clarence Gibbons
Jack Pias
Kenneth Wettring
Clifford Brooks
Sydney Bliss
la Roice Benton
Alfred Kessler
Walter Boreski
Leo Curzan
Henry Miller
Ben Miers
Stanley Porter
Max Bearer
Johnny Benko
Gordon Fish
Arthur Layman
Raymond Wilson
Vernon Thome
Elton Wernert
Melvin Harper
Earl
Whalen Evades Duty Under State Nuisance Law
Washington reports Assistant Treasury Secretary Seymour Lowman declared that New York Police Commissioner Grover Whalen was evading his duty under state statutes by refusing to prosecute speakeasies under the state nuisance law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whalen
Washington
Treasury
Seymour Lowman
Grover Whalen
New York
Consul Harold M. Deane Commits Suicide in Montreal
Washington reports that Harold M. Deane U S consul at Montreal Canada died by suicide yesterday. The State Department confirmed the death. Deane hailed from Providence Rhode Island and held consular duties in Canada.
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Washington
Harold M. Deane
Providence
U. S
Montreal
Canada
State Department
Lorain County Schools Readying for 2029 1930 Opening
Enrollment in Lorain County Schools is expected to approach 7,000 for the 1929 1930 school year, a rise from last year’s 6,700. Vaughn says opening plans are nearly complete, with staff mostly filled and one more teacher needed for Columbia school. Ridgeville gains a new coach Henry Landkrohn and Columbia Township selects Guy Garwood as principal. Classes begin Wednesday after Lorain County Fair on Tuesday, with work starting in the afternoon.
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Lorain County
R. P. Vaughn
Columbia
Ridgeville
Columba Township
Vaughn
Henry J. Landkrohn
Alliance
Harry Frangfather
Delphos
Landbrohn
Shadyside
Mt. Union College
Guy Hi Garsood
Fort Reco
Err
Columbia Township
Elyria Legion Drum Corps to Take Special Train to Louisville
Arrangements are under way for a special train to Louisville Kentucky on October 1 to carry the Elyria American Legion drum corps and a crowd of Elyrians to the national Legion convention. Jerry Ferguson the local commander said the corps is the official Ohio representative by virtue of winning the Akron state convention. Elyrians must arrange in advance with Jack Marshall or Philip Rogers to join the trip.
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Elyria American Legion
Louisville
National American Legion
Jerry Ferguson
Elyria
Ohio American Legion
Ohio 40
Akron
Ferguson
Elyrians
Jack Marshall
Lorain County Savings and Trust Company
Philip Rogers
Elyria Savings and Trust Company
Graf Zeppelin misses Elyria as Los Angeles visits coast
Elyrians enjoyed a surprise visit by the Navy dirigible Los Angeles, while the Graf Zeppelin veered north to Detroit and Cleveland, denying Elyria a sighting. Many residents saw the Zeppelin in downtown Cleveland or at the Cleveland airport where 50 000 waited before the night.
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Los Angeles
Elyria
Graf Zeppelin
Lorain County
Detroi
Cleveland
Itis
Last Concert Of Season By Band Friday Night
The final and biggest concert of the season will be held in Ely Park tomorrow night announced by A L Werner. The thirty piece band will be the feature with several solo performances by band members. Mrs Mackett of Lorain will sing with the band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely Park
A. L. Werner
Lady Mary Heath Flight Crash Shatters Cleveland Roof
English aviatrix Lady Mary Heath crashed through the roof of a Euclid Village factory near Cleveland while testing a Great Lakes plane during air races. Pilot Erwin Kirk escaped with minor injuries. Heath is reported critically injured after the 60 foot fall and hospital examinations.
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Great Lakes
Cleveland
Mary Heath
Euclid Village
Lady Mary
Erwin Kirk
Lady Heath
Clin*s
Cape Town
South Africa
Croydon Field
London
Ruth Elder Weds Walter Camp Jr in New York Chapel
Ruth Elder, the trans Atlantic flyer and actress, married Walter Camp Jr president of Inspiration Pictures Inc in a municipal chapel in New York Aug 29. City Clerk Michael L Cruse presided. Elder, 24, had been divorced last year from Lile Womack of Panama.
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New York
Aus
Ruth Elder
Municipal Chapel
Walter Camp
Inspiration Pictures, Inc
Yale
Miss Elder
Lile Womack
Panama
Camp
Michael L. Cruse
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Deafening gas gusher tops Carlisle field in Lorain County
A five million foot gas gusher blasted from the Roger Palmer property on Butternut Ridge road near Carlisle Center. Wiser Oil Company drilled the Palmer well after forty days, with three nearby wells by Dougherty-Dempsey-SSteel & Tubes and Ohio Fuel and Gas Company. Gas swirls from the Clinton sand at 2366 feet, drawing crews and stirring headlines as production begins and prices noted at eighteen cents per thousand cubic feet.
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Lorain County
Roger Palmer
Butternut Ridge Road
Middle Avenue
Butternut Ridge
Carlisle Center
Carlisle
Palmer
Wiser Oil Company
Dougherty-Dempsey- Steel & Tubes, Inc
Ohio Fuel and Gas Company
Steel & Tubes, Inc
P. K. Clark
Clinton
Ezra Lucas
Woodsfield
Ohio
George
Thornberry
Lewisville
Lucas
Nex
Elyrians
Drikers
Wiser Company
Sistervile
West Virginia
A. Durham
Cleveland
Eisra
Ohio State to Grant Degrees to Over 490 Students
Ohio State University announced that more than 490 students will receive degrees at the summer convocation. The class includes candidates for doctor of philosophy and the university reports the summer group as the largest in its history with over 420 graduates announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State
Columbus
O. Aue
Sammer
Ohio State University
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DR. Eckener
Bulletin
Legion Corps
Lousville
Rocky River
Walter Camp, JR
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