New Tools Cut Cannon Times at Watervliet Arsenal
At Watervliet Arsenal in New York the cannon-making process has accelerated dramatically. Precision, mass production, and new tooling shorten bore and rifling times, with 16 inch and 90 mm guns showcasing faster production, improved steel, and automated machining while staffing remains around 3800 workers.
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Watervliet
N. Y
Cannn
Arsenal
Col. J. C. Beatty
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
U. S
G. D. Knight
Knight
Navy
BC Believes Quick Acting Headache and Neuralgia Relief
This ad explains BC formula with fast acting ingredients that ease headaches neuralgic pains muscular aches and periodic pains. It advises keeping a small package handy for prompt relief and to consult a physician if pains persist.
Farmers of Eire protest government butter decree
Farmers of Eire stage a protest against compulsory butter seizure by the government at 20 cents per pound while production costs run to 42 cents per pound. The action underscores rising tensions over price controls and producer losses in the dairy sector.
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Eire
Cranium Crackers Easter Mediterranean Quiz
A reader quiz asks about Crete and Cyprus at the war start, Hood sinking in Crete battle, the only British possession besides an eastern Mediterranean island, Syria before the French mandate, and the Dodecanese location and ownership. Answers appear on the Want Ad page.
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Mediterranean
Greece
Crete
Cyprus
Hood
Mediterranean Sea
Syria
Dodecanese Islands
Want Ad
Tars Clinging To Loop Perch
Norfolk's Tars idle yesterday but still atop Piedmont League standings as Charlotte Hornets narrowed gap to 16 percentage points. Hewets beat Richmond 11-6 in Sunday game under new blue law easing. Bob Ortiz hit 360 foot homer, Jim Bivens and others contributed. Winston-Salem won 6-5. Portsmouth and Asheville split doubleheader 1-0 and 5-3. Upcoming: Richmond here, Norfolk at Greensboro, Winston-Salem at Durham, Asheville at Portsmouth.
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Charlotte
Norfolk
Tars
Hornets
Hewets
Richmond
Sith
Bucky Jacobs
Bob Ortiz
Lin Watkins
Colt
Jim Biven
Joe ‘We Hendick
Biven
Ortiz
Bivens
Jim Mallory
Charlie Roberts
Dick Hahn
Winston-Salem
Durham
Portsmouth
Asheville
Cubs
Greensboro
Horseshoe Enthusiasts Meet at Y Tonight
All interested in the ancient game of horseshoes are welcome at the Y courts tonight at 7 30. Plans for inter city competition and an industrial horseshoe league will be discussed. City wide horseshoe competition for boys begins today at the Y court for youths under 18.
Red Hot Clash Looms In Royal Heavyweight Line
The piece notes the 16th ruler since Sullivan in the heavyweight era and discusses Joe’s fading power since the 242 minute hospital incident. It weighs his potential, warns Conn may evade five rounds, and highlights Billy’s pace judgment shaping his late bursts despite past slow starts.
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Sullivan
der Moxie
Joe
Conn
Billy
Bash Boulevard
Fred Apostoli
Melo Bettina
Lee Savold
Bob Pastor
National Whirligig and Lobbyism in Washington Struggles
The article contrasts John and Phil over North American Aviation strike actions and NLBA bargaining with the White House. It notes wage scares in metals and construction, and argues aircraft workers deserve raises. It recounts Tommie Corcoran’s failed bid for Alaska oil funds and his lobbyist clash with Harold Ickes and Knox, ending with CIO independence from UCMW funding.
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John
Phil
North American Aviation Company
Murray
White House
Tommie Corcoran
Havenstrite
Alaska
Tommie
R. I. Havenstrite
Los Angeles
Knox
Washington
Ickes
Harold
Kaiser Magnesium
Hagenstrite
Corcoran-Havenstrite
Secretary of the Navy
Mr. Ickes
Ing
CIO
UCMW
Military pilots to resign for China service slated
Administration's plan to allow pilots to resign and volunteer for flying service in China shows early results with individuals stepping forward. Volunteers, earning about 675 dollars a month, would fly over the Burma Road to deter Japanese bombing and support Nationalist China. Meanwhile railroads tackle winter wheat haulage from Texas, Oklahoma, and southern Kansas with 25,000 box cars moved into position to transport 40 million bushels of grain toward Gulf Coast and eastern ports.
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China
Burma Road
Little Brown
Chungking
Chiang-Kai-Shek
U. S. Army
Navy
Iver
Great Britain
North Atlantic
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Gulf Coast
Seaboard
Wireless rays may stretch a mile long
A science note explains that wireless rays could extend a mile in length while X rays are far shorter than atoms. The comparison highlights differences in scale between different electromagnetic waves and subatomic particles.
Bees often travel far beyond their usual range
Bees typically forage within two miles but can extend their search to eighteen miles when seeking nectar, broadening their foraging range beyond normal patterns.
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Waldemiet Arsenal
Hudson River
Uncle Sam
Eastern
Ivory
P.&g
Alophen
Clorox
Bayers
Balt
Ste
Lux
Lifebuoy
Na LN
Rinso
Rok
Magnesia Phillips
Sauibbs Min
Fletchers Castoria
Stanback
Paris
Life Buoy
Lucky Tiger
Nujol
Dats
Razor Bladestreet
ELGIN
Lee
CAMRY
Palmolive
Ihe
Yale
Allwyte
Griffins
Phar
Calo
Doren
Corm
New York
Johk A. Dok
Pet
Lot Claes
Spee
Ath Cless
Co B
Mika Rey
Rzcellent
Kaabe A. Boo
Atlantic
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