Interfering With Shipments From Spain Hit Christmas Puddings
The civil war in Spain disrupts raisin shipments expected for Christmas puddings as armies destroy crops and ships face restricted access to Spanish ports. London importers lack current information and shortages loom, while Valencia crops suffer. Susan B Anthony to appear on a U S postage stamp, the second woman honored after Martha Washington.
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Spain
Valencia
London
Manchester Guardian
Susan R. Anthony
U.S
Martha Washington
Starr Ellison Drives Home with a Dark, Alluring Mystery
Starr Ellison, the city’s toast and the subject of Michael Fairbourne’s suspicions, clashes with him at a party as he follows her into his car. Starr orders him to take her home for Ted Ranger’s Mayfair party, sparking tension and unspoken feelings as their volatile dynamic intensifies.
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Starr Ellison
Michael Fairbourne
Michael
Cleopatra
Lance Marlowe
Starr
Stephanie
Pierre
Ted Ranger
Marlow
Lance
Mike
Michael Hassan
Play-Girl Starr Ellison Drives Power and Fame
Starr Ellison, now known as Play-Girl, dominates public attention with bold moves and a shifting romance with Michael Hassan. He warns of public whispers as the pair debate fame, power, and future consequences in a tense car confrontation.
Unprecedented Flying American Experiments Preview Super Transport Planes
Experimental flights in Kansas City by Transcontinental and Western Air test altitude limits for a new coast to coast super transport. Captain D W Tomlinson reached 30 000 feet in 30 minutes with oxygen heating and recording systems, aiming for 45 000 feet as data on performance and atmospheric conditions accumulate.
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United States
Kansas City
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
D. W. Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Dead Sea resurges with potash boom and tourist growth
The Dead Sea, 1300 feet below sea level, receives 6 million tons daily from the Jordan with no outlet. British capital builds a 39,000 ton potash works, resorts rise around the sea, while scientists extract potash and bromine and the area bursts into activity and investment. The sea’s 25 percent salt content and lack of life contrast with the new development alongside historic sites.
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Dead Sea
Mediterranean
Jordan
Sodom
Gomorrah
David
Herod
Marianne
Jerusalem
B.C
Great Britain
Cattle Return Home After Horn Ceremony Near Berwick
An English town near Berwick on Tweed hosts a summer ritual at Church Yetholm where a lad blows a horn on the village green and cattle from surrounding lands walk home to their farms and barns. The scene showcases local farming memory and animal behavior.
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Berwick-on- Tweed
Church Yetholm
Little Helps For This Week The Still Small Voice
A devotional excerpt reflects on listening for God as Psalm 85 8 urges peace for the faithful. It contrasts the quiet divine whisper with the world’s din and urges fear of the Lord and willingness to hearken. The piece emphasizes inner listening over worldly noise.
Necessity For Defence Urges Strong Canadian Policy
Col Harry S. Hamilton, Liberal MP for Algoma West, told a Sault Ste. Marie service club Canada must strengthen its defence in an expansion mad world. He warned against occupying a resource rich continent with insufficient protection to safeguard heritage. He noted his WWI wounds as a cautions example. Water freezes nightly at Alto Curcerim in Bolivia while midday sun bakes skin. Britain’s new regular rail aircraft services add 11,000 miles weekly.
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Harry S. Hamilton
K.C
Algoma West
Sault Ste. Marie
Canada
Col. Hamilton
Alto Curcerim
Bolivia
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Bayer
Aest
Ramsay Co
Bank ST
Weather Report
New York
Michael Hassen
Joan
The
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Vicks Va
God
British Railways
Lydia E. Pinkham
Toba
E. Febbeamis
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