Monday, April 30, 1934

Walked to school with Ruth Ray and home with Pauline. They both came down this evening.

Manhattan Love Song - Released April 30, 1934
Starring Robert Armstrong, Dixie Lee and Nydia Westman
Director: Leonard Fields
Genre: Comedy/Romance Drama
Based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich

Plot Summary:

After having been swindled out of all their money by a crooked business manager, formerly wealthy socialites Jerry and Carol discover that they owe their chauffeur and maid back wages they are unable to pay. They're forced to let their former employees live in their luxury apartment in lieu of paying the money they owe them.

Sunday, April 29, 1934

Ruth Ray, Mother and I went to Sunday school and church this a.m. Pauline and us went out to the at gallery and a baseball game. Ollie was over.

1934 Ford Fordor Deluxe Sedan

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were wanted for the murders of 12 people, including nine law enforcement officers.

And they were passing through Topeka, Kansas.

It was Sunday, April 29, 1934, and America's deadliest couple drove near the city's eastern edge, seeking to steal a vehicle to replace the beat-up Ford they had been using. They always abandoned their car and stole another when they felt the law was getting too close.

Bonnie stood on the running board and looked into cars. She spotted the keys inside a tan 1934 Ford parked in Jesse and Ruth Warren's driveway at 2107 S.E. Gabler.

The fast, sleek sedan belonged to the Warrens, but not for long.

By the time they got it back, it would have more than 160 bullet holes.

Saturday, April 28, 1934

Cleaned up the house today. Took a bath. Went up to Pauline's. Played ball, danced, etc. Ruth Ray came by this p.m.

Weeding Wembley - April 28, 1934

A row of stadium groundstaff meticulously pick out dock leaves, dandelions and daisies by hand from the hallowed Wembley turf in readiness for the FA Cup final between Manchester City and Portsmouth later that Saturday. The game was played in a thunderstorm which rendered the pitch sluggish, with City emerging 2-1 winners. "While [the Manchester City captain] Cowan strode majestically with the cup - and Brook, like a schoolboy, ran off with the lid - the Portsmouth players stood like men dismayed and dazed by a sudden calamity," reported the Manchester Guardian on the following Monday.

Friday, April 27, 1934

Pauline didn't go to school today. I walked to school and home with Ruth Ray.

Phase of the Hoover Dam - April 27, 1934
Location: Clark County, NV and Mohave County, AZ
Constructed 1931-1936; Dedicated September 30, 1935
A total of 3,250,000 cubic yards of concrete was used in the dam
More than 582 miles of cooling pipes were placed within the concrete
Employment peaked in 1934 at 5,251

Thursday, April 26, 1934

Walked to school and  home with Ruth Ray. Went up to play with kids. Pauline got kinda mad at Nadine.

Vaile Mansion - Independence, Missouri

Built in 1881, the Vaile Mansion in Independence is a prime example of
Second Empire Victorian architecture. Colonel and Mrs. Harvey Vaile
built the mansion to include 31 rooms, painted ceilings, flushing toilets
and a 48,000 gallon wine cellar.

Located aat 1500 North Liberty Street in Independence, Missouri, the
Vaile Mansion is open April-October as well as holidays for tours.

Wednesday, April 25, 1934

Walked to school and home with Ruth Ray. All of us kids went out and played up at Pauline's.

James Crawford "Jimmie" Angel (August 1, 1899 – December 8, 1956)

Born in Cedar Valley, Missouri, Angel was an American aviator after whom Angel Falls
in Venezuela, the tallest waterfall in the world, is named.

The falls, which cascade from the top of Auyantepui in the remote Gran Sabana region of
Venezuela, were not known to the outside world until Jimmie Angel flew over them on November 18,
 1933 while searching for a valuable ore bed.


Jimmie Angel's Flamingo monoplane

On October 9, 1937, Jimmie Angel returned to the falls with the intention of landing. On board
 his Flamingo monoplane that day were his second wife Marie, Gustavo Heny, and Miguel
Delgado, Heny's gardener. Jimmie attempted a landing but despite a successful touchdown, his
El Rio Caroni aircraft nose-dived when it hit soft ground at the end of its landing run. The wheels
 sank in the mud making take-off impossible.

The occupants were unharmed but had to trek across difficult terrain with low food supplies
for 11 days to make their way off the tepui and down to the nearest settlement at Kamarata.
When word got out of their exploits, Angel received near-legendary status in Venezuela.
His aircraft remained atop Auyantepui until 1970, when it was disassembled into parts and lifted
 down by Venezuelan military helicopters. Today an El Rio Caroní can be seen outside the airport
 terminal at Ciudad Bolivar. The airplane was re-assembled in the city of Maracay's aviation museum.

In keeping with his wishes, Jimmie Angel's ashes were scattered over Angel Falls in July 1960.

Tuesday, April 24, 1934

Walked to school with Ruth Ray. Walked home with Pauline, Nadine and Donald. Went up to Pauline's and Ruth Ray's.

Laurens Hammond and his invention, the Hammond Organ

American engineer and inventor Laurens Hammond of Chicago received Patent 1.955.350
for an "Electrical Musical Instrument," and introduced the Hammond Organ Model A the following
year. The Hammond Organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to wind-driven
pipe organs, but in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard instrument for jazz, blues,
rock music and gospel music.

In addition to the Hammond Organ, Laurens Hammond also invented a silent spring-driven clock,
the Teleview system of shutter-glasses for viewing 3-D films. World War II gave Hammond new
clients for his inventions. He helped design guided missle controls and was awarded patents for
infrared and light sensing devices for bomb guidance, glide bomb controls, a camera shutter and a
new type of gyroscope. The glide bomb was the forerunner of today's guided missiles, carried by
nuclear submarines.

At the time of his death in 1973, Hammonds held over 100 patents.