Connecticut Soldier Operated First Naval Submarine in War
A Connecticut sergeant on board the Turtle navigated the first U S submarine in wartime during a June 1776 attack on New York Harbor. The craft failed to sink ships but generated intense speculation as the crew attempted underwater demolition linking Saybrook’s Bushnell to early American naval warfare.
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Metropolitan Museum of New York
United States
Jesse James
New York Harbor
Cotemois Island
New York
Saybrook
America
Halifax
Europe
Putnam
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Foreign lands pay $400 million to U S Treasury
Washington December 15 Associated Press The Treasury closed the quarterly fiscal period with roughly 400 million dollars in receipts and about 1.25 billion in turnover. The year’s debt reduction neared one billion, leaving roughly 1 trillion. Major inflows came from the final federal tax receipts 31 4 one year Treasury certificates and foreign debt payments. Britain led with 257.5 million, while Belgium Czechoslovakia Estonia Finland Hungary Lithuania and Poland also contributed cash or notes to meet their funded debts.
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Associated Press
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Great Britain
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Hungary
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French Claim On Everyday Inventions Sparks Debate
AP reports a Paris debate over credit for common inventions. French sources contend a Paris watchmaker Malla revived the sewing machine around 1850 while a Comoedia article claims fountain pens date to Louis XIV, with a quill and internal ink flow requiring shaking, illustrating shifting national pride in creativity.
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Edison
Paris
Malla
Salvation Army Appeals as Collections Lag in Bridgeport
Adjutant J H Bloethe reports Bridgeport Salvation Army Christmas drives trail last year by about 400 dollars as unemployment rises and pockets tighten. The charity runs an open kitchen on Bim Street serving about 150 meals daily and plans to feed 500 poor families and 500 city children. They aim to raise 4000 dollars this Christmas through street collections and vestibule efforts, with extra aid needed for winter food and shelter. Bloethe, with over 20 years in Salvation Army work, warns of increased hardship and hopes for strong giving before Christmas Day.
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Salalon Army
Bridgeport
J H Bloethe
Salvation Army
Bim Street
James McNeill Named Free State Governor
London reports King George approved James McNeill as high commissioner to London to succeed Governor General Healy as governor general of the Free State The Westminster Gazette says Healy was prepared to resign once a successor was appointed.
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London
King George Today
James McNeil
Timothy Heals
Ruddered Ship Propulsion Concept From Newcastle
Tyne shipbuilders explore a novel rudder system fitted to the steamship Gipsum Pailance built for the United States Gypsian Coupann. The design claims to steer and propel by curving the rudder output around the propeller axis to gain a thrust advantage from the outflow twist.
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Newcastle-On-Tyne —Tyne
United States
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