Lightships Face Harsh Seas In Nantucket Station Upgrade
Washington report notes the red Nantucket lightship will begin service July 1 off Cape Cod to guide mariners around the Nantucket shoals. Number 112 replaces Number 117, which sank May 15 after a collision with the steamship Olympic in fog. The new ship carries a large engine and fuel for a year, with tenders Anebone and Arbutus providing supplies and crew relief.
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Nantucket lightship to receive 16000 candle power beacon
The lightship will flash a 16000 candle power electric light from the east head and sound a fog signal every 15 seconds. A radiobeacon can transmit guidance messages up to 200 miles. Underwater signals are detectable on merchant hulls and the craft is built with 28 watertight compartments for flotation and escape routes.
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New Explosive for French Guns Invented by Engineer Bacon
Reserve artillery engineer Charles Bacon announces a new explosive with far greater power than current charges for French guns. He has surrendered the invention to the government. previously melinite from picric acid was used for high power charges by the French army.
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Paris
Charles Bacon
Bacon
More Than Half of World Telephones Are in U S
World telephone total 33,539,890 on January 1 1935. United States held 16,868,055 telephones or over half. New York City had 1,493,374 and Chicago 824,293. London 9.59 per 100. Europe held 12,928,758 telephones about 26 of world total. Canada and Japan each above 3 percent. US subscribers access 93 percent of worldwide lines with about 15,000,000 foreign connections.
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New York
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Lightships On Rivers Wear Names By Station Number
The article explains that lightships are identified primarily by station numbers, though they sometimes carry the station’s name. Names stay on the hull for life but may change if the ship is moved to another station. Hull colors vary, with red common, others straw or black, and relief ships display Relief in black letters. The U S Lighthouse Service operates about 43 lightships, with ten relief vessels.
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U. 8. Lighthouse Service
Santa Fe Depot in Arcadia Faces Possible Demolition
The famous depot in Arcadia California, long a top filming backdrop, may be torn down after being abandoned as a fire trap by Wire Chief Nellis. The station, known by many names for each production, has served as the ideal small town setting for years.
Why Chicks Die When Brooded
Poultry expert explains two common broodery diseases cocciodellosis and pullorum disease. Pullorum is spread through eggs with no cure, controlled by blood testing breeding flocks. Cocciodellosis enters via the gut from soil or feed and is prevented by isolating chicks from adults and clean brood houses.
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Ferguson
Extension Poultryman
Torthehin
Oil Dipped Eggs Preserve Fresh Quality In Storage Tests
United States Department of Agriculture tests show oil dipping seals egg shells to keep freshness longer. Vacuum carbon dioxide treatment with oil improves retention of original grade to about 88 percent after eight months, outperforming plain oiling and no air treatment.
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United States Department of Agriculture
At &O
Eyggs
T. L. Swenson
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Silkie Bantam Breeds Dark Skin and Tender Offspring
The Silkie bantam is a unique old breed among bantams with silky down instead of feathers. They come in white black golden and partridge, with white most prized as original. Skin flesh and bones are dark purple, they lay medium eggs and are notably broody for hatching and rearing chicks.
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Powtrydow
Original Bantam Breeds List From Import Notes
The record lists bantam breeds including Cuckoo Cochin Bearded and Non-bearded Mille Fleur Blue de Anvers Black de Grubbe Blue Belgian Quali Belgian Black Belgian Barbus de Anvers Mottled de Apvera Blue Belgian Barbus de Anverg Belgian de Uccle Golden Sebright Silver Sebright Black Sumatra White Silkle Black Silkle White Japanese Gray Japanese Black Talted Japanese Creve Coeur Black Rose Comb.
Stop! Man Prods Speeding Driver Fails to Yield
In a rural stretch a man orders a speeding driver to stop. The driver resists and plates up to the magistrate at Kinktown seven miles away. A stranger explains he cannot vouch for his own word in these parts.
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Kinktown
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