Naval conference opens amid hopeful mood in London
The London naval limitation talks opened in a buoyant atmosphere with King George V greeting delegates. Leaders of Britain United States France Japan and Italy delivered statements stressing disarmament, sea power, and collective security while signaling major hurdles ahead and a cautious path toward a potential agreement.
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English Wwii veteran saves actress in Papua New Guinea
In eastern waters Philip Amory, a World War veteran turned trader on the island of Papua New Guinea, plunges overboard to rescue a musical comedy actress nicknamed Gin-Sling from danger during a pleasure trip aboard a traveling vessel.
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Pia Laurier Captures a Sailor's Heart at Sea
On a voyage to Sydney, Amory Breezes pursues Pia Laurier, heir to a storied New South Wales family, while Gin-Sling Genevieve Treacher captivates the crew. Pia's status and prospects loom as Mrs Laurier weighs marriage alliances, and Amory navigates competing passions aboard the ship.
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Shi
Dante
Discovery of Bell Tuning Revives Lost Art
Kansas City Star notes a breakthrough in bell tuning. Four church bells cast from bell metal can now be tuned to harmony by aligning strike, dominant, hum, and third and fifth notes. A large bell can be inverted on a turntable for internal shaping to correct tone, reviving a practice once lost for two centuries.
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Kansas’ City
France Tourists' Playsraid? Iron Share of Maney
Fragmentary text appears to describe visitors or tourists in France and mentions money flowing into pockets. The garbled source limits clear facts, but implies annual patterns of revenue or expenditures and an international angle. No definite names, places, dates, or events are readable to anchor a precise report.
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France
Amerie
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