War on Atlantic fuels race to build faster ships
The North Atlantic passenger and shipping war prompts plans by five nations to accelerate liner programs. United States Britain Germany Italy and France vie to add six new multi billion dollar liners capable of four day crossings and even three days with aviation aided transit. Proposals seek large loans and new carriers like Cunard and White Star racing to outpace rivals with air deck operations and faster tonnage.
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NEA
York
United States
Great Britain
Gerany
Italy
France
Atlantis Conference of Steamship Companies
Atlantic
Big Froposal I
Transoceanic Corporation
Brown Boveri Electric Corporation
Irrance
Cunard Company
Majestic
Hner
Queens
North Atlantic
White Star Line
Germany
Europa
Maly
Ste de France
Hunt Mummies In Arctic Siberia Expedition Plans
An American Museum of Natural History expedition will search Siberian Arctic coast this spring for ancient mummies of primitive Mongolians older than Egyptian tomb finds. The remains, first reported by Dr William Ba Dali of the Smithsonian, are thought to mark early North American settlement.
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American Museum of Natural History
Arctic
Siberia
Popular Science
North America
William Ba Dali
Smithsonian Institution
Religious Dance of Indians in Pagan District
Goldie Hutchinson describes a Menominee war dance near a Wisconsin reservation. She notes tepees, dancers in a sunlit circle, strenuous movements, and a crowd enjoying traditional foods after the three to four day event.
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Pagan
Goldie Hutchinson
Wil
Eller
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Indiana
Topes
Longfellow
Daneet
Charleston
Do Times Change
NEA Service reports on cultural shifts as Native dancers in traditional regalia perform before a crowd at Kalispell and Pend Oreille lake reserves. The piece notes the Lower Spokane tribe pursuing compensation via a new bill while detailing court precedents and a wood working plant’s assembly line metaphor.
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NEA
Wash
Potes
Spokane
Leavy
Will’ Ingiam S. Lewis
Kalispell
Pend Oreille Lake
Don-grose
Super-Telescope Mirrors History Of Lost Ages
Visionary notes by Israel Klein describe a super telescope using mirrored light to view distant events as far back as two million years. Doctor Matthew Luckiesh explains light travel limits, suggesting we could watch Earth events like Columbus’s voyage and Washington’s crossing as if happening today.
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Israel Klein
NEA Service
Hitly
Milan
America
Jules Verne
Matthew Luckiesh
Cleveland
Washington
Delaware
Dar
Doctor Lucktesh
Uts
Donahey Named As Potential Presidential Possibility
Article reports Governor Donahey as a possible Democratic nominee per Charles Merz in The Independent. It highlights his Ohio roots, three-time wins in the state, neutral national profile, local experience, strong family ties as a father of ten, and affiliations with religious and fraternal groups.
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Charles Merz
Independent
Merz
Ohio
Philippines
Coal by products boom foretells new fuel and chemistries
A coal by products revolution is described with coal gas pressure processes yielding wood alcohol and ammonia. By byproducts from coke, foundries and gas treat coal into valuable chemicals such as Bakelite. The article notes vast potential, including dyes, fertilizers, drugs, and solvents, reshaping fuel use and manufacturing.
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United States
A. C. Fleidhner
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Popular Science Monthly
Germany
Unusual Veneering Work in Modern Millwork Factories
Unusual and difficult veneering techniques are being undertaken in up to date millwork factories, showcasing advanced craft and emerging methods in wood fashion. The article notes the trend toward intricate patterns and new materials guiding contemporary shop practice.
Poor Co eds of A D 1734 Life But Not Liberty
A fragment from a 18th century record notes strict rules for Mount Holyoke students including forbidden reading and limited leisure. The text shifts to diverse curiosities such as a Scottish scientist’s color effect, early calendars in English, and various antiquarian anecdotes. Anomalies include references to tapioca, Hume's mother, wild rice dispersal, Athens as the Violet Crown, population growth, anesthetics in dentistry, and Vatican transportation modernization.
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A.D
Mount Holyoke
Atlantic Monthly
Boston Record
Missionary Herald
Washington
Cambridge
Hume
Manitoba
Athens
Greece
Acropolis
Wiles
Anatole France
Ling-She
Restored Virginia estate Brattadon House reopens to public
The famed Brandon dates back to colonial times and is restored to its original grandeur. Judith Shakespeare’s former home, Brattsdon on the James, hosts a housewarming with notable guests including Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Gov. Byrd, while Chickahominy Indians perform traditional rites. owner Robert W. Daniel of New York attended.
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Richmond
Bratt
James
William Shakespeare
Judith
America
Adhclent
Woodrow Wilson
Gove"Byrd
William GM “Adan
John W
Robert W. Daniel
New York
Pennaghevania
Virginia
Upper James
Brandon
John Martin
Panton
John Smith
Jamestown
Majesty
Robert
Quincy
Judith Speare
Rede Richardson
Nathaniel Harrison
Arcit
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Rome
The
Apostolic Palace
Amart
Syracuse
N. Ys
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