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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1923

Page

6

Navy to Recommend Gunnery Changes After Panama Maneuvers

The Navy Department’s Division of Gunners Exercises and Engineering will propose changes to gunnery drills, focusing on aircraft and submarines, radio equipment, and combat training. Tests showed aircraft not fully war ready and sub crews needing better radio use, with potential method changes for attacking capital ships and improved fire control on ships like the Mars.

Washington United States Panama Bay Navy Department The New York World Stroyers Aren Carward Muarshing Toetounge Qhesayedke Bay Wanama Hay Mars Land Maryland Wille

Written in Blood Opens Students Strike in Tokyo

A bloodstained letter from Tokios school writers states that 40 candidates passed the annual examination while others failed. The letter blames the whole class for the failures and calls on school authorities to reconsider. Students refuse to attend until their friends are declared passers.

Tokio May Tokins School

Seaplanes to Hunt Rum Runners Backed by Prohibition Chief

James Canfield, New York Prohibition Director, urges use of Coast Guard seaplanes to pursue rum runners along the Atlantic coast. He cites a decline in smuggling and proposes a one mile per minute seaplane force based at Miller Field Staten Island to monitor ships and speed up Coast Guard response.

Atlantic Stoast Guard Service Kames Canfield Probibity State of New York Ruuners Canfield New York New Jere Teoy Nass Stepee Minaelon Miller Field Staten Island Uanor Jner

Sacred Words Set to Jazz Convert Heathen

Evangelist Paul Rader claims ragtime and jazz convert heathen in missions. He says missionaries use sacred words set to modern tunes, attracting diverse peoples with gospel songs and voices in evangelistic services, noting no arms are used.

Chicago America Paul Rader Curiation and Missionary Alliance F Our Rader

Woman Prophet Arrested in Norway Finland Arrests Satest Dream Preacher

Maria Akerblom, famed as a dream preacher, was arrested in Finland after stirring such a furor among the working classes that authorities moved to action. She rode on horseback with hair awing and preached of an imminent end of the world urging men to a house of work, claiming such labor useless. Her large peasant following left many economically distressed.

Bergen Norway Associated Press Ore Maria Akerblom Finland Maria

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