Strato Flight Ballast Balancing For Safe Descent
The Explorer I stratosphere mission hinges on careful ballast planning and ballast management. Captains Albert Stevens and Orvil Anderson prepare to rise to high altitude while monitoring superheat effects and descent ballast to ensure a controlled return to earth.
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Washington, D. C
Mother Earth
National Geographic Army Air Corps
South Dakota Black Hills
Earth
Albert W. Stevens
Orvil A. Anderson
Will Rogers Reports War Talk and a Louis to Abyssinia Plan
Will Rogers writes from Beverly Hills that Mussolini’s spring drive in Africa stalled after a skirmish in New York City involving Mussolini and a simulated clash between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling. He notes a movement to send Louis to Abyssinia funded by American philanthropists Braddock Baer and Schmeling, among others, to face Mussolini’s army.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
New York City
New Friends of
Abyssinian Liberty
Braddock
Baer
Bugs
Schmeling
Louis
Africa
New York to Paris air route studied by Pan Am
Pan American Airways officials study a New York London Paris transatlantic route as part of expanding overseas service. Traffic manager V E Chenea notes equipment limits and a multi year timeline before possible implementation after a 25000 mile survey across the Americas.
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New York
Paris
San Francisco
Sns
London
Pan American Airways System
United States
Orient
Hawaii
Philippines
V. E. Chenea
Chenea
Atlantic
North
Central
South America
Red Cross Sends 116 Dollar Flood Relief Gift
Linn county Red Cross executive secretary Mrs. Metta A. Burd sent a 116 dollar relief check to St. Louis for flood aid as ongoing Nebraska and nearby state rains aggravate need. Donations continue at Red Cross headquarters in the federal building. Miss Blanche Beever and John Pelin wed in What Cheer. they will live in Chariton.Robert Warner of Parkersburg named instrumental music instructor in Sigourney to replace Paul Hultquist who moved to Fairfield.
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Metta A. Burd
Linn County
American Red Cross
St. Louis
Nebraska
William *M.* Baxter
Midwestern
Red Cross
Federal Building
Blanche Beever
Sigourney
Robert Warner
Parkersburg
Paul Hultquist
Fairfiel
Help Kidneys Don’t Take Drastic Drugs
An old advertisement urges care for kidneys and urges use of Cystex as a doctor’s prescription treatment. It claims rapid relief within 48 hours and a one week vitality boost or money back, pricing at 3 cents per dose.
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Strato
Explorer I
Will Rogers
Will
Linn Red Cross
Stuer
Newmans
Newman
Pepperell and Fine Can
E.O.M
Val
Newman's
Pinafores
Dimity
Fleer
Warner Ailver
Robin Hood
Pic
Catalina
Saeer
F.O.M
Jantzen and
Newm
Goodknit Athletic Union
Eels
Dr. Ames Athletic
Gilbert
Steven’s P. Crash
Lee
Table Boys
Shademore
California
Enna
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