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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1930
Page
20
Walter Raleigh hypes a free booklet for pipe lovers. It covers breaking in a new pipe, improving smoke, cleaning practices, and pipe hygiene tips. Send for a copy to Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp in Louisville Kentucky Dept. 99.
Chicago inventor Earl Ganson unveiled a cable based guidance system at the Ford Transport exhibit to steer aircraft in fog and darkness. Tested for two years at Ford Airport Lansing MI, the device uses two energized cable series emitting signal codes to provide pilots a continuous directional path and altitude readout, potentially aiding routes over mountains and harbors.
Flint engineer George Gardner has sent a mechanical wing control model to Dr. Alexander Klemin at NYU for wind tunnel tests. The device allows wing angles to be changed in flight via cockpit lever, with brakes to lock positions, steel tubing for strength, and a night light system to indicate adjustments.
The London Aeroplane Club tops Britain with 520 members while the National Flying Service club at Hanworth follows with 534 members indicating strong private aviation interest and organized flying groups in the era.
Washington reports Maj Gen James E Fechet calls for 10 000 trained pilots for emergency service. He says 2 500 should be in regular army, 1 004 reserve pilots ready, and 4 000 first class pilots are available without further training. He outlines qualities and months of training needed for combat readiness.
Miles City pioneer pilot Vance, famed as an aviation figure in Montana, now operates as an aerial sheep herder. He owns several flocks of twoolies and uses a single seater biplane to locate and recover straying sheep in the Rockies, claiming success in spotting and recapturing several wanderers from the air.
A Civil War era mystery, Harvey B. Wentworth, a New Hampshire private in the Nineteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, vanished after a July 1862 furlough to see Washington. A court of inquiry cleared him of desertion, noting his character and eagerness for front-line action, while traces of his pass indicate he reached the Capitol area but then vanished without a trace.
The state aeronautics commission of Pennsylvania decreed strict rules curbing parachute jumping. No pilot or aircraft licensed by the commission may carry a parachute jumper or exhibition jumper under eighteen or without an approved parachute properly packed and an approved reserve parachute.
Looker On notes a glass vase mounted on Albert Embankment near Vauxhall as the smallest memorial in London. A simple home made tribute on a block of workers flats enshrines about twenty names of residents who served in the war with a cross beside those who fell, tended by tenants with blooms in jam jars.
The soothing preparation, described as mild and bland, is praised as safer for infants and suitable for colic, diarrhea, or minor discomfort. It is presented as a dependable option for mothers seeking gentle relief for restless children.
Report says moving train telephoning is a success as passengers may talk from a booth to anywhere in the country at 60 miles per hour. Aerial lines along car roofs link to telegraph wires to carry calls via Hamburg or Berlin.
Delft ware originated in Delft, Holland around 1210. Later productions imitate the distinctive style and are commonly labeled as delft.
A compact reflective note contrasts futility and human roles. It likens misused effort to piling an index into an unbridged dictionary and observes munidenhood and widowhood as enduring traps that can ensnare men.
An article promotes natural health and happiness linking social ease to well being. It cites Miss Margaret Belden of Los Angeles who credits rest and the substance Nujol with restoring energy and vitality. The piece urges readers to seek Nujol, a nondrug internal lubricant, from drug stores in sealed packages.
A jumbled clipping cites remarks about a masquerade ball and a grass skirt dancer, followed by a quip about lending money, a line about a Smith who became Schmidt in America, and a college man’s education post graduation. The items reflect humorous social notes and aphorisms.
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