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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1930
Page
12
A new highway segment between Haugastol and Hidijord in Norway opens as a demanding yet safe route. It features steep grades and long tunnels, with a one way system regulating eastbound departures on the hour and half hour and westbound cars pausing at designated spots for their turn, testing driving skill for Bota High in the mountains.
Reports describe locust swarms attacking aircraft in India and Egypt. Pilots were forced to descend to avoid engine overheating as insects entered radiators and intakes. An aviator attempting to disperse the swarm was forced down after a locust entered the engine intake. In unrelated note, a saying about beauty and tears is cited and a remark on women in partnerships appears.
The fifteenth annual report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics for 1929, submitted by President Hoover, extols U S leadership in commercial flight, private ownership, airways, weather services, airports, radio, mail by air, crop dusting, aerial mapping, engine and device development, while noting weaknesses in seaplane tech and passenger traffic. Maj. Clarence M Young foresees continued civil aviation growth and a broader air transport network serving 90 million people, with Commerce Department backing civil aviation and aerial defense.
A specially designed fast plane with 4000 mile nonstop range at 150 mph is built for Charles and Anne Lindbergh. It follows the Bromley design line but includes two cockpits and dual controls. The craft features a cigar shaped streamlined fuselage and rear cockpit controls.
Chicago report shows aircraft makers facing slow sales despite rising backlogs with 100 or more planes awaiting buyers. Firms seek time payment financing through established finance partners and new outfits. A December 1927 plan adds 11 percent to total cost, demands 30 percent down, ten monthly payments, a mortgage on the plane, and two cosigners.
The owl school of aviation medicine in the United States tightens its training of doctors who will assess army aviators for peak physical, mental, and nervous condition. Graduates at Brooksfield identify men aged twenty to twenty-eight as best prospects for service, with a rigorous pathway for flight surgeons to qualify as examiners using advanced tools like a reaction time machine and a complex coordinator to measure response speed and sensory processing.
Buffalo, N Y Women form the nations first glider club with Maj John Goetz as instructor. Gliders have two wings and a front seat with a control stick. Initial flights are towed by men then later flown by auto-towed launches as members gain altitude.
A Woman's Home Companion survey notes library trucks shipping books to distant regions. Rochester hosts the largest rack with 1 600 volumes, librarians also serve as drivers, and each center is visited every seven weeks. Farmers bring baskets for family needs, with calls relayed by mail or messenger.
James H. Duthie of the Cleveland committee on public information urges appreciation for artistic roadsides. He notes highways cluttered with shacks and billboards and predicts a renaissance in suburban and rural architecture as crude buildings yield to structures of architectural merit, transforming American road corridors.
The Arkansas Real Estate association calls for city and land planning to be part of daily real estate work and public education in every community. It says effective planning hinges on public demand and informed citizens to maximize land use and preserve values, per convention resolutions.
The article argues that American small houses rely on lumber and that material choice shapes design. It stresses proportion, structural laws, and the material bearing on architectural planning, urging builders to know best practices when they use lumber as the main construction material.
The Vermont chamber of commerce endorses a nationwide campaign to beautify highways. The movement aims for broad cooperation from chambers of commerce across the United States and seeks eager support from these organizations.
Buying an old house and modernizing it grows in popularity. A modest purchase price followed by several thousand dollars in improvements can yield a residence worth far more than the original investment.
Demonstrators at a Dresden travel show unveil a pole rope stretcher to move injured climbers. A rope wrapped knotting creates a swing from a pole so a person can be borne by companions in a comfortable suspended position.
A fragmentary newspaper page contains an old Castoria ad praising the medicine for infants with signature on the wrapper and a brief tale of pheasant hunters near Geneva who retreat to a club after a crash when a pheasant bursts through a window. Also notes a seaplane service planned between Victoria and Vancouver by Alaska Washington Airways. An Einstein manuscript incident at Wesleyan is cited, with reflections on the past and present, plus a wry aside about parking signs and a high heeled heroine’s manner.
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