Trans-Pacific flight romance sparks at Overland Airways training
Kay, a nurse trainee for Overland Airways, grows close to pilot Ted Graham and meets his adopted son Dickie during a layover in a pine valley. Ted explains his single-minded dedication to the trans-Pacific route, while Kay discovers her own feelings as their afternoon together deepens into mutual attraction.
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Overland Airways
Graham
Doris Lee
Alice Miller
Doris
Alice
Chuck Jones
Reno
Francisco
Monte
Pacific
Ted Graham
Ding
Bay
Ship Harbor
Mariner
Oakland
Sierra Nevada Range
Monte Blaine
Kay
Ted
San Carlos Valley
Dickie
Will Seek Support Of Local Hosiery Workers
Local hosiery workers in the Hanes Hosiery mill strike in Winston-Salem will be urged to back the walkout at a Friday meeting conducted by Charles Centers of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers. The 7:30 PM gathering at Labor Temple 127 North Wrenn Street will feature a striker committee addressing key strike issues and seeking local solidarity.
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High Point
Hanes Hosiery
Winston-Salem
Labor Temple
North
Wrenn Street
Charles Centers
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Centers
Hanes Mill
Corn Seed Loan Program Approved
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced that Secretary Wallace approved a 10 million dollar corn seed loan plan to ensure spring supplies in drought areas. It includes a 1.75 dollar per bushel loan on up to 1,000,000 bushels with a possible 3.50 dollar buy option by April 1. A second loan offers 0.55 dollars per bushel on quality cribbed seed corn with a 1.50 dollar buy option by April 1.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Wallace
Fall bloom orange tritoma red-hot ker described
The orange tritoma or red-hot ker is a fall flowering plant noted for its seasonal appearance.
Campaign issues debated by RNC and DNC leaders series
Official views of the Republican and Democratic National Committees on leading campaign issues are presented in a 12 article series. Leaders from each party discuss alternate days replacing the Washington column during Rodney Dutcher's vacation.
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Republican
Democratic National Committees
Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Dutcher
Landon Attacks New Deal in 1936 Nomination Speech
Republican leader denounces the Roosevelt program as a failure to deliver recovery. Alf Landon, Kansas governor, argues New Deal policy worsens debt, taxes, and government intrusion while promising swift remedies. He portrays Roosevelt as overconfident and unsafe for the nation’s future.
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
United States
Recovery
Roosevelt
Ferree Declares People Want Peace
A. L. Ferree Republican candidate for Congress in the Fourth district told the Dancannon Branson reunion at Hopewell that world demand for peace exists while leaders push war. He urged rulers to resign and enlist in the military if they declare war, calling it dishonorable to force war on their people. He suggested Kaiser Wilhelm might have avoided WWI if chained to a machine gun.
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Asheboro
A. L Ferree
Congress
Dancanon-Branson
Hopewell
Ferree
Kiser Wilhelm
Germany
Craven County Merchant Attacked in Axe Assault
Craven county merchant Joe B. Peacock was attacked in New Bern and suffered a fractured skull after an assailant struck him with an axe. The incident occurred on September 17 as news spreads through the community.
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New Bern
Joe B. Peacock
Craven County
Drunken Driver Falls From Car Arrested in Albemarle
Police report arrest of motorist charged with drunken driving after he fell from his car as it rolled past a street intersection in Albemarle.
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Albemarle
Rescue party reaches fliers after long inland voyage
In Musgrave Harbor on September 17 Captain Eddie Rickenbacker led a rescue group that arrived after a stormy 17 hour boat trip from Harbor Grace to aid Harry Richman and Dick Merrill. The duo prepared their plane Lady Peace for a beach takeoff after 21 builders created a 500 foot plank runway. They planned to refuel at Harbor Grace and continue to New York. The pilots denied any quarrel before being forced down by fuel shortage.
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Musgrave Harbor
Mld
Eddie Rickenbacker
Harbor Grace
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
Richman
Merrill
New York
Tribute Paid To Film Producer Irving Thalberg
Friends and associates of the late Irving Thalberg paid him final tribute as condolences poured in from around the world to his widow Norma Shearer. The motion picture industry paused five minutes during funeral rites for the prodigy who began as a boy wonder at 19 and died Monday of lobar pneumonia at 37.
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Ted
Kay
Berkeley
Dickie
Wood House
Los Angeles
Irving Thalberg
Norma Shearer
Building a Terrarium At Home With Simple Supplies
Terrariums are glass boxes for growing plants and miniature gardens. They can be built at home or from a discarded aquarium, offering a simple window into terrarium craft.
Dieting Promoted as Safe Weight Loss Method
Medical authorities say excess weight shortens life due to heart strain. Dieting is urged as a safe, inexpensive solution with recommended limits on fats and sweets. Kruschen health salts are advertised to aid daily bowel action and show a nominal weekly cost.
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