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Woman Flyer

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DRAMATIC ARTIST BURIED
UPLAND, Nov. 14—Funeral services were conducted at the Stone Funeral Home today for George B. Hamilton, former student at Chaffey Junior College, and one of the outstanding dramatic artists of this district.

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President Felicitates Flyer

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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

January 18, 1935

My dear Miss Earhart:
I am pleased to send you this message of congratulations. You have scored again.
By successfully spanning the ocean stretches between Hawaii and California, following your triumphant trans-Atlantic flight of 1928, you have shown even the "doubting Thomases" that aviation is a science which cannot be limited to men only.
Because of swift advances in this science of flight, made possible by Government and private enterprise, scheduled ocean transportation by air is a distinct and definite future prospect.
The trail-blazers who opened to civilization the vast stretches of this Continent of ours, who moved our boundary from the Atlantic to the Pacific, were inspired and helped by women of courage and skill. From the days of these pioneers to the present now, when air trails between our shores and those of our neighbors are being charted, you, as a woman, have preserved and carried forward this precious tradition.
Very sincerely yours,
Franklin Roosevelt

Miss Amelia Earhart
Oakland, California
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Storms are no barrier for Wirephoto. When the air mail missed connections owing to bad weather, President Roosevelt released this letter of congratulation to Amelia Earhart and delivery was made in Oakland by Wirephoto in time for a banquet in Miss Earhart's honor.
[A.P. Wirephoto)

OCEAN FLYER GIVEN HONOR
Banquet for Amelia Earhart
at Oakland Attended
by Notables

OAKLAND, Jan. 19. (AP)—President Roosevelt and his predecessor in the White House, Herbert Hoover, united at a reception here tonight to honor Amelia Earhart for her daring solo flight from Honolulu to the United States.
From Mr. Roosevelt came a personal greeting and the praise that:
"You have shown even the 'doubting Thomases' that aviation is a science which cannot be limited to men only."

AIR MAIL BLOCKED
The President's message came by Associated Press wirephoto and was read by Joseph R. Knowland, publisher of the Oakland Tribune, after the original was delayed by storms that blocked the air mail.
Mr. Hoover broke his rule against public appearances and sat with Mrs. Hoover close to Miss Earhart.
Other dignitaries present included Ray Layman Wilbur, president of Stanford University, and Mrs. Wilbur; Mayor William McCracken of Oakland; Ruth Comfort Mitchell, writer; George Hatfield, California Lieutenant-Governor, with Mrs. Hatfield.

FLIES TO OAKLAND
Miss Earhart flew here this afternoon from Los Angeles to attend the banquet. She was a passenger in her own plane, however, with Paul Mantz, the mechanic who prepared it for the epochal 2400-mile flight over the Pacific, at the controls. Her husband, George Palmer Putnam and Mrs. Mantz also were passengers.

Amelia Earhart
Home Destroyed
RYE (N.Y.) Nov. 27. (Exclusive) The sixteen-room home of George Palmer Putnam, New York publisher, and his wife, Amelia Earhart, aviator, was swept by fire today. One wing was destroyed and the remainder of the house was damaged by flame and water. The loss was estimated at $30,000.
Most of Mr. Putnam's famous autograph collection, many of Miss Earhart's trophies and a quantity of rare and valuable furnishings were destroyed.