Word: rechecking
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...early morning last week. He opened the mail compartment, chucked in his load of mail, and climbed into the pilot's seat. The Wright Whirlwind, nicely warmed up, was flipping the prop over slowly. The ship trembled in its wheel chocks. He opened up the motor to recheck the steady drone of power that was to carry him to Boston. Mechanically everything was fine. The ship had had its regular inspection the night before. A perfect trip depended solely on the pilot himself. Mechanics hauled away the chocks. Pridham taxied to the end of the field, roared down...
...quite apparent that she is not the Williamsburg householder of whom TIME was informed, of whom it told. Nor did TIME mention Miss Jones's name. Confusion still seems to exist over what oldtime Williamsburg houses were used as the town clerk's office, but an official recheck confirms TIME'S report that a $45,000 offer from John D. Rockefeller Jr., who is restoring Williamsburg to its colonial aspect, was refused by the aged female owner of a ramshackle two-room house...