Prediction Of Present Horrors Of War Foretold In 1908
Arthur B Reeve predicted in Hampton's Broadway magazine a 1938 war featuring aerial torpedoes anti air craft guns mine laying motorcars electric artillery and armored cars that dig trenches while moving at high speed Tiny submarines and projectiles London to Paris New York to Boston would be possible. Reeve argued these engines were already invented in 1908 though editors warned war could bankrupt the world.
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Seattle
Arthur B Reeve
Reeve
William Howard Taft
William Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Hampton
Broadway
J. N. Farrar
London
Paris
New York
Boston
Romance and Rivalry Among New York Models
Linda Avery, a receptionist at a New York agency, reconsiders romance with Ronald Stafford as he pursues fame on a trumpet. Engineer Robert Barton introduces Linda to publicity man Terry Adams and his girlfriend Caroline Pickard. Actress Mina Nevins eyes Robert while Linda navigates yacht parties, friends, and a looming choice about love.
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Linda Avery
New York Models
Ronald Stafford
Sarah Sareiey
Ronald
Irself
Robert Barton
Sithinda
Terry
Adams
Caroline Pickard
A Yesterway
Linda
Middle West
New York
Ronnie
Sarah Markley
Caroline
Mina Nevins
Mina
Knights Somtimes
Boy Soprano Sonny Green Sings at Morristown Church
Sonny Green a boy soprano from Morristown Tenn will sing at the First Baptist Church morning service. He is nephew to Mrs Ted Major and visits his aunt in the city. Pastor W E Waterhouse preaches Little Boats in the morning and Murder Without Arms in the 8 pm evening service continuing Moral Law for 4 Modern World.
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Sonny” Green
Morristown
Tenn
First Baptist Church
Master Green
Ted Major
W. E. Waterhouse
London wardens decry overworked internees as luxury guests
Work wardens in London protest over wealthy alien internees treated as VIPs by prison caterers. They claim standing orders for special foods and wines force warders to spend excessive time tending to the needs of these champagne drinking prisoners.
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London
Rain Needed as Crops Suffer in Morgan County
In Cedar Creek area crops show drought stress while residents visit and travel. Local families M rs Hilda Holmes Mr and Mrs W O Simmons and others are seen visiting relatives in Cedar Cove Decatur and Decatur area.
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Hilda Holmes
Bladon Springs
W. O. Simmons
Willie Speegle
Cedar Cove
Ethel Henry
F. S. Holmes
Elton Howell
Edward
W. H. Walker
W. O Simmons
S.W. Ayers
Edith
Decatur
Dan Reeves
California
Ophelia Stephenson
Fred Jarrett
Emma Kate Aldridge
Oval Hipps
Center Grove
Pauline Holmes
Hartselle
Edd Richard
Homer Justice
Goldman Harris
H. M. Haynes
Christine
Nancey
Thompson
Cotton loan urged to lift price toward parity
Howard Gray president of the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation urged a cotton loan rate of 10.8 cents per pound to bring the price within 65 percent of parity. In telegrams to Senators Hill and Bankhead he urged pressing Secretary Wallace for an early 1940 crop loan announcement.
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Montgomery
Ala
Howard Gray
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Hill
Bankhead
Gray
Wallace
Milwaukee men stumble on bizarre $100000 extortion plot
Three Milwaukee men, a 23 year old iron worker his brother aged 21 and a 28 year old companion, were arrested as warrants were prepared. They allegedly devised a plan to extort $100000 by threatening a bomb at Sears Roebuck on the South Side and tested a seven foot homemade submarine intended to retrieve the ransom from Lake Michigan.
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Milwaukee
Eugene O' Gorman
O'Gorman
Lake Michigan
Davie
Community Notes From Birmingham and Nearby Towns
Local residents travel between Birmingham Cullman Selma and Law rence Cove visiting family and attending church events. The Methodist revival begins Sunday in town. Willard Ralph is hospitalized with an infected lip.
