New North Beach Airport Aims as Nation’s Top Air Terminus
New York views the North Beach airport as the nation’s leading air terminus with plans to transfer major routes from Newark to a single intercontinental hub. The $40 million project, largely funded by the PWA, features a 558 acre site with seaplane facilities, massive hangars, a massive control beacon, four takeoff runways, and a terminal promenade for 5000 spectators.
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New York
West Coast
Europe
North Beach
L. L
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Newark
Marine Air
Latin America
Florida
Madison Square Garden
East River
Bowery
Flushing Bays
Customs and Immigration
England and Cricket After World War II
The article argues that postwar England used cricket as a civilizational touchstone. It cites an England captain appealing for national service at Lord's to symbolize the gulf between democratic and totalitarian regimes and suggests cricket embodies a national ethos beyond political rhetoric.
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England
Lord’s
London
Fragments of Globe News Page and A Dramatic Sword Scene
The Amarillo Globe front matter outlines publication details and rates for The Globe News Publishing Co. A narrative slice follows with a dramatic scene: an ape man dodges a swinging sword, egressing under a giant's arms as his knife flashes twice.
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Amarillo
Texas
Behgo
Partners in Quarrel and Progress End with a Carpet
A speaker recalls business partnerships torn by petty spats and big costs. Gilbert and Sullivan feud over a carpet bill, then feud through life, proving small disagreements can wreck ties. The letter-wearied reader learns to forgive and compromise to keep ventures afloat.
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Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert
Sullivan
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Hiram Johnson
California
Hughes
San Francisco
Johnson
Olsen
Olsen and Johnson
Corrective Exercises for Abdominal Prolapse and Old Massachusetts Curses
Instructions describe corrective exercises to remedy abdominal prolapse, with leg lifts, bicycle motions, and leg crossing in a start position. A Boston report notes a 1797 proclamation fining swearing and cites 350 umpires tallying scores from Plattsburgh war games.
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Boston
Massachusetts
WPA Historical Records Survey
John Avery
The
Commonwealth
Billerica Historical Society
Uncle Sam
Plattsburg
N. Y
Oddities in neutrality bill spark broad debate in Congress
Analysis outlines how the Pismen-Ouas neutrality measure could enable unlimited credits for munitions, allow arms shipments to belligerents via neutral nations, and keep American ships out of combat zones. It notes presidential discretion, potential economic ties with Britain and France, and controversial quotes from public figures.
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Vickers
Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
London
China Seas
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Canada
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Britain
France
U. S
Germany
Democratic Party
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