Decorated Ship Is Whoopee Boat at Riviera Sale
Paris reports the Croix de Guerre bearer Kleber, famed for valiant WWII exploits, is to be transformed into a floating restaurant. The Flower, once Queen of the St Malo fishing meet, fought a German cruiser for four hours, sunk. An American bought the ship for 62,040 to anchor at Saint Severan Basin as a moving tribute and venue.
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Paris
Aig Kleber
Citisens
Bt. Malo
M. Poincare
Baint~ Severan
Riviera
Boys of Blind School Hold Annual Meeting
Watertown Massachusetts June 18. Blind youths from Perkins Institute for the Blind join with New York Institute for the Blind students in a trek meet. Events include sprints, hurdles, jumps, and shot put, with many showing skill in specific disciplines.
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Boys of Blind School
Watertown
Mass
New York
Treasure Beneath 210 Feet Far Off Cape Charles
Baltimore June 16 The Merida a 94 000 000 litre burley lies 210 feet under sea off Cape Charles Maryland 65 miles offshore The Balvor captained by H I Bowdoin plans to anchor over the wreck and recover a vast prize with the aid of Bowdoin s new underwater diving bell The venture promises high risks and a potential fortune for the divers and investors involved
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Paul Gibson
Central Press
Baltimore
Cape Charles
Maryland
Balvor
Howdoin
Captain Bowdoin
Bowdoin
Sesocrates
Galvage Corporation
Maryland Capes
Merida
Ite
Olse
Maximilian and Carlottsea
Mexicos
Maryland Capee
Frofirin Dias
United Fruit Company
Animal dealer posts sign on tortoise window
In Gondon on June 16 an Westminster animal dealer, irritated by passers by knocking on his display window, posted a sign stating that the tortoises are stone and deaf and do not dance or sing, asking people not to knock.
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Gondon
Turkey Moves to Break Up Anatolian Tribes
At Angora, a government plan aims to sever tribal tare shapes by abolishing tribal chieftains and transferring all tribal land to the state. The land will be reassigned to Turkish immigrants after tribal areas are emptied, with large scale evacuations in parts of Anatolia creating forbidden zones named tandemnea.
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Ukely
Anatolia
Huge Volga River Dam In Irrigation Plans
Moscow reports a plan announced by Joseph Stalin and Viache slay Molotov to build a vast dam on the Volga at Kumishinak to irrigate about 10 million acres, generating 2 million kilowatts. Construction to start in 1933 and finish by 1937, with an estimated cost of 1.5 billion rubles.
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Volga
Moscow
Middle Volga
Joseph Stalin
Viacheslay Molotov
Kumishinak
Wives of Clubmen Ban Night Meetings
Wives of Exchange club members in Saginaw Michigan took over the weekly luncheon meeting and voted unanimously to ban night meetings. They passed a resolution stating a husband’s place is at home aiding his wife with tasks at night. The group endorsed speaker Miss Burnice R Bibbs who quipped that husbands lie because wives ask too many questions.
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Saginaw
Mich
Wives of Exchange Club
Burnice R. Bibbs
Dole Marriage Trend Reported in Australia
In Sydney, unemployed bachelors reportedly marry to boost government benefits. A man explains that marrying a girlfriend who will aid him can raise his dole, with the option of divorce later if desired.
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Sydney
New Mushroom Trade Expands in South Alabama
A brief note from Talladega Alabama describes a budding mushroom industry emerging from small garden plots. The report cites early growers and regional interest as the southern United States welcomes this new agricultural niche.
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South
Talladega
Als
Alabama
School Board Offers Jail Cells for Sale
Cleveland readers learn the city school board offers two slightly used jail cells for sale at about 610 each, noting the third cell was previously acquired. The cells were part of Brooklyn suburb annexation and included in the suburb's city hall.
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Cleveland
City School Board
Brooklyn
British Circus Stages An Actual Hanging
A British circus showcases an actual hanging as a sensational act drawing government attention. Home Minister Sir Berhart Samuel says there is no means to halt it, while public sentiment remains mixed and some humorously suggest such displays could curb crime. Uruguay meanwhile raises postal rates.
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Jung
Britain
Berhart Samuel
Uruguay
Ita Postal
Ates
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