Balloons Reach Ground in National Elimination Race
Five of nine gas bags that departed from Birmingham Saturday night have landed by Stuart Virginia as the national elimination balloon race progresses.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1921
Page
5
Five of nine gas bags that departed from Birmingham Saturday night have landed by Stuart Virginia as the national elimination balloon race progresses.
May 23. Volunteer state police scouted mountains east of Williamson but could not locate a stag le sniper. The front was reported quiet. Miss Roger Bell Johnson of Fort Loudoun Seminary departed for Baltimore and Miss Lily H Baker left for Washington.
A derailed Illinois Central flier No 103 Louisville to New Orleans near Epperton five miles from Paducah Kentucky is blamed on possible intent to harm. Three coaches and a locomotive tender overturned but no serious injuries reported as detectives find removed rails and bars weakening track.
Washington reports Henry Lee Wilson tops Harding’s list for American ambassador to Turkey. Constantinople post vacant since before WWI entry. Also notes William Conner of Cumberland Maryland and family visits in Mount Vernon New York. relatives of Mrs George F Norton and Miss Marguerite Norton.
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