Young Singers Prepare for National Finals in NYC
Ten amateur young singers from across the U S reach the National Broadcasting Company studios in New York for the second Anna Kent Foundation national audition finals. Prizes total 17 500 dollars plus scholarships, with a 9 15 pm eastern network broadcast and judges selected from prominent musicians.
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New York
United States
National Broadcasting Company
Anna- Kent Foundation
Philadelphia
Haze Arth
Washington
D. C
Kenneth Hines
Buffalo
N. Y
Gladys Ball
Kansas City
Wilfred Engleman
Detroit
Mich
Carmen Rosell
Ernest Ferrata
New Orleans
Anna Chandler
Fayetteville
Ark
Patrick Wilson
Galveston
Tex
Irene Kilgore
Oakland
Calif
Donald Nevis
Pasadena
Far West
German built craft to carry fifty persons
A German Wunkers Aircraft company monoplane under construction in Germany will carry 50 persons with a 120 foot wing span and four 650 horsepower motors. The craft aims for transatlantic service at 20,000 feet with living quarters in the wings and a super radio set.
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United Press
Washington
Wunkers Airplane Company
Germany
Department of Commerce
Department of Commorce
Vic Thrower Divorced in Humorous Domestic Tale
In Bellingham Washington on December 25 Mrs. Lillian Bonner told Judge Ed Hardin that George Bonner threw a pumpkin pie at her and hit a bull's eye, ending with an interlocutory divorce decree. The tale contrasts movie star glamour with domestic discord and a pie in court.
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Vic Thrower
United Press
Bellingham
Waash
George Bonner
Lillian Bonner
Ed Hardin
George
Emotionally Unstable Child From Unhappy Home
A 1940s AP essay argues a child's emotional stability rests on three rights: a loving two-parent home, intelligent affectionate care, and a welcoming environment. It warns lack of love breeds insecurity and hostility, while healthy homes foster self-control and personal growth through wise discipline and guidance.
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Associated Press
Saginaw
Mich
Pigeons Used to Help Flying Hazards
Anchorage Alaska reports carrier pigeons used to convey messages about flying hazards. The note describes pigeons aiding rapid communication for weather or flight safety concerns in the region.
Local Police Make Several Christmas Arrests
The police reported a quiet Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with two arrests for possession and transportation of liquor. D. B. White and O. R. Weaver were taken into custody with jars of liquor on their person. Additional arrests included drunkenness and traffic violations.
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D. B. White
O. R. Weaver
White
Weaver
Carrier pigeons aid Alaska air routes in remote distress missions
In Alaska during winter, air bases train to use carrier pigeons for emergency communication. Planes now fly with compartments where messages are carried by trained pigeons traveling the North, a system born after several near tragedies where aviators were forced down in remote areas.
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Dittress
Alaska
Flying Judge: Florida City’s Winter Pilot-Turned-Officer
Lieut. Phillip A. Roll, a WWI aviator and aviation instructor at the local airport, was elected municipal court judge in Fort Myers Florida making him a rare flying judge in the United States. He holds multiple pilot licenses and trained at Ohio State University before the war.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Phillip A. Roll
Roll
Federation Aero Internationale
United States
Ment of Commerce
Ohio State University
Waco
Texas
Dallas
Ellington Field
Houston
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