Ore Carriers Move Friday On Great Lakes Start
The Lake Carriers Association announced the first ore carriers will begin moving toward the head of the Great Lakes this Friday after an ice committee vote. The Mackinaw reported favorable ice conditions in Whitefish Bay with moderate winds. The plan includes Ashland to Sault Ste Marie and a late Saturday or early Sunday arrival for the first carrier, with three coast guard icebreakers on standby. A two week coal mining stoppage empties ore carriers on initial trips. total vessels in service reach 266, one fewer than 1948.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Aga
Wedness
Association
Ice
Coast Guard
Mackinaw
Whitefish Bay
Itefish Bay
Straits of Mackinac
Ashland
Wis
Sault Ste Ma- Tie
Mich
Calumet Colors Deck Weather Vane At Garden State
In Camden New Jersey Calumet colors adorn a life sized horse weather vane for the Garden State Club display. The red and blue hues reflect the winner of the mile and a quarter Jersey run to be held May 28. The display sits between the Preakness and Belmont and is noted as the state’s largest weather vane with a six stroke car race element mentioned in passing.
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Camden
N. J
NEA
Calumet
Garden State Club
Citation
New Jersey
Mrs Wilman Leads In Bowling With Champion Husband
Chicago NBA report notes Mrs Henrietta Wilman bowling alongside her champion husband Joe in Barney and Bee Hochstadter's Husband and Wife tournament. Hank scored 670 with 221 256 193 while the famous husband tallied 702 on 179 244 279.
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Chicago
Henrietta Wilman
Joe
Barney
Bee Hochstadter
Hank
Brazil Plans Oil Trade Expansion Tied to Castor Beans
Brazil the world’s leading castor bean producer aims to build large scale refineries to process castor beans domestically. Sao Paulo exported about 47000 tons last year while a Geneva tariff deal cut castor oil duties by ten cents a pound, boosting Brazil’s refinery prospects.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
United States
Sao Paulo
Mexico Explores 10 Track Rail Road Across Isthmus
The Mexican government studied a 10 track rail line to move ships across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Modesto Rolland described a proposed project to experts in Washington, but construction is not authorized. Cost runs to hundreds of millions. US engineers doubted feasibility due to enormous weights and tensions.
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Tehuantepec
Modesto C. Rolland
Free Ports of
Mexico
Erban Maritime
Mneering
Commerce Department
Wash
Rolland
Recue
United States
Hull Boulevard greyhound track closes amid gambling slump
The Hull Boulevard greyhound track shut after financial losses signaling a potential decline in Britain's gambling boom. Receipts declined with totalizator takings down significantly while observers cite tighter money and higher store offerings as reducing disposable surpluses. A Utah judge's death sentence offers a choice of hanging or firing squad.
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Hull Boulevard
Britain
London
Utah
Pirates to millionaires on Boca Grande
Boca Grande Florida once hid pirates now hosts wealthy residents and famed visitors. Prominent names like du Pont Morgan and Lamont mingle with Smith Jones and Brown in a secluded Gulf coast enclave. Fishing thrives with tarpon and thousands of other varieties abundant near Main Street.
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Boca Grande
Fla
Gasparilla Island
America
Charlotte Harbor
Florida
Gulf Coast
du Pont, Morgan and
Lamont
Smith, Jones Or Brown
Binding Books By Hand May Be Vanishing Art
The fragmented text hints at a discussion of hand binding books as a vanishing craft. It suggests attention to artisans like Dane and a broader cultural concern about traditional bookbinding fading from practice.
Hand bound books by Pilon seen as dying craft
Bookbinder Boston Pilon, 71, born in Paris, says hand binding with gilt edges is dying in the United States and Europe. His client list includes King George VI, Albert of Belgium, Eisenhower, Truman, Churchill, Montgomery, and other notable figures.
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New York
Boston
Pilon
United States
Europe
George
England
Albert
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Winston Churchill
Bernard L. Montgomery
Dwight
Cholera Deaths Double in Calcutta Report
Cholera attacks and deaths in Calcutta are reported to be twice those of the previous year while deaths from smallpox malaria and tuberculosis remain about the same as twelve months ago. The timarau dragon is a large native mammal in the Philippines.
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Calcutta
India
Philippines
British Order Less Lighting In Windows
Hamburg authorities ordered German shopkeepers to reduce window lighting and neon signs after British criticism. The British official noted shop lights use only one half of one percent of Hamburg’s total load as the city exports a third of its electricity and plans to export more.
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Hamburg
Germany
Britain
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Klein
Sue Ford Hopkins Candy Headquarters
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Dane
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