Flying Boat Readies Return Flight From Wake Island
Pan American Airways clipper flying boat rests on Wake Lagoon after a 1,191 mile flight from Midway. The eight hour four minute trip completed an uncharted air course. After a three day layover, plans begin for return to Midway Honolulu and California.
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Wake Island
Pan American Radio
Pan- American Airways
Wake Lagoon
United States
Midway Island
Midway
Honolulu
California
Gatty Mourns Post Leader in World Aviation
Harold Gatty tributes Wiley Post as a leader in world aviation and praises his courage, experience, and enterprise. Gatty says Post was always a free lance and involved in stratosphere flying, and that Post’s death deeply affects him. The remarks come from Melbourne, Australia, August 17.
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Melbourne
Australia
Harold Gatty
Wiley Post
Gatty
Memorial service to honor Will Rogers in Claremore
Home town of Claremore Oklahoma plans a memorial service for Will Rogers as the community closes for the tribute. Joe Martin Chamber of Commerce secretary stated the town will pay tribute to the humorist who meant a lot to them.
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Okla
Will Rogers
Claremore
Joe Martin
Chamber of Commerce
Martin
No Clouds In Married Life of Dead Humorist
Hollywood remembers Will Rogers and Betty Lake who wed in Rogers Arkansas on November 22, 1908 with a romance that endured 28 years. Rogers recalled courting tales and joked about family life while keeping it out of the press.
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Hollywood
Will Rogers
Betty Lake
Rogers, Ark
Rogers
Betty
Mary
Silence Grips Rogers Home At Santa Monica
A warm sun over the Santa Monica ranch where Will Rogers lived erases the morning mists as silence settles the property. His rocker on the veranda sits empty and Bud Sterling carries down Boots, Rogers favorite polo pony, while a new log cabin near a stream remains unused and the famed entertainer is not coming back.
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Santa Monica
California
Will Rogers
Bud Sterling
Will
Mrs Rogers and Daughter Begin Sad Journey Home
Mrs Will Rogers and her actress daughter Mary start their sorrowful return from Oakland Maine to California aboard the Down Easter. The widow and Mary travel with Mrs Rogers sister Miss Theda Blake as they avoid public sight at Portland.
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Oakland
Will Rogers
Mary
California
Wiley Post
New York
Habit Grew to Be General in Early Ohio Lawmaking
In its early statehood period Ohio amended laws to swell volumes and keep legislators on the job to collect their per diem. The era shows a pattern of overstuffed statutes used as a pretext for ongoing legislative sessions.
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Ohio
Eskimo Witness Recounts Plane Crash Recoveries
An Eskimo witness recalls the crashed plane scene, detailing how Rogers and Post were recovered from wreckage, wrapped in sleeping bags, and transported to Barrow Hospital. Villagers sang hymns as the victims were moved, and the town faced a sleepless night in mourning.
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Rogers
Post
Barrow
Greist
Mr. Brower
Laval Submits Proposed Solution of Difficulty
Rain slackens near Addis Ababa as Italo-Ethiopian hostilities loom. Weather easing may accelerate start of conflict. torrential rains hindered transport for Ethiopian arms and troops. Italy aims to dominate Ethiopia and push via force, while France and Britain consider alternatives.
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Italy
Mussolini
Ethiopia
France
Great Britain
Addis Ababa
Bodies Return Home By Plane After Arctic Crash
The bodies of the two international figures, Post and Rogers, were sent from Barrow to civilization by plane after their aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Refuge Bay. Crosson and Gleason aided in transporting the remains, while Eskimos salvaged wreckage for personal use. Brower, the Arctic trader, prepared the bodies for shipment.
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Paze
Refuge Bay
Here
Post
Crosson
Alaska Airways
Fairbanks
Seattle
Maysville
Oklo
Wiley
Point Barrow
Arctic
Humorist
Joe Crosson
Robert Gleason
Endicott Mountains
Rogers
Presbyterian Mission Hospital
Barrow
Henry W. Greist
Charles’ Brower
Brower
Alaska
Griest
Massanetta Speakers Highlight Three Lives In One
At Massanetta Springs Harrisonburg August 17 1940 distinguished clerics led talks on living three integrated lives prayer pureness and service with Dr S D Gordon Dr W Erskine Blackburn and Dr Robert Speer among presenters and Bishop Arthur J Moore returning from the Orient.
