Armies Clash In Gigantic War Game Near Washington
In Manassas Virginia a four day peacetime drill pitted the invader Black Army against the Blue Army guardsmen from Pennsylvania Virginia and DC. About 23 000 soldiers occupied a 50 000 acre arena to simulate a dash on the capital using tanks and combat cars. The exercise follows a Civil War era objective with safeguards limiting live fire.
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Rice Yahner
Manassas
Americas
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Washington
Gainesville
Occoquan Creek
Phantom Ranch Chapter One A Station Encounter
Lorena Hamilton reaches Phantom ranch in Arizona amid tense war zone rules and wary locals. A veteran station agent questions her plan as talk of an imminent showdown swirls around the border town. She smiles, plays along, and feigns bravado to test the danger.
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Lorena Hamilton
Phantom Ranch
Kentucky
Federals
Lorena
Rena
Hamilton
Arizona
Cow Town
Rena Hamilton
Rogers
Brazeo
Mad Inventor Kills Spouse in Nighttime Rampage
In Nyack New York authorities report Ralph Raymond 58 a wealthy telephone engineer fatally slashed his wife after a hammer attack on their 14 room home. He died hours later in hospital after slashing his throat in a locked bathroom. His 29 year old daughter survived after repeated blows and a chaotic scene described by the district attorney.
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Nyack
N. Y
Ang Ld P
Spentee Ruis
Ralph Raymond
Rockland County
George W. Dorsey
Dorsey
Lorena Accepts Gun Training In Rugged West Western Scene
Lorena Hamilton is urged to strap on a pistol by Shot Rogers and other cowboys at Brazee’s ranch. The scene blends tension and curiosity as she weighs gun use in the evolving modern west amid rugged desert promise and frontier ethos.
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Waal
Lorena
Cochise County
Arizona
George Brazee
Lorcan
Phantom Ranch
Rogers
Brazee
George
Hamilton
Lorena Hamilton
Rena
Mr. Rogers
Paradise Peak
Desert
Arizona Hill
West
Canal Anniversary Prompts New Panama Expansion Plan
As Panama Canal marks its 25th anniversary, the United States advances reinforcement and expansion plans for the waterway. Preliminary construction on a third set of locks is planned, with a $277 million appropriation unresolved by Congress. Army and Navy push for larger vessels and improved defense to reduce wartime blockage risk. locks expect six years to complete.
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Panama Canal
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Congress
Army Navy
Thief Snatches Purse Says Luck Will Help Catch Me
In Los Angeles on Aug 14 a thief grabbed Miss Lae venia Underdown’s purse and handed her a penny, telling her this is for luck but she must improve luck to catch him.
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Los Angeles
Laevenia Underdown
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Phantom
Great Britain
Germany
Japan
China
Miss Raymond
Sean
Gene Ahern
Tiwevle
City Park Flower Shop
Princess Theatre
W. D. Alston
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Herbert P. Sivley
the Farmers Gin CO
Canal Street
Decatur
Loyd’s Drug Store
Ernest’s_ GROCERY
North Alabama
Hariselle-Decatur
College
E. R. Naylor
Athens, Alabama
Alabama
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