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Northwest May Soon Have Air Taxi and Freight Services Between Cities
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 10 (AP) — A new era in air transportation with installation of taxi freight and passenger services between principal airports in the principal cities is in store for the northwest as a result of the Ford reliability airplane tour.
Announcement of the date of one of the three Hopi Snake Dances, to be held this year north of Winslow, was brought here this week by Joe Secakuku (Chief Yellowfeet). The dance, in which Chief Yellowfeet will take part, is to be held at Shipaulavi, 75 miles north of Winslow by way of the Painted Desert and Oraibi, and will take place on August 25th. As 1926 ends in an even number there will be three dances held this year. On years ending in odd numbers only two dances are held. The other two dances of 1926 will be held during August at Toreva and Hotevilla villages, and dates will be announced later.
Portland, Aug. 3.-(A)—The MacMillan expedition crossed the Arctic Circle Saturday night. A radiogram received here today, added that the Bowdoin and Sachem had reached Drisko, the objective point in Southern Greenland, and it was planned to start south in a few days, cruising Baffin land and the Labrador coast.
NEW YORK, July 31. – Flo Ziegfeld has given out his specifications for the 1926 model girl of the chorus.
She will not be a blonde.
She’ll not be so thin as the 1925 girl and she’ll have, therefore, a curve or two, and dimples.
She may be a little taller.
VICTORIOUS IN INTERESTING GAME OF BASEBALL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT ARMY BARRACKS
One of the most exciting baseball games of the season was witnessed yesterday afternoon on the Army barracks diamond, when the Coast Guard aggregation won over the Liberties, a local civilian team, in a close score of 3 to 2.
“Things Not So Good,” Says Virginia Officer on Trail of Marylanders.
NORFOLK Va., July 24.—Investigation will be begun Monday by Capt. A. B. Hudgins, commanding the gunboat Commodore Maury, flagship of the Virginia oyster navy, into the firing by alleged Maryland crab poachers upon the Virginia patrol boat Marguerite, in Tangier Sound, which was reported by Capt. Anderton of the Marguerite to Commissioner of Fisheries Harry, R. Houston yesterday.
Commissioner Houston, at Hampton, late today, received from Onancock, Va., the following cryptic message signed by Capt. Hudgins: “Found things not so good. Will stay several days and start investigation Monday.”