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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1925
Page
5
Market quotations from Chicago and New York outline steady to mixed conditions in wheat corn and cotton. Reports cover Chicago cash futures for wheat and corn, lard and butter values, Savannah turpentine, St. Louis wheat and corn bids, New York stocks bonds and exchanges, Chicago wheat and corn trends, and New Orleans cotton quotes with daily middling and forward prices.
The Associated Press reports the MacMillan Arctic expedition planes completed test flights in Philadelphia and will depart for Boston. Flight crews include Lieut. Commander Byrd and Lieut. Schur with pilots, mechanics, and navigators aboard NA 1 NA 2 and NA 3 amphibian ships. The group plans to reach the polar region by early August aiming toward possible North Pole flight.
The Goodyear II and Grand Charles sank in the sea while Belgica pilot de Muyter landed in Quimper, France after 680 kilometers. Eleven balloons finished safely but out of the race. Lieuts Flood and McCormick returned to Brussels after a four hour flight and a perilous drift toward the sea.
The dirigible Shenandoah will attempt the flight to Minnesota replacing the disabled Los Angeles with the date of the voyage still indefinite.
A cryptic clipping mentions Belgiæ and a controversial diet shift tied to Hogue. The fragment hints at public debate but provides few clear facts or dates.
Baldwin states that Britain is definitely committed to maintaining peace in eastern and all Europe. He cites league of nations covenant and expected arbitration treaties as the framework to regulate the peace, noting a distinctly brighter general situation last night.
London reports say official papers detailing the Anglo French accord to answer Germany’s overtures will be laid before Parliament when Austen Chamberlain returns. If Germany accepts the pact Britain would join a four power alliance with Italy to defend Versailles frontiers using full defense forces.
The Smithsonian and aviation leaders propose a label change for the Langley aeroplane to resolve a dispute with Orville Wright over the relic’s description. Dr. Walcott, Dr. Ames, Professor Johns Hopkins, and Rear Admiral Taylor join the advisory group in seeking a final, accepted labeling for the Wright machine’s historic display.
Dr Walcott states the Wright brothers were first to achieve sustained free flight with a heavier than air machine. The Smithsonian recognized this by awarding the Langley gold medal in 1909, while noting Langley’s 1903 machine could have flown if launched successfully, according to Ames and Admiral Taylor.
Manila reports fourteen Moros killed or dying of wounds and seven constabulary soldiers wounded in a Monday fight in Lanao province as authorities press to capture Sultan Raya and his followers who had defied authorities. Raya and many followers reportedly fled to the mountains after their stronghold was dynamited. General Leonard is referenced.
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