Old Sailing Ships Deliver The Goods
Old sailing ships still haul cargo on global routes though speeds lag behind modern vessels. The Treasury Bureau notes 60 American sailers over 500 tons and 100 to 150 foreign windjammers remain in service, with only three large square riggers left in American waters. The Star of India, Pacific Queen, and Scottish Lady are among the notable ships, with Star of India sailing scientific expeditions for San Diego. Captain Gustaf Erikson of Finland faced severe losses during the war era.
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Saul Pett
New York
Great Lakes
Holmes
Seattle
Indies
South Americas
East
Capetown
Australia
Pacific
Pacific Queen
Star of India
Tiust
Scotland
Zoological Society of San Diego
Davts
Alaska
Golden Gate
Chistnik
Longe Brace
Calif
Erikson’s Fleet Grows With Trades to Far Flung Ports
Erikson expanded his fleet to eleven ships including routes from Chile and Sweden to Australia and Fiji, with oil bound for Fiji and a mission toward Juan de Nova. The Sea Power magazine reports eight ships lost in the war.
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Erikson
Squire Rutgers
Trates
Chile
Australia
Case Oil
Fij
Guangy
Juan de Nova
Trokson
Sea Power
Navy League of the United States
Elephant hearts claimed cure for nightmares in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG AP Elephant hearts are scarce and sold on the black market. Locust legs also fetch high prices for native brews. Buyers report elephant hearts, when grated, burnt and inhaled, as an infallible remedy for nightmares. Hippopotamus fat and other animal parts remain available, though remedies for tuberculosis and diabetes are said to be beyond reach.
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Johannesburg
Evicted carpenter builds house from Army crates
In Hagerstown Maryland carpenter Jesse Young, after eviction, crafted a two room house from Army surplus trunk crates. With his son Frank they loaded the prefab structure onto a truck, spent two hours assembling and six more hours finishing it. The cottage resembles an English style with two rooms and no downstairs bath.
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Hagerstown
Jesse Young
Young
Frank
How Country Editor Retires On Fortune
San Francisco reporters and members of the San Francisco Press Club discuss a country editor who has retired with a fortune of $100,000. The scene centers on questions about how the editor achieved this wealth and why it appeared in their weekly club magazine.
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Fortune
SAN Francisco Cap
San Francisco Press Club
Editor’s frugal method fuels a fortune claim
The editor attributes his survival and wealth to economical paper management, long hours, avoiding social clubs and games, and an inheritance of 129000 dollars from a late uncle. The funds are said to enable precise humidity control in homes and factories to within a fraction of one percent.
Skin moisture and humidity hit Minneapolis study notes
AP dispatch from Minneapolis reports Dr Waldo HF Kiever of Minneapolis Honeywell explains the body’s 18 to 19 square feet of skin act as an evaporative cooling system. High humidity reduces this cooling, affecting comfort and heat management as new informatic controls are being developed.
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Waldo HF. Kiever
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company
Kfiever
Swiss Liechtenstein travel accord ends frontier formalities
The Swiss government ends border formalities for Liechtenstein residents entering Switzerland. The plan will be reciprocal once Liechtenstein’s parliament approves a Swiss Liechtenstein agreement.
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Bern
Liechtenstein
Switzerland
Shipwrecks Of War Make Good Fishing
German submarines sank more than 40 ships off this North Carolina coast during the war, now wrecks provide prime fishing grounds. Sunken hulls are overgrown with grasses and marine life, drawing small fish and crustaceans that feed bigger species such as amberjack, dolphin, bonita, albacore, and other prized game fish in record numbers.
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Morehead City
N. C
North Carolina
Germans Take Control Of Their Newspapers In Zone
Hamburg AP reports Germans in the British zone of occupied Germany will oversee gathering news for all 49 British based newspapers in the zone and Berlin. They will form a cooperative to run the German News Service which has operated under Allied control.
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Hamburg
Germany
British Control Commission
Berlin
British promise on censorship under military government
Over two years under the control commission, officials promised no direct British control or pre publication censorship. The arrangement discussed emphasized autonomy for local administration while the British military government pledged limited interference.
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Control Commission
Czech Cigarette Was An Ill Starred One
Prague AP reports Czechoslovakia launched a new Star cigarette by the nationalized tobacco monopoly. The initial fancy pack claimed it was an American type with a blue star and red white stripes. The final design is plain white with the American reference removed.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Bus Service Link Switzerland Morocco Established
AP reports a semi monthly bus service now operates between Switzerland and Morocco with connections through France and Spain, expanding cross continental travel options. The service links Bern and other Swiss cities with ports and hubs in Spain and France, enabling travelers to reach Morocco by road and rail segments.
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Bern
Switzerland
Morocco
France
Spain
Bridge table becomes improvised clothes line in apartment
A bridge table was turned upside down and strung with heavy coins from one leg to another to create a makeshift clothes line in a residence, occupying space and creating a curious setup.
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Gustaf Erikson
Finland
Dothan Canvas
N. Oates
A&p
America
Sac
Philippines
Mars
Empire State Building
Tomaso
Bronx
Martin
Roy Rogera
Cate Keans
Beaturday
Roland and
Toring
California
Tral and
Dougan Fowslevant
Joan Woodbury
Phe Yan Kea Eakin
Hale and
Stewart
John Payne
June Haver
RITZ
Peter Lawford
Butch Jenkins
Gaden
Jetta Davia
Pan Henfeld
Vero
Flynn
Billie
Ike Walston
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Ritz Qe Ammers the
Ander
Jean Porter
Shi
Betty
Red River
Renegades
Bette Davis
Paul Henreid
Roy Rogers
Oates
Wien
Gash Drug Store
Dodge Timken
Fafnir
Ball and
THE
HUB City Supply CO
E. Main
Aarrtin
Frida
Nee Pictures
Jimmy Fidler
Lovella
UAT
Rane
Lee Clevde Jarman, Jr
jTeer
Jedy
Produced
Clarence Brown
Claude Jarman
100Y
Clem Bevans
Margaret Wycherly
Forrest Tucker
Sidney Franklin
Worrie Binz
Paul Debarn
Merlerie Kinnen Rawlings
Clarence Brawn
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