Merchant Marine Must Be Kept Up, Navy Officers Say
New York Nov 15 AP The Shipping Board heard strong naval testimony urging a robust merchant fleet for national defense and commerce. Capt J K Robison insisted the U S must build 400000 tons of shipping annually, while Rear Admiral Plunkett warned disarmament hinges on a capable merchant marine and stressed hiring ships to safeguard seaborne trade.
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New York
United States Shipping Board
Unites States
J K Robison
Third Naval District
America
Shipping Board
Charles P Plunkett
Pigoklyn Navy Yard
Explorers Seek Monsters in African Wild
London November 19. Colonel F H Tenn, famed English big game hunter, plans a nine month expedition into Belgian Congo to explore native tales of colossal monsters in Central Africa. The party aims to film the sorila in its natural habitat, collect Mae gouia specimens for museums, and verify reports of unknown animal species including a white, leopard-like Irizeme and a monster hippopotamus alleged near lakes.
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London
Africa
F H Tenn
Bel-glan Congo
Central Africa
Estate's earnings reveal $211 546 for year in probate records
The First National Bank of Boston as trustee under the Draper will filed a second account in Worcester probate court detailing trust funds for Helen Draper of Ayer and Wickliffe Mia. The principal balances stand at 3 210 532 42 for Helen and 195 789 389 for Wickliffe with income of 211 546.79 and 199 388.29 respectively for the year ending November 4.
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Worcester Maes
First National Bank of Boston
George A Draper
Hopedale
Helen Tdaper
Ayer
Wickliffe P Miaher
Ambulance Fails to Find Injured Man
An ambulance sought a wounded man at multiple Park Avenue locations near Levoy Street but could not locate him. Reports say the patient, a colored man, may have walked after being injured, with responders later told he was near Levoy and Park. The rocky route hindered access and no patient was found.
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Jack
Gladys Merryseat
Tom
Park Avenue
Park
Jickman Avenues
Lee Iuse
Levoy Street
Pak Avenue
Wes Fanwl
Police Captain Dies At Springfield Home
Springfield Mars Nov 19 AP Matin P Costello longtime Springfield police captain dies at his home after a long illness. He joined the force in 1898 and rose quickly for his courage in enforcing law during early patrol days. Retired from the police in 1924, Costello was born in Allentown and served over two decades in the department.
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Springfield
Mars
P Costello
Springfield Police Department
Capt Costello
Allentown
Police
Bus Driver Cleared in Death of Pedestrian in Crash
Coroner rules Wells not criminally responsible in the death of Fred Burnham 80 of Shelton, injured when a White Plains Road bus crashed into a truck, pinning Burnham to a light pole. The inquest found Wells faced an unexpected traffic situation and drove as well as could be expected under the circumstances.
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Fred Burnham
Shelton
Christopher C Wells
White Plains Road
Trumbull
Coronor
John J Phelan
Burnham
Albert Sheehy
Wells
Bridgeport
Naugatuck
Wella
Oil and Gas of Nation Provided by 300000 Wells
Pittsburgh No 15 recounts the U S oil and gas landscape with about 300000 wells from New York to California. It notes Drake's Titusville discovery in 1859, early gushers near Titusville and Ol City, and the growth of production in Pennsylvania and other states. It describes land rushes, fortunes made and lost, and gas wells fueling farms as production rose to vast daily outputs.
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Pittsburgh
United States
New York
Califonia
Arkansas
Toursiana
California
West Virginia
Indiana
Oho
Pennsylvania
Drake
Titusville
Page
Phillips
Tarr
Drakes
Ol City
Gia
Aspirin Gargle for Sore Throat or Tonsillitis
A historical remedy suggests dissolving two river tablets of aspirin in water and gargling the solution thoroughly for sore throat or tonsillitis. Use only genuine River Aspirin marked with the Boat Cross, available in boxes of twelve tablets for ten cents.
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Renta
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