Three cornered air race to bridge San Francisco and Hawaii
Ernest Smith the San Francisco aviator aims for a first takeoff in a three cornered race to link San Francisco with Hawaii after intensive preparations. Richard Grace plans a Honolulu test flight and pilots Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger await Major General Mason Patrick on a Fokker. Other items note rising millionaire incomes in New York and Pennsylvania, Edsel Ford-backed national air tour launches from Detroit, and Geneva disarmament talks focusing on tonnage and cruiser strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Smith
San Francisco
Hawaii
Richard Grace
Naval Reserve
Honolulu
Lester J. Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
Mason M. Patrick
No Democratic organization backs any candidate for nation's nomination
A Washington dispatch notes that no clear national backing exists for any Democratic candidate beyond Smith. West and midwest voters show little interest. southern hopes favor a regional candidate. The piece highlights McAdoo, Hull, Byrd, George, and Reed as the few active figures, but finds no coherent nationwide movement.
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Smith
Southwest
Washington
West
South
Kentucky
Tennessee
Oklahoma
John W. Davis
James M. Cox
Angus McLean
North Carolina
Cordell Hull
George
Georgia
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Richard E. Byrd
Democratic Party
East
Alfred E. Smith
New York
James H. Reed
Missouri
Reed Gov. Ritchie
Maryland
William G. McAdoo
New York Herald-Tribune
Courier delivers by 5 30 or sooner
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5:30 o'clock. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6:50 p.m.
Airmail Planes to Carry Passengers Between San Francisco and New York
San Francisco June 27 plans announced to carry passengers on air mail routes from San Francisco to New York starting about Aug. 1. Boeing Air Transport will operate 25 planes with two passengers each plus mail and baggage, on a San Francisco Chicago New York line via Sacramento Elko Salt Lake City Cheyenne. Stops and schedules given. fares likely higher than train rates.
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San Francisco
New York
W. G. Herron
Boeing Air Transport, Inc
Chicago
Trans-continental
Golden Gate
Gotham
Pacific
Atlantic
Here
Omaha
Sacramento
Elko
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
Herron
Council to Decide Whether Anyone May Shoot Firecrackers
Waterloo council weighs a resolution to suspend parts of the explosives ordinance granting youths a July 3 to July 4 window for firecrackers. Police Chief Mohlis warns premature celebrations face arrest. The meeting also reviews two permit petitions for a store-apartment on Hammond and a pop stand on Independence in restricted districts.
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Waterloo
Charles Mohlis
C. I. Turner
Hammond Avenue
Hammond
Leavitt Street
Grant Avenue
Claude Poyner
Independence Avenue
Hudson Road Raid Yields Home Brew
Detectives Davis and Crumrine and Deputy Sheriff Dilworth raided a property three miles south of Waterloo on Hudson road owned by N. W. Carmen of 903 Washington street. Officers seized between 50 and 60 bottles of home brew. Carmen was arrested and later bound over to the grand jury on liquor nuisance charges by Municipal Judge J. C. Beem. Carmen released on $500 bond.
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Davis and Crumrine
Dilworth
Waterloo
Hudson Road
N. W
Little Town Flooded After Oil Cars Jump The Track
Burlington Iowa June 27 Nine cars of a Minneapolis and St Louis fast freight derailed at Oakville 16 miles north of Burlington when a box car truck broke. Seven crude oil tanks spilled contents flooding the town the depot outbuilding wrecked no injuries Clarence Alder the engineer previously had a similar crash at the same site 18 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Minneapolis & St. Lois
Oakville
Clarence Alder
Free Trade Key to Philippine Future Says Wood
Gov Gen Leonard Wood, en route to the east, argues free trade between the Philippines and United States is essential for the islands’ economic future. He warns independence with trade withdrawal would erode the islands' economic structure and envisions a time when islanders may become an independent nation.
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Chicago
Philippine Islands
Islands
United States
Leonard Wood
Wood
Philippines
Cleveland Plane Heads Toward Santa Ana for Peace Jubilee
The air mail plane City of Cleveland landed in Chicago at 11 a.m. after a 3.5 hour flight from Cleveland. Passengers K. R. Cole, a WWI pilot, and C. Gildersleeve, aviation secretary of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, planned to depart at 1 p.m. for Omaha en route to Santa Ana, California for the International Aviation Peace Jubilee from July 2 to 9.
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Chicago
City of
Cleveland
Air Mail Field
K. R. Cole
C. Gildersleeve
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Omaha
Neb
Santa Ana
Cal
Chamberlin Takes Off in Rain Storm
American trans Atlantic aviators Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A Levine launched from London in the monoplane Columbia in heavy rain for Marienbad and then Warsaw, according to a Central News dispatch. The pair departed despite stormy weather.
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London
INS
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Marienbad
Czecho-Slovakia
Columbia
Warsaw
Congressman Boies Reported Improved
Sioux City June 27 reports Congressman W. D. Boies improved after a blood transfusion given Saturday. he had been critically ill at a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
W. D. Boies
United States Refuses Capital Ship Talk at Geneva
Geneva June 27. The U S delegation refuses to discuss capital ships as demanded by Britain while Japan is authorized to debate the issue. Gibson says no deadlock and outlines the plan to limit discussion to small craft exclusions. Kellogg orders stance aligned with Washington treaty limits and the 5-5-3 ratio.
