Italians Fly to Brazil Set New Distance Record
Italian aviators Captain Ferrarin and Major Del Prete, flying a Fiat powered Savoia monoplane from Rome, reach Port Natal Brazil covering about 4485 miles to establish a new nonstop distance record and extend their endurance feats. They radioed from the voyage and credited the flight to Italian military aviation.
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Rome
Brazil
Edward W. Pickard
Ferrarin
Major del Prete
Savoia
South America
Port Natal
Chamberlin
Levine
St. Vincent
Cape Verde Islands
South Atlantic Ocean
Philarus
Italian Military Aviation Service
Chang Sues Dictatorship in Manchuria Leads to Talks
Yan CHANG HSUEH-LIANG, son of the late Marshal Chang, has seized control of Manchuria and opened negotiations with Nationalist leaders at Peking for Chinese unification. General CHANG KAI-SHEK says Nanking will be the capital immediately, regardless of foreign diplomats.
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Calles
Alvaro Obregon
General Obregon
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Yor Chang Hsueh-Liang
Marshal Chang
Manchuria
Peking
China
Chang Kai-shek
Nanking
Unofficial leaders lead balloon race from Detroit to Virginia
Ree but unofficial figures place first in the international balloon race from Detroit to units in Virginia and nearby states. The French bag Blanchard finishes second and the German balloon Barmen third. Landings occur in Virginia West Virginia and North Carolina.
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Detroit
Unitat Chhe Army
Blanchard
Barmen
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
End of World War I Vocation Training Program
The rehabilitation of disabled World War I veterans ended last week as the last of 128,500 self support training graduates received diplomas. More than 884,494 applied before June 30 1928 and 216,481 were rated entitled to full courses. 68,878 dropped out. The program paid tuition and books and provided monthly stipends of 100 dollars for single men and 195 dollars for married men with extra allowances for dependents.
North Carolina seeks vast archive of Southern letters and diaries
Dr Joseph Hamilton of the University of North Carolina outlined a plan to create a fireproof library at Chapel Hill to collect millions of old letters diaries and documents from Maryland to Texas. The project aims to rescue material from garrets attics and donors and make it available to researchers revealing social economic and daily life in the South.
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Washington
Joseph Gregoire de Roulbac Hamilton
University of North Carolina
College For Women
State University
Chapel Hill
N. Y
Hamilton
South
Maryland
Virginia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Texas
Doctor Hamilton
Henpecked Husbands Form Group in Adana Turkey
A gathering of about 200 men met in Chall mountains at night to form the Order of Henpecked Husbands and seek affiliation with the English fraternity. Applicants must swear they performed seven specified domestic tasks seven times in the last seven years.
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Turkey
Adana
Asia
Chall Mountains
Walter Peels Grapes for Prince of India
The Aga Khan, head of the Ismaili Mohammedans, visits Paris for the racing season and uses a silver grape skinning tool set to remove skins. He hands the devices to the restaurant maître d and the staff prepare grapes for him to swallow on demand.
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Paris
Aga Khan
India
England
maitre @hotel
Walter
Driver in No Parking Zone Gets 90 Days
In Omaha police court Judge George Holmes sentences a chauffeur to 90 days for impudence and lingering in a no parking zone. The driver, a Warden Fenton staffer, cites time as meaningless as he mocks law and enforcement during the exchange. A broader financial theft case appears involving negotiable bonds valued at 105000 missing from New York and found hidden among waste paper.
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Omaha
Percy Saplonicka
Saplonicka
George Holmes
Judge Holmes
Fenton
Nebraska Penitentiary
Lincolnn
Bonds Found in Waste Paper In New London
Bonds valued at 105000 dollars were found in waste paper in New London Connecticut. They were reported missing from the bond department of the First National Bond Corporation of New York and Boston. The discovery is being investigated by local authorities and the bond firm.
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Tional Bank of Boston
New York
Union Trust Company of
Cleveland
Bond Corporation
Robert Galt Company
Bond Company
Chads
New London
Conn
First National Bond Corporation of
Boston
First Na
Colon Public Market to Become National Museum in HaVana
The Colon public market at Ha vana will be refurbished and converted into a national museum, signaling a shift from commerce to cultural preservation. The project aims to showcase local history and heritage within the colonial market site.
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Colon
Havana
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