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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1925
Page
7
Chicago May 7 Underwriters Laboratory begins tests on secret formula floors designed to endure severe heat and loads up to 2 200 degrees per second. Two floors are being constructed to survive 40 days of simulated building conditions as engineers monitor buckling and warpage to determine fire containment potential.
London date May reports a British air ministry pick book foresees future air power with planes carrying troops and equipment long distances at speeds over 190 mph. Larger multi engine craft, seagoing machines, naval cooperation aircraft for wireless fleet control, torpedo carriers, and shipboard landings are predicted.
May Tientsin reports ex-emperor Tuan Huan Tung, also styled Pu Yi, who escaped Peking, has abandoned plans to travel to Japan. He remains a prisoner in the Chang Piao Gardens under Japanese protection, with agitators in Peking seeking his assassination while officials inventory palace effects and belongings.
The Army Air Service has run a model airway system for three years linking Illinois and New York, expanding in 1924 to over 308 40. The southern route runs San Antonio to Dallas, Muskogee to Kansas City, Belleville to Lewis. The northern route spans Belleville to Ravenna to Dayton to Mountsville and beyond, with side legs to Selfridge Field and Langley Field and 104 flights attempted in 1922.
A fragmented report records an 18 year old English girl among efforts towed during wartime operations. It mentions flight hours, attempted distances, and a rescue schedule with unclear coordinates and names, reflecting confusion in the late war period.
Reports describe Japan's anti Bolshevik act as the most drastic peace time law to curb Red propaganda. Government says the measure, tied to Russo Japanese treaty, imposes prison terms for forming groups with aims to alter the national order or discuss such aims with intent to disturb public safety. Local labor meetings faced police pressure as debates grew turbulent.
In London during May, fashion shows feature working girls presenting practical outfits designed for office and shop tasks. Two shows begin around eight forty, with a focus on comfortable hours, clear labeling of each model, and accessible prices for garments. The notes mention child care arrangements and alternative hours for workers.
A strange warning thwarted an attempted bombing at the papal basilica with a man delivering a candle that hid an explosive device. Witnesses report a tense scene as officials warned the would-be saboteur and the crypt was sealed. The incident ends with a suicide by self infliction.
Canadian mining data show 1824 metal outputs with gold totaling 3 945 041 ounces valued at 209 816 450 dollars and nickel, copper, lead, and zinc production also rising. A stray note claims ostriches do not hide heads in the sand under fear.
Bleon steadfastly refused to surrender the picture to historians biographers and others who sought it on his deathbed yet he gave permission to have it published.
Washington May 7 Regalia and badges seized by fraternal patriotic and political societies for representation to the United States last year. Bureau of Census estimates show a gradual rise in production with about 5 establishments employing nearly 4,000 persons, paying wages totaling 3,282,000 annually and using materials valued at 4,242,000.
May 7 report notes that content chemistry spanning rubber dyes plastics and metals will draw experts from across North America to the third National Colloid Symposium June 17 19 at the University of Minnesota. Prof Herbert Freundlich of Berlin will deliver this year’s Wuest lecture on colloids and their industrial relevance.
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