Flying Parsons return home from Atlantic ferry duties
The Reverend W. B. Lee Milton and his brother Reverend Marshall M. Milton, known as the Flying Parsons, returned to Hopewell after a year with the Air Transport Auxiliary in England. They trained in Canada, ferried aircraft from factories to fields, and were mustered out in Montreal after stints in White Waltham, Bristol, and Belfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
Parsons
W. B. Lee Milton
Marshall M. Milton
Air Transport Auxiliary
England
Canada
ATA
Lee Milton
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Montreal
Virginia
le Milton
St. John’s Episcopal Church
City Point
Merchant's Hope Church
Prince George County
Marshall Milori
Brandon Episcopal Church
Burrowsville
Grace Church
Waverly
Lee
Fredericksburg
Milton
Marshall
Gloucester
Marshall Milton
Miltons
RAF Ferry Command
Ireland
White Waltham
Northern Ireland
Fred Juer
Belfast
Dubin
Southern Ireland
Racing record and earnings of the famous horse Equipoi
Equipoi raced from 1930 to part of 1935 with 51 starts finishing 29 wins 10 seconds 4 thirds and 8 unplaced. Total earnings were $338 610.
Death Ends Long Rail Career of Uncle Dan Willard
Daniel Willard, longtime president and chairman of the B and O Railroad, dies at Union Memorial Hospital after heart illness. He began as a track laborer and built a 62 year career, the longest tenure in the company's 115-year history. Survived by daughter-in-law Mrs Daniel Willard Jr and four grandchildren. both sons predeceased him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Daniel Willard
Baltine and Ohio Railroad
Dan
Union Memorial Hospital
Willard
Low
Daniel Willard, Jr
Plane Builders May Expect Pay Boost
A wartime wage conference in Los Angeles with 16 committee members discussed adjusting Pacific coast aircraft worker pay. Wage scales in shipyards run higher than airplane builders by 20 to 30 cents per hour, with manufacturers signaling support for a stabilization program that accounts for rising living costs while honoring inflation controls. The eight major Los Angeles area companies include Consolidated, Ryan, Douglas, Lockheed, North American, Northrop, Vega, and Vultee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Paul R. Porter
Production Board
W. G. Tuttle
Southern California Aircraft Industry
Ryan
San Diego
Douglas
Lockheed
North American
Northrop
Vega
Vultee
Japanese Bombers Challenged by Allied Planes Over New Guinea
General MacArthur's headquarters reported that Allied fighters challenged 20 Japanese bombers and escorts over Port Moresby today, preventing damage to the Allied base. Earlier 33 Japanese planes raided the base, with several bombers hit and one Allied plane lost. An Allied light raid targeted Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Deer migration from Palisades park marks busy Fourth
Dear BEAR MOUNTAIN N Y July 7 The Fourth of July week end drew hundreds of city folk to Palisades Interstate park driving deer from their grounds One deer was killed on a highway others fled to the edges of towns and waited until park visitors left so locals could return the space
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Mountain
N. Y
Palisades Interstate Park
Daniel Boones
Virginia Plan For Managing Game Praised By Forest Service
An official communication says the Virginia Plan for managing fish and game on National Forests should guide other states. The 1938 agreement between the U S Forest Service and Virginia’s Game and Inland Fisheries boosted stocking, habitat work, and law enforcement across about 1.5 million acres, making Virginia’s public forests a major hunting and fishing ground with extensive streams and stocked wildlife including turkeys, deer, beaver, raccoon, and various fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Forest Service
U. S. Forest Service
State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
The
Game Commission
Pittman-Robertson
Johnny Mize Is A Hitting Fool
New York July 7 Johnny Mize the New York Giants first baseman tops the week in hitting rising from tenth to sixth in the National League race and lifting his average to .301 while maintaining his home run pace. Ted Williams leads the American League with a .348 average, ahead of Joe Gordon and Bobby Doerr. In the National League Pete Reiser leads at .361 with Joe Medwick at .344 nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johnny Mize
New York Giant
Mize
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Joe Gordon
New York Yankees
Bobby Doerr
Red Sox
Williams
Gordon
Doerr
Pete Reiser
Brooklyn
Joe
Muscles
Medwick
All Star Game In Va League
The East West all star game headlines the Virginia league night. Thirty fan selected players compete at Lynchburg Municipal Stadium before a capacity crowd. Don Parker or Jim Voiselle were billed to start for the East while Everett Fagan or Walter Smola were possible West starters. East team managed by Steve Mizerak and West by Jack Crosswhite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lynchburg Municipal Stadium
Don Parker
