Roosevelt approves twelve future rear admirals list
President Roosevelt announced a board’s selection of 12 future rear admirals, led by Rear Admiral Towers, Navy air veteran and head of the Bureau of Aeronautics. The group, aged 52 to 56 and all naval academy graduates from 1906 or 1907, will rise as vacancies occur within a year, with 81 commanders also slated for promotion to captain.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
No. 1 Flier
John Henry Towers
Towers
Naval Airman
Bureau of Aeronautics
Naval Academy
Admiral Towers
Rome
Aeronautics Bureau
Ferdinand L. Reichmuth
Beloit
Kans
Washington, D. C
Navy Yard
Palo Alto
Calif
Isaac Campbell Kidd
Cleveland
D. C
Roland Munroe Brainard
Annapolis
Navy Department
New Orleans
Sherwoode Ayerst Taffinder
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Battleforce
Newport
R. I
Alexander Sharp
Raymond Ames Spruance
Baltimore
Mississippi
Indianapolis
Henry Kent Hewitt
Hackensack
N. J
Puget Sound
Felix Xerxes Gygax
Twin Crek
Osborne County
Naval Reserve
Tipsy Flier Fined $100 in Tampa Court
A Tampa pilot was found guilty of operating an airplane over the city while intoxicated and fined $100 plus costs in city court. This unique case marks the only instance on record in Tampa for such an offense.
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Tampa, Fla
TTP
Tampa
Britain Hints of Great Land Drive Against Germans
London reports a planned large land offensive after air superiority is secured, with Britain and France waiting to ensure all armaments are ready. Allied aims focus on sea and air command before a potentially decisive land battle. Britain’s air ministry touts successful anti-minelaying flights, while the Deptford, a 4034-ton steamer, was torpedoed near Norway. The Commons met in secret to discuss securing supplies to avert shell shortages.
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London
Britain
Lord Chatfield
Air Ministry
North Sea
Deptford
Norway
House of Commons
Population figures contrast German emigration in 1913
A Columbia University Press study notes that at most twenty thousand Germans lived in the entire German colonial empire in 1913, far fewer than half the Germans in 1930s Bronx or the German population in Paris in 1914, highlighting colonization limits.
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Columbia University Press
Bronx
New York City
Paris
Necessities of Life Rationed In Germany
Berlin reports widespread rationing of basic goods in Nazi Germany. Clothing cards limit suits and shirts yearly, with coupons governing purchases for men women and children. Hats and certain items remain freely available, while possessions like potatoes coal and furniture stay unrestricted. Georgia is noted oddly at the end.
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Berlin
Germany
Fritz
Gretel
Soviet Trade Delegation Leaves Berlin after Talks on Exchange Deal
A Soviet Russian trade delegation, in Germany for seven weeks, departed for Moscow as authorities expected a German Russian agreement to exchange products to be concluded in Moscow soon. The talks focused on Russia supplying raw materials in return for German industrial products under the $200 million trade accord of last September.
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Berlin
Germany
Moscow
Russia
Reich
Trained Horse Frees Horses From Fire at Tucson Stable
In Tucson Arizona a stable fire trapped six horses as Deputy Sheriff Al Franco watched. The trained horse Dick used its nose to lift the latch and release itself and its companions, escaping unharmed.
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Tucson
Ariz
U. P
al Franco
Cattle Population Ratio Sparks Agricultural Discussion
A report notes approximately 186 cows per 1000 people in the United States, highlighting implications for farming, dairy supply, and rural economy. It discusses potential impacts on livestock management and market dynamics.
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United States
New Envoy to Rome Recalled By Russia
The Soviet Union recalled its new ambassador to Italy Nicolai Gorelc h in after a 15 day Rome stay marked by jeers from student Fascists outside the embassy. He left for Moscow without presenting credentials, as Italian neutrality and Finland’s invasion loomed. Italian officials offered no reason for the recall, and the charge d affaires Leon Helfand was away in Geneva. The incident reflects Italian sympathy with Finland yet shows no confirmed strain in official Rome Moscow relations.
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Rome
Russia
Italy
Nicolai Gorelchin
Moscow
Vittorio Emanuele
Leon Helfand
Geneva
Finland
Red
Balkans
Old gray mare Babe still with Martha Hess after 30 years
Middletown Ohio a longtime owner Martha Hess says Babe the 30 year old horse remains part of the family. The story highlights the bond between Mrs. Hess and her aging equine companion.
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Middletown, O
Martha Hess
Babe
Northeast Oklahoma Urges War Plant Site in Interior
In Vinita Oklahoma authorities press for locating a munition plant in the Grand River basin if Congress moves war industries inland. The Northeast Oklahoma Arsenal Association backed by Tulsa Muskogee Okmulgee Miami Vinita and Broken Arrow chambers rallies plan to lobby Congress alongside Senator Elmer Thomas who favors inland centers over coastal sites.
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Vinita
Okla
Sam
Northeast Oklahoma
Grand River Dam
Congress
Northeast Oklahoma Arsenal Association
Chambers of Commerce of
Tulsa
Muskogee
Okmulgee
Miami
Broken Arrow
Mike Silva
Midwest
Mary Pickford declines Fairbanks funeral attendance
New York AP dispatch reports Mary Pickford would skip the California funeral of her former husband Douglas Fairbanks. She calls funerals barbaric and says she wants to remember him as youthful from their United Artists meetings.
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New York
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
California
Miss Pickford
Alexander Korda
United Artists
Fairbanks
Los Angeles
Douglas
Quebec reports 342 women farmers clubs in 67 counties
The province of Quebec has organized 342 women farmers clubs across 67 counties, reflecting wide participation in agricultural women’s groups and local farming networks.
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Quebec
Canada
Women Farmers’ Clubs
Atlanta preps for Gone With the Wind arrival
Atlanta rolls out 1860s pageantry as Gone With the Wind stars arrive. Clark Howell leads charity ball preparations, with 5 000 of 15 000 attendees serving as volunteers in a gala charity event amid hoopskirt era decor and cast appearances from Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable arriving with Carole Lombard.
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Atlanta
Scarlett O'Hara
Hollywood
Margaret Mitchell
City
Constitution
Clark Howell
Dr. Meade
Clark Gable
Rhett Butler
Scarlett-Vivien Leigh
David O. Selznick
Miss Leigh
Olivia DeHaviland
Melanie Wilkes
Ona Munson
Belle Watling
Evelyn Keyes
Suellen O’hara
Ann Rutherford
Careen O'Hara
Carole Lombard
Bearing Adjustment Lets Front Wheels Spin Freely
After a bearing adjustment, the two front wheels on an automobile should spin with slight side play. Binding will ruin the bearing and should be avoided.
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