Atlantic aviation milestone and other 1930 events
News Review chronicles Kingsford Smith's Southern Cross landing in Harbor Grace after fog delays, plan to reach New York, and a future coast to coast trip. It notes Lindbergh's son's birth, Byrd and Balchen polar praise, Hoover's veto of a World War veterans bill, the London naval treaty debates, and related aviation, policy, and international items.
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Charles Kingsford-Smith
Southern Cross
Port Marnock
Ireland
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
New York
Paul Siple
Washington
Antarctic
Chrysler
Edward W. Pickard
NCB
Atlantic
Maj
Australia
Dublin
John W. Stannage
Kingsford-Smith
Stannage
Evert van Dyk
J. Patrick Saul
Major Kingsford-Smith
San Francisco
New York City
Cosgrave
National Air Races
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Lindbergh
Englewood
N. J
Ambassador Morrow
Hoover
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Otary International
Television projection of sports by mirrors discussed
Sir Ambrose Fleming outlines a method to project sports via television using a large mirror and a scanning disk. A highly sensitive photo-electric cell is needed to relay a brilliant image spot as the disk rotates. The report notes a crop shortage and rural farm turnover in Ohio with 245,000 farms and 10,000 new farmers yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose Fleming
Physical Society
London
Ohio
State College of Agriculture
Japans Great Observatory Opens Amid Proud Achievement
The Far East's largest observatory, second only to Germany and the United States, is completed in Sanaka near Tokyo at an estimated $200,000. The 11 meter telescope and 26 inch lens mark three years of work led by Doctor Hashimoto who says Japanese astronomers can now work freely and compete globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
Germany
United States
Sanaka
Tokyo
Hashimoto
Getting Out of a Corner
A Kansas City groom to be asks for return of his wedding invitation. The friend agrees and says the couple will send the gift back. The bridegroom explains they forgot to invite distant relatives and are picking up invitations from close friends.
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Kansas City
Postman Retires After 70,000 Miles of Service
John Shields, a Newton-Stewart, Scotland postal worker, retires after walking about 70,000 miles during nine years of daily 17 mile routes. He served 33 years with the Postal Service and earlier spent time in the army in India and Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shields
Newton-Stewart
Scotland
Postal Service
India
Africa
Playing Safe in Dialogue About a Cook
A narrator notes a cook admired yet constantly criticized, while another person wonders if threats to lure her away would be effective. The exchange reveals tension over loyalty and control in the kitchen.
Picnic praise for quince preserves and courage to doubt
A quip about a woman bringing quince preserves earning applause, a jab at denouncing breasts, and a claim that challenging immortality requires courage.
Blundering Fool Dialog on Age Difference
A quoted exchange from Londom Tit-Bits features a wife noting her husband is forty and asserting a ten year age gap, while the reply claims she looks as young as him. The humorous snippet reflects early 20th century light banter.
Hungry Diner Brief Declares Menu Accord
A London dining scene note records a waiter asking if a menu has been provided and a diner confirming completion 15 minutes ago, capturing a small exchange over service pace and readiness.
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London
Big Mistake and Silent Lies in London Answers
Dialogue highlights a marriage misperception as Mrs Jackson recalls money before marriage and Mr Jackson denies. reflects on honesty and entitlement. Quotation appears in London Answers with aphorisms about deception and greed.
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Mrs. Jackson
Mr. Jackson
London
Not Over Yet: A Boston Post Quote on Love and Foolish Talk
A Boston Post quotation reflects on love as intoxicating and folly born from affection and alcohol. The speaker recalls promises of forever and a day, noting how love can prompt foolish declarations that linger beyond the moment.
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Boston Post
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Mexico
Mexico City
Hines
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Borah
Johnson
California
Moses
New Hampshire
Robinson
Indiana
Shipstead
Minnesota
America
England
Japan
Great Britain
Morrow
White House
UIT
Grigsby-Grunow Company of
Radio Corporation of America
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Grigsby-Grunow Company
Federal Court of
Delaware
Dre H. Gray
Farm Bureau Federation
Army Engineers
Mos
W. W. Woodcock
Bureau of Prohibition
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
Woodcock
Baltimore
G. A. Youngquist
Simon Commission
Simon
Rangoon
Burma
Pius XI
Rome
Vatican
Western Newspaper Union
Bub
E. Pinkham
Jolean
Swish Clean Mfg. Co
E. Buchtel Ave
Akron
J. Cannon & Co
N.penn
Webb’ City
V.n.y
Cincinnati
THE
Hippo
Middle West
Monkey Island
Grand Galaxy OF Summer Amusements
ZOO Summer Symphony
Kiddieland
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