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Died. Amedeo Obici, 69, pint-sized (5 ft. 1 in.) giant of the peanut business; of uremic poisoning; in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. An Italian immigrant, Obici at the turn of the century opened a Wilkes-Barre peanut stand which eventually grew into the huge Planters Nut & Chocolate Co.
Last week a Navy Mariner flying boat, cruising over Wilkes Land, found something that vaguely resembled the geologists' speculations. Well back from the permanently frozen coast, the crew saw a series of pea-green, open-water lakes. Pictures were taken and the news was rushed back to the mother...
. . . Get your plane Saturday and fly to your Maryland farm on Sunday. . . . Fly to Wilkes-Barre . . . Monday. Flying is easier than driving a car. ... It costs less to run a Taylorcraft than to operate an automobile. . . . CAA records prove the safety ... 8 free hours flying instruction (enough to teach you...
Fly to Wilkes-Barre? As a result of the inaccessibility of airports, said the CAA, and the relatively slow cruising speed and limited range of light planes, the net time saved over the automobile on short trips would be slim. Sternly the CAA concluded: if manufacturers repeat their prewar mistake...
*Wilkes-Barre, Pa. is named after Wilkes (and a fellow M.P., Colonel Isaac Barre). The American colonists, with their own mounting grievances against George III, were natural Wilkites.