Wichita Aiming as Air Capital of America
Wichita Kansas promotes itself as the air capital of America per chamber advertising. boosters cite its central location 100 miles from the U S center 1183 foot elevation and favorable weather including minimal fog and few cloudy days. aviation advocate Parl Oshorn and Major H A Dargue endorse Wichita as an ideal aviation headquarters and airport.
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Wichita
Kan
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Oshorn
Aviation
Alr
Ajor Hl
A Dargue
South Ameren Food
Wil Tour
Wicthra
Wichita Becomes Hub for Aviation Growth and Manufacturing
The city hosts four airplane factories with plans for more. Low fuel and power rates plus favorable labor conditions boost production, while strikes are rare. A Wichita built Woolaroc won the Dole Pacific race, and another Wichita plane won the 1926 Ford Reliability contest. The city now claims higher airplane output than any other U S city and sits on the National Air Transport route from Chicago to Dallas.
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Wichita
Pacific
San Francisco
Honolulu
United States
National Air Transport Company
Chicago
Dallas
Harold Baetcz and Donald Lindsley Go to Wittenberg College
Harold Baectz and Donald Lindsley left Thursday for Springfield Ohio where Harold will enroll as a freshman at Wittenberg College and Donald as a junior. Various local residents visited, and the Evangelical Christian Endeavor Society held a meeting with fundraising for church repairs concluding with a surplus for painting.
Gideon among Cr istal Gardens flapper finds new life
A social event details a flapper era tale with names like Gideon, Cristal Gardens, and Mrs Christopher Bauer. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Everett, Miss Margaret, and guests from Pittsfield, La Grange, Oberlin, Lorain and Elyria. The narrative notes relocations, teachers resuming posts, and a summer reunion planned for the second Sunday in August 1928.
Vincent Vincent News Involves Local Visits And Family Reunions
Sept 13 Vincent Vincent lists numerous local visits and gatherings. Pittsburgh guests, extended family dinners, cemetery visits, and travel to Marion are noted. Naomi returns home with grandparents, and other relatives from Elyria Huntington and Blythe appear in the record.
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Vertie
Pittsburgh
Summers
Blytha
H. Stoughton
John Beasley
Marion Satur
Naomi
Sam Townshend
Vincent
Ironton
Ohio
Elyria
Grace Jackson
Dick Miers
Andrew Myers
Andress
Huntington
No Hope for Duds in World Says Oxford Leader
Alex Moskowitch a Russian died at St Luke's hospital an hour after a fractured skull and internal injuries. In Sept 13 dispatch Professor London quotes Barratt Brown principal of Ruskin College Oxford University urging that there are no hopeless cases if proper treatment and opportunity are given. He argues many children labeled dull or stupid are misdirected and cites an anecdote about counting happy intelligent faces in the street.
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Alex Moskowitch
St. Luke’s Hospital
London
Barratt Brown
Ruskin College
Oxford University
Brown
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