MOTHER REAVES DIPS INTO THE FUTURE

... Among her other prophecies, Mother Reaves claims to have foretold the deaths of two famous fliers—Kingsford- Smith and Amelia Earhart. And so well is she known to the river dwellers round London that they call her the Old Lady of the Thames. The old gipsy ...

Published: Sunday 07 January 1940
Newspaper: The People
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 737 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

ADVENTURERS OF THE AIR

... terrible disaster to the German Zeppelin 1 when was landing in New Jersey; and - the tragic ending of that brave woman i Amelia Earhart, who was never heard of • again after leaving New Guinea to fly over a part of the Pacific that aeroplanes had l not used ...

Published: Monday 15 January 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 446 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

TAPE AND SCREEN

... The sky-crashing aviation scenes were made technically perfect Paul Mantz, tormer co-pilot and navigator toi the late Amelia Earhart. . Only Angels Have Wings is favoured candidate’ for this year s Academy Award. ThM week-end: Laughton In “Jamaica Inn ...

THE WORLD OF WOMEN By SUZANNE HARRISON Retarded Gifts of Leadership

... Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth Fry, and so on; for scientific research Madame Curie was quoted, and for physical endurance Amelia Earhart's name came high on the list. The old fallacy of Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever, had long gone by the ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 414 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE LEICESTER MERCURY SATURDAY 27th JANUARY 1940- a News And Notes THEY NEVER SIT DOWN ON A BENT PIN NOW?

... duties the time will have for it” LIKE A TRUMPET CALL MISS WARNER Madame Curie’s to science the courage of the airwoman Amelia Ear-hart mentioned names that are like MAKERS OF HISTORY Sir Is anything being done to record for the benefit of posterity' Leicester’s ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 2757 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LONDON NOTES AND COMMENT

... House 3|RS. ROOSEVELT, who loves flying. once even contemplated learning to be a pilot herself. This was in 1933, when Amelia Earhart was paying a visit to the White House. Miss Earhart offered to be teacher, and to arrange hours and place for instruction—all ...

Propaganda Needs

... Grant and Jean Arthur. Aviation scenes gain realism through the work of Paul Mantz, formerly co-pilot and navigator for Amelia Earhart. Richard Barthelmess returns to the screen in this picture after an overlong absence. At the Scala will be “Andy Hardy ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 901 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ART

... ART Modern French Painters . ' By R . H . Wilenskl . ...

Published: Friday 02 February 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 924 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

MISCELLANEOUS

... s Plays? It has the merit of originality. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED George G. Harrap & Co. Soaring Wings”; Biography of Amelia Earhart, bv George Palmer Putnam. - net. i, . Hodder & Stoughton. In the Time Earthauake: Expo? lion of the book Amos, Walt* ...

Published: Saturday 03 February 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 929 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

HEROES OF THE SNOW AND AIR

... do it I think, probably, that I'll not live —to be old. In these simple words is the whole philosophy of gallant Amelia Earhart. _ She faced the hazards, and she did not live to be old. She perished somewhere in the great waste of waters of the Pacific ...

Published: Thursday 08 February 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 789 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

AMELIA EARHART'S FEAT

... AMELIA EARHART'S FEAT. FIRST WOMAN TO FLY ATLANTIC. BIOGRAPHY HUSBAND. An astonishing story of the circumstances in which Amelia Earhart set out on her famous first flight across the Atlantic is told in Soaring Wings, biography written by her husband ...

Published: Thursday 08 February 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 297 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Soaring Wings

... Soaring Wings The life-story of gay, charming, courageous Amelia Earhart by her husband CECRCE PALMER PUTNAM. flfus. (11 /- net) ...