Army Begins Drive for 46 000 New Recruits
The Army launches its largest recruitment effort since World War I at posts nationwide raising authorized strength from 118 750 to 165 000. The drive aims to enlist 46 250 men quickly as part of a broader defense buildup alongside naval expansions.
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Hudson River
City of
Hudson
Vilage
Catskill
New York City
United States
Army
New York
Cits
Europe
RCA plans extensive tests of high definition TV
Dr W R G Baker vice president and general manager of RCA heads a committee of RCA engineers to plan and carry out extensive tests of high definition television under actual operating conditions over the next year and a half. He is shown checking a large inconoscope tube that will transmit the television images.
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W. R. G. Baker
RCA
Fordney Stratosphere Balloonist Awarded Medal
Major Chester L. Fordney of the United States Marines received the Medallo de Honora de Instruccion Publica from Venezuela at a dinner in the Adventurers' Club in Chicago. The award honors his 1933 Settle-Ordney stratosphere ascent as scientific observer and his leadership of mathematical exhibits at the Century of Progress.
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Chester L. Fordney
United States Marines
Chicago
Central Reserve Area
Republic of Venezuela
Medallo de Honora de Instruccion Publica
Senor
R. Carlos Lebret
Adventurers’ Club
Settle-Ordney Strato
Fordney
Bottle Note Reaches Woods Hole After Fifteen Months
Don Mullen Jr. receives a letter mailed by his father fifteen months earlier. A message in a bottle dropped from a schooner drifted about two hundred miles before washing ashore near Woods Hole Massachusetts. The note is dated March and asks to notify Ned Bedford.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Don Mullen, Jr
Julia
Nantucket
Ned Bedford
Turquoise riches and hidden mines of the Southwest
The piece recounts Indian cave concealment of springs and turquoise mines in New Mexico and Arizona. Amado Chavez finds a spring beneath cedar bark and logs, while Mount Chalchihold's turquoise workings echo histories of native labor, Spanish rule, and later booms. George Simmons in Mohave dug a concealed shaft and guarded his find, selling a gem for 1000 dollars in New York before seeking London funding.
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Charles FP. Lummis
Southwest
Amado Chavez
San Mateo
New Mexico
United States
Mount Chilchihuith Cottee
Everty
Mexico
de Vargas
Mount Chalchihold
Arizona
George Simmons
Crescent Mountains
Mohave Desert
Sea Simmons
Simmons
Tie
Denver
New York
Sianmons
London
Summons
White Summer Fashions Highlight Mousseline de Sole
The article praises white summer fabrics and introduces mousseline de sole as washable and fashionable. It notes white as the top keynote, with sheer frocks, nets, chiffons, and embroidered fabrics in pastel shades. Describes capes, tulle overlays, and belt details for a refined, airy summer look.
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Miboboetier
Western Newspaper Union
For Garden Party By Cherie Nicholas
Cherie Nicholas notes old timey frocks return as garden party wear. She details a white moisseling de sale dress with mulberry piping and violet hat trim, revived fashion of matching hats with real florals. The piece illustrates coordinated floral accessories and the charm of fresh flower boutonnieres for hats and necks.
Frog fastenings dominate fashion season silhouettes
Frogs appear extensively on garments from evening gowns to suits with contrasts in color. The new trend features frog fastenings down shirtwaists, coats, and beachwear, with designs on necklines and front closures highlighted by decorative wooden pieces and military-inspired touches.
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Sehlapwrell
Ata
London Styles Shape Early 1910s U S Fashions
Fashions 1910 influence travels from London to the United States with neckline trends, flowers and feathers in hats, and outdoor dining boosting daytime dresses. Fortuny inspired silks and accordion pleats appear in daytime coats and dinner gowns as the latest hostess attire.
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London
U. S
JOO
United
Ses
Fortuny
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