German Fleet Rises as New Seapower Emerges
AP feature notes Germany’s rearmed navy despite Versailles aims. It details Scapa Flow scuttling aftermath, 1937–38 naval race, pocket battleships like Deutschland and Admiral Scheer, and the 1935 Anglo German pact allowing 35 percent of Britain’s sea strength. The piece connects to renewed seapower threats facing Britain.
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Scapa Flow
Orkney Islands
Germany
Britain
Almeria
Third Reich
Hitler
Admiral Scheer
Frat Spee
Reich
France
Rats Drowned In Cincinnati Flood Says Official
J S Shuey head of Cincinnati sanitation reports about 20 percent of the citys 400000 rats drowned in the record January flood. He notes floods usually push rats to higher ground via sewers, but that winter the rising water overwhelmed the system.
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Mats
Cincinnati
J. S. Shuey
Cincinnati Bureau of General Foods and Sanitation
Ghosts in a Double Exposure Photo By Amateur Photographer
An historical note describes a staged ghost image created by a photographer using a fixed camera and a second pose, illustrating how double exposure can fake supernatural apparitions. The piece credits John van Guilder and discusses skepticism about genuine ghosts versus photographic tricks.
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Rom
Thore
Suspenders Save Life in Logging Injury
In Rochester Washington John Norgaard, a 52 year old logger, used his suspenders to improvise a tourniquet after a coworker severed an arm. He wrapped the arm with his suspenders, the injured man was taken to a hospital and recovered. the state awarded Norgaard a certificate of merit.
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Rochester
Wash
John Nor
Raard
Norgaard
State Bureau of Industrial Insurance
Republics Head Anti-Union Leader Tom Girdler
Cleveland report profiles Tom Girdler head of Republic Steel Corp, newly elected president of the American Iron and Steel Institute, and his stance against CIO demands amid the seven state steel strike. It notes his career from Lehigh University to Republic, the company's profits, and his firm opposition to a closed shop or arbitration.
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Ben Bassett
Cleveland
Tom Girdler
Thoman
Republic Steel Corp
American Tron & Steel Institute
CIO
John L. Lewis Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic
United States Steel
Girdler
Lewis
Lehigh University
Colorado Fuel & Iron Co
Atlantic Steel Colones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Dellara
Dawstown
Minnesota
Alabama
New York
Illinois
Association of Iron Land Steel Electrical Engineers
Girdier
Bristow letter delivery by substitute rural carrier
Ray Miller, a Bristow Oklahoma rural mail carrier, delivered a letter after the regular city carrier was ill. He paid 3 cents to send the letter and itemized stamps registry and special services totaling 51 cents. Miller wrote asking a girl for a date and was asked to deliver it himself when time came.
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Bristow
Okla
Ray Miller
Miller
Currier
Parents Ought to Investigate Camps
Ap feature urges careful parent checks on summer camps for teens. It warns camps vary in safety and asks parents to visit sites, meet staff, inspect facilities, and ensure Debbie follows camp rules and budget limits.
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Joan Duritam
Silent Camp Policy Sparks Debate in Anonymity Rules
A fragment discusses camp etiquette dictating that complaints go to the camp head without Debbie being aware. It notes a historical metacycle speed record of 137 mph set in 1906 by Glenn Curtiss, lasting ten years as a universal locomotive benchmark.
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Debbie
Trau
Glenn Curtiss
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