North Pole Nonstop Flight Sets Prairie to New York Record
Charles Blair flew a single engine Mustang from Alaska to Idlewild New York non stop, a 3,450 mile hop completed in 9 hours 31 minutes after a May day departure from Fairbanks. Averaged 375 to 380 mph, he touched down at 3 40 p.m. EST. The pilot, on vacation, said the trip was easy but he would not repeat it. the flight followed a 10 hour 27 minute leg from Norway to Fairbanks and included a refuel in New York. He noted the plane performed beautifully despite a nosebleed and minor radio trouble, and he hinted at selling the aircraft after this historic crossing.
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New York
Charles Blair
North Pole
Alaska
North Atlantic
Norway
Blair
U.S. Air Force
Pan American World Airways
London
Fairbanks
Idlewild International
Port Washington
Long Island
Rice
Damon Runyon Cancer
Vacation Bible School Opens in Lovettsville
Lovettsville Virginia hosts a community Vacation Bible School at the local school each morning from 9 to 12 during the week of June 8. Children aged 6 to 14 may attend. Mrs. Gertrude Bramhall of Baltimore visits her sister Mrs. Rosa Mason. Mrs. G. 1H. Harrington has returned to Baltimore after visiting.
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Jing
Gertrude Bramhall
Lovettsville High School
Catherine Riley
June Lee Rollins
Marriet Frye
W. H. Baker
Wapole Frye
Betty Lee Compher
Shirley Graham
Mary Houston
Betty Jean Johnson
Evelyn Bramhall
Juanita Jua Marr
Evelyn Brown
Nancy Peters
Anns Snoots
Nadina Baker
Billy Potts
Walter Bramhall
Charles Bowen
Walter Hoffman
Bobby Welsh
Richard Cooper
Tubby Welsh
Charity Shierhorst
Alma Ann Welsh
A. L. Hatcher
J. M. Willams
Alexandria
Seaman Elmer Baker
California
Norfolk
Raymond Fryeland
Carlos Meyers
G. L. Wells
Fairfax
Bertie Potterfield
Brice Wenner
George Snoots
Jimmy Wenner
Iindianapolis
Jasper Rickard
Sofs
iTobey
Johnny
J. D. Kelster
Falls Church
W. R. Beatty
H. W. Beatty
The
Life Insurance Co
Peter Marshall
Petersburg
Kreiger
Maxine. Brown
George Souder
Inez Souder
Washington
Henry Jones
H. D. Club
Jones
George Mentzer
Cecil Robinette
Cc. M. Whitney
J. D. Keister
P. F. Legard
Robert Lergard
Charles Shumaker
Laura Potterfield
L. A. Wormeldorph
A. S. Pastnych
Lovettsville
Baltimore
Rosa Mason
G. 1H. Harrington
Local families host service members and relatives gathering
The report lists visitors to Falls Church and nearby towns, including Officer and Mrs William Fletcher Sgt and Mrs John Adams and daughter Kathie Falls Church. Mr and Mrs Samuel Butler Middletown. Mr and Mrs John Anderson Brunswick. Mr and Mrs Alvie Leister Mrs Ann Leister Medford. Mr and Mrs Jerry Van Landingham Baltimore. Pierce Hatcher and sons Johnny and Patrick visiting A L Hatcher’s home after working in algiers and Greece. Pierce Hatcher working for the U S Government. Officials in Vancouver BC seek thieves who pilfered golf balls from the driving range, 585 lost in four weeks.
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Ores
Otho Spring
Willam Fletcher
John Adams
Kathie
Falls Church
Samuel Butler
Middletown
John Anderson
Brunswick
Alvie Leister
Ann Leister
Medford
Jerry van Landingham
Baltimore
Pierce Hatcher
Johnny
Patrick
Alglers
Greece
Mr. Hatcher
A. L. Hatcher
U. S
Vancouver
British Columbia
Ten Injured In Crash On Ritchie Highway
Ten persons, including five children, were injured when two cars collided four miles south of Baltimore on the Ritchie Highway this afternoon. Mrs. Frank J. Smith, 31, was reported in serious condition with a fractured leg and jaw at South Baltimore General Hospital. The other details remain unclear from the readable fragment.
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Baltimore
Here
Ritchie Highway
Frank J. Smith
South Baltimore General Hospital
Collision near Baltimore involves Smith car and Stanley Grossman
State Police report an accident when eighteen year old Stanley Grossman tried to pass a car, forcing him to the outside where his vehicle collided with the Smith car. Grossman headed south while Mrs. Smith traveled north. no charges filed yet as investigation continues.
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Smith
Baltimore
Stanley Grossman
Grossman
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W. Patrick ST
Ritchie
Lincoln Loan Service, Inc
Patrick Hillings
Peter Pan Inn
Frederick County
Young Republicans
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General Electric
TI Frederick
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Maryland
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Lewistown Service Center
Wistown, Maryl
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