Army Nurse Flies To Fame In Good Ship Aspirin
Lieutenant Elsie Ott Army Nurse Corps of St James L I led a 10 000 mile all air flight from India to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington caring for five ill soldiers aboard a bomber dubbed the Aspirin She received the first Air Medal ever awarded by the U S Army to a woman at Bowman Field near Louisville The feat highlighted Ott s pioneering role in air evacuation and medical transport with the First Troop Carrier Command and the Air Evacuation Group now training to fly wounded soldiers home or to base hospitals
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NEA Service
Lquisville
Elsie Ott
Army Nurse Corps
St. James
L. I
India
Walter Regd Hospital
Washington
U. S. Army
Bowman Field Army Air Base
Louisville
F. S. Borum
H. H. Arnold
USAAF
Atlantic
Ocean
Ott
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York
King’s Park Hospital
Cone Island
St. Francis Ital
Miami Beach
Fla
Bowman Field
Troop Carrier Command
The Snerk Woofer Gasper Date and Crunch in Movie Audiences
A humorous study classifies moviegoers as five types the Snerk the Woofer the Gasper the Date and the Crunch. The piece recounts a theater night where the writer becomes a Snerk and recounts other episodes while noting a producer Jeff Lazarus who rose to prominence after challenging Adolph Zukor. The closing line asserts that who you know matters more than what you know.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snerk
Woofer
Joan Crawford
Jitterburg
Laird Cregar
Mr. Pitt
Nelson
Pitt
Jeff Lazarus
San Francisco
Adolph Zukor
Paramount
Zukor
Lazarus
Southern School of Printing
Nashville
Tennessee
Ambrose
Secy.Treas
Unusual Facts From History And Nature
The record notes six hours spent per day on heartbeat intervals. It recalls a Canadian colonial rule banning bachelors from hunting trading or fishing. It mentions 19th century plains travel where buffalo tongues were a food prize. It also states a house fly beats its wings 330 times per second.
Used radios wanted and assorted surplus goods offered
Classified notes advertise cash for used electric radios of any model. Goodyear Service Store lists location and phone. Other entries describe surplus items incl Picks Mattocks Shovels Rakes Axes Sledge hammers Tarpaulins Eye Goggles and used plumbing. scrap iron junk buyers. cash register $20. pre war tires bicycles seeds and watches. rabbit ration feed. manure for sale and contact numbers.
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Goodyear Service Store
N. Main
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Hollywood
North Africa
J.B
West Fort Worth
Texas
Phew Os Asia
Chas. Barry
Vernal
Utah
BY Lee Falk
Phil Davis
Hills
Mandrake the Magician
Canada
Western Plains
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Joe
Donald Duck
Walt Disney
Rowland Park
Hillcrest Drive
Erie
Bath
Montlieu
Woodrow
Madison Ave
Apts
E. Green
Winston Highway
High Point
Greenway Drive
Ward Street
White Oak St
Centennial
Lindsay Street
Newota Street
Ness
Forest Ave
Lindsay 1
P. O
N. Main Street
B. F. Goodrich Silvertown
Roy Black
R. B. Gantt
Bartner Furniture Co
Bicycle Sales & Service
N. Wrenn
Just
U Clemmons
S. Main
Commerce Furniture Exchange
W. F. Mickao and Son
Perry St
Cody's Furniture Repair Co
Cal
W. C
Bill” Kelly
C. DeWitt Holton Furniture Co
S Main St
Spencer
Craven
S. Wrenn
Paul Younts
ILE Products
War Manpower Commission
Eagle Sandwich Shop
Gibson's
Arcade Building
Haltom Hosiery
E. High St
F. Moore
Fairfield Rd
Mendenhall's
Fate Crofts
Bradbury, Thomasville Rd
Barber & Beauty Service
Princess Beauty Shop
N. Main St
Easy Wa Chains Dancing Studio
Bryce Commercial College
Lewis Hall
Chairtown Chevrolet Co
Phne
Thomasville
Thomas Mills, Inc
C. M. Care Enterprise
Neill Motors
Trading Post
S. Wrenn St
E. High Street
Chevrolet
W. I. Hooker
Sodem
Lexington A Avenue
Ferndale
Duplex
S. Main St
Otteray Drive
Morris St
Centennial Ave
Denny St
Francis Nelson
Grace Flower Shop
Columbus Avenue
Carter Mill Road
East Avenue
Archdale
Chestnut St
W. Green St
Briggs St
Willowbrook
Armas
Kasco
Clinard Milling Co
Samet Junk and Metal CO
English St
Clinard Milling Company
Wren
Redwine Hardware Co
W. Washington St
Ponone
Hedgecock
Building & Loan Assn. Security Bank
R. D
Bob” Penny
A. A. Ingram
J. K. Hayworth
Graystone Apt
Grimes St
Equippe
Cate
Harrison
Biig
Grove
R. B. Gantt Arcade
Bidg Phone
Lexington Ave
Broad Strept
Carrick Avenue
W. Green Storms
Linley's
Ser
Forrest Ave
Steam
Dr. York
Nea
Steet
Wachovia Bank
Allen Jay
Moffitt Farm
Greensboro Road
Broad Street
West High Street
Carrick Ave
Koontswhite Inc Real Estate — Insurance
South Main & Phone
Prospect Ave
Old Thomasville
Prospect
Richard Ransom
Carts Smith
Union Street
English Street
L. G. Campbell
Atro
Lg Eee
Money Service
Southland Factors Corp
The
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
PF John 318
North Main Siveei
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