Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1919 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

TNognplilc Reports From Many Parts ol the Conntnt. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings In the Nearby Cities and Towns—Slatters of Minor Mention From Many Localities* FIRST NON-STOP FLIGHT MADE Aqross Atlantic (Kean by Two British Airmen. London, June 16.—London celebrated today the achievement of British airmen who yesterday completed the first non-stop trans-At-lantic flight, meanwhile preparing for a formal reception to the air victors, Captain Jobn Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur W. Brown. Formal examination of the Vick-ers-Vtmy bombing type alrplAne. in wbicb the two men flew approximately 1,960 land miles In labours and 12 minutes from St. Johns, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Ireland, has been completed by aero club officials, who found the seals-Intact on the marked parts of the airplane, thus officially establishing the authenticity of the flight.