Flight to Bermuda from New York in a McNaught column
A first person Caribbean flight piece from May 5 1938 describes a New York city departure aboard a British flying boat en route to Bermuda. The narrator notes calm flight psychology, Long Island visuals, altitude of about eight thousand feet, and Atlantic Clippers expected to connect to Ireland. The journey reassures nerves, with mentions of Jones Beach, the Georgic ship, and Bermuda vistas.
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Bermuda
Long Island
Chrysler
Clarence Budington Kelland
Europe
Ireland
Jones Beach
New York City
New York
Columbus
Miami
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Wichita
Sioux City
Georgic
Vincent Astor
Times Square
McNaught Syndicate
Paris Butcher Loses Savings to Burglar After Movie Outing
Worried by international events, M. Bats of Paris withdrew over $30,000 from banks and hid it at home. He and his family went to the cinema, and while away a burglar stole the entire sum. Unclaimed items found in a Rome church included two bathing suits seven spectacles seven attache cases two undergarments eight bicycles two dogs and a revolver.
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M. Bats
Paris
Rome
Italy
Bitter primary rift tests New Deal in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania a fierce Democratic primary pits John L. Lewis and the CIO against AFL leaders and Governor Earle amid a state coalition split. Kennedy seeks the Democratic nomination for governor, with labor factions and the Green administration at odds over the party's 1936 New Deal unity.
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Pittsburgh
New Deal
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Democratic High Command
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Keystone
Lewis Lewis
National New Deal
Kentucky
Ohio
Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
Kennedy
George H. Earle
Harrisburg
CIO
Charles J. Margiotti
Earle
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Bethlehem Works
Johnstown
Philip Murray
Lewis’ United Mine Workers’ of America
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Tom Kennedy
Murray
John Lewis
Milan
William Green
A. F. of L
Charlie McCarthy
Gov. Earle
David L. Lawrence
West Ridge News Notes Dinner Guests And Visits
West Ridge residents hosted and visited with relatives and friends over the weekend. Guests included Edworth Minnich and son Roland of Elyria, and many Elliria and Lorain County visitors attended church events, dinners, and calls at local homes.
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West Ridge
Edworth Minnich
Roland
Anton Minnich
Elyria
Charles Fisker
Harrison Peters
R. L. Walker
Charles Pickworth
Fred Sheffield
Alma
Pittsfield
C. N. Williams
H. T. Winckles
Harvey
William Barnes
H. H. Drusendahl
Louis Bettcher
Fairview
Miss Willis
Cleveland
Lewis Spiegelberg
Betty Gunder
Town Line Road
Worths and Weters Host Family Visit Sunday Evening
Mr and Mrs Clayton Worth and family of Pites elpé visited Mr and Mrs R L Weter Sunday evening.
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Clayton Worth
Pites
Elpé
R. L. Weter
Local Family Visits Highlight Weekend Calls
John Hara of Wood county visits relatives and friends in Lac Rain for a few weeks. Mrs Walter Grobe of Mébos Highway called on Mr and Mrs Charles Schaibie Friday afternoon. She then visited Mr and Mrs F Scott of Elyria Tuesday evening.
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Merle Penfound
Nova
Arthur Squires
Laura Wade
Emily Wangerine
Mable Wade
Oberlin
J. H. Penfound
Albert Wittmer
Edna West
Irwin Eldred
Arthur Dushinaki
LaGrange
Ida Kruger
H. H. Drusendahl
Sarley Wilson
Eaton
Anna Mason
John Hara
Wood County
Lacrain
Walter Grobe
Mébos Highway
Mea
Charles Schaibie
F. Scott
Elyria
Coffin Factory Loot Sparks Montreal Theft Probe
A coffin factory in Montreal was looted guiding thieves to a street address on Bt. Ger main Street. The stolen items included three coffins valued at $125 each.
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Montreal
Bt. Germain Street
Cider Used To Quench Roof Fire In Wilkes Barre
Firefighters found no water and used 50 gallons of cider from the cellar to extinguish a roof fire at Albert B. Ruff’s home in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. No injuries reported and the cause is under investigation.
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Wilkes Barre
Albert B. Ruff
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Manhattan
Bere
Queensboro Bridge
Borough of
Queens
Queens Boulevard
Port Washington
Chas. Driscoll
Hamilton
Reagan
Harry S. Burr
Second Street
Chapel Street
Rey Reyes
Labor Movement
Acherika
White Elk MCC Oxfords
Ueather
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