Electric Eye Telephone for Airplanes Invented
A. A. Arnhym of the Illinois National Guard unveils an electric eye telephone using a photo cell from television pickups to enable two way wireless light based communication between ground and aircraft and underwater submarines. He predicts the invention will be a major wartime factor and is shown receiving a message from a plane with R. L. Longini assisting.
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A. A. Arnhym
Ilnois National Guard
Arnhym
Mr. Arnhym
R. L. Longini
Man Praised For Lincoln Dignity And Common Sense
An observer notes that while men who emulate Lincoln’s dignity and plain greatness are rare, their numbers are slowly increasing with time. The reflection emphasizes steady improvement in moral character and practical wisdom.
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Lincoln
Early Tuberculosis Campaign Promotes X-Ray Diagnosis
The National Tuberculosis association runs an April campaign urging early TB diagnosis with X-ray and tuberculin testing. Aimed at widespread testing in private labs and municipal facilities, the effort stresses treatment is most effective when TB is caught early.
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Wurzburg
Germany
Roentgen
Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen
National Tuberculosis Association
New York Dost Box Score Offers Trade Gossip and Umpire Tales
A scattered recap of baseball trade rumors and player notes. The piece mentions a possible trade of a pitcher for a reserve infielders Jimmy Jordan or Woody English, and discusses Al Lopez's status. It also weaves in anecdotes about umpires, coaches, and players across multiple teams, plus a long stretch on dog racing and racing figures.
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Walker
Hallahan
Jimmy Jordan
Woody English
al Lopez
Dodger
Charley Roman
Kentucky
Cy Perkins
Tiger
Allen
Pete Appleton
Jablonowski
Braves Field
Boston Beehive
Fred Leneh
Phils
Giants
Idaho Bank
Ife
Hank Greenburg
Hank Tever
Harry Geisel
Mel Harder
Cleveland
Sam Brendon
Algo Hins
Brooklyn
Steve McKeever
Melville G. Logan
Ben Geraghty
Villanova
Tookies
Tom Yawkey
Joe Dimaggio
South
Burgess Whitehead
Harry Danning
Ripple
Dollie Stark
Pete Bostwick
Dodgers
Lioness Albertanth
Madison Square Garden
Pugil
Garden
Johnson
Stanley Ketchell
Ketchel
New York Jockey Club
Sophia Tucker
Sophie
Ruby Keller
Keeler
Jorge Bresca
Louis Soresi
Billy DeFoe
Jimmy Foxx
New York
Washington Uigy Ge
Feastern
Bleethoe Clots
Wered Barnes
British War Veterans
N.Y. S. Fr. Oa
Absets
Unm Guthority
Maughind
Salford
British Navy
Double Tragedy Tale From Manitowish Wisconsin Weekend
Milwakee railroad guests and radio sportscaster Rocky Wolfe visit Manitowish Wis. A fox with a dead porcupine in its mouth is described as the result of a porcupine pet carrying fruit. Wolfe claims both animals were intoxicated when the double tragedy occurred.
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Milwatekee Railroad
Recky Wolfe
Manttowish
Wis
Wolfe
Rocky
Cinder Beetle Threat Delays Colorado Rail Service
An odd pest, the Colorado cinder beetle, bored ballast and halted rails along the Arkansas River valley. Trains suffered wrecks and delays until reports named the beetle and a switch to hard coal cinders, which the insects could not eat, restoring speed with crushed rock ballast.
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Colorado
Arkansas River Valley
Turt
Santa
Whit Wis
Charley Blakesley
Kansas City Star
Santa Fe
Elader Heatley
Peo
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Zeppelin
Atlantic
Frankfurt-am-Main
Lakehurst
N. J
Lake Constance
NEW Movie Head
A. H. Cochrane
Universal Pictures Corporation
Carl Laemmie
Hich
Columbus
Newany
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Sos
Otto Miller
Gabby Thartnett
Wrigley
Cubs
Augie Galan
Billy Tierman
Lee Ballafant
Tom Clarke
Pearl Street
Ed Brandt
Lloyd Waner
Brendon
Card Prexy
Florida
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Oregon
W. R. Burnett
Traffe Oller
Meadows
Greyhound
Owen P. Smith
Emeryvile
Calif
Springdale
Ohio
Cincinnati
Georgia
Massichu
Getty
Berkshires
Western Newspaper
Marine Store
Erie Unites Parto
USA
Miami Bs
Eoin Stare
Kater
Tiptte
Deater
Dreuses
Pearson's Weekly
Greenberg
Tall Tales
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