Flying Flivvers for the Family in a Mass Pilot Era
The Civilian pilot training program aims to produce 15 000 pilots this year and 20 000 yearly for four years as demand grows for low cost family planes. Manufacturers expect a mass market after pilots rise, with mid priced cabin models like a $3 000 Stinson and other designs moving toward practical family use and cross country trips.
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America
United States
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Piper
Aeronca
Luscombe
Stinson
Pri
Vidal
William B. Stout
Pacific Coast
W. A. Mara
Fashion on the Air Sees Shorter Skirts and Spring Hats Rise
Radio fashion notes from 1940s era discuss shorter skirts signaling brighter times, with Myrt and Marge favoring tiny felt sailors in pink and blue, pastel hats, real rose sprays, and practical accessories like a money bag belt. Elsie Hitz touts a lipstick-matching umbrella while Fanny Brice highlights scented sachets for travel.
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Joan Tetzel
New York
Myrt
Marge
Bess Johnson
Elsie Hitz
Ellen Randolph
Fanny Brice
Baby Snooks
Texas highway toll climbs with February deaths
State police report February traffic fatalities rose to 138, lifting the year total to 226, 18 more than last year. Director Homer Garrison Jr. cites violations of safety rules and warns that March could set a new record due to a 20 life Alamo train truck crash.
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Austin
Homer Garrison Jr
Public Safety Department
Alamo
G Man Hoover Links Criminals to Home Upbringing
J Edgar Hoover argues in Rotarian that today’s crime is home grown with family influence shaping behavior. He warns that many youths turn to crime due to parental indifference and poor home training and urges widespread public effort to prevent crime before it begins.
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G-Man Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
America
Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
G-Man
Birth of Fame exchange sparks kitchen confession
A playful exchange reveals a domestic rift as one spouse questions why the other claimed marriage for culinary skill. The partner defends the joke while offering a lighthearted excuse about why they said marriage was for cooking.
Mentho-Mulsion promises fast relief for cold coughs
Mentho-Mulsion guarantees to stop a cold cough immediately or the cost will be refunded. Endorsed by a pharmacy and attributed to a university dean, it highlights vitamins and seven soothing oils with beechwood creosote and California fig syrup for quick relief.
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California
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Flying
Albert D. Hughes
Vate
Eugene Vidal
New Deal Air
Stephens & Bryant Insurance Agency
Nat'l Bank
A. Y. Creager CO
M. & P. Bank Building
Sherman, Texas
Dallas
Texas
Hotee
Asem, Hallaman
Childress Pharmacy
Opportunity
Whitewright
Sun
the Whitewright Sun
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