Young Howard Hughes Breaks Record in Atlantic Hop
Howard Hughes rose to fame as a record breaking flyer at a young age. He earned his flying license within a year of his first flight at 14 and later moved to Los Angeles to live with his uncle Rupert Hughes after his father’s death. By 20 he controlled his fortune and began producing films, including Hell's Angels which yielded about 3 million dollars.
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Howard Hughes
Atlantic
Young Hughes
Los Angeles
Rupert Hughes
Houston
Tex
Howard Robert Hughes
Southwest
Hughes
Hughes Aircraft Company
Miami
Fla
New York
U. S
Burbank
Cal
Newark
N. J
Harmon
Paris
Moscow
Lean
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Katharine Hepburn
Weirton Protests for Barring of Company Counsel
Workers and business people in Weirton and Hollidays Cove plan a peaceful march and business closures to protest Labor Board Examiner Edward Grandison Smith's barring of Clyde Armstrong, chief counsel for Weirton Steel's subsidiary, amid a tense national labor relations board hearing on unfair labor practices. The examiner called Armstrong's conduct contemptuous after prior clashes and a shattered desk gavel.
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Weirton
W. VA
West Virginia
Weirton Steel Company
Labor Board
Edward Grandison Smith
Hollidays Cove
Clyde A. Armstrong
E. T. Wier
National Steel Corporation
Smith
Examiner
National Labor Relations Board
Armstrong
Coast Guard Rescues Four Teenagers After Boat Capsize
Coast Guardsmen rescued 19 year old Frank Lukowski and three other youths after a wind capsized Lukowski’s sailboat near Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor yesterday. The boys attempted a rescue swim but could not return the 200 yards to shore. the Coast Guard completed the lifeboat search and recovery.
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Baltimore
Coast
Kentucky License Sparks Ferry Wedding On Ohio River
In Cannelton Indiana Reverend E J Douglas refused to marry William Meador and Mary Helen De Jarnette because their license was issued in Kentucky He ferried the couple across the Ohio River to Hawesville Kentucky where he performed the ceremony.
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Cannelton
Ind
E. J. Douglas
William Meador
Mary Helen de Jarnette
Harrisburg
Kentucky
Ohio River
Hawesville
Commissioner Sale of City Home in Winchester Virginia
Public auction in front of Winchester Court House at 12 o clock on July 30 1938 of a 7 room brick home at 119 East Clifford Street Winchester with 50 by 146 foot frontage. Terms require one third cash day of sale and balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and fire insurance. Special Commissioner Thomas J Trier conducts sale with Duvall Dunn as auctioneers.
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Corporation Court of
Winchester
Virginia
Thomas J. Trier
James Trier
Eele Viria
East Clifford Street
City
Duvall & Dunn
Corrine Barnett
Corporation Court
City of
Low Steel Prices Spark CIO Debate in Camp Davis
In Camp Davis Pennsylvania on July 12 the Reverend Path- lauded steel price cuts without wage reductions as a new development that alarms and intrigues business leaders. Pittsburgh delegate Carl P. Hensler and CIO officials urged future contracts to include price and production controls, arguing workers must have a say in setting policies. John Brophy CIO director commented on CIO activities in the South.
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Camp Davis
Carl P. Hensler
Pittsburgh
CIO
Southland
John Brophy
South
Berryville Social Items Highlights Family Visits Abroad
Dr. John W. Ware a Johns Hopkins PhD and Shorter College professor visits Berryville cousin Mrs. C. T. A. McCormick and plans a return for Wickliffe Church services. Family trips extend to Orange Richmond and Norfolk with several Moore and McIntosh relatives joining travel and visits.
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Berryville
John W. Ware
Johns Hopkins
Shorter College
Rome
C. T. A. McCormick
South Church Street
Fire costs spectator and theft at gas station blaze
Alton Illinois fire at a gasoline station caused Mrs. Ice Bartram to lose $65 from a home she was visiting. While she watched the blaze indoors, thieves entered the house and stole the money. Bartram had brought the funds from Detroit to aid her mother's funeral.
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Alton, Tl
Alice Bartram
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Specialty Shop
Loudoun St
Peoples Service Drug
Loudoun Street
Peoples Service Drug Stores
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Josiah W. Ware
Wickliffe Episcopal Church
William D. Smith
Joseph F. Moore
C. T. McIntosh
Norfolk
McIntosh
Richmond
Charles E. Moore
John McIntosh
Riley Moore
Ont
S. Loudoun St
Men’s Shoes
Oxfords
Lastex
Priscilla
Tublast Cretonne
Oleas
Lada S
Gomery Ward
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