Mrs Will Rogers Dies At 65 In Santa Monica Canyon
Mrs. Betty Blake Rogers widow of Will Rogers died at 65 at the Rogers ranch in Santa Monica Canyon after weeks of illness and a winter influenza attack in Washington. Rogers was famed as a humorist and philosopher and perished in the 1935 plane crash with Wiley Post. Her body to be interred at Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Oklahoma.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Will Rogers
Betty Blake Rogers
Rogers Ranch
Santa Monica Canyon
Washington, D. C
Rogers
Wiley Post
Alaska
Claremore
Okla
Upside-Down Dive Tests C-47 Flight Officer Describes
Fort Myers 21 year old Walter Hasley piloted a C-47 in a one mile inverted dive amid heavy turbulence over China. He and co pilot B F Mehall struggled to regain control as the aircraft surged through updrafts and downdrafts. Four teen passengers escaped in parachutes after the wings buckled and the cabin sustained damage. The crew managed a crash landing back at the base with the damaged plane, which Hampered by loose wing bolts and a torn wing fairing but remained airworthy.
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Fourteenth U. S. Air Force
China
Walter F. Hasley
Fort Myers
Fla
Becaus
Lewis G. Helm
St. Joseph
Helm
Halsey
70 000 Seal Skins To Be Taken This Summer
Washington June 22 Between 60 000 and 70 000 Alaska seal skins will be taken this summer from the Pribilof islands where the United States government owns the largest seal herd in the world Interior Secretary Ickes said today that last year the record harvest was reached.
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Washington
Alaska
Pribilof Islands
United States
Ickes
Skin harvest figures from wartime Alaska herd drop
The record notes 117,000 skins were taken to replace 1942 when none were obtained due to military operations near the bearing sea off Alaska. The herd now numbers about 2,750,000 animals.
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Isee
Alasa
Camp Wakanda Opens July 4 With Largest Enrollment
The Methodist run Camp Wakanda in the Winchester District will open on July 4 marking the largest enrollment in its history. Rev James W Turner from Bridgewater directs the camp with staff including Lena Artz Woodstock graduate naturalist guiding nature trails in George Washington Forest. Ferrum Junior College staff assist with Old Timers Camp and worship activities led by Jean Craig dean Ferrum Junior College.
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Wakanda
Winchester
James W. Turner
Bridgewater
Lena Artz
Woodstock
George Washington Forest
James L. Finch
Ferrum Junior College
Jean Craig
Camp Wakanda Announces Staff For Independence Camp
The 1940 Camp Wakanda lists Berryville chef Jees Lightner and Waterfront Director George Reding of Winchester along with Rosalie Rosskopf of Luray guiding crafts. Located twelve miles east of Woodstock in Powell's Fort Valley, the camp begins registration at 10:30 a.m. on July 4 with campers responsible for their own transportation.
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George Reding
Winchester Red Cross
Mr. Reding
Camp
Wakanda
Woodstock
Powell’s Fort Valley
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Jican Institute of Laundering
Sameed
Arrid
Nsu
B. F. Mehall
Detroit
The
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
Bell System
Mr. Lightner
Jees Lightner
Berryville
Fea
Rosalie Rosskopf
Luray
Earth
Penneys
O’sulivans
Lot
Jimmie
SUN Suits
Ces
Infants’ Dept
Woodbury’s Soap
Shane
Ironing Board
J. C. Penney CO
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