California professor claims first U S glider flight in 1883
John J. Montgomery, a California college professor, asserted the first U S glider flight in 1883 with a 100 foot glide in a machine he built with his brother.
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1949
Page
10
John J. Montgomery, a California college professor, asserted the first U S glider flight in 1883 with a 100 foot glide in a machine he built with his brother.
Idaho Agriculture Commissioner D A Stubblefield, also Idaho Advertising Commission chair, touts the potato ad program as achieving its objective. Since 1937 the effort reduced carrot potato loads at Chicago St Louis and Kansas City and expanded distribution nationwide, easing market glut and raising prices.
Speaker Sam Rayburn ruled that Congress can stay in session beyond August 1 without a special resolution because a national emergency remains in effect. The remark came as lawmakers faced continued urgent needs.
A terse phrase signals tension over an impending session closure and the risk of restrictions on new statements. It reflects a slogan style remark about endurance and timing during peak decision moments. The tone is sardonic and compact.
Probate Court in Dedham Massachusetts orders Barbara Hutton to relinquish summer custody of her son Lance for him to sail to the United States from France on September 7. Judge Arthur W. Davis amends a prior decree, with the Count Kurt von Haugwitz-Reventlow opposing a custody extension beyond August 7. The decree extends custody to September 15 due to the heiress being semi invalid while needing the boy's company. The count protested not being informed and is said to reside in Newport Rhode Island.
Florence Poppie, 44, of Arbon Idaho, was reported in good condition after a mercy flight from Pocatello to Salt Lake City hospital. A chicken bone lodged in her throat and was removed Wednesday night during the emergency air transfer. The piece ends with guidance on safely lifting rabbits by the loose skin at the back of the neck, not by the ears.
WAUKEGAN Ill UPS Pretty 17 year old Joyce Schumaker found innocent of murdering her 53 year old married lover Carl Reeder. She said she will become a missionary. The jury of six men and six women deliberated a bare half hour before finding her not guilty. She testified Reeder pursued her until she submitted to intimacies with him. She claimed he was married and old enough to be her grandfather and she began to fear he would not leave her alone. She said she killed him accidentally using her brother s pistol in an attempt to frighten him away.
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