Transcontinental soaring flight hinges on Pat and Loraine
Pat Friday finalizes funds and prep for Captain Jimmy Carr's planned cross country flight with Loraine Stuart as the designated passenger. The two women scheme for public attention as Carr and a peep crew head for a color film documentary, while officers discuss route and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Priddy
Atder
Jimmy
James Carte
Army Glider Corps
Furedy
Carr
Pat
Loraine Stuart
Jimmy Carr
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Wichita
Denver
Phoenix
Pacific
San Diego
Great Bend
Kan
Kansas Carr
Kansas
Elmira
John Q
Loraine
Martha
Home Front Water Softeners Abundant While Bleachers Scarce
The WPA notes plentiful water softeners like washing soda and borax soaps while bleaching agents and blueing are harder to obtain. Small refrigerators will not be released to civilians and likely require seven cubic feet or more. Labor surveys show women can fill many factory roles, and rabbit meat and knits are under price control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann France Wilson
NEA
Washington
Old Sol
WPA
WPB
Department of Labor
Gardening For Victory Planning A Home Vegetable Garden
The guide urges selecting a near house location with good drainage and full sun for a home garden. It recommends a permanent plot, soil building, a planned variety list for continuous harvest, a drawn plan, clustering early maturing crops, and perennial separation to ease plowing and drought planning.
Reprieve Is Given In Premature Pass
The article discusses new contract bridge laws to take effect April 1 and notes players' concerns that previous penalties for a pass out of turn after the auction opened were too severe. It mentions a committee review shaping the reform.
Bridge Law Change Clarifies Opening Bid Penalty
In the article a change to the bidding rules is described: under the new law North is barred for one round after an opening bid by South or West, then bidding resumes as shown. The piece argues support for the reform and notes it addresses a common offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
West
South
Missing Belmont Soldier Reported MIA in North Africa
Mar 18 news from Belmont says 4% Cpl. Julius F. Jenkins Jr. is Missing in Action in North Africa since February 14, according to the War Department notified to his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Mar
Julius F. Jenkins, Jr
North Africa
War Department
Judgment in Yancey County shortfall case
Superior Court Judge Felix Alley of Waynesville imposed judgment on five former Yancey County officials who pleaded guilty to neglect of duty over an alleged $11,413.90 public funds shortage. Donald Banks and Charles F. Gardner were fined $500 each plus costs. Brown, Hunter, and Gibbs face continued judgment and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnsville
Superior Court
Felix FE. Alley
Waynesville
Yancey County
Donald Banks
Charles F. Gardner
Charles L. Brown
Grover Hunter
Edd Gibbs
Ancient Model T Unearthed From Scrap Yard in Burlington
COMPLETE BURLINGTON Mar. 18 Leon G. Davis, garage operator, found a complete Model T car buried in decades of scrap on his lot. The vehicle, though battered and rusted, remained intact and surprising to uncover amid the accumulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Mar
Leon G. Davis
Death of Six Year Old Lillian Turner in Thomasville
Lillian Loretta Turner six years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry C Turner 401 Reed Street Thomasville died at home Wednesday afternoon after a brief illness. Survivors include parents grandparents Mrs C M Turner and Mrs Maggie Ritchie both of Thomasville. Funeral from the home Friday at 2 PM with Rev Otis Lanning of Reed Street Baptist Church officiating. Interment in City Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Loretta Turner
Thomasville
Henry C. Turner
Reed Street
C. M. Turner
Maggie Ritchie
Otis Lanning
Reed Street Baptist Church
City Cemetery
Last Fling and Oddities From Marion and Pampa
Marion reports Sheriff Grady Nichols cites a Jersey cow wandering near a woods still, drinking beer and dying after a spree. In Pampa, Army technician John Cwiertniewicz complains his name is hard to pronounce, with a cheeky note from Miss Annabella Romisderwiecze. Algeria’s population nears seven million.
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Marion
Mar
Grady Nichols
Jersey
Old Fort
Army Air Field
Troy
N. Y
Annabella Romisderwiecze Offwic
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Chapter
Captain Carr
Iss Loraine Stuart
NEA Service, Inc
American Institute of Laundering
Aaa
Arrid
Good Housekeeping
McKenney
Emus
AQIS
North Pass
Fennens
Philadelphie
General Hospitals
York and
Taber Reeds
Phile
Fenmeve
America
Penney's
Wood
S. E. Hauser & CO
Wrenn Street
Marathon
Marquisette
Priscilla
Jock
Penney
Redwine Hdw. CO
North Main Street
Victory Garden
Beeson
Hardware Company
N. Main
Voice OF Authority
Pampa, Tex
John 5. Cwiertniewicz
Algeria
Penney CO
Chambpay
Seersucker
Cynthia
Penney’s
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