Navy officials discuss use of giant airship as bomber carrier
Rear Admiral A B Cook testified before Congress that a large dirigible could serve as a mother ship for 12 to 15 attack planes and carry fighters to 8 000 to 10 000 feet, though President Roosevelt halted immediate construction. Congress cut a 773 0 million naval appropriation line for dirigible instruction.
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Ashington
Navy
Congress
Roosevelt
Torday
Adder
Seery Swanson
Senate
Yesday
Pine Woods Church Holds 19th Memorial Service
The 19th annual memorial service for Pine Woods Church is set for Sunday May 21 at 2 30 p m announced by L Stone secretary the public is invited to attend
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Pine Woods
L. Stone
Serial Story Mystery at the Dove Club Portends Danger
Mary identifies Janice French as a murder link while Duke Martin and associates discuss a drowned woman found in the river. Mike the cop provides details of a pink dress and a sapphire ring with a cryptic inscription as the story tightens around the night club and the dockside murder.
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Mary Franklin
Society
Duke Martin
Janice French
Jim Shirley
Playboy
Nick
Tony
Mike
Duke
Martin
Tenth Avenue
East River
Daddy
Babe
Janice French Mike
Ironclads and naval power in the Civil War and beyond
The note recounts the Merrimac and Monitor end, with the Merrimac scuttled at Norfolk and the Monitor sunk off Cape Hatteras. It traces ironclad development from the Civil War to later wars, noting armored ships at New Orleans, the Spanish-American War battles Manila Bay and Santiago, and the rise of ironclads in world navies.
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Norfolk
James River
Ft. Monroe
Cape Hatteras
New Orleans
Farragut
Mississippi
Val Powers
Spain
United States
England
Manila Bay
Santiago
Dewey
Louis XVII the Posthumous King and Restoration of Bourbon Line
The Dauphin Louis XVII died in prison on June 8 1795 after being recognized as king by Royalists following Louis XVI’s guillotine. Napoleon’s 1814 defeat led to Bourbon restoration with Louis XVIII as successor. A second brief item notes six mice and sixteen babies nesting inside a customers adding machine in Greeneville Tennessee.
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Louis XVII
Louis XVI
Dauphin
Napoleon
France
Louis XVIII
R. W. Pierce
Greeneville
Tenn
Seminary appoints Dr E C Cooper to presidency
May 17 Columbia reports the Lutheran Theological Seminary extends its presidency to Dr E C Cooper, director of religious training in the North Carolina State Prison System. Cooper, of Raleigh, says he will take the offer under advisement.
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Cooper
Columbia
8. C
Lutheran Theological Seminary
E. C. Cooper
North Carolina State
Raleigh
N. C
Two men beheaded for spying in Berlin executions rise
Berlin reports Emil Zeidler aged 38 and Martin Richter aged 33 were beheaded for supplying German military secrets to foreign agents. The executions mark the 20th spy beheading since January 1.
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Berlin
Emil Zeidler
Martin Richter
Burned Photos and Threats Echo in NYC Veil of Crime
In a tense scene the Duke and Nick burn incriminating snapshots, planning to silence the Gazette’s reporter. They debate securing another big customer after the scandal involving a wealthy kid and a fatal incident, hinting at broader criminal schemes in New York.
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Nick
The
Gazette
Janice French
New York
Blackwood Convention Shown In Bridge Quiz
McKenney explains Blackwood and provides four questions with solutions. The article outlines responses to spade and no trump bids, cue bidding, and a line to reach six spades, including the jack of diamonds lead and ruffing strategy to establish the diamond king.
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South
North
West
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Ine Woods Church
Mary
Ladd
Chapter
Uncle Ray’s
Hi—Later
Tronclads
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Ass'n Ladies Auxiliary
Traveling Men's Auxiliary Central Ice Delivery Company
West Broad Street
North Carolina
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Traveling Men’s Auxiliary
Cecil’s Drug Stores
N. C. Pharmaceutical Association, Ladies’ Auxiliary
High Point
Lindale Dairy Corp
West Lexington
Ladies Auxiliary
Walgreen
Walgreen's
Rip
MAS DE Collins
Oakland
Calif
New Orleans, la
Kine Peatures Syndicate, Inc
E Owis XVII
R.W. Pierce
Greeneville, Tenn
By Robt. Ripley
Uncle Ray
Dreminoughts
N. C. Pharmaceutical Association
Hoffman
East Green
Traveling Men's Auxiliary
Wachovia Bank
McKenney
Blackwood
American Contract Bridge League
Asd
Val
Elwood Hotel
R. K. Young, Mer
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Assn
Alliways
Clover Brand
Greensboro
Dairies, Inc
High Point, N. C
Reidsville
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