Diver Makes 200 Trips to Sunken Ship Manuela Pla
Mobile Alabama July 17 Diver Van Morgan has logged over 200 dives since 1927 to the sunken Spanish steamship Manuela Pla near the Mobile harbor wharf. The lumber laden freighter, tied to piling near the railroad wharf, has been partially raised by hydraulic pressure with girders across its bow and stern, though the rear cable reattachment halted further progress. Morgan’s perilous underwater work includes a dangerous hour long entrapment when a lumber stack pinned him inside the hold. The vessel remains partially loaded and the railroad is pressing to clear the obstruction from the wharf.
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Mobile
Ala
van Morgan
Manuela Pla
Morgan
Mobile Harbor
Army Chapel Fitted For Either Protestant Or Catholic Services
Army air service chapel at Kelly Field in San Antonio now serves both Catholic and Protestant worship under one roof. A sliding door system designed by Catholic priest Chaplain Jol McCann allows quick conversion between settings with a rear Catholic altar for Mass when open to Protestants. The renovated chapel, funded by officers and Post Exchange, honors officers of the Army Air Corps who died in service and advancing aviation.
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San Antonio
Tex
Army Air Service
Kellyfield
Jol McCann
Fort Bragg
N. C
Cathedral of
Rheims
Chappel
Young Men's Christian Association
Chaplain McCann
Philippines
Post Exchange Council
Army Air Corps
John H. McCann
Kelly Field
Texas
All Dressed Up for Flying
Lieut Harold Bromley waits in Los Angeles for repairs on his City of Tacoma monoplane. He tests his endurance to stay awake while hoping to fly to Tokyo in the aircraft, demonstrating preparation for a long-range journey.
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Los Angeles
U.R
Harold Bromley
Tacoma
Tokyo
Japan
Parody and Opinion Snippets Spark Broad Satire
A wild collage of quips on parachute income, gratitude, canaries, radium pencils, and signage prompts. The lengthier item notes Andrew Volstead’s critique of liquor law enforcement, echoing fears of restoring old saloon freedoms.
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ST. Pau
Minn
Andrew J. Volstead
George W. Wickersham
Volstead
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Treasury Department
Alvin W. Hall
Bureau
Senator Lodge
John Davis Lodge
Henry Cabot Lod
Boston
Ancesco Braggiotti
Lodge
Harvard
Recon
Europe
Helen
Wimbleton
Helen Wills
Helen Jacobs
California
Berkeley
England
Miss Wills
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Hume
Seaf Dar Rs
Denver
National Safety Council
NEA Service, Inc
Prince George
Nova Scotia
Coast Guard
Agassiz
Glouchester
Mass
Jack Dalton and
His Bride
Dalton Brothers
Southwest
Jack Dalton
Emmett Dalton
Castle Annie’ Burke
Albuquerque
N. M
Annie” Burke
Judge C. L. Ritt
Daltons
Clyde Tingley
Mrs. Dalton
GuHe
Fiddler
Africa
Hick Service
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