Palaces on wheels improves rail passenger service postwar
The article surveys postwar streamliners from Pullman Standard, stressing luxury and comfort while detailing seat design, adjustable lighting, color themes, and modern diner layouts. It notes safety advances, lightweight materials, firelock couplers, double pane glass, temperature control, and automated braking aides, signaling a strong railroads push against cars planes and buses.
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America
Pullman- Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Famed Azalea Gardens Recall Beauty of Old South
A feature recalls lush azalea gardens that once defined a southern landscape. The piece highlights era charm, architectural backdrops, and the enduring memory of tranquil neighborhoods amid changing times.
Azalea Gardens Highlight Norfolk Parks Beauty
Norfolk azalea gardens in the park system bloom from April to June, with over 50 000 azalea bushes amid trees lakes and birds. The gardens host as many as 13 000 visitors in a day, were saved from wartime encroachment in 1942, and lie near Virginia Beach Ocean View and historic Tidewater sites.
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Norfolk
Old Virginia
Virginia
Old South
Frederic Huetté
Norfolk Bureau of Parks and Forestry
Thomas P. Thompson
Huette
Virginia Beach
Ocean View
Tidewater
Williamsburg-Jamestown-Yorktown
Portsmouth
Hampton Roads
North Carolina
Hicks pilots and planes color family tale from Alabama
The Hicks family of Tal ladega Alabama holds licenses for four pilots including three sons and a daughter while father James L Hicks runs an automobile agency. Wisconsin moves to curb drunken pilots with fines and imprisonment. Illinois farmers envision white grass to mark runways. The June debut of Americas 300 mph twin engine passenger plane is announced. Air letters begin April 20 with 10 cent air mail sheets and stamps.
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Flying Hicks
Talladega
Ala
James L. Hicks
Hicks
Choianas
Illinois
Erec
America
Post Office Department
Aunt Clara Truesdail Lives in Carlyle Hotel Ninety Years
In Carlyle Illinois Miss Clara Truesdail aged 95 has resided in the Hotel Truesdail for 90 years. The family hotel in 1857 was built by her father and now operates by a third generation. A lobby glass case honors famous guests including Greeley Bennett Douglas and Trumbull. She hopes to celebrate her 100th birthday in the hotel.
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Carlyle
Ill
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Clara Truesdail
Horace Greeley
James Gordon Bennett
Stephen A. Douglas
Lymann Trumbull
Firemen Misplace Two Blazes in Franklin
Franklin Indiana reports a double blaze miscue as the Franklin fire department loses track of two fires. Details indicate delayed response and confusion over locations, raising questions about dispatch protocols and unit coordination. No injuries reported.
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Franklin
Ind
Franklin Fire Department
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