Byrd America Flight Aims for Paris Arrival This Evening
Famous flier Commander Byrd and three companions expected to reach Le Bourget Field near Paris around 5 p m eastern standard time after crossing the Atlantic in the monoplane America. The journey began from Roosevelt Field and included radioed updates as the plane battled fog and winds along the way.
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Associated Press
Byrd
New York
British Isles
America
The
le Bourget Field
Roosevelt Field
France
Rodman Wanenmker
American Trans- Oceanic Company
Chessant
Flight Log Shows Byrd Crossing Atlantic to Paris
The report traces Commander Byrd’s transatlantic flight from Roosevelt Field Long Island to Paris. It details hourly sightings from New England to Newfoundland and confirms radio contacts with Brest Paris and Le Bourget Field as the plane nears France. The log notes fog and cloud conditions, communications from Byrd, and distant landfall reports as America heads toward Paris.
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France
Land's End
England
Ireland
French
Byrd
Tuscaloosa City
Land
Danville Bridge Destroyed by Fire on Hot Morning
Danville Virginia faced the loss of its main traffic bridge after a tar kettle failure during repairs or fueling the bridge floor and igniting creosoted blocks. Fire rapidly spread. dynamite was used to drop the last span into the river to halt the blaze, leaving North Danville without power and the 1887 bridge slated for replacement.
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Danville
Danvike
Riverside
North
Heated House debate over enabling act in Georgia
In Atlanta on June 30 the Georgia House opened discussion on the enabling act to implement a constitutional amendment. The bill would let the governor borrow up to 3.5 million dollars to pay state teachers, avoiding bank loan interest, with key support from Lindsay and opposition from others. The measure was tabled until next Wednesday.
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House of Representatives
Georgia
House
Senate
H. H. Elders
Reidsville
Lindsay
DeKalb
Stark
Whitfield
Neill
Muscobee
Short
Baker
London Textile Firm to Move Plant Near Rockmart Georgia
Walter C. Dallow announces that a large textile and shoe manufacturing plant will transfer from London to a 400 acre site near Rockmart Georgia. Initial investment is set at 1.6 million dollars to build an industrial community for 300 to 600 workers and families with a brick store plant costing 36000 dollars starting in two weeks. full transfer expected by year’s start.
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Darrow
Rock St
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Byrd to Head Air 10 Men Under Bondi
New York reports Commander Richard Byrd will lead a transatlantic flight expedition to the South Pole departing September 16 with three Fokker planes and a crew including Floyd Sennett Bert Acosta Bernt Balchen and Neville. The party will sail on the whaling vessel C A Larsen from Norfolk with support from Edsel Ford John D Rockefeller Jr and others.
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John R. Rockefeller, Jr
Byrd
North Pole
Bennett
Paris
America
Acosta
America Trin
Bernt Balchen
Neville
Norfolk
Rwspaper
C. A. Larsen
Stewart Point
New Zealand
Lindbergh Plaque Dedicated at Le Bourget Airport
At Le Bourget France a marble plaque honors Charles A Lindbergh for his May 21 1927 Atlantic flight landing here The International of Aviators and the Old Timers League sponsored the plaqueChamberlin and Levine attended after a flight from Berne Switzerland with Byrd en route to Paris.
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Richard E. Byrd
Paris
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic
le Bourget
The
International of Aviators
Vielles Tiges
League
Chamberlin
Levine
Berone
Switzerland
Land at Le Bourget Field Paris June 30 1927
Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine arrived at Le Bourget Flying Field from Berne Switzerland at 4 08 p m. They planned to stay in Paris until July 5 then proceed to England and the United States aboard the Leviathan arriving July 12. They assisted in Lindbergh plaque ceremony and placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier before returning to Paris.
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LE Bourget Field
Paris
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
New York
Germany
le Bourget
Berne
Switzerland
O’clark
Chamberlin
Levine
England
United States
Charles A. Lindbergh
Arc de Triomph
Byrd
Hill to surrender in Georgia bank robbery case
Toccoa, June 30. Automobile salesman W O Hill of Toccoa telegraphed Sheriff F A Stowe of Waynesboro that he will surrender today. He is among eleven men warrants issued for being members of robed masked bandits who battered two women and a man in Toccoa during the last two months.
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Tococoa
Stephens County
Martha Finley
Elsie Williams
Toccoa
W. O. Hill
Toccoa Automobile
F. A. Stowe
Waynesboro
Hill
Bertaud Granted Leave of Absence from Air Mail Service
Washington D C June 30 Lloyd W Bertaud airman pilot first selected to accompany Clarence Chamberlin in the New York to Germany flight has requested and been granted leave of absence of one month by Postmaster General New reports say he might attempt a trans oceanic flight but officials have no information
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Washington, D. C
Lloyd W. Bertaud
Airmaie
Clarence Chamberlin
New York
Germany
New
Bertaud
Agreement on tonnage for destroyers reached
Geneva June 30. Naval experts of the Paris naval conference reached a provisional agreement on destroyer tonnage and the characteristics separating destroyers from destroyer leaders. A ratio among the United States Great Britain and Japan was virtually agreed but not announced. Submarine questions were to be discussed tomorrow.
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Geneva
W. C. Bridgeman
Associated Press
Great Britain
United States
Bridgeman
Japan
Bertaud Disappointed by Exit From Chamberlin Effort
The report notes Bertaud was greatly disappointed when he was forced out of the Chamberlin effort, signaling a setback in the campaign and a shift in team dynamics.
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Bertaud
Chamberlin
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