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Harrisonburg
Jesus
D. Gordon
New York
Massanetta Bible Conference
Wm. Erskine Blackburn
Liverpool
England
Marble Collegiate Church
Blackburn
Robert B. Speer
Christ
Robert E. Speer
Foreign Missions
Northern Presbyterian Church
Arthur J. Moore
Orient
Albert W. Beaven
Rochester
N. Y
John McDowell
New York City
Joseph A. Vance
Detroit
Mich
William Evans
Los Angeles
Bishop Moore
South
Gordon
Dr Gordon
Dr. Gordon
Massanetta Springs
S. D. Gordon
The
Westminster Singers
Wm. Evans
California
George F. Krueger
LoRean Hoapp
Andrew W. Blackwood
Lord Jesus
San Antonio
Texas
LoRean Hodapp
Jacobs Tops Round in Wightman Cup Debut Victory
Helen Jacobs, American champion, gave the United States an early lead in the Wightman Cup at Forest Hills by defeating Dorothy Round, the top English player, in straight sets 6-3 6-2.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
Helen Jacobs
United States
Great Britain
Dorothy Round
Church Remains After Sherman's Burnings at Buford's Bridge
The lone surviving Buford's Bridge church stands as a remnant of a flourishing town in 1860s South Carolina that General Sherman burned during the Civil War.
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Sherman
Buford
Bobby Jeanne rises to fame at Chicago fair rehearsals
At the Harlem Golf club in Chicago Bobby Jeanne is shown in rehearsal and Faye Baim waits near a cannon with large springs that launch the girls into the air.
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Harlem Golf Club
Chicago
Faye Baim
Bobby Jeanne
Jack Eddy
Rudy Mason
Detroit Auto Plants Attract Diverse Vacationing Driveaways
Detroit reports a booming retail customer driveaway scene as about 5,000 motorists from across the United States visit the Plymouth plant each month to take delivery of new cars. The operation includes an expanded service department, predelivery checks, and factory tours, drawing families, professionals, and even celebrities into a colorful, roaming auto-pageant.
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Detroit
Southampton
Kansas
Dakotas
Plymouth
Hollywood Studios
Washington
Public Sale and Court Notice In Winchester Virginia
Public sale advertised of John W Hockman interest at 210 Piccadilly Street Winchester with one third cash the rest in two annual installments. Also divorce order for Ethel M Elliott vs Raymond Elliott and a tax deed notice to Martha Cooper heirs. Claims to appear within four weeks and rule days set.
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Winchester
Virginia
County Court House
John W. Hockman
Piccadilly Street
Dorsey E. Dunlap
Sage
T. Russell Cather
Do. C. Brannon
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Ethel M. Elliott
Equity
Raymond Elliott
Evening Star
Jos. B. Newlin
Compli
E. C. Brannon
Lester Cooper
John Cooper
William Cooper
Stewart Cooper
Edith Shamer
Sarah Cooper
Stanley McFarland
John Zapp
Wilbur McFarland
Esther McFarland
Kenneth O. McFarland
Loren D. McFarland
John W. McFarland
Basil Henry
Norman Henry
Carl Henry
Maude Christan
Nellie Copeland
Agnes O'Neill
Hogue Creek
Martha Cooper
L. T. Moore
William J. Cooper
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Family picnic hammock plan with improvised setup
A simple guide suggests tying a clothesline between two trees and hanging a blanket as a hammock for a family picnic. It advises using sturdy clothespins or forked sticks to secure the setup.
Julius Caesar Portrait in Historical Descriptions
The text describes Julius Caesar as tall and thin with a pale thoughtful face. He has black eyes, no beard, and by the later life he was bald.
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Julius Caesar
Galli-Curci Faces Comeback After Throat Surgery
Opera star Amelita Galli-Curci recovers from goiter removal. The operation freed air in her trachea, but doctors warn she may never regain her former singing trill.
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Amelita Galli-Curci
Rumored Pick for New Pension Board Chair Altmeyer Seen
Arthur J. Altmeyer assistant secretary of labor is pictured as the likely choice for the chairmanship of the board that will administer the new social security law. Altmeyer, 42, hails from Wisconsin where he served as state tax statistician.
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Arthur J.altmeyer
Altmeyer
Wisconsin
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Lorain
Dorothy Meluch
Michigan
Meluch
Oceana
Marie Agnes Conners
Washington, D. C
Wildwood-by the-Sea
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Detroit Auto
Arthur J. Altmeyer
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