Tideless Seas and Strong Tides Across Regions
The article notes varying tide levels across seas and coasts. It cites Leghorn with a one foot rise Venice with three feet the Gulf of Syrtis six and a half feet Djerba near ten feet and contrasts the Baltic as tideless with a maximum one foot tide. It also mentions the legendary whirlpools of Scylla and Charybdis still existing in the Straits of Messina, posing danger to small boats but not modern ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Leghorn
Italian
Venice
Adriatic
Gulf of Syrtis
Tunisian
Djerba
Tunisia
Baltic
Scylla
Charybdis
Straits of
Messina
Mechanical Wizards Of Army Wreckers In Normandy
Ernie Pyle profiles the ordnance evacuation crew known as The Diesel Boys. Sgt Milton Radcliff leads M-19 wreckers that retrieve crippled tanks while dodging hedgerows, snipers, and the smell of death.
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Normandy
Female of the species debate in sport and Twilight Tear highlight
The piece weighs Kipling’s line against female athletes and praises Babe Didrikson while noting women still trail men in golf tennis and track. Twilight Tear is cited as a top three year old filly, with broader praise for women’s progress yet questions about ultimate dominance. Five football scouts tout Walker of Chicago and Yale as best college player, praising Howie Odell.
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Rudyard Kipling
Ben Jones
Twilight Tear
Kipling
Babe Didrikson
Byron Nelson
Jay McSpaden
Ben Hogan
Joyce Wethered
Patty Berg
Helen Hicks
Bill Tilden
Helen Wills
Suzanne Lenglen
Tilden
Wykoff
Jesse Owen
Dempsey
Tunney
Bronko Nagurski
Ty Cobb
Walker
Chicago
Yale
Annapolis
West Point
Howie Odell
Howie
Soldiers at work turning rifles for reuse in ordnance company
In a field near a pasture a group of 13 men in greasy coveralls sit amid a shop truck canopy. Rusty broken rifles lie on the ground while this medium ordnance company processes daily returns of captured or damaged arms, turning about a hundred rifles per day for reuse.
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Medium Ordnance Company
Frock for the Fastidious Matron Jiffy Play Set
Simple to sew and launder one piece play frock and matching sun hat for a matronly audience. Barbara Bell Pattern No 1968 covers sizes HU to 48 with a trim front panel and short sleeves. Also describes a matching sun hat and a children’s version for sizes 1 through 5 years.
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Barbara Bell
Dress and Bonnet Pattern Order Notice
Prompted by high demand and wartime conditions, orders for selected pattern numbers require extra time. Requests should be sent to the address provided, detailing a 134 yard 35 or 39 inch fabric and 6 yards rorae trim for a dress and bonnet.
Famine in India Tied to Monsoon Failures, Collier's Says
Collier's notes recurrent famines in India caused by failure of one of the two annual monsoon rains. It states the country has suffered more famine deaths than any other, contributing to about half of the world’s 200,000,000 starvation deaths in the last millennium.
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Deen
Corp
Grover Anderson
Anniston
Ala
Anderson
India
Collier’s
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Billings
Reat Falls
Butte
Menana
Northwest Preto Service Penge
Merth Dalets
Breck
Talas
Bfgoodrich
P.O
Tropica
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Sridgeport
Coun
Wny
Ernie Pyle
Ordnance
Ordnance Branch
England
Milton Radcliff
Newark
Ohio
Radcliff
Sgt
Vann Jones
Birmingham
France
Sergeant Jones
Big Wreckers
Dallas Hudgens
Stonewall
Brother Anderson
Carentan
Purple Heart Corner
Grantland Rice
South Wells St
Kellogg’s
Terres TT
Foster D. Soell
Sorstone
West Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
Connecticut
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