1929 Newspaper Abstracts

The Daily Corinthian, Vol. XXXIV #65, Saturday, March 16, 1929:
p. 1, c. 4 -

ROSCOE TURNER
        PAYS VISIT TO
                HIS HOME CITY
        -------------
        The whirl of an air plane set Corinth people by their ears Friday
afternoon and a red blaze went through the air from the west to the east
side of the city.
        It was Capt. Roscoe Turner coming in from the Pacific coast, and
though his coming was not unannounced only a few knew of it until the
plane had landed.  He had notified his home folks by wire that he was
coming and would spend the night here en route from Los Angeles to
Detroit.
        Capt. Turner has done more real flying, much of it of the
hazardous type, escaping without injury, than many who have made a
reputation world wide.  But he has a reputation in the flying world and
among those who are interested in air travel, for dependability and skill
as a pilot.  He is one of the most successful flyers in the profession,
and Corinth is proud of his achievements.
        He spent the night with his parents here and took off from the
field east of the city this morning at 7:35, expecting to reach Nashville
within an hour, where he was to meet his brother, and receive maps fro
the remainder of his journey.
        Capt.Turner left Los Angeles Thursday morning at 6:20, and
reached Midland, Texas that night.  Friday morning he took off from the
Texas field at 7:30 and reached Memphis a little after 2 o'clock.
Spending an hour there he came on to Corinth, reaching here about 4
o'clock.  He is expecting to reach Detroit this afternoon about 3
o'clock.
        He is carrying this big passenger ship to Schlee and Brock, the
round the world flyers, at Detroit.  It is of the Lockheed-Vegas type,
built by the same people who built the famous Yankee Doodle.  One of the
fastest commercial planes built, it is also one of the most expensive.
With a weight of 4140 pounds and a speed of 140 miles an hour, it will
carry four passengers, the pilot and mechanic and a reasonable amount of
baggage for each.

                                          
        Capt. Turner will return to California immediately on reaching
Detroit, but was not certain when he left here whether he would make that
trip by rail or airplane.
        He was accompanied by his mechanic Bill Howard, who has been with
him ever since he has been flying professionally.  Mrs. Turner is at
Hollywood, and he expects to get back there about the time Mrs. Turner's
sister, Miss Francis Lockman Stovall reaches the famous little city, Miss
Stovall with others being on an automobile trip to the west at this time.
        Just before getting away he said he hoped the people here would
provide some field for landing and that proper markers would be placed on
the buildings for flyers.  If this was done, he stated, many of the most
famous flyers would come this way.


Las Vegas Age, Las Vegas, NV, Sat., May 4, 1929:
p. 1, c. 6 -

LAS VEGAS-RENO
        AIRWAY OPENED
        ------
        The first trip over the Las Vegas-Reno airway was made yesterday,
flight from Reno to Vegas without stop in two hours and forty-five
minutes.
        The Lockheed-Vega ship used in the flight was piloted by Capt.
Roscoe Turner and had as passengers Postmaster George F. Smith,
A.J.Moore, John Cahlan, H.C. Engler, and Major Force, all of Reno.
        Leaving about two in the afternoon on the return trip with the
same passengers except Major Force who remained in Vegas, the party
planned a short stop at Carrera.
        The route of flight was over Yerington, Walker Lake, Mina,
Tonopah and Godfield.  Stops enroute will be made at those points when
there are passengers on the regular trips.
        It is expected that the route will be put in regular operation
about June first.
        Postmaster Smith who was delighted with his flying experience, in
an interview with the Age made a strong plea in favor of the
establishment of a municipal airport by Las Vegas which he considers an
absolute necessity for this growing community.



The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXXIV #20, Thurs., May 16, 1929:
p. 7, c. 4 -

MONDAY'S DAILY--

        The little four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tacker was
struck by a truck near the home on Madison Street Saturday afternoon, and
though he was bruised and shaken his injuries were not of a serious
character.

  [Per phone conversation with Jack Tacker on April 20, 1993, this was
  Joe Tacker, his brother who was born in 1924; Jack was born in 1928]


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXXIV #21, Thurs., May 23, 1929:
p. 5, c. 3 -

FROM THURSDAY'S DAILY--

        Mr. and Mrs. Abe Turner arrived home today shortly after noon
from their wedding trip and will occupy the Turner home on Bunch Street
at once.


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXXIV #22, Thurs., May 30, 1929:
p. 6, c. 6 -

            Mr. and Mrs. Abe Turner visited in the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W.S.Howard at Clifton, Tenn., Sunday.  They were forced to
make the return trip by way of Florence, Ala. on account of the high
waters near Savannah.


Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, NV, June 1, 1929:
p. , c.  -

RENO FIGHTS FOR
        AIR MAIL ROUTE
        --------
        RENO, June 1. (Special) - Urging the granting of air mail
contracts between Reno and Las Vegas and Reno and Los Angeles, the
directors of the Reno Chamber of Commerce  yesterday sent wires to
Nevada's representatives in congress.
        Planes of the Reno-Los Angeles route are now being operated by
the Nevada Air Lines, Inc., which expects to start a Reno-Tonopah-Las
Vegas line as soon as landing fields are completed to the southern
cities.


Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, NV, July 12, 1929:
p. 1 , c. 6 -

RENO-VEGAS AIR LINE STARTS
REGULAR SERVICE TOMORROW
        -------
Planes to Land Today;
   One to Stay For
    Service Start
        -------
        Two Lockheed-Vega planes of the Nevada Airlines, Inc. will "sit
down" on the Western Air Express field this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock to
inaugurate the regular weekly air schedule between Reno and Las Vegas.
        One of the planes will be piloted by Captain Roscoe Turner, pilot
who brought the first Lockheed from Reno several months ago.  This ship
will remain here until tomorrow morning when it will hop off for Reno on
regular schedule at 3:30  The other ship will return to Reno this
afternoon.
                Regular Service
        The start of regular service will mark the end of negotiations
which have lasted for several months.  G.Ray Boggs, president of the
firm, declares that from now on the regular service will be maintained.
        The schedule calls for planes to land in Las Vegas on Tuesdays,
Thrusdays and Saturdays and to leave here on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays.  Stops will be made at Tonopah and Carrara on both trips to and
from Las Vegas.
                To Carry Mail
        It is probable, according to Boggs, that air mail will be carried
by the planes.  Despite the fact that no contract has been eminent and
the Nevada Air Lines, the assistant postmaster general in charge of air
mail, is said to have given his consent to allow the ships to carry the
mail without a contract.  The air line will be reimbursed to the extent
of postage it is declared.
        The line will be run on a three hour and a half schedule between
the two cities.  The exact leaving and arriving times have not been
released as yet, but it is expected that the planes will leave the
terminals at Reno and Las Vegas at 7:30 and arrive at the other terminal
at about 11 o'clock.
        It was Boggs' plan to have one ship stationed at Las Vegas for
charter purposes , but whether this plan will be adhered to is not at
present known.
                May Shift Landings
        According to P.A.Simon, local, a new landing field north of Las
Vegas, the Nevada Airlines will land their ships on the Western Air
Express until such a time as the Simon airport is finished and will then
transfer its landing field to the new port.


Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, NV, July 13, 1929:
p. , c.  -

     RENO-LAS VEGAS
     AIRLINE STARTS
        -------
Two Planes Land on Simon
    Airport Yesterday
        Afternoon
        --------
        Two Lockheed-Vega planes, one a green ship, the Aquarius, and the
second a red one, the Libra, dropped out of the skies, onto the field at
Simon's airport yesterday afternoon shortly after five o'clock to
inaugurate the regular tri-weekly air service between Reno and Las Vegas.
        The Aquarias was piloted by Gorge C. Perry, a veteran of 12 years
service in the air, and carried as passengers John Donovan, Reno attorney
and secretary and director of the Nevada Airlines, Inc. and Jack
Mitchell, editor of the Las Vegas Journal.
                Turner Pilots
        The Libra was piloted by Capt. Roscoe Turner, chief pilot of the
Nevada Airlines, Inc. and carried Mr. and Mrs. G. Ray Boggs, president of
the company and his wife and James G. Schrugham, publisher of the Las
Vegas and Reno Journals.
        The ships left Reno at 3:25 yesterday afternoon and after a stop
at Tonopah, where they were met by F.F.Garside, publisher of the Las
Vegas Review.  The same course over which the pilots flew some two months
ago was followed by Turner and Perry and it is probable that this will be
the route over which the regular schedule will be maintained.
                Bring Letters
        Letters from mayor E.E.Roberts of Reno and E.H.Walker, secretary
of the Reno chamber of commerce, were brought to Mayor Hesse and the
secretary of the local chamber of commerce, by the planes.
        Although no definite arrangement for carry of mail has been
worked out yet, it is expected that the new line will be given a permit
to carry all air mail on a cancellation basis.
        The ships will leave Las Vegas on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays
and will arrive here on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.


Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, NV, July 24, 1929:
p. , c.  -

 NEVADA AIRLINE
PLANS TO EXTEND
  PLANE ROUTE
     -----
        Extension of the Nevada Airlines route between Reno and Los
Angeles to Seattle on the north by way of Alturas and Klammath Falls, to
form an east-of-the-Sierra air line, was announced in Reno by G.Ray
Boggs, president of the company.  Boggs came from Los Angeles with Mrs.
Boggs.
        The air head said that Whitely Collins, secretary-treasurer of
the company, and Captain Roscoe Turner, director of transportation, would
make a survey of the proposed route north of Reno within the next few
days.
        From present indications, Boggs said, the Nevada Airlines will be
authorized to carry mail on all its lines by August 1 on a cancellation
basis.
        He stated that investigation was now being made towards
establishing an airline between Albuquerque, N.M., and Denver, Colo.
        For several months the company has been operating planes between
Reno and Los Angeles on a daily schedule, and recently started service
between Reno and Las Vegas on a tri-weekly schedule.  Lockheed-Vega
four-passenger monoplanes are used on all the routes.


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   December 20, 1929 Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Abe Turner, Bunch St., Corinth,
           Mississippi showed return address as:  6806 Hollywood Blvd.,
           Hollywood, California


Abstracts (c) Copyright 1993 Stephanie L. Sandy

    Data transcription by: Milton Sandy, Jr. Corinth, MS - April 20, 1993