Wrecks and Legends Rise on North Carolina Coast
The Outer Banks reveal rotting hulls of historic ships as autumn storms uncover wrecks from Diamond Shoals to Ocracoke Inlet. Notable relics include the Carroll Deering, George W. Wells, and the USS Huron, with medals of honor tied to coast guard rescues and a tale of Parson Starr’s famine-ending wreck.
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North Carolina
Ocracoke Island
George W. Wells
Ocracoke
Nag's
Walter Raleigh
Roanoke Island Colony
Hatteras
Ariosto
New York
Nag’s Head
U. S. Naval
Jeff Hayman
Roanoke Island
Cap'n
Jeff
Oregon Inlet
Ocracoke Inlet
United States
John Allen Midgett
Chicamicomoco Coast Guard
City of Atlanta
Banks
Atlanta
Diamond
Diamond Shoals
W. L. Barnett
Barnett
Buxton
Atlantic
Cape Hat
Vendue
Straits
Carteret County
Starr Methodist Church
Dreath
Parson Starr
Rockne’s Lasting Influence Tops Football Greats
Grantland Rice places Knute Rockne at the pinnacle of football influence, citing his 14 year Notre Dame reign, exceptional team spirit and conditioning, strategic prowess, and the lasting impact on players and coaches across the nation.
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Midwest
Knute Rockne
Yost
Zuppke
Haughton
Grange
Bierman
Little
Grantland Rice
Rockne
Notre Dame
Los Angeles
New York
Baltimore
Chicago
Atlanta
Pop Warner
Hurry-up
Percy Haughton
Bernie Bierman
Army
Rock
Hank Anderson
Bengal
Fundamentals Needed In Postwar Education
A Washington Digest column argues for a national core of basic studies in K-12 and colleges to solidify democratic thinking. It urges mandatory economics geography language skills and extensive social studies taught universally, backed by a shift away from elective freedom toward civic duty, with funding and personnel insufficient today.
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Commissioner of Education
John Studebaker
Doctor Studebaker
College
Joe
Jane
Studebaker
Harvard
All America
Showing Something New Something Old
A homemaking feature advises buyers to mix new purchases with existing items using simple DIY touches. It highlights a love seat built from an old car seat and matching colors, noting over 30 ideas in a booklet available for 15 cents with name and address.
Ghost Ship: Carrol A. Deering Found Adrift After Storm
The Car roll A. Deering from Bath Maine was driven onto Diamond Shoals January 29 1921. Coast guardsmen found the ship undamaged with food aboard but no crew or trace of anyone, save a lone cat aboard. The mystery of vanished crew remained unsolved.
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Teras
Atlantic
Diamond Shoals
Maurice R. Thurlow
Coast Guard
North Atlantic
Shoals
Monitor
Hampton Roads
Rhode Island
Hatteras
Cape
Gulf Stream
Arctic
Alexander Hamilton
Buxton
Diamond
Mariner
Carroll A. Deering
Bath
Maine
Ecoast
Barbs on Rails and Roads Spark Broad Auto Debate
Bankhage Hall notes that many rural Americans lack rail reach and rely on rubber tires. He cites higher rural accident death counts than cities. He cites cross country own action deaths among women in Japan and Germany. He mentions Orlando Army Air Forces center testing snow vehicles. He asks where Florida gets snow for testing.
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Army Air Forces Center
Orlando
Fla
Florida
Faultless Starch Eases Ironing Day Blues and Dread
Mrs. Florence Solomon touts Faultless Starch as a relief from ironing day fatigue. The ad promotes a smooth, slick iron with no cooking required and claims ironing aids built into the product for easy, flawless results.
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Idea
Mississippi
Florence Solomon
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Coast
Bennett D. Coleman
Springfield
Mass
Kohler
N. C
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio State
Ilinois
Asia
Iowa
Washington Digest
WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
America
Bankhage
Hall
Automobile Manufacturing Association
Japan
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
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