Army fliers land in Hawaii after 2400 mile nonstop flight
Lieutenant Maitland and Lieutenant Hegenberger arrived at Wheeler Field Hawaii at 6 22 am after a 25 hour 45 minute flight from Oakland in an army Fokker monoplane. The journey marked the first to Honolulu from California and the longest trans oceanic air flight to date.
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Hawaiian Islands
Maitland
Hegenberger
Oakland
Honolulu
Ernest L. Smith
Charles Carter
Smith
Carter
Army
California
President Pierce
Cleveland
Pearl Harbor
Portland
Oregon
Navy
San Francisco
San Francisco Examiner
Byrd America3 Sets Faster Atlantic Run From Nova Scotia
Commander Byrd in the three motor monoplane America left Nova Scotia at 1:30 p m eastern daylight time headed for Newfoundland and Paris destination. Reports say direct radio contact was maintained and fog banks studied as the trip continued with compass adjustments to avoid interference from reserve gas pumps.
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Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Louisburgh
N. S
Byrd
Fokker flight lands at Wheeler Field after Oakland hop
Lieut Lester J. Maitland and Lieut Albert Hegenberger emerged from the giant Fokker at Wheeler Field Island of Oahu Hawaii after a nonstop flight from Oakland California The officers praised the aircraft and spoke of its performance as they left the cockpit with evident satisfaction
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Wheeler Field
Island
Oahu
Hawaii
Lieut
Lester J. Maitland
Fokker
Oakland
California
Albert Hegenberger
Maitland and Hegenberger Triumph at Review
Maitland exults to Hegenberger before the reviewing stand, declaring they made it. The pair strip off overalls to reveal clean uniforms as spectators readied for the page with continues on Page Four.
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Maitland
Hegenberger
Honolulu Awaits First Flight From Foreign Sky
Honolulu and army barracks on Oahu glow with anticipation as Lieutenants Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger near landing after dawn. Red lights guard the field while 1700 soldiers of the 21st regiment keep spectators back and ready to fix bayonets if needed.
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Wheech Field
Island of
Oahu
Honolulu
Lester J. Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
21St Regiment
Byrd and Companions to Be Received in Paris
Paris prepares a reception plan for Commander Byrd and his trans Atlantic crew after their New York flight. President Doumergue is set to greet Byrd on Friday with Chamberlin and Levine also expected to attend. Byrd will lodge at the Continental Hotel with Herbert A. Gibbons while Chamberlin and Levine stay at the Ambassador Hotel.
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Doumergue
Chamberlin
Levine
Paris
Byrd
New York
Germany
Charles Levine
Continental Hotel
Herbert A. Gibbons
Webb sentenced to serve 20 years for criminal assault
O L Webb a 28 year old Columbus salesman was found guilty of criminal assault in Douglas Georgia and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary after a jury verdict described as a compromise The trial drew wide attention as the victim testified Webb reportedly lured her on an automobile ride then assaulted her on a deserted road threatening to kill her if she refused to marry him
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Douglas
O. L. Webb
Columbus
Webb
Harry Reed
Wavcross
Byrd and Chamberlin to Visit Friday Events Planned
Byrd Chamberlin and Le Vine arrive Friday while Sheldon Whitehouse schedules a luncheon for them Saturday. Byrd's main engagement is the Fourth of July dinner at the American club if he proceeds successfully.
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Byrd
Chamberlin
Levine
Sheldon Whitehouse
Dam Break Near Montgomery Causes Heavy Damage
A two hundred foot section of the Speigner’s Lake state dam near Montgomery failed washing out a trestle and 3000 feet of main track on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. One bridge on the Montgomery Birmingham highway was destroyed and crops south of Speigner damaged. Traffic between Birmingham and Montgomery was diverted via Opelika and Central of Georgia. repairs rush by officials with expected resumption by midnight.
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Montgomery
Ala
Speigner’s Lake
Louisville and Nashville
Montgomery- Birmingham
Speigner
Birmingham
Opelika
Alabama
Central of
Georgia
D. EF. Beatty
Surprise Byrd hop off to France unnerve mother in Winchester
Mrs. Richard Byrd of Winchester reacts to word from the Associated Press that Commander Richard E. Byrd made a surprise departure for France. The news came as a long delayed but successful get away and was not unexpected by Byrd’s mother who thanked the AP correspondent for the update.
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Byrd
Winchester
Richard Is. Byrd
France
Richard Byrd
Associated Press
Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta Opens On Hudson
Freshman crews from seven universities gathered at Poughkeepsie for the two mile race down the Hudson. California held the shore lane followed by Syracuse Cornell Columbia Pennsylvania Navy and Wisconsin in order at the start.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
California
Hudson
Lindbergh’s Time Across Nova Scotia Reported
Wireless from the America shows Commander Bird asking all stations to stand by while he "pumped" gag near Roosevelt Field. The item, transmitted by the Associated Press at 9 50 a m, June 29, notes the crossing of Nova Scotia with news continued on page 8.
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Byrd
Lindbergh
Nova Scotia
Roosevelt Field
Associated Press
Commander Bird
America
Craver
Byrd Plans Return Flight From Paris
Instructions from Commander Richard E Byrd indicate 4400 liters of gasoline will await him at Le Bourget as he prepares to fly back to the United States, suggesting an air return voyage.
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Paris
Richard Kk. Byrd
Air Union
le Bourfet
United States
Byrd’s America Flies To Paris From Roosevelt Field
Commander Byrd piloted the three companions in a thrice motor Fokker named America from Roosevelt Field Long Island at 5 24 am heading to Paris. They encountered compass trouble over the sea near Cape Cod then steadied and reached Meteghan Nova Scotia around 10 am. The four hour forty four minute flight covered about 400 miles and was only one minute longer than Lindbergh’s Paris hop. Weather remained showery and foggy along the first leg while French conditions were improving. James H Searr forecaster said conditions were generally favorable and if weather clears Richard Grace plans an eastward hop from Kekaha Hawaii to San Francisco.
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Wheeler Field
Island of
Oahu
Wali
San Francisco
Honolulu
Army Fliers
Lester J. Maitland
Allbert Hegenberger
Howard
Department
Maitland
Edward M. Lewis
Department of the Army
Hegenberger
Maual
Halifax
N. S
Richard B. Byrd
America
Nova Scotia
Paris
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Columbia
Spirit of
Byrd
Bedford
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Cape Cod
Meteghan
France
James H. Searr
New York
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Oaklang
Washington
Byrds America’3
Spirit OF ST. Louis
The
First National Bank
Thomas
Acosta
Richard. E Byrd
Atlantic
George Noville
Richard Grace
Kekaha
Grace
Roy
Bank OF
Thomasville
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