New York Typists Break Speed Records at World Fair Show
At the 1939 World’s Fair a pair of top typists demonstrate record speeds before crowds. Grace Phelan and Toni Hughes travel with demonstrations, while Willis, a New York attorney’s wife, reportedly typed 140 words a minute. Both champions display speed on alphabets and sentences, amid hardware arabesque art by Miss Hughes from Portland.
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New York
Chicago
Grace Phelany
Phelan
Bo-Peep
Betty Grasser
Price Schedule No 1 in wartime price control
Washington review notes Commissioner Henderson’s launch of Price Schedule No 1 for second hand machine tools to curb wartime profits. It explains the scale, targets dealers, and the goal of preventing profiteering while signaling further schedules on zinc copper and other goods. The piece argues government control is expanding to protect public interests.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Division of Price Stabilization
Council of National Defense
Couder
Crossroads
Henderson
Congress
Uwer
Airmail Saved By a Flare
Field notes tell of 1921 airmail pioneer Knight guiding a night relay to Iowa City with bonfires lighting the way. The lone pilot landed in darkness after a flare lit the sky, seeking fuel and continuing toward Omaha amid earlier doubts about funding and schedule.
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Joe Morton
Weller
DeHaviland
Graying Jack
Knight
Myer
Iowa City
Uncle Sam
Washington
San Francisco
North Flatte
Neb
Mall
Omaha
Omaha-to
Chicago
Des Moines
Homecoming Echoes in a Serial Tale Chapter XVI
April awaits news of Kent as Ann returns from New York and nurses her, while the household greets them with warmth. April contemplates Kent’s fate, keeping silent to protect him and hide her own worry about his eyes and operation.
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April
Ann
Kent
New York
Hal
Red Cross
Hal Parks
Love and Secrets Shape Quiet After Kent’s Blindness
April learns Kent Carter’s accident left him temporarily blinded and that Ann hid the news. As letters arrive and Hal Parks visits, April struggles to restart life while harboring guilt and doubt about Kent, Ann, and her own future. The Burnett household hides deeper tensions beneath a calm surface.
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Octavia
Nip
April
Ann
Love
Hal Parks
DRESSMAKERS FRIEND HORIZONTAL 1 4
The town was in a tight place but where was the airport Officials notified of the cancelation and bonfire. Knight ended his 700 mile jaunt in Chicago at 840 pm. The night flight stirred a Swedish watchman who found the flare. Knight later became United Airlines director of public education.
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Batt
DeHaviland
Knight
Bas
Chicago
New York
United Airlines
Town City
Flowers Need Moist Air
Athens Georgia. University of Georgia horticulturist Roy Bowden reports indoor plants thrive with added humidity. He suggests placing the pot on a shallow water-filled tray with a pin point holder to raise it above the surface. Flowers like primrose and pelargonium benefit, while geraniums show greater resilience with humidity.
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Athens
Roy Bowden
University of Georgia Horticulturist
Chickens' Plaints Come Home to Roost in Charleston
In Charleston, a night disturbance by noisy chickens woke a homeowner who grabbed a gun. A prowler investigated, pressed his back to a window, and a gunshot rang out as the intruder fled. One person and several birds were harmed in the incident.
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Charleston
8. C
Starmer
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