Ambitious Macon Youth Builds Glider Then Enlists
Young Robert Scott of Macon Ga builds a homemade glider from four feet and crashes. A rose bush aids survival. He pursues aviation merit badges, sells a first plane for 75 dollars, joins Ft. McPherson Army, wins a West Point exam, and is commissioned as infantry in 1932. He tours Europe by motorcycle before arriving at Randolph Field Texas.
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Thad Tars
Robert Scott
Macon Ga
Wine & Boy
Ft. McPherson
West Point
Europe
Randolph Field
Texas
Thia
Ted Landon
Ted
Scott
Landon
I Survived Primary Flight and the Hawaii Orders
The narrator recounts intense training at Randolph Field in Texas, a near dive mishap with Lt. Landon, late cross country drives to Georgia for his girlfriend, and a career turning point after confessing to a hope to marry her. A police stop on the way to Mitchel Field interrupts, setting up the continuation.
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Texas
Georgia
Atlanta
Aubrey Strickland
Patterson
Louisiana
Jimmy Wedell
Ave
Randolph Field
Bob. Terrill
Bob
A.W.O.L
Scott
Randolph
Kelly
Hawaii
Air Corps
Georgian
Washington
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Holland Tunnel
The Female of the Species Debate in Sports Tone
The piece argues Rudyard Kipling’s line on the female being deadlier, citing Twilight Tear and Babe Didrikson to compare men and women in golf, tennis, swimming, and broader athletics. It notes women’s progress over 20 years and questions when a truly superior female athlete might appear, while praising Walker of Chicago and Yale as top football prospects.
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Rudyard Kipling
Habe Didrikson
Bill Tilden
Helen Wills
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Lengren
Tilden
Wykoff
Jesse Owen
Babe Didrikson
Dempsey
Tunney
Bronko Nagurski
Ty Cobb
Dewey Campaign Tactics Highlight Quiet Organization
The piece argues Governor Dewey runs a novel, disciplined campaign by meticulous organization and silent work, contrasting Roosevelt's War focus. It notes Dewey’s ground efforts in Chicago and St. Louis, engagement with state delegations, and absence of public speeches while building a nationwide party framework.
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Dewey Washington
Deweyly
Roosevelt
Pacific
Philippines
Japan
Iself
MacArthur
Manila
Europe
Bretton Woods
Congress
Hull
Wagner
Dewey
White House
Chicago
Bricker
Albany
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Springfield
St. Louis
Missouri
Sewing Circle Patterns Jiffy Play Set Simple to Make
The one piece play frock and matching sun hat can be cut sewn and laundered in an afternoon. No previous garment cutting experience needed.
Heart’s Power Surges as It Lifts Heavy Weight in Hours
Scientists say the average human heart weighs 24 percent of a pound and in 12 hours can generate enough energy to lift a 65 ton weight one foot off the ground.
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Bert L.scott
Chapter
Gosport
C. L. Chennault
Burma
China
Fort Valley
Long Island
Grantiand Rice
Byron Nelson
Jay McSpaden
Ben Hogan
Joyce Wethered
Patty Berg
Helen Hicks
Soawall
Walker
Yale
Annapolis
Howie Odell
Howie
Spaper Union
Idaho
North Dakota
Maryland
Tydings
Banda
Harold Keller
Commerce
Barbara Bell
Jity
Routh Wells St
Bic
Aye Rene
Alwaya
U.S. Navy
Bremers
Iowa
Owa
Mali
Kellogg's
Sharp
M. D
Sharp's Salve Manufacturing Company
Oth Strent
Des Moines
Tee
Foser D. Snell
Joe
Aiblece
Artilete
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
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