Plane Missing Near Death Valley Ferry Flight
North American’s pilot Paul Balfour reported a missing plane from a fleet of sixteen ferried to Montreal. The craft disappeared after a cloud bank over Death Valley region, with Hussey and another pilot diverging directions. The delivery route crosses 360 miles of desert and three mountain ranges, and a prospector heard an explosion after seeing a low flying plane.
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Pamdale
Calif
Montreal
North American
Paul Balfour
Hussey
Funeral Range
Death Valley
Kingston
Cima
Gome
Balfour
Ifornia
Canada
Air Force
Great Britain
Youth Shoplifter Flees, Slips and Is Jailed
A youth accused of shoplifting in Portsmouth Virginia escaped store staff but fell on the sidewalk and was later jailed. The incident ended with the youth in custody.
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Portsmouth
Coast storm blasts Pacific Northwest with deadly damage and outages
A brutal windstorm swept from the Central Oregon coast to the Straits of Juan de Fuca, killing two youths near Mount Vernon, injuring a dozen, disabling a ship, destroying windows and power lines, and causing widespread blackouts across Oregon and Washington. The North Cove lighthouse faces collapse as the sea gnaws the coast.
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Cascade Range
Raymond E. den Hartog
Sumas
Wash
Mt. Vernon
Kelso
Fort Lewis
San Francisco
Davenport
Los Angeles
Heceta Head
Ore
Oregon
Washington
Westport
Tacoma
Seattle
Olympia
North Cove Lighthouse Forecasted to Fall This Week
The old North Cove lighthouse, buffeted by an 85 mile an hour hurricane, saw the sea erode the beach to 100 feet from the structure. An emergency light remained on a hillside at North Cove as the house faced imminent collapse this week.
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Tokeland
Wash
North Cove
Willapa Harbor
Postmaster at 22 Claims Maine Youth Record
Machiasport, Me. at 22, Gilbert E. Hanson claims to be Maine's youngest postmaster. He succeeded to a post his grandfather held 27 years.
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Machiasport
Gilbert E. Hanson
Maine
Rites Held For Mrs Fields In Marksville
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie King Fields 82 were held at Hixon Brothers Funeral Home in Marksville. Interment followed in Cushman Cemetery. She wrote for newspapers and magazines in earlier life and is survived by two children Harvey G. Fields and Laura Moncla eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were by Hixon Brothers Funeral Home. The Douglas company of California received war department orders totaling 57000000 for transport plane construction.
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Marksville
Carrie King Fields
Harvey G. Fields
Farmerville
Hixon Brothers
Cushman
Fields
Lafourche Parish
Arg
United States
Farmervile
Laura Moncla
Moncla
Hixon Brothers’ Funeral Home
Douglas Company of
California
War Department
Society caught in gaming raid in New York
In a four story house, police raided a society gaming den early Sunday. Inspector Heitzmann arrested five men including George Herrick on gambling charges, held in 500 bail, while patrons were released. Authorities seized gambling equipment valued at about $1,000 per item and cited Monty Tuppence for liquor-law violations. The venue had operated eight days under surveillance.
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New York
George W. Heitzmann
George Herrick
Heitzmann
Herrick
Nathan Blumberg
James Brown
Edward Brady
Monty Tuppence
Tech Students Form Colony of Theta Xi Fraternity
Ten Louisiana Tech students organize the Tech colony of Theta Xi Alpha Alpha chapter with Dargan Brooks Rhinehart as president and Jimmie Norman as vice president. Initial members include J C Coats Marvin Corley John Earl Ferguson Thomas Goodgame Robert May Douglas McGuire.
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Ruston
Louisiana Tech
Tech
Alpha Alpha Chapter
Theta Xi National Fraternity
Louisiana State University
Dargan Brooks
Rhinehart
Jimmie Norman
Oi City
Raymond
Colony
J. C. Coats
Swartz
Marvin Corley
Monroe
John Earl Ferguson
Haynesville
Thomas Goodgame
Camden
Ark
Robert May
Douglas McGuire
Arcadia
Theta Xi
Z. L. Loflin
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
T. C. Landrum
C. L. Fife
Charles Svetle
Rudolph McIntyre
Omega Kappa
Kappa Sigma
Lambda Chi Alpha
Alpha Lambda Tau
Pi Kappa Alpha
War jitters reach Manila as residents fear popcorn factory threat
In Manila residents report fear amid sound of explosions described as muffled blasts from a nearby popcorn factory. Authorities warned of possible escalation as wartime jitters rise in the city.
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Manila
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Jimmy
Santa Claus
Ats
Gehwere
Bond
Single-Johnson Lumber Co
Mrs. Fields
George Tonore
Eighth
Louisville
Royal Seed
DeSiard St
Charlie Goodson
Weil Cleaners
Santa
DELTA
Lees
Field and General Traffic Office
Mistra
Tas
jAbet
Home Furniture Company, Inc
Monroe, la
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