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PREPARE FOR FLIGHT
Sponsored by the National Airmen's association, three Chicago fliers will take off Monday, May 8 on a 3,000-mile air tour of 10 eastern and midwestern cities. Shown going over the route are Chauncey Spencer, navigator and Dale White, co-pilot. The third flier, Dr. Earl Renfro, who will be first pilot, is shown at extreme right in lower photo with White and Spencer.--Gushiniere photo.

Veteran Pullman Porter Succumbs
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NEW YORK, April 28--John MacIntosh, veteran PUllman employe and stepfather of Lloyd F. Calloway, Chicago Defender linotype operator, died here Saturday after a short illness.

Though funeral arrangements had not been made late Sunday night, pending the arrval [[arrival]] of Mr. Calloway from Chicago, Mrs. Mable MacIntosh, widow, said she believed services would be held Tuesday with burial in Virginia, Mr. MacIntosh's native state.
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HOLD JOINT AFFAIR
The Rinky Dink Social club was host at a gala card party and chicken supper Saturday, April 22. The joint affair was held at the home of Martin Cain, 5027 Indiana avenue. Many clubs cooperated in making the affair and outstanding success.


GOOD-WILL AVIATORS RUN INTO PLENTY OF TROUBLE

Broken Crankshaft, Forced Night Landing, But White and Spencer Finally Get Into New York on "Hedge-Hopping" Flight.
By LIEUT. JAMES PECK
After an exciting game of hide and seek with a PCA airliner, Chauncey Spencer and Dale White, sat their cream and red Lincoln-Page biplane down in a skillful night landing at the County airport here shortly after 9 o'clock Thursday evening. The flyers were en route from Chicago to New York and other eastern cities on a good-will tour, interesting the Negro in aviation. 

In bringing their ship in safely, they surmounted twin handicaps of color and prejudice which might have resulted in tragedy had they been less experienced.
MORGANTOWN, W.VA. .  . YOU CANNOT STAY HERE OVERNIGHT
The fliers had left Chicago Monday morning. Two broken gas liens and a broken crankshaft had delayed the flight three days . . the ship being forced down in a farmer's cornfield near Sherwood, Ohio.

Thursday afternoon they arrived in Cleveland, and continued to Pittsburgh via Morgantown, W. Va.  At Morgantown dusk was descending. They endeavored to remain there overnight. Air field attendants, after refusing to rent them hangar space, finally sold
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[[caption]]the controls. (5) Visitors to the airport giving the 'once over" to the plane Dr. Earl W. Renfroe, Dale L. White and Chauncey E. Spencer will fly on a 3,000-mile trip to 10 eastern and midwestern cities beginning May 8--Photos by Gushiniere and Murphy.