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Geneva
INS
United States
Great Britain
Tokio
Ministry of Marine
Washington
Hugh Gibson
Gibson
Washington, D. C
Kellogg
Kelloge
France
Italy
Coolidge
Conductors deny plan to strike in Chicago
Chicago June 27. Rumors of a threatened strike by 65 000 trainmen and conductors were denied by William Kilpatrick secretary of Chicago division No 1 Order of Railway Conductors. He says the union is in watchful waiting after opposing board findings and notes eastern workers recently got a 7 1 2 percent raise. The board said the rise equaled western wage standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
William Kilpatrick
United States Board of Mediation
Western Railroads
Wettstone resigns as president of University of Dubuque
Karl Frederick Wettstone D D resigns after four and a half years as president of the University of Dubuque citing ill health. Born in Italy to German parents, he came to the U S 16 years ago and rose from washing dishes to university president. He opposed commercialized college sports and withdrew the school from intercollegiate competition. Future plans not announced.
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Dubuque
Karl Frederick Wettstone
University of Dubuque
Harry Burton Boyd
Eric
of ‘Directors
Wettstone
Italy
Wettstone Remé
United States
Mount Ida Presbyterian Church
Davenport
Sidney Presbyterian Church
St. Louis
Hundreds Swim and Scores Fly for Cool Sunday
Waterloo residents packed Cedar River park for a busy Sunday with many taking first river dips as the water proved cool. Families picnicked while visitors from out of town joined in, and airship rides drew hundreds to two local landing fields. Canoeing, motoring, and golf popular, with planes busy from afternoon until dusk.
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Waterloo
Cedar River Park
Savings Deposits in State Show Increase Over May
Figures from the Seventh Federal Reserve district show total savings deposits in Town banks on June 1 at 96,502,803 dollars. Forty-two banks reported a 5 percent rise over May 1 holdings but a 2.1 percent drop versus June 1926.
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Des Moines
INS
Seventh Federal Reserve District
BERTAUD MAY CONTEST BYRD ON ATLANTIC
C A Hanson secretary of the Greater Waterloo association reported during Know Waterloo Week that commendations support the event as a success. A local manufacturer said a displayed device sold to a passerby who did not know it was made locally. Hanson urged making the effort an annual institution.
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Bertaud
Byrd
Atlantic
Smith
Pacific
Altho
Waterloo
C. A. Hanson
Greater Waterloo Association
Hanson
Auto Death Toll in Cook County Hits High Mark
Chicago June 27 Thirteen people were killed or fatally injured in Cook County autos Sunday raising the year to date toll to 452. Four victims were children struck while playing in the streets making it possibly the largest single day death toll in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook County
NEAT WAVE HOLDS COOLIDGE IN CAMP
Rapid City June 27 President Coolidge canceled a planned tour of the state game park due to a three day heat wave, opting for a routine at his offices instead. He postponed fishing and decided against it as the sun rose higher. Locals fear the heat harms Black Hills summer appeal and anticipate a severe storm to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
Black Hills
Fire Destroyed William Dommels Bakery in Marengo
A fire at 4 30 this morning destroyed the William Dommels bakery in Marengo Iowa. A pan of hot grease threatened nearby businesses as smoke and flames swept through the building. Damage is estimated at six thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
William Dommels
Army only to fly Shenandoah Pate RS-1
Washington June 27 The trans-Allegheny airway that ended the Shenandoah's career will be tested by the RS-1, the army's largest dirigible. The trip will depart Scott Field Belleville and stop at Langley Field Lakehurst and will pass over New York West Point Buffalo and possibly Boston. The RS-1 has 719 500 cubic feet of capacity and is 282 feet long with four Liberty engines and a crew of nine.
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Washington, D. C
Army
N. J
New York
West Point
Buffalo
Boston
Civilian May Take Off For Honolulu Today
Weather prospects for the Hawaii flight are mixed with plans in motion for two Army fliers to attempt the Pacific hop between California and Hawaii. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick's arrival is awaited as the 36 hour window opens for possible takeoff on the Amer i ca monoplane. The effort also involves检 other pilots and support crews as preparations continue.
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Smith
Ernest Smith
Cca
Maitland
Hegenberger
Grace
Eston B. Roger
Hawaii
Patrick
Bert Aud
New York
Richard E. Byrd
America
Paris
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Rome
Lloyd W. Bertaud
New York Herald Tribune
A. Bertaud
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
The
Herald Tribune
Bradford Merrill
William Randolph Hearst
Oakland Municipal Airport
Oakland
Cal
Travelair
Honolulu
Charlie Carter
Altho
Guy Turner
Turner
B. J. Moffit
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W. G. McAdoo
Mark Sullivan
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Aviatrix
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Roosevelt Field
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Boies
Art C. Goebel
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