Zeppelin over Atlantic salutes world cruise from Germany
RAF Zeppelin's second Atlantic crossing lands at Lakehurst New Jersey after a night landing. Big airship plans a global tour with stops at Friedrichshafen Tokio Los Angeles and Lakehurst. Crew includes William Leeds Lady Grace Drummond Hay and Sir Hubert Wilkins among others.
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Friedrichshafen
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Lakehurst
N. J
Germany
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New Jersey
Globe
Zeppelin Company
Six Men Seek Trip to Moon by Rocket
Paris reports six applicants for a moon voyage in a rocket within a year. Professor Oberth and astronomer Esnault-Peletier note dangers include launch failure, moon collision, and atmospheric destruction on descent. Ideal candidates are childless, seasick-free old sailors or ex-aviators. Potential lunar flight could test navigation, fuel, and cocooned oxygen, with space laboratories proposed for extended aloft missions.
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Germany
France
Italy
Philip Snowden
England
Great Britain
Venizelos
Greece
Belgium
Japan
M. Cheron
Mr. Snowden
Arthur Henderson
Rome
Snowden
Berlin
Moon
Paris
Professor Oberth
Robert Esnault- Peletier
Oberth
Lindbergh
Esnault-Peletier
Sucins
Man Builds Tower to Solve Parking Problem
Sandusky inventor J. E. Morton heads Parking Tower Corp and completed a ten-car tower using a ferris wheel style system. A five story steel shaft holds pairs of platforms with adjustable spaces. pressing a number moves the selected car to ground level. Towers for up to 60 cars require 17 by 25 feet of ground space.
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Sandusky
Ohio
America
J. E. Morton
Morton
Parking Tower Corporation
Ninety Year Old Defies Driver Ban at Jersey DMV
Ninety year old Civil War veteran Uncle Jimmy Clark protests a state motor vehicle license renewal refusal. He challenges the ban as age based and vows to prove mental alertness and physical capacity by entering contests and even challenging President Hoover to learn bass fishing. He taunts Commissioner Dill to test his faculties and defy the ban.
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Cape May
N. J
Jimmy” Clark
State
Motor Vehicle Department
Jimmy
Hoover
Cripple Does Housework In Tennessee Family
In Knoxville Cloud, described as slightly crippled, remains at home doing housework while his able bodied wife works in a factory to support the family. Mrs. Cloud praises her husband as an excellent housekeeper and Cloud says his wife is a capable provider.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Cloud
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