National Air Races Begin September 3
Cleveland hosts the National Air Races from September 3 to 5 at the city airport, offering over 100000 dollars in prizes. Cliff Henderson drives the enterprise blending showmanship with business, drawing city underwriters and a crowd attracted by four main events and aerial stunts despite recent pilot deaths.
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Air Race Corporation
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Perspective in Snapshot Photography Turns Viewpoints Into Art
The article explains how viewpoint shapes photos from outdoor subjects. Close ups yield portraits while distant frames show landscapes, with bird’s eye and worm’s eye angles creating variety. It advises shooting from multiple viewpoints to simplify backgrounds and tell a clearer story.
Scientist Relates Work in Hospital Front Lines
Dorothy Fontaine, former Rockefeller Institute researcher, recalls perilous hospital duty with the loyalist Spanish front. She faced rats, bombings, water shortages, alcohol shortages, and shifting evacuation hospitals while testing wounds for infection and aiding patients. Now 34, she plans to campaign to lift neutrality restrictions rather than return to a quiet lab job.
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Dorothy Fontaine
Rockefeller Institute
Spanish Front
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Hells
Lindbergh
Spain
Alexis Carrell
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mar Areea
Hartnett Stands Alone On 1938 All Star List
Chicago slugger Gabby Hartnett is the sole member of the 1938 National League all star team named on all former senior circuit all star squads. The report highlights his unique place among league selections as baseball history notes.
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Chicago
Gabby Hartnett
Daffy play shocks Burlingame diamond crowd
In Burlingame California a night softball game between local clubs featured a chaotic sequence as a batter hit a long drive past center, a center fielder pursued the ball to the fence, the second baseman rushed to short center to relay, and an inflaming infielder hurled the bat at the center fielder while the runner scored.
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Wisconsin boxing coach to join governor's legal staff
Johnny Walsh, coach of the Wisconsin national inter collegiate boxing team, prepares in the attorney general's office at Madison to join Gov La Follette's staff as legal adviser. Walsh earned his law degree last June and has a record of Badger teams winning 2 of 29 dual meets.
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Sill Teammates in Milwaukee Spitball Era
Cleveland Indians figures Frank Kellbecker and Cy Slapnicka were battery mates in Milwaukee during the spitball era with Slapnicka as the pitcher.
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Frank Kellbecker
Cleveland Indians
Cy Slapnicka
Tribe
Milwaukee
Slapnicka
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