Long Range Bombers Bolster Navy Pacific Patrols
Navy planners say nearly 250 long-range bombing planes will be stationed across Hawaii Panama Alaska San Diego Seattle and other bases by year end enabling continuous patrols along vital Pacific sea lanes. With 4000 mile range these air cruisers could detect an approaching fleet from Alaska Hawaii or the Mexican coast and coordinate rapid response to defend the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Keen
NBA
San Diego
Calif
Far
Attenon
Pacific
America
U. S. Navy
West Coast
Hawaii
Panama
United States
Continental
Canal Zone
Alaska
Seattle
Thenessary
Roosevelt
Houston
Sitka
U.S
Sand Point Naval Air Station
North Island
Pacific Defense
New York
Miami
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Old-Time Hoodoo Cures and Superstitions Shared
A fragmented anecdote describes belief in curing illnesses with blood charms and silver bullets, blaming enemies and spells. It recounts making a magic bullet, drawing the enemy, and shooting the reflection in a mirror while reciting biblical names. A Tennessee Belle roustabout and Toby lucky charms are mentioned amid storm imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alwys
Uncle Jesse
Toby
Traveling McGees on Rivers Stay Rollin Like Old Prospectors
NEA Service profile of Dynamite McGee and his son No Soup traveling along the upper Mississippi. They prefer paddling to engines, roam rivers west of Chicago, claim gold and semi precious stones, live off the land with no taxes or rent, and joke about future plans and marriage while paddling and trapping. The piece blends travel vignette with a casual, rustic voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
ST. Paul
Minn
Dynamite McGee
Mississippi
Chicago
United States
Taler
McGees
Uncle Jesse
Hope Watermelon to Honor Postmaster in D C
The Hope Chamber ships 110 pound watermelon to Washington for Postmaster General Jim Farley, sent by the Arkansas delegation to the National Rural Letter Carriers Association meeting. A 128 pound melon heads to Vienna Illinois for display at early fairs in Indiana and Ohio as word spreads of Hope melons. Chamber secretary R P Bowen says trademarking the product is essential to let farmers and merchants cash in on past advertising for Watermelon Festivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D.C
Jim Farley
Arkansas
Natons Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Thalse
Dick Huddleston
Vienna
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
California
Minnesota
R. P. Bowen
Saitl
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Bowen
Toby and Uncle Jesse on luck and women trouble
A rustic tale mocks luck and misadventure as Uncle Jesse dispenses blunt counsel on women, marriage, and sly remedies. The dialogue pivots on a vanished man, a scampered rooster, and odd beliefs, ending with stray notes about hoodoo and mildew remedies.
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Aleutian Islands
Midway
Wake
Guam
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Unime
AMA “Ual
Samoa
U. S
Farley
Washington
Cienerty
Ben Lucien Burman
President Roosevelt
Georgia
Warm Springs
Taft
Robert A. Taft
U. S- Supreme Court
Theribernmiat
Arthur Day
Robert Bulkiey
Ardent New Dealer
Dodge
Chevrolet
Hotor Company
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