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TWIN CITY SENTINEL, WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., MONDAY JANUARY 9, 1928

DETROIT AIR-OLYMPICS
Ford Airport
Saturday, June 30
BOX No. 21
Gate No. 7
Admit M

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WACO AIRPLANE STOLEN 
FROM MUNICIPAL FIELD;
PHONE CALL ONLY CLUE
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NEW SHIP BELONGING TO PHILA-
DELPHIA AVIATOR FLOWN 
AWAY EARLY TODAY
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ALL AIRFIELD NOTIFIED
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Police Check Up Long Distance
Conversation To Detroit-Trojan
Sees Men Take Craft Away
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A new Waco airplane, valued at $
500, belonging to T. W. Gurley,
Philadelphia, Pa., was stolen from the
Municipal airport north of the Miami
river at about 5 o'clock Saturday
morning.

No clue to the theft is held by the police except a long distance telephone to Detroit late Friday evening from the Hotel Lollis.
Two men, dressed as aviators, talked to Detroit from the hotel around 10:30 p. m. One was overheard to say to the person in Detroit "Shall I get the plane or come by train."

The men did not register at the ho-tel and were not known to the other aviators stopped there. hotel em-ployes state the men looked rough and were not as well dressed or appearing as the other aviators who usually stop at the hotel.

Name Atherton Given

A check up at the telephone office by the police Saturday morning re-vealed that the call was made by a man giving his name as Atherton. He talked to R. T. Dawson at the Yorbie hotel in Detroit. The police in De-troit have been notified to locate Dawson if possible.

Neither name is known to the Ad-vance Aircraft company or any of the aviators now in the city.

The Advance Aircraft company has sent telegrams to airfields within a radius of 500 miles of Troy describing the plane and giving its serial and engine numbers.

The roar of the motor awakened Leo Bausman who lives across the road from the air field. he suspicioned something wrong from the fact the plane was leaving before daylight. He attempted to call the Advance Air-craft people but was unable to get an answer.

Plane Just Purchased

The loss was not discovered until about the middle of the morning when Mr. Gurley went to the field. 

He had just purchased the plane two days ago and was planning to use it in passenger flights near Philadelphia. He was awaiting the arrival of his license numbers before flying the plane to his home. The numbers ar-rived Saturday morning. 

It is believed the plane will be located without much trouble but Mr Gurley fears the thieves may wreck the ship by making a forced landing away from an airfield.

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