The Isle of Frankincense on Socotra Island
Ancient Socotra near Aden is famed for frankincense from Boswellia trees. The article describes its isolation, Hadibo capital, tribal life, dragon’s blood trees, and the difficult trek to the Mgtaha mountains to harvest resin. It notes limited tourism and remnants of early civilization at Suk/Zoko.
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National Creographic Society
Washington, D. C
Africa
Gulf of Aden
Socotra
Segotra
East Africa
Arabia
India
Waragangli
Somaliland
Aden
Eastern Asia
Persia
Tyre
Bab-el-Mandeb
Tamarida Bay
Hadibo
Haghier
Island
Theo‘ Bent
Mgtaha
Sumatra
South America
Socotrans
America
Zoko
Suk
Essential Tool Kit for Any Car
An automotive expert urges motorists to carry a well stocked tool kit before trips. He recalls a traveler without proper tools, needing improvised pliers, and stresses including a tow rope extra light bulbs repair outfit jack and pump ignition wrenches socket set wire tape and assorted pins bolts and washers for roadside lifesavers.
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Erwin Greer
Greer Collee
Automotive Engineering
Chicago
Sharp Corner Driving Harms Tires and Safety
An article warns that taking sharp corners at high speed accelerates tire wear and weakens sidewall fabric. It notes tire tread damage from skids and stresses the vehicle's grip, urging drivers to slow down to extend tire life and improve safety.
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Ives
Motorists Urge Essential Items for Emergency Kits
A historical note highlights vital kit items for tire trouble and emergencies. It lists tire tape for ignition issues, a cold patch for punctures, a blovacu patch, a soapstone can, and a tire gauge as essential tools for motorists.
Proverbial Advice on Careful Attention
A compact Boston Transcript aphorism urges caution and timely care over major fixes. It compares a skid learning to a wiser move, suggesting that an ounce of attention prevents larger repairs later.
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Boston Transcript
Practical Uses for Hairpins Across Repairs
A list detailing practical applications for hairpins including reinforcing broken cables mending leather belts repairing battery terminals attaching mud chain links cleaning dust from oil holes wiring parts to prevent rattling and removing debris from tire cuts.
Additional seat for sedan car offers extra passenger space
A detachable upholstered seat fills the gap between front seats in a sedan. It measures about six inches by fourteen inches with a seven inch deep covering. The wooden base is half an inch thick and sits atop five or six chair springs.
Two Detachable Front Seats Demonstrated in Popular Mechanics
The article describes two types of detachable extra front seats with felt or hair pads, covered to match interior materials. The seats mount by four metal hooks over adjacent edges, and in emergencies a robe stretched across neighboring seats can hold a sixth passenger, forming a hammock-like ride.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Silencer on Transmission
A noisy transmission may stem from gear breakage or misalignment requiring major repair. Temporary measures suggest mixing flaxseed meal with the flubricant as a brief expedient.
Automobile News On Engine Wear And Quick Field Repairs
The article describes remedies for engines with valve stem guide wear including reaming guides and fitting bronze bushings. It notes a rivet in frames can be repaired by running a bolt through and clinching with a nut. It also suggests priming an engine on the road by lowering a valve cap tied to string into the gasoline tank.
Wheat problem split between production adjustment and marketing plan
A report to the President by Eugene Meyer Jr and Frank W Mondell of the War Finance Corporation outlines two paths to solve the wheat problem. It favors adjusting production to American needs and creating a cooperative marketing system while opposing tariff increases price fixing and surplus purchases. The study notes improving farmer conditions and cites extensive discussions with farmers banks and agrarian groups across multiple cities.
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Meyer
Mondell
Gould plan urged to lend government credit for German wheat
A Midwestern delegation urged President Coolidge and Secretary Wallace to back the Gould plan offering a $50 million government credit to finance Germany buying 50 million bushels of American wheat. The scheme, backed by George F. Marcy and others, envisions War Finance Corp advances secured by German obligations and would shift surplus grain, with most wheat sourced from eastern states.
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Coolidge
Wallace
Gould
Germany
George F. Marcy
Chicago
Armour Grain Company
W. E. Gould
Kewanee
Ill
Charles E. Lewis
Minneapolis
George A. Roberts
Omaha
White House
Department of Agriculture
Charles J. Brand
War Finance Corporation
United States
Congress
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Meyer
Pacific Coast
Shipping Board
Navy Plans Vast Peace-Time War Games Off Panama and Carib
U S Navy prepares three months of winter maneuvers involving nearly all active marines and 150 ships. The plan tests coastal land defenses, sea battles, aerial and undersea combat with army and naval cooperation. Pacific and Atlantic fleets, led by Admiral Robinson and Vice Admiral McCully, will stage joint drills near Panama and along Mexican and Central American coasts.
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Panama
Caribbean
United States
Naval
Pacific Fleet
S. Robinson
United States Battle Fleet
Canal
Atlantic
East Coast
Pacific
Los Angeles
N. A. McCully
Robert E. Coontz
Attack on Budget System in Congress ITH Budget System Bulwark
Advocates of economy and tax cuts push to restore pre budget committee jurisdiction over appropriations. Leaders fear decentralizing control would end two years of businesslike budgeting and reduce efficiency. Historical chaos under decentralized estimates prompted a single committee review of appropriations to match President's consolidated figures.
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Congress
House
Harding
Federal
Senate
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George L. Cowen
Milwaukee
Seay
Automobile News
United States Grain Corporation
Grain Corporation
State Departments of Agriculture
St. Paul
Sioux Falls
Fargo
N. D
Billings
Helena
Mont
Spokane
Wash
Portland
Ore
Pocatello
Idaho
Denver
U. S. Navy
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