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Lillian Patterson
Eunice Adams
Hartselle
Greg Livingston
Lawrence Cove
R. A. Ryan
B. F. Turrentine
Tampa
Fla
Brooks Lindler
Charlie Bennett
Cullman
Robt, Adams
Myra Lee
Imogene
Jimmie Adams
Selma
Willard Ralph
Albert Ralph
Benevolent Hospital
Crossword Clues From Daily Puzzle Page
Readable crossword list with across and down clues including metal container not at home delicate fabric sashes overcoat winged shoes room for action tattle mendican goes astray father small island classify gourd safe breakers meat meadow fruits male deer inspires with wonder therefore girl s name monk year length measure skill turn to the right high card auto fuel beast of burden in cases custom large books manservant well mannered boy s jacket poker stake small low mood letters fruit drink floor coverings over over headland Japanese touch crownlike structure scrutinize mollusk quiet let it stand chooses diminished observes sacred Hindu literature
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Rob
Linda
Mika
East Forties
Markley
Ronald
Sarah
West
Billie Anne Trent
Billie Anne
Mina
Monk
Dredging TBA Operations Increase Channel Speeds Near Pickwick
A TVA dredging project near Big Bend Shoals below Pickwick Landing Lock has raised upstream water speeds to about 44 mph in a 300 foot section around Mile 204.6. Tows are urged to gear for line handling through the high velocity stretch and mariners to proceed with caution, especially when passing downbound. The issue is temporary and linked to ongoing dredging with expected relief as operations continue.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Big Bend Shoals Channel
Pickwick Landing Lock
Big Bend
Gondiddora
Masonry Dissolved by Petain Regime in France
The Petain government ordered the dissolution of freemasonry and all other secret societies in France, with the decree announced today in Vichy on August 3.
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Vichy
France
Petain
Freemasonry
Want Ads Weathered by Daily Classified Shifts
Daily Want Ads reflect constant changes in listings across categories. Readers track price shifts, new job posts, housing options, and merchandise as markets adjust quickly.
Alabama professor volunteers for Canadian army in Britain
Dr. Donnell Van de Voort, a bright Alabama English professor formerly acting director at Troy State Teachers College, resigned to join a Ontario infantry regiment. He arrived in a northern British port yesterday after saying fighting Germany is his hobby.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Birmingham
England
Germany
Donnell van de Voort
Troy State Teachers’ College
Ontario
Burke pushes plan for single six year presidential term
Senator Burke of Nebraska announced he wrote to opponents to testify on a constitutional amendment for a single six year term. He noted hearings would begin before a Senate judiciary committee and said the proposal would bar a fourth Roosevelt term by limiting presidents elected after this election to six years. He cited about 3000 letters from supporters and opponents and queried governors’ term limits for comparison.
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Washington
Burke
D-Neb
Nebraska
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Weekend Visitors and Family Visits in Morgan County
Mr and Mrs Arthur Covey and sons visited with their parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs N H Self. The article lists numerous local family visits including Mr and Mrs Oliver Kelley with daughter Maxine and various relatives attending church and staying weekends in Morgan County.
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Arthur Covey
N. H. Self
Oliver Kelley
Maxine
Walter Jones
Lola Stinson
Irene Kate
Earl Reynolds
Evelyn
Epherson Dale
Joe Ann
Guy Baker
Ethel Tanner
J. L Bryan
Dewitt Jones
Gadsden
Yvonne
Eva Sune
Rava Nell Jones
J.L Bryan
Hartselle
Josephine Ozbolt
Rava Nell
Christine Jones
Mollie Hamilton
Jennie Tanner
Neuman Turner
Revenue Sets Work as Motor Fuel Tax Reaches All-Time July High
State Revenue Department reports July motor fuel tax receipts at 1 356 784 dollars on June sales a new record. The July total surpasses the prior July by 161 205 dollars and cumulative Oct 1 July 31 receipts reach 12 585 645 dollars up 804 014 from last year.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Revenue Department
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