Remarkable 1924 Around-the-World Flight Pioneers
A 1924 Seattle to world circumnavigation effort by four Army planes and eight flyers led by Donald Douglas captured global attention. Despite two planes reaching Seattle after 26,845 miles, two others were lost in Alaska and the North Atlantic, yet the mission demonstrated the era’s aviation grit and the groundwork for modern air transport.
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T Army
Seattle
Ash
Donald Douglas
Erik H. Nelson
Lowell H. Smith
Nelson
Jack Harding
Smith
Leslie P. Arnold
Frederick L. Martin
Alaska
Leigh Wade
North Atlantic
Aleutians
Japan
China Sea
Shanghai
Indo- China
Siam
Rangoon
Malay Peninsula
Burma
Indian Ocean
Calcutta
Bagdad
Constantinople
Paris
Vienna
Strasbourg
London
Iceland
United States
Sgt
Henry Ogden
Air Transport Command
S.B.H
Alabama judge upholds press right to criticize final judgments
Higher Justice Probate Judge Leigh of Mobile rules that after a final judgment any person including a newspaper editor may criticize the decision if sober on slander or libel. overrules contempt conviction of Publisher Ralph B Chandler by Judge Touart, sparked by editorial criticism in Mobile Press and Register. This reinforces precedent protecting a vigilant press in public justice matters.
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Leigh
Mobile
Ala
Ralph B. Chandler
Touart
Mr. Chandler
Mobile Press and Register
Alabama
Tax Simplification Proposals From The Tax Review
Public reaction to Form 1040 ES grows heated as critics argue over withholding and proposed reforms by Prof. Harley Lutz of Princeton. He suggests absorbing the Victory Tax into withholding and making withholding the normal tax, with an end to year end returns for average earners, though not without caveats.
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S.B.H
Treasury
Congress
Tax Review
The
Tax Foundation
Harley L. Lutz
Princeton
Lutz
War effort voices from Greensboro and High Point
A compilation of local wartime quotes from Greensboro and Jamestown residents emphasizing individual duty and national unity. Ed win L Duckies urges targeting coercive regimes, Cpl Joe Leonard recalls army service and morale, Louis Fisher argues for drafting fathers to fill quotas, Rep Carl Vinson notes Japan’s isolation post Italian fleet surrender, and community leaders urge war bond sales, dressings drive, and rapid renewal registrations to sustain the war effort.
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Manpower Commission
Navy
Army
Louis Fisher
Short Wave Warning From Red Cross On Enemy POW Broadcasts
The American Red Cross cautions relatives of missing service members not to trust enemy broadcasts that claim to give POW information. Some broadcasts are Axis propaganda, mixing false data with occasional real details. Red Cross monitors all such messages and verifies them against official sources to provide the most accurate facts from the Provost Marshal's office.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Axis
CBS
Paul White
Patrick Hlenry
Columbias
White
Kaltenborn
Mr. K
Postwar alliance proposal gains Atlantic support
British and American leaders discuss a protective postwar alliance to deter threats before war erupts. Critics warn aloud that the plan could demand too much from the United States, but proponents argue the two empires are equally powerful and cannot stand apart.
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Great Britain
United States
Atlantic
Military reshuffle rumors swirl around Marshall
The Army and Navy Journal sparked talk that General Marshall might head all allied forces or at least the European campaign. Officials and press speculation linked changes to British dissatisfaction, with names like McNarney McNair and Somervell floated as possible successors. Roosevelt’s approach and Hopkins influence colored the chatter as Congress weighed support for retaining Marshall.
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Washington
Army and Navy Journal
Marshall
War Department
Italy
South Pacific
Alaska
McNarney
McNair
Somervell
Washinon
Howe
Senate
Atlantic
Pacific
Mediterranean
Quebec
New York
Harry Hopkins
Winchell On Broadway Dates and Dime Notes
GOP leaders will ask Alf Landon to repudiate Congressman Lambertson of Kansas in the elections. Insiders hear a 400 delegate count for the convention. Pren tiss Brown plans a “Jeffers” with Chester Bowles in the OPA debate. G-Men arrest a famed glamour girl and a 16 year old in Buffalo.
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GOP
Alf Landon
Lambertson
Kansas
Willkie
Prentiss Brown
Jeffers
Chester Bowles
WGY
Schenectady
G-Men
U.S
Aurelio
Gloria Baker
Doctors
el Borracho
Jolson
Irene Rich
San Bernardino
Thought on charity and world service in a biblical lens
A reflective note cites Matthew 6 1 urging humility in giving and warns against alms seeking human praise. It also quotes Lucan on being born not for self but for the world, framing service as a universal vocation.
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Lucan
War Bond Phrases and Odd Facts Surface in Paragraphs
A quirky set of lines notes that a War Bond purchase might snag a Jap or two. It states lending 18.75 dollars buys about 450 yards of barbed wire. It warns a car’s rear drum mud buildup can cause propeller shaft vibration. It also mentions Tennessee salamander eggs laid in fours or fives, each batch in a clear membranous bag.
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Uncle Sam
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High Point Enterprise
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
J. P. Rawley
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
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High Point
N. CO
John Budd
Lexington Ave
N. Y
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Round the
Higher Justice
Hitler
Mussolini
Edwin L. Duckies
Greensboro
Carolinas Institute of International Relations
Jamestown
Trinidad
Cpl
Joe
Leonard
Germany
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Charles Bk. Sheloff
Vwacla
Lem
A. L. Stevens
Red Cross Surgical
Alexandria
J. W. Jones
Pearl Harbor
England
President Roosevelt
Gov. C. A. Bottolfsen
Idaho
E. Siceloff
Paul Mallon
Tunisia
Sicily
Winchell
Broadway
Navy Board
Buffalo
Chandler
Mimi
James Lydon
W. Freedley
Quentin Reynolds
Hooch Industries
U. S
France
Don Juan de Bourbon
Alfonso
Franco
Don Juan
United Nations
Spain
Duke of Alba
Maroce
Kay Williams
Edith Roark
Texas
Louise Stewart
Chicago
Alelergic
Air Force
Eileen Egan
Journal-American
Vaughn Monroe
Commodore
Syd Hoffs
M. Rubins
Aida Alvarez
Marianne O'Brien
Dorothy
A. Buck
Post
Drew Pearson
Overseas Press Club
Europe
Eisenhower
John Gunther
Gunther
Harry Butcher
Naval Aid
John Balderston
Chicago Zeitung
Russia
A. Litvak
Gen
Mr. Stimson
FDR
Elmer Davis
Stettinius
J. P. Morgan
U.S. Steel
FBI
Frederick L. Collins
America
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Private
Breger Abroad
By Lt
Dave Breger
Dave S24
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