Word: oakland
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Antonio Houston Oakland, Youngstown...
...last week's plane were four men: Capt. Charles F. Kingsford-Smith, commander, organizer; Capt. Charles T. P. Ulm, copilot; Capt. Harry W. Lyon, navigator ; James Warner, radio operator. They made the 2,400-mile hop from Oakland Airport, Calif., to Wheeler Field, Honolulu, in 27 hrs., 28 min.-having no trouble except that they thought they were going to run out of gasoline. Their plane, called the Southern Cross, is a Fokker monoplane equipped with three Wright Whirlwind motors...
...Travis of Oakland, Calif., go the kudos and the profit of arranging for the transcontinental motor stage system. He is president of the California Transit Co., which maintains a daily bus service between Los Angeles and Portland, Ore., 670 miles. That route is the spine of the score of bus lines it operates along the Pacific Coast. Last year its revenues were...
...Oakland and Pontiac...
...Berkeley, one Max Fiedler, catcher for the University of California freshmen, came up to bat in the ninth inning two weeks ago, hit a home run, won a game against St. Mary's. Last week, against Oakland Technical High School, Catcher Fiedler came to bat again in the ninth. Two strikes were called on him. The runner on second base hung his head, looked at the scoreboard that showed the University team one run behind. The bat boy was picking up the bats, the pitcher pitched, Catcher Fiedler swung wildly, hit the ball, knocked...