Navy to Name New Destroyers After American Heroes
Washington reports Navy officials are considering naming the four new destroyers after American naval heroes Dewey Farragut Porter and Mahan. Aircraft carriers likely Yorktown and Valley Forge with Lexington and Saratoga names kept.
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Washington
Navy Department
Public Works Administration
Navy
Yorktown
Valley Forge
Lexington
Dewey
Farragut
Porter
Swanson
California
New York
Texas
Colorado
Maryland
Tennessee
Insurance on guide dog Bella in Buffalo grants policy
A blind Buffalo worker, Eddie Goehle, purchased a $5,000 insurance policy for his twenty nine month old police dog Bella. The coverage includes mobility and property damage protection and insures against biting people. The gift aims to guard against potential dog bite incidents as Bella guides him through the city.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Bella
Eddie Goehle
Buffalo Association For the Blind
Star Fish Scoop Near Woods Hole Hits 50 Tons
Massachusetts state fisheries workers gathered 50 tons of star fish in Buzzards Bay near Woods Hole in a single day. The depredation is reported to have caused significant losses to the local seal lop industry.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Massachusetts State Department of Fisheries
Buzzard's Bay
Open Mind on Truth in a Dynamic Science
Leonard A Barrett argues against static truth and urges openness to new scientific findings. He contends that past authority cannot define current truth, noting how the atom’s understanding has evolved from a small particle to a system of electrons.
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Rey
No one knows future of science says Western News
The Western News argues that open inquiry and truth drive progress not feelings or vague values. It notes advances in disease remedies and electricity aiding labor as evidence of research’s value and warns against fear of truth while praising the pursuit of new scientific understandings.
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Western News
Scotchman's patience rewarded after six years
Thomaston Conn Donald MacDonald known as Scotch waited six years to collect on a bad check. He finally cashed a check for a stranger that had bounced. He later saw the man drive into town, park, and exit. When he returned the car had been attached and the man paid the twenty dollar note.
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Thomaston
Conn
Donald MacDonald
MacDonald
Novel Uses for Household Clothes Pins in Summer Decor
A 1933 Bell Syndicate item describes using wire spring clothes pins to clip curtains and decorate rooms. Clips are painted to match green dining rooms, summer curtains, and chamber wallpaper with floral accents. They double as skirt hangers and offer inexpensive, inconspicuous adornments for home interiors.
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Bell Syndicata
Wnu Sarvico
Captain's Chair Sprouts in Police Yard
A chair in Captain Ed Holm's yard sprouted shoots and shed leaves after a period of heavy tales moisture fueled wood growth. The three inch sprouts emerged from unfinished wood, suggesting unusual botanical activity around the object.
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Indianapolis
Ed Holm
Old Pals Play Role in a Tragic Finale
In Marshall county Circuit Court at Moundsville West Virginia two longtime friends a former state senator and a judge faced off in a drama. Banker Carl H Hunter admitted embezzling 8418 from the closed Mound City bank. Judge James J Shipman recalled their two decades as close associates in the town.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Marshall County
Carl H. Hunter
Mound City
James 3. Shipman
Hermit Life Not in Nature’s Island Tale of a Girl Crusoe
A long extract recalls a female Crusoe living alone two years on a tropical island aided by a supply steamer. The write up contrasts her solitude with the human yearnings it provoked, noting the universal craving for companionship even in self sufficiency.
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Crusoe
Ingland
Roby
Elysium
Craim
Willington
Belt Syndicate
WNU Servite
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Ilyat
Frank 3B. Upham
Bureau of Navigation
Roosevelt
Densmore Shute
Young Golf Pro
Philadelphia
Craig Wood
Deal
N. J
U.S
Chile
An Open
Leonard A. Barrett
Ida &. Wise Smith
Des Moines
Iowa
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Milwaukee
Er Unt
Moa
Mason Weaslon
Wasbin
Walind
Duos Wien
Iiington Animal Hospital
Nature
Ailleading
Otlom
Maywood
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Father
Baby
Pottar Drug & Chemical, Corporation
Maldon, Mass
Peterman
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