Lynchburg
Jim Voiselle
New Port News
Everett Fagan
Walter Smola
Pulaski
Steve Mizerak
Petersburg Rebels
Jack Crosswhite
Pulaski Counts
Montgomery Seeks Comeback In Fight At Shibe Park
Bob Montgomery returns to the ring at Shibe Park in a 12 round non title bout against Sammy Ane the lightweight champion from West Palm Beach and Louisville expected to draw near 20 000 spectators and gross about 40 000 Montgomery seeks to regain prestige after a loss to Angott in New York heading toward potential bookings at Madison Square Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bob Montgomery
Sammy Ane
W Pas
Louisville
Shibe Park
Madison Square Garden
Montgomery
Angott
New York
American League Wins All-Star Game On Homers
The American League defeated the National Leaguers 3 to 1 at Polo Grounds as Lou Boudreau and Rudy York hit first inning home runs and Spud Chandler and Al Benton combined for the win. Mickey Owens homered for the Nationals to avoid a shutout. Weather delayed the game 45 minutes before a crowd of 33,694.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polo Grounds
New York
Lou Boudreau
Rudy York
Spud Chandler
al Benton
Mickey Owens
Nationals
Boudreau
York
Mort Cooper
St. Louis Cardinals
Johnny Vander Meer
Claude Passeau
Bucky Walters
Chandler
Benton
Owen
Henrich
Gordon
American
National
Vaughan
Lombardi
Cooper
Tebbetts
Ott
Miller
Vander Meer
Passeau
Walters
Keltner
Brown
Bud Ward to lead last amateur war tournament field
Bud Ward, corporal in the air corps, seeks his Western Amateur title as about a hundred top amateurs challenge him in Spokane Washington for the last big tournament of the war. Ward will leave golf for officers training after this event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bpokane
Wash
Bud Ward
Ward
Air Corps
Bud
Fancy Menus for WAACs at Fort Des Moines
BY GEORGE 8S MILLS Fort Des Moines Iowa July. Menus reveal a light fare for the first Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps recruits to report July 20 at the officers’ school. Meals include baked ham and pineapple, scalloped potatoes, stewed tomatoes, mustard pickles, orange sherbet, wafers, coffee and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Des Moines
WAAC
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Uncle Sam
World Series Plans Still In The Air
The 1942 World Series plans remain unsettled after three sessions among officials and club owners. The advisory council and commissioners will decide final details, including a war relief receipts contribution, with no date set for the next meeting. Talks included a possible longer series and a tour of several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kenesaw M. Landis
Will Harridge
American League
Ford Frick
National League
Leslie O'Conner
Advisory Council
First Spar Torpedo Used in Civil War Described
The first torpedo in the American Civil War was a long ram device with a bomb at its tip. It defined early naval weapon design and showcased the era's innovation in maritime combat.
Being There First. Important In War
Charlottesville July 7 Watson Davis urged prompt counter to new enemy lab ideas. science fights war and peace. Swann noted wars hasten development of mechanical and electrical arts. Panelists and Acheson urged universal participation and postwar global cooperation to rebuild production and move goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Watson Davis
Science Service
University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs
Davis
William Francis Gray Swann
Bartol Research Foundation
Acheson
Adison
John Lloyd Newcomb
University
Orot J. Hale
Institute
Murmangx Warm Current Keeps Port Ice Free
A warm Atlantic current, described as a Gulf Stream finger, maintains Murmangx as an ice free port. This oceanic anomaly supports harbor usability year round and influences regional trade reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Gulf Stream
Murmangx
Daily Crossword Iv Type Measure 20 Cutting
Puzzle clues list with scattered partial words and scrambled letters. The page shows numbers and hints like Knocks Competent Moral and various short definitions, indicating a clipped crossword fill with misaligned typography.
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George W. Kurtz
Fort Pitt
America
PITT
Claestises
Ford Airport
Fort Bragg
N. C
Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Johnny Fischer
Dan” Willard
Kernstown Toy
Committee of 16
the Food Center
M. Loudoun St
Phene
Cross Roads
B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Hoae Boudreau
DiMaggio
Seeeee
Johnson Benton
Eee Sane
Abrhoa Brown
Csen
Herman
Elliott
Seeee Reiser
Seeee Moore
Commercial College
George
Pine Motor CO
Dodge
Braddock & Cecil Sts
Stephens McDonald
L. B. Lent
National Inventors Council
Thomas Henry
Newspaper
Alliance
Walter S. Rodman
University of Virginia
Charles K. Davenport
G. Acheson
Great Britain
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Daily Crossword
LWA
Little Isla
Narrated
Metallic
Sea Eagle
Fez
Fai
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