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February 20, 1934

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FOG BARS FLYING IN EAST AS ARMY TAKES OVER MAIL; BROWN DEFENDS HIS DEALS; ARMY BEGINS ITS ASK Newark Airport and New England Schedules Canceled for Day. START AT KANSAS CITY Military Pilots Also Take Off From Chicago, Dallas and San Francisco on Time. SHIPS GROUNDED IN SOUTH But Elsewhere Reports Indicated Young Military Pilots Were Flying Like Veterans. WEATHER BLOCKS AIR-MAIL FLIGHTS

By Lauren D. Lyman.by Lauren D. Lyman

Fog bars flying in East as army takes over mail; Lt Crosthwaite takes off from San Francisco; forced back to Sacramento; elsewhere new schedule in effect; Transcontinental & Western on last mail flight sets record of 13 hrs 4 mins and 20 sees for Los Angeles-Newark flight; plane grounded at Greenville, S C

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Bobby Unser

1934Bobby Unser, American race car driver (died 2021)[โ€ ]

Robert William Unser was an American automobile racer. At his induction into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1994, he had the fourth most IndyCar Series wins at 35. Unser won the 1968 and 1974 United States Automobile Club (USAC) national championships. He won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb overall title 10 times.