National Air Races Open With Star Pilots and Record Bets
The 1936 national air races open in Los Angeles on Friday with big prize money and famed fliers like Roscoe Turner, Amelia Earhart, Laura Ingalls, Ben Howard, and Wright Wittman entering. Events include the New York trophy dash, a 150 mile trophy race, and a sportsmen derby with $70,000 in prizes, up from 1925 levels. Competitors begin from Floyd Bennett Field before dawn to reach the west coast by 6 p.m. Pacific time for qualification.
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Los Angeles
Col. Roscoe Turner
Amelia Earhart
Laura
Cleveland
Ruth Chatterton
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Col. Turner
Howard, Wittman
Joe Jacobson
Kansas City Pilot
George Haldeman
Newcastle
Del
Miss Earhart
Miss Ingalls
Louise Thaden
Bentonville
Ark
Arty Bowman
Burbank
Calif
Col
Turner
1933 race prizes set for record breaks and top finisher
The article notes 11 hours 346 minutes as a target in the 1933 races. It promises $10,000 for the first five finishers plus $2,500 for breaking Col Turner’s record and another $2,500 for the first woman finisher flying alone. It also lists New York stock quotes amid the page content.
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Col. Turner
Truck Crash Injures Three At Norfolk Southern Crossing
Murdock McNeil and H. McLeod of Broadway were hurt when their truck collided with a Norfolk Southern train at a crossing. The victims were taken to a local hospital.
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Wilson
Murdock McNeil
H. McLeod
Broadway
Norfolk Southern
T Crossing
No Black Magic in Conservation in Deep River Area
The Soil Conservation Service explains its methods curb erosion by farming practices and natural recovery not mystical means. Associate soil conservationist C C Abernathy notes rapid gains where conditions are favorable, while long eroded fields lag but show progress under contour tillage strip cropping and careful land use.
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The
Soil Conservation Service
Belgian Congo
Nature
C. C. Abernathy
Abernathy
SCS
Blair
Blair Park
P. M. Davis
Gulf Stream Flows About Five Miles Per Hour
The Gulf Stream travels along the Atlantic coast of the United States at roughly five miles per hour. The statement emphasizes the current speed as a general measure for maritime understanding.
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Atlantic
United States
Officers Hidden as Thieves Nab Man at Liquor Cache
Raymond Ragan chased a prowler near a liquor cache on 10 A highway and was arrested by Deputies C. L. Gray and W. L. Wireless. The officers, hiding in the woods, were the so called suspects and recovered four pints of tax paid liquor, then escorted Ragan to the city jail.
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Raymond Ragan
Ragan
Rock Springs
C. L. Gray
W. L. Wireless
Sheriff Gray
Portraits Hung in High Point Public Library
Portraits of Alexander Martin former North Carolina governor and Miss Laura Wesson were hung on the east wall of the High Point Public Library. Librarian Mrs A E Poston announced the display noting the Martin portrait was a gift from the Alexander Martin chapter D A R and a Works Progress Administration project.
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Alexander Martin
North Carolina
Laura Wesson
High Point Public Library
A. E. Poston
Portrait of Miss Wesson by local artist Dodamead
A portrait of Miss Wesson hangs in the library. It was painted by Thomas Dodamead, a local artist, and presented by the Laura Wesson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Miss Wesson
Thomas Dodamead
Laura Wesson
The
United Daughters of Confederacy
Edenton Residents Voice Rainfall Concerns on Peanuts
County commissioner William H says peanut growers in the vicinity want more rainfall from the west as drought effects crop yields.
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Edenton
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