Doolittle Urges Blind Landing Beacons Installation
Major James H. Doolittle urges immediate adoption of perfected blind landing equipment after a fatal crash near Atlanta Missouri. He says auxiliary radio beacons and indicator lights on planes would nearly cost nothing and could have prevented the tragedy that killed Senator Bronson M Cutting and four others. He notes landings in fog could be made safely at major airports with government installation of such facilities.
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ST Louis
James H. Doolittle
Atlanta
United States
Bronson M. Cutting
Harvey Bolton
Kansas City
Doolittle
Bolton
Kirksville
Department of Commerce
Doo Little Urges Radio Beacon Installations at Landings
Fog to Kansas City already have been established by the department of commerce at commercial fields. Two portable radio beacons would comprise the equipment which Doo little urged the government to install at landing fields.
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Kansas City
Department of Commerce
Doolittle
Dear Tack Print Request Note
A reader submits a brief letter asking the newspaper to print a message. The note mentions gratitude and requests publication, dated Thursday with greeting and sign-off omitted.
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Tack
Mrs. Brown
Pampa
Tex
D. V. Gregory
Polk St
Lost white gloves in front of beauty shop or Rose Bowl
A series of reader notices seeks help locating items and services from readers. Gloves size 6 lost near San Jacinto Beauty Shop on Sixth Avenue or the Rose Bowl. contact 9698. Other ads request work, lost dog, a cow, a suitcase, and various requests for assistance or items.
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San Jacinto
Sixth Avenue
Rose Bowl
White and
Kirk's
Plane flight reward for three students at Highland Park School
Five pupils from Highland Park School Potter County will take a sightseeing plane ride over Amarillo next Friday afternoon as a reward for perfect attendance. Jimmie Floyd Mary Helen Hodges Rex Williams and Calvin Hill will fly with Principal Laycock and pilot Thornton Oxnard at English Field. Two Hodges children also earned perfect attendance but will not participate due to family objections.
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Highland Park School
Potter County
Amarillo
Scott Laycock
Jimmie, Floyd
Mary Helen Hodges
Rex Williams
Calvin Hill
Laycock
Thornton Oxnard
English Field
Hodges
Marjorie
Fred
Chain letter prank at California sparks dating contest
Berkeley reports a campus chain letter titled send a dame prompts freshman Mary Kirk to fear endless dating. Eldon Grimm claims the plan could loop through 10,000 men and 156 million dates, involving student body wide participation and rapid spread across the University of California.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Mary Kirk
Eldon Grimm
College of Commerce
Daily Californian
Man Who Despaired of Future 70 Years Ago Now 97
Major Giles Buckner Cooke, last surviving staff member of General Lee, marks his 97th birthday at Mathews Courthouse Virginia. Seventy years after Appomattox he recalls the surrender diary line, noting thanks for surviving through many years of peace and memory.
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Giles Buckner Cooke
Robert F. Lee
Major Cooke
Appomattox
Southland
Weary Willies Driven From Ohio Village
St Marys Ohio May 13 UP Marshal Ira Pence defends jail from rowdy vagrants by arming applicants with axes and ordering them to chop wood for meals lodging and warmth as winter pressure grows and numbers rise.
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Weary Willies
Ohio Village
ST. Marys, O
Ira Pence
Irving Infant Clifford White Dies in Grindstone Accident
Funeral services were held today for Clifford White a 15 month old of Irving killed when a grindstone toppled onto him. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Clyde White. The prompt mentions applicants and theft of an ax related to the business after.
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Irving
Clifford White
Clyde White
Irveing
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