Aviation veterans persevere beyond age and injury spread
New York features on aging aviation heroes Ben O Howard and Alexander de Seversky who continued flying after crippling accidents and one-eyed risk. The profile highlights Howard’s post crash return to United Airlines and de Seversky’s stunt feats as examples of enduring piloting spirit among WWII era pioneers.
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New York
Wright Brothers
Cauli- Air
Ben O. Howard
Alexander P. de Seversky
Wiley Post
Max Baer
Lou Nova
Roosevelt Third Term Rumors Stir Washington Political Scene
Bruckart notes growing belief among politicians and voters that President Roosevelt seeks a third nomination. He cites Ickes and Early statements, Farley tour, and Senator Vandenberg's call to limit presidential terms as evidence of shifting norms and party maneuvering in 1940.
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Washington
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Ickes
Interior Department
Look
United Efforts
Stephen Early
Early
Saturday Evening Post
Wesley Winans Stout
the Post
Garner
Democratic Party
Mr. Ickes
Farley
Mr. Farley
Pacific Coast
Vandenberg
Michigan
Congress
Oe Vandenberg
Bedmaking by Handcrafted Bed Cut Down and Reused
Betsy contemplates a budget fix for a bed by cutting down an old iron frame to remove a footboard and add padding using cotton and muslin. A plumber’s sawing mishap inspires the reuse of the attic bed. A sewing book promotion follows with cheap offers and a Chicago address for orders.
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Betsy
Tommy Jones Learns About Appeasement After Fights
Tommy Jones returns from school with a black eye after fighting Johnny Briggs. His mother urges peace with cake as a peace offering, but Tommy reports Briggs strikes again and demands more cake the next day.
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Tommy Jones
Johnny Briggs
Tommy
Ask Me Another General Quiz Questions
A quiz listing nine trivia prompts covering historic sites diaries language slang weather naval abbreviations and geography. Topics include Bastille location the International Pant a lina public displays of lighting and the largest island after Australia with trivia style prompts.
Answers to Miscellaneous History and Geography Facts
A series of fact statements spans topics from historical sites to geography. It identifies the French fortress later used as a prison, the 180th meridian crossing the Pacific, Samuel Pepys, a method to increase evaporating surface, royal naval prefix His Majesty's Ship, a etymology for cole slaw, a 15 year term for the US comptroller general, early incandescent lighting at the 1893 World's Fair, and Greenland’s area at 827,275 square miles.
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Pacific Ocean
Samuel Pepys
His Majesty
Cole Slaw
Cole
Comptroller General
United States
Westinghouse
Greenland
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