Modern melodrama of Dana family flight and danger
Sarah Lynn Dana a restless young woman from Danavale California resists her mother Aidelaide and a planned marriage. Sally Ann Dana peers as traveler and author urging adventure abroad while Gunnar Thorwald, a famed Norwegian ace, disrupts the family’s schemes. A wild sequence ends with Sarah Lynn escaping confinement, learning truth, and facing a return home amid threats and a dramatic invitation to fly.
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Sarah Lynn Dana
Dana
Danavale
Calif
Cates
Aidelaide
Mnean van Doren
Detroit
Lark Danay
Sally Ann Dana
Sally Ann
Lynn
Sarah
Bill
Miss Pennington
Penny
Keaton Dana
Ardine
Gunnar Thorwald
Jim Allison
Gunnar Forwald
Marah Lynn
Duncan
Sarah Gyne
Mary Dana Webster
Gunnar
Sarah Lynn
Fresno
Kitty Medill
Canavales
Ladybug Takes First Flight Aboard Hermod Gift
Sarah Lynn Dana turns twenty and receives a Gipsy Moth named LADYBUG for her birthday. Great Granny and Uncle Lynn arrange lessons with pilot Le Roy as she prepares for private flying, while Gunnar Thorwald and Conrad Jordan reflect on her courage and future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Jordan
Sarah Lynn
Hermod
Granny
Canavale
Edwin
Adelaide Dana
Gunnar Thorwald
Gunner Thorwald
Uncle Lynn
Penny
Larry Lynn
le Roy
First Flight in My Own Plane
Sarah Lynn completes her maiden flight in a Gipsy Moth at San Jose airport. Gunnar Thorwald greets them as reporters chase photos while the party plans a return via Felton, with Great-granny and Uncle Lynn awaiting.
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San Jose
Sarah Lynn
Dana
Gunnar Thorwald
Yordan
Uncle Lynn
Felton
Head Size and Brain Power Tales From History
A New York Sun piece notes Dr. Alea Hrdlicka's claim that head growth with age is literal, supported by Sir Flinders Petrie’s hat sizes. In Alaska's Aleutians a skull of 2005 cubic centimeters is found, second largest after Turgenev, while famed minds like Webster and Beethoven show varied brain weights. The article argues cortex, not brain weight, matters for intelligence.
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Alea Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
New York Sun
Flinders Petrie
Smithsonian
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Hrdlicka
Turgenev
Daniel Webster
Bismarck
Beethoven
Kant
Napoleon
Walt Whitman
Leech Parasites on Snapping Turtle Feed Blood
Leechs commonly cling to the skin of a snapping turtle hind leg and feed on its blood, a parasitic behavior noted in the observation.
White Hope Era Forecast After Louis Schmeling Knockout
In New York Joe Louis stopped Max Schmeling in two minutes and fifteen seconds to cement his claim as heavyweight champion for years. Analysts predict a new wave of White Hopes, with rivals like Max Baer Tony Galento and Gunnar Barland seen as the remaining challengers.
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Joe Louis
Max Schmeting
New York
Carl Morris
Jim Flynn
Luther McCarthy
Frank Moran
Jess Willard
Dusky
Jack Johnson
Jim Jeffries
Joe
Schmeling
Fght
Tormmy Farr
Nally
Louis
Max
Max Baer
Tommy Farr
Tony Galento
Gunnar Barlund
Buddy Baer
Baer
Carnera
Braddock
Galento
Barland
Bombar
Ruth Signs as Dodgers Coach and Manager Talk Rises
Larry McPhail signed Babe Ruth as coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers boosting gate receipts and fueling speculation he could become Brooklyn’s next manager. insiders say negotiations have been ongoing and Ruth himself sold the idea while Burleigh Grimes’s managerial role wanes. If a switch happens it would not occur this season but could next year. The Babe’s baseball sense and low-error outfielding are cited as assets for a possible managerial career.
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Larry McPhail
Brooklyn Dodgers
Babe Ruth
Dodgers
Babe
Brooklyn
Burleigh Grimes
Ruth
Colonel Ruppert
New York Yankkees
Harvard Athletics Chief Withdraws From 1940 Tokyo Games
William J. Bingham Harvard director of athletics resigns from involvement in the 1940 Tokyo Olympics saying he cannot ask Americans to support a team representing a country aligned with Japan. Analysts fear his action will deepen American college aloofness as the IOC shifts dates to October reducing eligibility for U.S. undergraduates.
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William J. Bingham
Harvard
Tokyo
Japan
Bingham
International Olympic Committee
America
Italy
Germany
United States
England
Wentara Newspaper Union
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Ruth Comfort Mitchell
Fir
Santa Cruz
Hermos
Hermes
Mercury
Filer
Glendale
Lynn Dana
Geneva
Duncan van Doren
San Francisco
High Meadow
Louis Victory
Buer
Farr
Fred Fulton
Park Rapids
Mine
Bill Dinneen
American League
Ty Cobb
Hal Chase
Fred Perry
Baltimore Orioles
Jim Melton
Giants
Jim Higgins
Duluth
Minn
Washington Redskins
Soldiers’ Field
Chicago
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