Riverside seniors hear Rev Peterson address at baccalaureate
The Riverside high school senior class held its baccalaureate service Sunday at Riverside Methodist church. Rev Stuart C Peterson delivered the address, with the newly organized high school chorus performing two pieces under R C Borup.
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Riverside
Riverside High School
Riverside Methodist Church
Ema Lee Matousek
Stuart C. Peterson
R. C. Borup
Town
Donald McGregor
Robert Arthur
Tla O Loughlin
Washington
Russell White
Anne
William O'Louelhilin
Roy Green
Chicago
Beverly Hills Couple wed in flight three miles high
Aviation aid brought a Beverly Hills couple their marriage after they could not wait three days. Captain Richard Bowman officiated aboard a plane three miles above the earth and produced a sealed barograph as proof of altitude. The pair claimed a high altitude ceremony is legally valid like a sea captain’s wedding three miles out.
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Aviation
Beverly Hills
Calif
Richard Bowman
First Samoan Library Model Presented by Navy
The model of the first library in American Samoa, the island chain’s largest South Pacific outpost, was presented to the Smithsonian by the Navy Department. It mirrors native Samoan design and was built in 39 days under Lt. Cmdr. P J Holloran, marking a notable US naval undertaking.
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American Samoa
South Pacific
Smithsonian Institution
Navy Department
United States Naval
PJ. Holloran
Distinguishing Poisonous and Nonpoisonous Snakes
The article explains that poisonous snakes typically have triangular heads wider than their bodies, while nonpoisonous snakes have heads about the same width as the body. It notes an exception for small corals.
Hitchhiking to Hollywood Sparks Runaway Meeting
A boy traveling alone along a rural road in Oregon meets a girl hitchhiking to Hollywood. They bond over dreams of film careers and a coincidental plan to ride together. Their ride escalates when Homer Austin, a famed actor, stops and offers a lift on the way to Hollywood as he seeks new work.
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Beverly Hills
Oregon
Seattle
Bijou
Zenith
Portland Junior College
Viola
Flivver
Homer Austin
Sonya Ruskin
Austin
Mr. Austin
Air Almanac Aids British Flyers First Almanac for Airmen Published
The Air Almanac compiled by H. M. Nautical Almanac office for the Air Ministry aims to aid airmen. It uses declination and Greenwich hour angle instead of latitude and longitude and covers sun moon planets and 50 stars. The two part volume provides detachable pages for two days per leaf and simple arithmetic for calculations. Dead reckoning is unreliable in flight and directional wireless helps navigation though not universally available.
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Great Britain
H. M. Nautical Almanac Office
Air Ministry
London Sunday Observer
Air Force
Silver Aluminum Paint Sparks 25 Percent Sales Jump
A manufacturer reports improved open bed springs distribution aided by vim, mn silver aluminum paint, boosting sales by 25 percent. Key figures include the company and distributors expanding market reach in the period.
Coop Helps Hatchling kittens Alexandria joins mother hen scene
Illinois farmer Gilbert Kamm found four tiny yellow kittens under a setting hen in his coop. A neighbor's cat named Alex fed the babies and was renamed Alexandria, illustrating a curious poultry feline partnership.
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Gilbert Kamm
Illinois
Mr. Kamm
Alex
Alexandria
Speeding Up Sport Airplanes Open Outer Banks Flight
New air taxis cut travel time to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for sport fishermen. The fastest trips now take about 30 minutes, versus four hours by car, promising quicker access to coastal boats and fishing fronts.
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North Carolina
Grangeville Student Held in Fatal School Shooting
Police in Grangeville Idaho detained 16 year old Clifford A 2ose after a student was shot and killed by the youth who alleged the other student was informing on him to a teacher Norma Unrun. The motive given was that he believed the victim was a snitch.
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Grangeville
Idaho
Clifford A. 2Ose
Norma
Welsh anthracite gas powered bus tests in Stockport
Gas made from Welsh anthracite powers a test motorbus in Stockport England. An imported French plant fills five back rows of a 31 seat bus. On a trial through Marple Mellor hills the bus ran at normal speed for petroleum powered service, slower on steep grades. The tests offer a new use for Welsh coal and promise ample power for Britain during wartime.
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Stockport
England
France
Marple
Mellor
Britain
Debate on defense, war, and the nation’s strength
In editorials from Oelwein and Winterset, discussions urge strengthening U S defenses in air, land, and sea to deter war. Authors contrast Sherman’s Civil War hell with modern warfare’s horrors and ponder a single word to name today’s conflicts. The piece also notes Arctic and Antarctic moonlight cycles near the pole.
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Hack
General Sherman
Hell
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