Private operation to take over transcontinental air mail route
D B Colyer of Boeing Air Transport says the western three quarters of the transcontinental airmail line will shift from government to private operation at midnight with the Chicago to New York leg to follow by August 1. Passenger tariffs likely around 10 cents per air mile, and Boeing plans 25 planes for the San Francisco to Chicago segment with central Salt Lake City as their hub.
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East Lake City
D. B. Colyer
Boeing Air Transport, Inc
San Francisco-Chicago
Colyer
Washington
Boeing Company
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Governmnt
William Hoare
Chicago
W. E. LaFollette
Salt Lake
H. B. Shafer
Rocky Mountain
Cheyenne
Frank Caldwell
Omaha
Central Division
Supreme Court Orders Inquiry on Branding Regulations
Idaho Supreme Court reverses Twin Falls County ruling and refuses to enjoin branding standards for potato sacks. Justices consider constitutionality of agriculture department rules enacted by former commissioner Kjosness, with remand for findings on grossness of grade standards and fair application.
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Boise
Department of Agriculture
Idaho Supreme Court
Twin Falls County
Supreme Court
J. P. Marshall
H. J. Weaver
Charles Teater
A. L. Hamilton
Ben Potter
A. W. B. Kjosness
Commissioner of Agriculture
Increase in Idaho Products
Boise reports 1927 crop production will require 21 000 refrigerator cars over the next six months, up from 14 000 a year earlier, as Will H. Gibson urges capacity loading. Potatoes and other staples also demand thousands of cars, with cherries lettuce dairy eggs and poultry noted for higher output.
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Boise
Idaho
Will H. Gibson
Public Utilities Commission
Central Western Shippers’ Boards
Brotherhood Plans 7.2 Million Assessment to Reorganize
Cleveland June 30 AP A proposal to reorganize the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers would abolish the president and top officers and replace them with three trustees. An 85 monthly assessment may be levied to raise 7.2 million to secure deposits in a Cleveland bank after banker Thomas Mitten withdrew his capital plan. Alvanly Johnson is expected to be re elected as grand chief engineer and would oversee labor activities if ratified.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Warren Stone
Brotherhood
Special Finances Committee
Thomas Mitten
Philadelphia
Mitten
William B. Prenter
L. C. Griffin
Harry P. Daugherty
C. E. Lindquist
Alvanly Johnson
Chicago School Board Considers 20% Teacher Pay Cut
Chicago officials warn of severe budget strain with possible 20 percent salary reductions for public teachers starting September. Options include two month school closures or salary cuts, as board president J. Lewis Coath states schools will not close while he presides.
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Chicago
J. Lewis Coath
Ee Teng
Bears
Airmen Feted by Natives In Hawaii After Flight
Lieutenants Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger were celebrated in Honolulu for a record 25 hour 2400 mile flight from Oakland to Hawaii. They landed at Wheeler Field and spent a hungry night in Waikiki before a public reception. The航空 heroes endured near 30 hours awake with only water, until a fellow officer revealed bread and soup under a tarpaulin.
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Honolulu
Lester J. Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
Hawaii
Golden Gate
Waikiki Beach
Oakland
Wheeler Field
Civil Service Not Authorized For Second Class City
Idaho Falls and any city of the second class are not authorized to place the electric, waiter, police and fire departments under civil service regulation. The Attorney General advised that appointments must be made by the mayor with council consent under section 3868 of the compiled statutes.
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Boise
Idaho Falls
Civil Service
Frank L. Stephan
E. R. Underhill
Air Tour Faces Fog on 1000 Mile Run
Boston June 30 The third annual air reliability tour saw five planes fail to finish the leg from Schenectady New York amid dense fog. The craft landed safely in farmyards and scattered spots up to 75 miles west of Boston as passengers were ferried by train. Pilots hope to resume toward New York.
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Detroit
New York
Boston
Jume 30
Schenectady
N. Y
Heatwave grips nation with widespread record highs
The June heat swept the United States with uniform humidity and high temperatures. Phoenix led at 98 degrees, while South Bend reached 97 and Rapid City 86. Washington logged 96 as Boston stayed around 60. Pacific coast highs ranged from 62 in Seattle to 90 in San Francisco.
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United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Middle West
South
Phoenix
Ariz
South Bend
Ind
Rapid City
West Central States
Minneapolis
Washington
Boston
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Fresno
San Francisco
Historic flight ends as plane settles in Paris
Reports from Lebourget Field Paris indicate Byrd’s transatlantic monoplane has landed after signals intensified at 12:32 a.m. local time. Earlier messages show the craft crossed into France with updates from Roosevelt Field and remarks to Rodman Wanamaker of the American Transoceanic company.
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Paris
Lebourget Field
France
Lebourget
Byrd
Roosevelt Field
America Transoceanic Company
New York
America
Rodman Wanamaker
American Transoceanic Company
Richard E. Byrd
English Channel
Bleriot
Sheldon Whitehouse
Richard D. White
Brest
Air Corps on broad basis now figured
Assistant Secretary Davison outlined the second year of the five year aviation plan in Yonkers declaring 21,891,000 will be available as the program aims for 1,650 officers and 15,000 enlisted by 1932 with a modern equipment mix and new training fields including Marsh field California.
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Yonkers
N. Y
California-Hawaii
Davison
Army
Rotary Club
Maitland
Hegenberger
Army Air Corps
Congress
National Guard
Marshfield
California
Boston and New York flip results in key early games
In Boston action the Red Sox score six runs while New York tallies one in the opener. Brooklyn faces Philadelphia in a postponed doubleheader, with the first game ending 11 to 16 in favor of New York. New York and Boston later clash with a 13 to 6 score, and Washington hosts Philadelphia as Chicago defeats St Louis 59 to 17. Detroit falls to Cleveland 9 to 90.
Summer Camp Draws Crowd at Black Hills
Rapid City reports the summer White House becoming a hub for a new community near the state game lodge. Tents and cabins rise along Squaw Creek as carpenters work, while the White House party enjoys meals at Mother Gideon's pavilion and hosts dances led by local entertainers.
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Rapid City
S. D
White House
Black Hills
Squaw Creek
Coolidge
Mother Gideon
Pauli
Cecil Gideon
President Coolidge
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Denver
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Boney
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Cummings
Smith
Hogan
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Iain
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Edwards
McQuillan
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Moore
Thomas
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Rh. H. EB
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L. Sewell
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