Lindy Hopes U S Aviation Will Soar To First Place
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh chairs the technical committee of Transcontinental Air Transport Inc a 5 million venture to run railroad and air service from New York to California in about forty eight hours He and other aviation leaders see air passenger travel expanding with rail plane links backed by the Pennsylvania and Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroads and major airplane firms The Index notes the United States lags Europe in passenger carrying despite leading in other aviation sectors and discusses opportunities for national leadership through this project
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New York
United States
Charles A. Lindberg
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc
California
Air Bre
Lindbergh
Pennsylvania
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Europe
The
New York Trust Co
Night Flying Lags and Europe’s Air Transport Growth
Article contrasts American aviation’s limited night flying and lack of subsidies with Europe where air travel operates on timetables and low fares. It cites Guggenheim Fund data showing Germany and Britain expanding air traffic in 1927, Italy and Holland doubling passenger numbers, and Lindbergh’s new venture aiming to boost US passenger service. It notes the US leads in mail and freight air transport and lists European aircraft totals versus US numbers.
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Europe
Chicago
New York
Germany
Daniel Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics
Local social notes from Litchfield and Elyria area May 1928
Mrs C R Canfield hosts and visits with relatives in Wellington while many neighbors attend dinners and weekend gatherings. Mr and Mrs Leach entertain kin from Pitts Canton and North Olmsted. Miss Kelen Smith and father travel to Lexington. various locals attend commencements, birthdays, and family visits in Lorain Wellington Elyria and surrounding towns.
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Litchfield
May
Willis Leach
Hal Leach
Richard Leach
Pitts Held
Mack Watts
Canton
Doris Leach
North Olmsted
Watts
Leach
Kelen Smith
Lexington
Jon Lawrence
J. N. Barth
Frank Hiser
Agnes Hankey
Copley
Scudder Homes
Geright
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Hursday
United
H. G. Hastings
Bernice
Lorain
Sedgewick
Medip
Anna
Elinor Bryenton
Lowe
Eberle
Springfield
Ohio
Charles Turner
Cleveland
Krank Turner
C. R. Canfield
Jacqueline
Marilyn Spert
Wellington
Charles Canfield
C. F. Musser
Local notices and school graduation events reported in Litchfield
Herbert Moore leaves for Ava Ohio. Mrs Pearl Rice visits in Elyria. Mrs Rose Sabin and family head to Battle Creek to visit daughter Miss Kens Sabin. The 1925 graduating class photos in Medina. Mr and Mrs John Radie visit Loraine. Class of 1928 at Litchfield High School graduation in Congregational church with pink and green color scheme. Diplomas by George Round. address by Mr Southwick Wooster College.
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Herbert Moore
Ava
Ohio
Pearl Rice
Elyria
A. B Canfield
Rose Sabin
George Yost
Howard Sabin
Battle Creek
Michigan
Kens Sabin
West
Medina
John Radie
Eruita
Virginia
Lorain
Charles Keech
Haladay House
Paul Kruggel
Castalia
Congregational Church
Litchfield High School
Vera Carey
Bertha Carey
Helen Sabin
Marguerite Dague
Virginia Radte
Ethel Bounds
Cecelia Hansen
Kingsley Bryenton
Clyde Holmes
Harold Yorks
Harold Hall
Virgin Stine
Mary Streett
Kenneth Miller
Zwingler
Schott
Misa Helen Smith
Missy Virginia Radle Guy
Southwick
Wooster College
George Round
Ma. Zwingler
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Ruth Gahm
Elden Ave
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America
England
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Broad Street
Coats
Chronicle- Telegram
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Jug
Muirs
Muir
Iver
Pape
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Allen's
Scholl
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KODAK
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Eastman Kodak
Walre
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Spotoft
Muftu
Boray
Philadelpha
Glover's
Tic Zoe Ve
Eastman
Ttakes Pictures
Pinsud
Magnesia
Epsom
CHEX
Soap Today
Fordan
Phillips
William's Shaving Cream
Tan
Daggett & Ramsdell
Ingran
Hinds
Stillman’s
Lyon's
Dr. Werner's
Bayer
Noah's
Ate
Listerine
Nurito
Out Rate
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