Oriental scholars lured by biblical ruins on Dead Sea
United Press reports Dr. Nelson Glueck of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem conducted an air survey of southern Transjordan. He found a Roman road seen from the air and a southern Moab fortress site possibly dating to the Bronze or Iron Age.
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Dead Sea
G. Frederick Mullen
United ‘Press
New Haven
Conn
Transjordan
Nelson Glueck
American School of Oriental Research
Jerusalem
Glueck
Moabite
Palestine
Millar Burrows
Yale Divinity School
American Schools of Oriental Research
Kingdom
Moab
Sir Malcolm Campbell Turns To Boat Racing
Sir Malcolm Campbell abandons further land speed attempts at 304 mph and shifts focus to high speed motorboating. He plans to test a new one man speed craft on Loch Lomond in June, after six months of tank testing and model trials.
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London
Malcolm Campbell
Loch Lomond
Malcolm
Maui lime kiln sustains supply for 30 years on island
In Hawaii, a Maui lime kiln has operated for 30 years using a take-and-give system with coral sand replenished by the sea. Begun in 1906 during a mainland lime shortage, the kiln now supports about 16 million pounds of hydrate lime yearly for 1 million pounds of raw Hawaiian cane sugar.
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Honolulu
Maui
Curtain Falls On Coal Town Of Northwest
Carbonado the ghost town in the Pacific Northwest marks the end of a major coal operation opened half a century ago by Huntington Hopkins Stanford and Crocker. The 1 000 foot mine shaft is sealed off after a 50 year output of 10 000 000 tons of coal and a 25 mile tunnel network. Only a few miners remain in small off vein workings supplying domestic fuel while ships in Puget Sound and the Southern Pacific railway once relied on the mine.
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Seattle
Carbonado
America
Pacific Northwest
California
Collis P. Huntington
Mark Hopkins
Leland Stanford
Charles Crocker
University of California
Stanford University
Crocker
Puget Sound ‘Harbor
Southern Pacific Railway
Moscow-Volga canal completion linked to Volga water supply shift
The remark notes that with the canal's completion the Russian city will receive water from the Volga. It references Carbonado's historic mine fatalities including Donald Birkett who died during the last shift when crushed by a mine car against a support timber.
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Carbonado
Donald Birkett
Moscow-Volga
Pigeon and Boy Lead Odd Light Bicycle Team
In Cleveland Earl Myers rides the sidewalk with a pigeon's perched head and a tiny spotted dog trailing. A friend who owed Ear $2 is mentioned amid the quirky scene as onlookers step aside and stare at the unusual team.
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Odd Light
Cleveland
Earl Myers
Earl
Ear
Amazing New Dreft Drops Stocking Wear By 50 to 100 Percent
Consumer letters praise Dreft for extending stocking life and making fine fabrics look newer. Florence Jakes of Evans ton Illinois reports silk stockings lasted twice as long with Dreft versus soap flakes. Louise Allison of Chicago claims stockings lasted over 50 percent longer. Dreft dissolves in cool water and leaves no soap scum, proving safe for delicate fabrics. Procter and Gamble.
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Florence Jakes
Michigan Avenue
Evanston
Illinois
Mics
Louise Allison
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Dreft
Procter & Gamble
Boy’s pigeon gives rise to owner’s unlikely deal
Earl, short of cash at collection time, gave a pigeon as security to a boy. The bird, named Spot, became a companion as Earl rode his bicycle with it perched on his head. Later the friend paid the money and let Earl keep the bird, yielding Earl profits and a curious bond between a 16 year old and a high riding pigeon.
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Earl
Spot
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