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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1927
Page
13
French engineer Paul Cohen proposes a wireless system to direct airplanes across the Atlantic. From an aircraft and land stations he would guide ships at sea and land routes, reducing reliance on compasses and traditional navigation methods. The invention promises near ninety nine percent detection of sailplanes, underscoring its potential value.
Cahen claims his wireless compass can keep an airplane on its course between two points and cut transatlantic flight danger by half. He envisions floating wireless stations in the Atlantic to guide a regular U S France aerial service. The device is already in use on a Goliath Farman plane as Cahen plans a France tour and a longer demonstration flight with a Breguet plane. A separate London report notes a Mall accident where a motor car collided with a cyclist at high speed.
A terse item notes a fatal incident involving a bargain gone wrong and a dot, with details limited by fragmented OCR. The brief suggests a death linked to a bargain, described in confusing terms. Further readable facts are not provided in the fragment.
Dieudonne Costes and Lieut. Joseph Le Brix completed the first mainland to mainland crossing of the South Atlantic. After flying from Paris to Rio de Janeiro in under a week they paused for the funerals of three Brazilian aviators, then prepared to continue to Buenos Aires aboard the Nungesser Coli.
At Lima sea on Oct 19 Ruth Eider and co pilot Captain Halde man arrived at San Jorg Island after a reception in Horta. Antonio Borda hosted a dinner with local residents. Miss Eider praised Portuguese hospitality and thanked Lisbon officials for the kindness shown during the voyage.
Alfred Hebert a Chicago private detective is charged with bigamy and larceny after police subdue him leaving an office. He admitted living with two wives in Chicago and authorities say Betty Hebert 20 aided in clues to additional marriages. His arrest followed a larceny charge by a former landlady amid stolen silverware and fur disclosures. Hebert’s listed home is in Tree Montesano Washington.
A motorist in Niles Canyon spotted a large tarantula in the road and captured it in a coffee van. While driving, he felt the spider climb his leg, leaped out, and the car went into a ditch with the tarantula. In Menominee a bear charged a man trying to rescue a cub. Leonard Baldwin halted his car and faced a mother bear’s paw scratches before she kept the cub. In San Francisco a pair—William Joseph Smith and Elizabeth Hobart—reunited after 28 years via a newspaper ad and planned marriage.
Registrar general figures show Britain's 1926 marriage rate at its lowest since 1896 except 1917, with births also at a low not seen since 1860. A new cane cream sugar byproduct becomes popular in the South, tasting between maple cream and molasses syrup. The United States area is listed as 3 026 734 square miles.
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