Macready Quits Stalled Plane and Lands Safely
Dayton reports airman John A. Macready, veteran flier, forced to bail when his De Havilland stalled above Ohio. He jumped at 5,000 to 3,400 feet, pulled the ripcord, and parachuted to a safe landing near a 100 foot cliff after a night flight from Columbus. A passerby heard his radio-like greeting before recovery described no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
John A. Macready
Ermy
Night Airways
Columbus
Qayton
Edward A. Watchet
Dayton Chamber of Commerce
Macready
Obituary notices from Bridgeport area church funerals
A series of funeral notices and obituaries across Bridgeport and neighboring communities. Mary Cleary Peet, widow of Charles W. Peet, and Mary Louise Lavery, daughter of Charles J. and Julia Lavery, are mourned with services at St. Charles and St. Michael's cemeteries. Other obituaries include Catherine Callahan, August Ludwick Miller, infant Robert Henry Zwierlein, Andrew Previs, William J. McGrath, and Ruth Vera Schille. Mary Flynn and Charles N. Curtiss also noted with services following solemn high masses and church burials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cleary Peet
Charles W. Peet
Noble Avenue
St. Charles' Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Francis Attes
Harry Berger
George Sperce
George Hodisssy
Daniel Harrigan
Robert Brown
Mary Louise Lavery
Charles J
Julia O'Connell Lavery
Smith Street
Edward
Eugene
Charles
Paul Lavery
Isabel
Rith Lavery
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Catherine Callahan
Bartholomew Callahan
Catherine Ahearn
Hanover Street
St. Peter's Church
August Ludwick Miller
George Lockwood
French Street
Sklein
St. Paulus Church
Pa Cemstery
Richard Miller
Paul Scholz
Rudolph
William
Alfred
Richard Tesch
Robert Henry Swierlein
Robert Henry Zwierlein
Henry
Louise Zwierlein
Federal Street
Parke and Son Mortuary
Ruth Vera Schille
Ruth
Véra Schille
Charles Schille
Hamilton.strest
Mary EB. Flyon
Mary E. Flynn
Flynn
Catherine Street
Bridgeport Lodge
Nellie Flynn
O'Daniel
Northuamp
Margaret Bechtold
Springfield
Mass
Walter Briggs
Florida
Catherine Patte
Denver
St. Augustine’s Church
St. Michaels Cemetery
Prospective King of Wrangletile Hardy Pioneer
Carl Lomen of Nome Alaska stands at the helm of a growing reindeer industry. The Lomen family, long established in Nome, expanded from law and photography into meat export and reindeer operations. They aim to buy Eskimo excess steers and ship carcasses to U.S. cities and London, funding abattoirs and cold storage with trading stations across Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
South America
North American Newspaper Alliance
D. M. Lebourdais
the Telegram
Carl Lomen
Wrengel Isand
Alaska
Lomens
G. J. Lomen
Cari
Noms
Nome
Noma
Lomen
Helen
Ralph
Harry
Alfred Jy
G_ Jomen
Caledonia
Minn
Tie
United States
London
New York
Arthur and
Leonard Baldwin
Lomen Company
Reindeer
Bridgeport Musicians Attend New Haven Piano Recital
Two Bridgeport musicians Miss Mary Anna Maraffi and Mrs. Arlens Lederer joined four pupils of Prof. E. A. Parson for a piano recital at Center Church House New Haven. The program included Spinning Song from The Flying Dutchman and works by Wagner Liszt Palm and Concerto No 1. Lederer performed Bourrée Bach Sainta Prelude in C major Chopin Cracovienne Fantastique and Paderewski pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Mary Anna Maraffi
Arlens Lederer
E. A. Parson
Center Church House
New Haven
Spinning Sons
The
Flying Dutchman
Wargner-Liszt
Cracovienne
Nile Suddite Fuel Uses River Growth As Alternative
A Providence Journal report notes that the Nile’s Suddite vegetation, growing up to 20 feet long with roots three feet deep, threatens the river but is being harvested as a fuel substitute for coal and wood. It covers 36 000 square miles and is dried for use along the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tts
Priv
Dence Journal
Ied
A Question of Clothing Joke in City Star
A humorous exchange centers on a pudding Mrs Slater left boiling for her husband. He praises it as twice as good as her best, then she asks what happened to the cloth used to cover the pan. He solemnly asks if the cloth still on, delivering a light punchline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Salter
City Star
Sea Lightning Bugs Caught for Marine Experiments
Prof Kurt Wamdorf of Hamburg captured noctilual sea lightning bugs, a common source of marine bioluminescence. Cooped in a bottle and placed in darkness they glow like fireflies. Months of effort yielded the upcumen in the North Sea for experimental study drawing scientists from several German countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurt Wamdorf
Mamburg
Hamdorf
North Sea
Germany
Kansas ‘City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Andrew Previs
Hallett Street
Sts. Cyril and Methoding
Gaspar J. Panik
William Gd. McGrath
William J. McGrath
Madison Avenue
St. Augustine's
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Charles N. Curtiss
Hémhé
Mapleshade Farm
Southport
EH Curtin
Southford
Ruth Curtiss
Berkshire Cemetery
Newtown
Louisville Courier-Journal
Neuhofe
Eos Main
EOS
Boses
Ciepes
Georgette—Foulard
Ummer
Quaker
E. L. Sullivan
East Main St
Cor. Jane St
Main Street
Grant
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