Americans Win Third Place in Australia Race
The England Australia air race results show J C W A Scott and Tom Campbell Black of Britain win $40,000 with a 71 hour time from Mildenhall to Melbourne. Dutch crew Parmentier Moll Van Brugge and Boowe Prinz take $6,000, Americans Turner and Pangborn earn $2,000, while the field includes other aircraft and pilots vying for handicap prizes. The race stretched 11,300 miles, marking a global endurance contest with Fiji, Darwin, and Melbourne as milestones.
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Melbourne
Australia
J.C. W. A. Scott
Tom Campbell Black
Great Britain
Mildenhall
England
Flemington
K. D. Parmentier
J. J. Moll
C. van Brugge
Boowe Prinz
Holland
Continent pilots race toward Charleville from Melbourne
In a 94 hour 14 minute 30 second flight, Jones and Waller took off at 2 46 p m Wednesday Melbourne time on the 1 389 mile leg to Charleville, 787 miles from Melbourne. Several other planes trailed across Asia. Sir MacPherson Robertson offered 2 000 for the Tasmania winner. Turner and Pangborn reached here at 1 38 p m Wednesday, 2 hours 43 minutes 54 seconds behind the Dutch plane.
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Jones
Waller
Melbourne
Charleville
Asia
MacPherson Robertson
Tasmania
Bass Strait
Turner
Pangborn
Netherlands
Piccard Duo Reach Stratosphere in Uplifting Balloon Flight
The first balloonflight with a woman participant ended in a ground ceremony near Cadiz Ohio. Prof Jean Piccard and his wife Jean, accompanied by the turtle muse Lilly Fleur de Lys, completed an eight hour cosmic ray data chase from Dearborn across Lake Erie to eastern Ohio. Researchers expect significant cosmic ray insights from the fragile instruments, with data to be examined by Franklin Institute expert Dr. W F G Swann. The ground crew reported a height above ten miles.
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Cadiz
Piccards
Lilly
Earth
Here
Jean Piccards
Fleur de Lys
Auguste Piccard
Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Lake Erie
Ohio
W. F. G. Swann
Franklin Institute
Swarthmore
Remarkable Formula Helps To Prevent Colds Sample Free at Local Drug Stores
A local Cedar Rapids offer promotes Vicks Va-tro-nol as a preventive aid for colds. Free trial samples include Va-tro-nol Vapo-Rub and a guide for families to have fewer, shorter, and milder colds. Available at druggists or by mailing 3 cents in stamps to Greensboro NC.
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Cedar Rapids
Vicks
Vatronal
Wicks
Milton St
Greensboro
N. C
Tugwell Sees Doom of World Trade Warfare
Rex Tugwell US undersecretary of agriculture warned at the International Institute of Agriculture that cutthroat domestic trade will fade as international trade evolves away from chaos and protectionism. He urged world planning and a shift toward equal exchange, criticizing laissez faire and calling for broader control of trade.
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Tugwell
Rome
Rexford G. Tugwell
United States
International Institute of Agriculture
U. S
New Bonnet Lifts Morale Says Light Fashion Note
A light nearby column notes that buying a new hat or pampering grooming boosts mood and lifts spirits, even with bargain counter hats. It suggests hair styling or home facials as small boosts, and frames appearance as a quick remedy for daily worries.
What Socialists Want and Democracy in the United States
Editor's reply challenges the label enemies of democracy. It argues U S socialists favor education, economic democracy, and voting rights expansion, citing Amana mills governance and a push to distribute goods for social welfare rather than private profit. Includes references to 1920 split, European revolutions, and poverty as a driver for reform.
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the Gazette
Clarence Senior
Russia
United States
Communist Party
Moscow
Europe
U. S
Germany
Austria
Vienna
U.S
Thomas Jefferson
Amana
Comrade Senior
Forum Conference Speakers Condemn Hitler at Cornell forum
A Mount Vernon church forum at Cornell college featured Dr James M Yard of the Chicago Committee for the Defense of Human Rights Against Nazism condemning Hitler as a menace to Germany and the world and urging a boycott of Nazi goods. Other speakers urged education, budget cuts, banking reforms, and the end of Legion domination, while unions and socialist leaders offered varied critiques of capitalism and war. In Wapello, Rev Treverton Warren and family were honored at a Methodist church reception as he begins his second year as pastor. local leaders spoke and a Ladies Aid playlet was performed.
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Mount Vernon
Hitler
James M. Yard
Chicago Committee For the Defense of Human Rights
Church Forum
Cornell College
Ward
Samuel S. Wyer
Columbus
Wyer
American Legion
Helen Topping
Kagawa
E. R. Bowen
Co-operative League
Clarence Senior
Socialist Party
Wapello
Treverton Warren
Warren
J. H. Chittum
J. W. Wiederrecht
Edna Paxson
Barnes
Eddie Otto
City Briefs and Personal Notices Summary
Tur keys supper at Olivet and chicken supper at St James church announced for Thursday with modest prices. Horace G Hed g es to speak at Lions Club lunch at Hotel Roosevelt. Sign stolen from Mrs Dora Dain’s property. Car radiator cap stolen from Richard Grout’s vehicle. Cafeteria Central Park church event listed. J LeRoy Farmer’s car stolen in Ames and recovered locally. Gazette newsboys enjoyed Joe E Brown comedy at the Iowa theater. Wilton Junction youth plan Older Boys and Girls conference November 30 with multiple committee posts named.
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Dora Dain
Second Avenue SE
Richard Grout
Twentieth Avenue SW
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Clyde Pangborn
Boeing Transport
Pratt and Whitney Wasp Motors
Cathcart Jones
Ken Waller
de Haviland
Scott and Black
Darwin
Vicks Plan
Institute
Washington
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Ray Anderson
Mary Manners
Miss Manners
Dina Mite
Dina
Eve
Bacr JI
Heartbreaker
Mary
People’s Forum
Frank Myers
Second Street
Dewey Hepker
Hepker
S. H. Allard
St. James Church
Hedges
Horace G. Hedges
Lions Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Central Park Church
L. R. Walker
B Avenue NE
Ames
J. LeRoy Farmer
First Avenue E
Walker
Gazette Newales
Iowa
Gazette Newsboys
Alex Fidler
Iowa Theater
Joe E. Brown
Brown
Talbot
the Iowa
Wilton Junction
Marjorie McCoy
Louis Gill
Arlene Schnack
Grace Darting
Ellen Beymer
Florence Beymer
Elizabeth McCoy
Clarence Rost
C. W. Pfeiffer
Gerald Ocheliee
Edward Brown
Odetta Wildasin
Ruth Harper
Wayne Ford
Continental
America
Conoco
East Ih
Cedar Rapide
Paraseem
Conoco Men OF
Hew and Doyrov
Motor Oil
Tortora
Continental Oil Company
Harry Richman
Jack Denny
John B. Kennedy
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