Big airliners to rival yacht in trans ocean flights
Bridgeport Conn Dec 25 The China Clipper will be dwarfed by new flying boats planned at Sikorsky weighing 85 and 125 tons with visions of 100 ton luxury passenger and mail planes. Engineering studies finalised for these amphibians aim to speed Atlantic routes while Pacific crossings expand. If realized, 700 mph stratosphere flights could cut New York to London to about five hours non stop.
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Igor Sikorsky
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James A. Farley
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Paific
Europe
Pacific
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London
Army
Shadows of Thelma Todd Life Reveals Hidden Sidelight
Hollywood star Thelma Todd’s friends recall her lively nature and business sense as the death mystery links her to Pasquale Di Cicco Roland West Harvey Priester and a shadowy foreign looking man. Details show her marriage divorce and Sidewalk Cafe venture with West and her festive Christmas preparations.
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Thelma Todd
Mystery Death Probers
Hollywood
Jeannette Meehan
NEA Service
Globe Hollywood
Thelma
Pasquale di Cicco
Roland West
Harvey Priester
di Cicco
West
Priester
Swain
Prescott
Ariz
Trocadero
New York
Miss Todd
Los Angeles
Long Island
Actors
di Cieco
Pasquale
Justice of the Peace
Malibu Beach
Jene
Carmen
Wallace Ford
Air travel in thin air demands airtight cabins
Si Korsky notes extreme danger in high altitude air travel. Planes would need airtight sealing and oxygen to keep occupants alive. Any leak could be fatal.
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Sikorsky
Alaskan ranch tests Karakul sheep breeding in Aleutians
The Kanaga Ranch Company ships three Karakul rams and eight ewes to the Aleutian Islands to evaluate the Persian origin fur bearing sheep. A German ram and Tex. sheep are among the imports. If thriving, more stock will arrive next year as the firm aims to raise Karakul for fox food and fur pelts on its fur bearing fox operations across the islands.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Persia
Aleutian Islands
Kanaga Ranch Company
Germany
Dundee
Tex
Aleutian
Danish Engineer Reports Death Ray Tests in England
Danish engineer M. Ravn says he received a private invitation to test his electric death ray in England. He claims the device can blow up aircraft at 60 miles and would require six months to produce an effective apparatus. He says the ray was invented for use against aircraft early in World War I.
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England
Copenhagen
M. Ravn
Painesville School Offers Full Speaker and Art Program
Harvey High School extends a full slate of offerings including public speakers, band, players, debaters, Capella choir, educational motion pictures, and faculty to civic and social organizations in Painesville Ohio.
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Painesville
Des 23
U.P
Harvey High School
Indicted War Dept Frauds Suspect Poses for Exclusive Photo
Under indictment in Washington at the Grand Jury hearing on War Department contract frauds, Joseph Silverman Jr., a millionaire surplus army supply dealer who had long dodged cameras, posed for this exclusive picture before the proceeding.
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Joseph Silverman, Jr
Washington, D. C
War Department
France imposes strict grading on all wines
France tightens wine nomenclature oversight under a new decree. Regional and national committees will ensure quality over quantity, declaring any excess over 5000 liters per hectare as ordinary wine and not champagne. Similar rules apply to Bordeaux Burgundy and champagne regions. A separate report notes a 1910 bottle message recovered by a Scottish trawler near Aberdeen.
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France
Bordeaux
Burgundy
Champagne
Shandwick
Fishery Board
Aberdeen
Scotland
Scottish
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