Air Rocket Test 10 To Be In Africa
Prof Darwin O Lyon of New York arrives in Tripoli to study Libyan desert sites for a rocket experiment aimed at reaching the upper atmosphere. He selects Misda for its clear air and a suitable hill to mount the device. He has built six projectiles, with three exploding on launch, one exploding in the lab, and another destroyed by carelessness.
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Africa
Tripoli
Darwin
Lyon
New York
Misda
Rockets to the Moon and Beyond Hotsy Totsy 1929
In 1929 Professor Lyon describes a three section rocket nine feet long weighing over 300 pounds. The device uses rapid explosive bursts to achieve up to 20 meters per second squared acceleration and aims for about 70 kilometers altitude with a parachute recovery. He notes the data would be scientifically valuable even if altitudes fall short.
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Professor Lyon
Earth
Lyon
Whitsett News Highlights Local Summer Activity
Miss Emily Hinshaw returns home from Greensboro for a few weeks while Dean Torreyson and party plan a two week automobile tour to Kentucky and Iowa. Local events include a lawn party at Whitsett school, the Murray-Thomas reunion at Mount Olive church, and a large Wheeler reunion at Deep River Friends church. Notables include Rev R K Davenport visiting Willow Spring, Mrs Carrie Neal governing Raleigh demonstrations, and planning for the Fogleman Shoffner and Wheeler reunions with program details and speakers.
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Whitsett
Emily Hinshaw
Greensboro
Dean Torreyson
James Torreyson
Lema Tesh
Kentucky
Iowa
R. K. Davenport
Willow Spring
N. C
Murray-Thomas
Mount Olive Church
Alamance County
T. L. Fitzgerald
Graham
Carrie Neal
Raleigh
Whitsett Club
Donnie I. Davenport
Wake County
G. W. Davenport
A. E. Bernheim
G. D. Bernheim
Pasadena
California
Minnie Clapp
J. H. Joyner
Whitsett Christian Endeavor Society
H. C. Perrett
Wheeler
Deep River Friend’s Church
High Point
Edra Wheeler
St. Paul’s Church
Alamance Mills
Burlington
Low's Lutheran Church
Shoffner
J. B. Robertson
Kendall Shoffner
W. T. Whitsett
D. I. Offman
El Dorado Mule Injury Leads to Fatal Arm Wound
Aly nipped a mule named Fred Dart was shearing when the mule kicked. The shears drove through an artery in Dart s arm and he died shortly thereafter from loss of blood.
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EL Dorado, Kan
Aly
Fred Dart
Dart
Lexington Camp For Tubercular Youths Success
Lexington reports that the Kiwanis Kidide Kamp, a tuberculosis preventorium for children, run for ten weeks in Pilgrim section buildings on Highway 10, will be closed this week. The camp has operated to aid youth health under local Kiwanis oversight.
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Lexington
Kiwanis Kidide Kamp
Highway 10
Pilgrim
Camp Reports Big Gains For Tubercular Children
Dr G C Gambrell heads a county camp that treated 29 tubercular children this summer. They gained a total 247 pounds, an average of 8 pounds per child. Lucille Byerly of Thomasville led girls with 17 pounds, Robert Green led boys with 14. Smallest gain was two pounds. The Lexington Kiwanis club sponsors the camp, now permanently established with Gambrell as head and Nell Smith as nurse.
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G. C. Gambrell
Lucille Byerly
Thomasville
Robert Green
Lexington Kiwanis Club
Nell Smith
Memphis Woman Aims for Commercial Pilot License
Emma Lucile Hildebrand aged 21, daughter of a patrolman, emerges as Memphis's newest aspirant for a commercial license. She has been flying two months and soloed after six hours of instruction.
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Memphis
Emma Lucile Hildebrand
Burro Bursts Fire in Siskiyou Forest After Matches Ignite
In Grants Pass Oregon a burro carrying prospecting gear toppled into a 200 foot embankment. A can of matches sparked a blaze that burned more than 250 acres of timber in the Siskiyou National Forest.
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Grants Pass
George Berry
Siskiyou National Forest
Hoover taps Gifford aides for unemployment relief
President Hoover picks Walter Gifford to mobilize and direct a national unemployment relief effort with a regional advisory staff to be announced soon. Gifford, head of AT T and New York Charity Organization Society, will head a Washington based organization with Hoover backing the emergency committee led by Colonel Arthur Woods.
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Gifford
New Yorker
Hoover
Hoover Gifford
Organization Society of New York
Washington
Arthur Woods
New Director Gifford Sets To Review Relief Suggestions
A new director will gather hundreds of relief ideas gathered at the White House and by the emergency committee. Carl Williams, a farm board member, proposed that community chest groups buy surplus wheat from the board and distribute it as bread to the needy. A chamber of commerce committee will also submit an unemployment relief report to the president by September 1.
Chamber reviews guaranteed employment proposal under Boston chair
Under the chairmanship of Henry Harriman of Boston a chamber committee has been working for weeks on a plan. The proposal would guarantee employment for a specified number of workers for a defined period, and is being considered by the chamber committee and a committee appointed by the National Electric Light Association.
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Henry Harriman
Boston
Chamber
National Electric Light Association
Angler Catches Dog on Fishing Line
Jamestown Kansas AP report Maynard Reid, an angler, discovered a dog on his fishing line after reaching for his pole. The animal had swallowed the bait and had to be shot to end its peril.
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Jamestown
Kan
Maynard Reid
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
A sensational weight loss ad promises rapid fat reduction through Kru Schen Salts taken in water every morning. It claims improved energy, clearer skin, and a livelier mind, urging readers to buy an 85 cent bottle from Mann Drug Co or Cecil Drug Store with a money back guarantee if no health gains are felt.
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Barton
Mann Drug Co
Cecil Drug Store
America
Adyv
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Long Island
Victor Kherrath
Port Washington
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Ind
Black Flag Company
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East Washington
United States
North State Telephone Co
Whitsett News
Burro
Unemployment Relief Organization
Walter 8. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Morton Downey
Tony Wons
Columbia Broadcasting System
RE. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N.C
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