American women plan transatlantic airship flight attempt
Frances Grayson and partner Aage Ancker form the Ancker Grayson Aircraft corp to demonstrate feasibility of crossing the Atlantic. The Dawn Sikorsky amphibian will be flown from Old Orchard Beach Maine with Wilmer shot and Brice Goldsborough aboard. Grayson aims to reach Europe via Newfoundland or Azores and then Ireland England or France on the way to Denmark.
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New York
Frances Wilson Grayson
Atlantic
Grayson
Aage Ancker
Mrs. Ancker
Ancker-Grayson Aircraft Corporation
Wilmer
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Brice Goldsborough
Navy
United States
Denmark
Old Orchard
Europe
Newfoundland
Azores
Ireland
England
France
Arkansas
Andrew Jackson Wilson
Indian Affairs
Chicago Musical College
Swarthmore
Frances W. Grayson
Milmer Stultz
Slippery Floors Advice Prompts Tape on Heels
If your floors are slippery and you skid during housework, place a strip of adhesive tape on the heels of your shoes to gain traction and reduce slips.
Pigskin Gloves Feature Sports Emblems On Cuffs
Tan pigskin gloves display stitched emblems of golf sticks horses and other sports on the cuff making them a novelty for sports fans.
Tank Jacket and Septimus Month Reference
An asbestos jacket for a hot water tank helps heat and retain water. The text notes September as the seventh Roman month, known as Septimus.
Yale Football Crowds Feast On Hot Dogs
New Haven Oct 21 Spectators at Yale football games wander during the long mid game intermission to eat hot dogs and ginger ale outside the Bowl stands. Telephone pay stations are in demand and ambulances remain ready as 2 600 staff prepare for about 80 000 in attendance.
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New Haven
Yale
Drunks Being Cured With Aid Hypnotism
LENINGRAD October 21 Drunks are being cured by hypnotism. A professor named Bechtelney gathers them in groups and hypnotizes them to keep a hand or foot in the air while repeating auto suggested phrases like never again daily for a month. They then shun vodka.
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Leningrad
Bechtelney
Population Count in British Empire Exceeds 14 Million
Outside the British Isles the empire holds fewer than 14 million white residents across about 14 million square miles.
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British Isles
British Empire
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