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February 28, 1928

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LOS ANGELES AT THE CANAL; MAKES 2,265-MILE FLIGHT IN 39 HOURS, 55 MINUTES; MOORED AT 10:50 P.M. Six Hundred Sailors Tie Giant Craft to Mast at France Field. AVERAGE SPEED 57 MILES Big Airship Met Rain, Hail, Fog and Snow, Which Delayed Her Several Hours. TO RETURN TO CUBA TODAY Washington Officials Elated at Success of First Air Trip From New York to Panama. Commander Tells of Weather. Passes Over Field at 3,000 Feet. Spend Night Aboard Craft. LOS ANGELES LANDS AT THE CANAL ZONE First Non-Stop Air Trip. Feat Hailed in Washington. Military Significance Noted. Two for Atlantic Service. Dropped Greetings at Nassau. Great Secrecy at Lakehurst.

By C.h. Calhoun. Copyright, 1928, By the New York Times Company. Special Cable To the New York Times

At Panama Canal; 2,265 mi in 39 hrs, 55 mins; statement by Comdr Rosendahl

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HEAR MINERS SING PROSCRIBED HYMNS; Senators Also Get Indiana (Pa.) Judge's Denial of Interest in Mines Holding Writ. GO TO WASHINGTON TONIGHT They Call Conditions Around Pittsburgh "a Blotch Upon American Civilization." Enjoined From Singing Hymns. HEAR MINERS SING PROSCRIBED HYMNS Fisher Holdings Denied. Considered Contract Real. "Getting Into Dangerous Thing." Judge Denies Interest in Issue.

By Special to The New York Times

Senators hear miners at Rossiter, Pa, sing proscribed hymns; Judge Langham denies mine holdings; A J Musser, Vice Pres of Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp, questioned; com's statement

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CHURCHMEN APPEAL TO COOLIDGE TO VETO REVISED NAVAL BILL; Federal Council Delegation Urges Further Efforts Toward Limitation. 'TERROR' POLICY DEPLORED Navy Department's Proposals Imperil National Security, President Is Told. M'CLINTIC FOR SUBMARINES Oklahoman Opposes Program for Fifteen Cruisers to Be Introduced Today.

By Special to The New York Times

Delegation of Fed Council of Churches of Christ in America urges Coolidge to veto bill; Repr McClintic opens fight on bill

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Notable Births

Tom Aldredge

1928Tom Aldredge, American actor (died 2011)[†]

Thomas Ernest Aldredge was an American television, film and stage actor.

Stanley Baker

1928Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (died 1976)[†]

Sir William Stanley Baker was a Welsh actor and film producer. Known for his rugged appearance and intense, grounded screen persona, he was one of the top British male film stars of the late 1950s, and later a producer.