First seadrome for ocean fliers off Wilmington
Edward H. Armstrong announces the first seadrome for trans Atlantic air travel will begin construction near Wilmington Delaware this fall. A 250 by 250 foot section will be built 550 miles east on the fortieth parallel to test weather conditions and fuel/outpost needs for future seadromes across the Atlantic.
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International News Service
Wilmington
Del
Edward H. Armstrong
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
New York
Armstrong
Atlantic
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company
du Pont Company
Colorado Foresees Boom in Lead and Zinc
Colorado's lead and zinc industry is poised for a big revival, says John T. Joyce, state commissioner of mines. He cites depleted reserves and falling production as cause, with consumption and exports outpacing output by thousands of tons. Prices he predicts will rise, spurring renewed mining and new properties, aided by the Moffat Tunnel opening and a proposed Dotsero railroad cutoff.
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International News Service
Denver
Colorado
John T. Joyce
Joyce
New York
Moffat
Colorado Western Slope
Tooele
Utah
United States
California
About one third of world population are Christians
A fragment notes that roughly 600 million people, about one third of humanity, identify as Christians. It cites a broad religious demographics snapshot and uses a global perspective without regional specifics.
Married men live longer than bachelors, study finds
London report cites Associated Bodies of Life Assurance Actuaries. Professor G M Robertson notes insanity rates are higher among single people than married. Advice echoes a Greenfield claim urging marriage before age twenty five.
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London
Britain
Associated Bodies of Life Assurance Actuaries
G. M. Robertson
New U. S. Dry Czar sworn in to enforce prohibition
Seymour Lowman of Elmira New York becomes Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Prohibition and Custom Bureaus and the Coast Guard. He vows firm enforcement, shifting away from sensational policies and focusing on businesslike regulation.
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Joseph H. Wasney
United Press
Washington
Seymour Lowman
Elmira
N. Y
United
The
Treasury
Lowman
Andrews
Vermont
Prohibition Bureau
Loman
J. M. Doran
Dr. Doran
Doran-Lowman
Harper
Buffalo
Mills
Hawaii
Rhinon
Minneapolis
North New York
Reeves
New Jersey
Barrett
Dakota
Wisconsin
M. D. Dunning
Southeastern
J. Waddell
Ciry
Dty Force
Prohibition
Bronze Medal Awarded for Hippo Care in 65 Years
The Zoological Society of England grants its Bronze Medal to A Bowman of Loea n Zoo for rearing Jimmy the baby hippopotamus. Hippos are delicate to rear. the last medal went to the rearing of Guy Fawkes in 1872. A Soviet radio station at Cape Desire in the Arctic marks the far north facility for explorers.
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Zoological Society of England
A. Bowman
Loea N Zoo
Jimmy
Guy Fawkes
Cape Desire
Arctic Zone
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el Centro
Los Angeles
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Texas
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Margery Bailey
Ed Wagner
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Chicago
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