Smith Starts Trail-Blazing Parade of Daring Flyers
Smith and three companions began an audacious Pacific crossing from Oakland to Australia in a trimotored plane. The crew, led by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, departed May 31 after months of preparation and faced an unconquered Pacific for the historic endurance flight.
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Stitt
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Sir Charles ‘Kingsford- Smith
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Historic Pacific Flight Feats and Lost Aces Chronicle
A survey of early long distance air exploits from 1920s to 1930s highlights flights from Wheeler Field to Suva and Brisbane, Graf Zeppelin over Los Angeles, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty’s Winnie Mae Pacific crossing, and Post’s solo attempts. It recalls Kingsford Smith’s return to San Francisco, Ulm’s fatal Australia run, and Amelia Earhart era pursuits shaping trans Pacific aviation lore.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
Brisbane
Zeppelin
Ocean
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Graf Zeppelin
Tokio
Los Angeles
Pacific
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Harold Gatty
Winnie Mae
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
Post
Hugh Herndon
New York
Clyde Langhorn
Japan
Oakland
Earth
England
Australia
Trailblazers
Charles P. T. Ulm
Leon Skilling
George Littlejohn
Ulm
San Francisco
Amelia Solos Acrasy
Earhart Makes Historic Solo Pacific Flight Arrival
Blond Amelia Earhart lands in San Francisco after completing a record solo flight from Honolulu to California in 18 hours and 1 minute. She reports not tired and remarks on the world’s reaction to the feat.
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Honolulu
California
Pacific
Fim
Story of Electoral College Explored by Charles Norman
Charles Norman explains the Electoral College function, electors notification by state secretaries, and the December casting of votes. It notes the electors' duties, travel to state capitals, organization meetings, and ceremonial aspects, including expenses and official transmission of ballots to Congress.
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Associated Press
New York
College of Electors
United States
Kith and Kin
Secretary of State
Washington
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Afates
Unnion
Earhart's Radio Assisted Pacific Flight Milestone
The narrative notes Amelia Earhart's historic long distance flight using radio telephone on January 12, 1995. It also mentions the Clipper's April San Francisco to Hawaii round trip, foreshadowing modern airmail express and passenger service to the Orient as the Pacific conquest nears its end.
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Miss Earhart
San Francisco-Hawaii
Orient
Pacific
Help bladder with 25 cent test drink reminder
Help bladder flush excess acids and impurities by drinking six glasses of boiled or distilled water daily. If symptoms like frequent nights scanty flow or backache occur, use green tablets containing buchu leaves juniper oil and other drugs. Ask for Nukets at druggists. four days to relief. John Gibson Drug Store Briant’s Drug Store
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Gibson Drug Store
Briant’s
Boulder Data project marks vast postwar construction feat
Souvenir books and posters celebrate a colossal endeavor tied to a college elector and a major industrial affiliation. The effort, described as historic, involved a construction push and substantial financial backing exceeding millions, reflecting national pride in progress and posterity.
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College of Elector Ll
Boulder
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