Roosevelt to view strengthened Panama Canal defenses
President Roosevelt will inspect Panama Canal defenses late this week after four years of expansion. Since 1934 the army and navy have added 13 000 army troops, long range and anti aircraft guns, and new planes. Navy starts six patrol bomber squadrons at Coco Solo with submarines nearby. War games are planned for early next year with a simulated European attack.
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Roosevelt
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Canal
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Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Oahu
Gibraltar
David L. Stone
Cocosolo
San Diego
Calif
Coco
United States
Caribbean
Panama
Look and Learn by A. C. Gordon quiz items
A compact set of Q and A from a historical column. It asks which food provides most nutriment for price, the oldest signer of the Declaration, why a canary stays perched, what the Decalogue is, and the world’s busiest street corner, answered with beans Benjamin Franklin the canary’s leg muscles the Ten Commandments and Forty-second and Broadway New York City respectively.
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Benjamin Franklin
Forty-second
Broadway
New York City
Mystery on the Wyoming Trail in Clarke Newson Serial
Nikki Jerome and Steve Mallory push toward camp after a landslide blocks their route. Stranded and hungry they improvise a lean-to, share a joke about marriage, and spot a hunter in the distant valley as they search for a way home.
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Nikki Jerome
Steve Mallory
Nikki
Wyoming
Rani
Peter Jerome
New York
Steve
Nikki Saed
Woody
Unclear arriving figure and potential camp lead by Sarto
In a dialogue driven fragment Steve and Nikki identify a distant figure as Sarto and discuss the risk of his return to camp. Nikki recalls a recent gunshot as tension builds around whether Sarto would accompany others. To Be Continued.
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Steve
Nikki
Sarto
Two French Inventors and a Woman in Balloon Origins
A tale recalls 1782 Paris experiments by Montgolfier brothers with paper bags and heated air aided by a woman's suggestion to attach a tin plate. It traces early balloon flights including Rozier and d Amandes, a Cleveland ascent in 1859, and a Lake Erie rescue after a wind sweep.
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Montgolfier Brothers
Stephen Montgolfier
Paris
Rozier
Marquis d’Amandes
Scotland
Tytler
London
Cleveland
Professor Lynn
Lake Erie
Lyon
Europe
Ray
Tomanraw
Language Notes and Word Usage Tips from A to Z
A vanished article delivers a collage of Q and A on social calls at work with guidance for polite endings. It includes spelling notes on winter usage and mispronunciations and offers a daily vocabulary challenge with examples and tips.
Harris wins Master Point pair title with clever spade play
Justin Harris of St. Petersburg Florida and Herman Page win the Master Point pair championship. Harris alone found the winning line to establish two spade tricks, turning a potential loss into victory.
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Justin Harris
St. Petersburg
Fla
Herman Page
Harris
Bridge Problem: Three No Trump as Laydown
The text outlines a bridge problem where the contract is three no trump. It notes careful play will allow the opener to make the contract despite a specific hand distribution AK332 and KQJ83 with ten Qs. Duplicate-both vulnerable, Opener leads K.
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