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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1950
Page
22
The article notes a shift from coal steam power to motorships in global shipping. Steamship tonnage remains dominant, but motorships grow from 7,551 to about 11 thousand vessels, now carrying roughly one third of total world steamship tonnage.
Harris W. Reker of Detroit and other divers chase legends of sunken ships in Lake Erie and Lake Michigan the tale centers on the copper cargo from the Fitegerald and other wrecks, with details of divers, storms, and grim Civil War skeletons aboard.
A brief note reports Cecil Fisk, aged fifty years, mowing hay on his father's farm during the season. He earned fifty dollars for the work, using a fifty-year-old mower.
The Texas Interacho bureau provides free mail library services to Texans in towns without libraries, sending articles from booklets and newspapers on single subjects. Over 65 000 items were mailed in two years, aiding clubs, churches, civic groups, and schools with materials on topics from automotive design to religious freedom.
A disabled former sailor named Mike Finegan travels the country on a three wheeled cart pushing toward Mexico. He reports days when he covers up to 25 miles, sharing his voyage and purpose from Santa Ana to distant locales.
Huge bonfires blaze across England on November 5 as fireworks light the sky to mark Guy Fawkes Day. People gather in towns and cities, lighting fires and celebrating with public displays and street events.
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