Books Aid Soldier Veterans Through Library Service
The American Library Association runs hospital and camp library programs aiding sick and disabled ex service men. Thousands in Public Health Service and other hospitals receive books magazines and newspapers. Braille editions are expanding and direct loan services connect discharged soldiers with libraries nationwide. Maritime and coast guard support, plus overseas service, are funded by United War Work funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Library Association
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Association
A. L. A. War Service
West Thirty-Ninth Street
New York City
Merchant Marine
Coast Guard
United States
United War Work
Merchant Marine Department
Catch ’em young and tell ’em nothing wedding tale
A bachelor Bayley Middleton hears advice to tell his fiancée Janey nothing about a major business visit. He later sees the flaw in secrecy when Janey uncovers his lunch with a Boston buyer Dobson, revealing trust issues. He vows transparency, she forgives with a kiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Bih Edwards
Westlock Lawn Club
George Evans Goodby
Godspeed
Bayley Robinson
Janey
Bayley
Janey Middleton
Ufe
Bowley
Hayley
New England
Bil Edwards
Jncey
Dobson
Boston
Dad
Edwards
Dantini’s
Ising
Taney
One Thing They Overlooked War Secrets Tale
The Halifax Chronicle recalls wartime spy fears as confidential plans circulated by trusted couriers in locked dispatch boxes. Only majors and above knew details, sworn to secrecy, yet printed copies escaped no precautions, though no leakage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis of Hartington
Halifax Chronicle
Getting Ready for Channel Tunnel Platform Shifts
The Daily Mail reports a massive effort to move back Great Northern railway platforms to make way for continental trains when the Channel Tunnel opens. Expect alterations to every platform in freight and passenger stations over several years with about two inches of setback to create clearance for continental sleeping cars and large freight cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channel Tunnel
Great Northern
Daily Mail
Amir Made His Own Rules In Afghan Golf Tale
A. C. Jewett recalls Habibullah Khan amir of Afghanistan shaping golf rules during 1791 to 1794. He built Kabul and Jalalabad links, moved machinery, and altered play when ball hid behind camel grass. The amir boasted of changing rulings to suit himself, while asserting Afghan players cheat to win and rarely lose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Habibullah Kahn
Afghanistan
Timost
Kabul
Jalalabad
Saime
Galf
Ricksthaw
A. C. Jewett
Asia
Prince Inayasullah
Mia- Jesey
Pistons double as engine valves in new design
A recent May issue of Popular Mechanics describes an unusual internal combustion engine that lacks poppet and sleeve valves. The long pistons operate with a recessed combustion chamber in the head, engaging a gear ring system that drives a word wheel on a shaft, and the piston connects via a ball joint to the connecting rod, with steel balls rolling in oil for motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Poluwlar Mechanics Magazine
Ear trouble from nose blowing warned by doctor
Dr William S S Tomlin in the Indianapolis Medical Journal warns that improper handkerchief use can cause acute ear disease. He notes nostril constriction during nose blowing compresses air in the nasopharynx and can push infected mucus into the Eustachian tubes, risking deafness. He advises sleeping on the side to aid drainage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William SS. Tomlin
Indianapolis
Spread of Species and Mollusk Distribution
Naturalists explain how identical life forms appear in distant locales. Fresh-water mussels travel via water fowl, with ducks carrying mussels hundreds of miles and bivalves clinging to wading birds’ toes, enabling wide dispersal.
Death of Goethe Ends Era in Europe
The report notes the death of Johann von Goethe on March 22, 1832 and records his last words Let the Light Enter. It praises his venerable age and honors, calls him Germanys greatest poet, and cites Murcks claim that his life was more beautiful than his writings, describing a grandeur of soul amid weakness and sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johann von Goethe
Europe
Germany
Murck
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Denton Journal
REN
WO Johnson Mehlvin & Johnson, Publishers
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Miss Biot
Jancy
Amir
Goethe
Comforts
Eastern Shore Gas & Electric Company
Denton, Maryland
Oxford
Nelson Shoe CO
W. Lexington St
Baltimore, Maryland
Walter J. Satterfield
Congress
Committee of American Shipbuilders
Church Street
THE
O. & 8. Milling CO
Daniel J. Zaciharias
Miller
Greensboro, MD
Louis J. Knotts
O. G. Hignutt & Co
HL. M. Richardson
Packord Motor Car Co
Baltimore
Maryland
Blice
Hendher Creamery Co
Packard
Esides
Packard Motor "Car CO
Alee
Miller Cord
Milter Tires
U.S
Den-Mar Mobile CO
Denton
He Motor Funeral Car
J. Virgil Moore
Rvice
Wesley Collegiate Institute
Henry G. Budd, D. D
Dover
Delaware
Devoe
Smith & Walls
Urpee's
Burpee’s
W. Atlee Burpee Co. Seed Growers
Burpee Bidg
Philadelphia, Pa
Mellinger
Whita Peat
Brellinger
Geo. D. Reed
Burrsville
Postoffice
Calvert C, Merriken
Aid
Mee
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