Cape Race Radio Beacon Guides Transatlantic Flight
Cape Race beacon, a pivotal North Atlantic contact point, directs airship Hindenburg and transoceanic flights. Five men guard the rock-strewn beacon year round, delivering bearings, weather bulletins, and ship rescue history from Belle Isle to the Labrador coast and Atlantic seaboard.
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North Atlantic
Cape Race
Canada
Horda
Peter Bishop
Hindenburg
Atlantic
H. R. Bridger
United States
Azores
Bridger
Belle Isle
Labrador
Atlantic Seaboard
Speed Indicator flashes red signal to warn speeding drivers
A new speed indicator shown in Atlantic City before the AAAS uses two photo electric cells about a half mile apart connected by a circuit. If a car exceeds the limit the device may flash You are driving too fast ahead of the driver or trigger pursuit by police if ignored.
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Atlantic City
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Radio Corporation of America
Witty misstatements from London Tit-Bits
A string of humorous, paradoxical definitions parodies classic terms with playful misprints. The piece catalogues clever lines such as a conservative as a green house full of hot air and minerals of Britain as lemonade, offering light satire from the periodical.
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Great Britain
Euclid
London
We Favor Zipper Fasteners for Sardine Cans
Supporters argue zipper style lids would ease opening and reseal ability for sardine tins. Proponents claim improved freshness, reduced spills, and convenient reuse of cans for storage.
British Foreign Secretary Eden praised for ornate phrasing
The article mocks Anthony Eden for his polished oratory in Parliament, noting his use of unusual words like inspissated gloom and comparing his rhetoric to historic linguistic quips. It also mentions a feature on Japanese singing insects as household pets and a note on fish as digestible meat.
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Anthony Eden
Great Britain
House of Commons
London
Eden
Winston Churchill
Clevelands
Disraeli
Gladstone
Stratford Peacon-Herald
Britain
Sheffield
Japan
Tokyo
Veteran musician Sir Henry Coward dies long career noted
Sir Henry Coward, aged 87, began work at a Sheffield cutlery factory at nine becoming a master-cutter whose knives sold for £3 6s. He entered music at 39 and, though long little known outside Sheffield, is hailed as a distinguished composer of cantatas anthems glees and songs and a leading chorus master.
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Sir Henry Coward
Sheffield
Has Right Of Way The Hunt Crosses Trains In England
Belvoir hounds at a meet crossed River Eye twice and then railway tracks as a London express signalled. Huntsmen were endangered as a railway worker waved a red flag and a freight train halted earlier. The fox escaped. Japan and Italy each recorded over 27 000 earthquakes in fifty years.
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Belvoir
P.S
Angels and soldiers feature in wartime headwear shift
A humorous dialogue recalls a baby blessed by angels as the father notes the angels’ kindness. The wartime Australian digger hat will be replaced by a blue peaked cap, ending its iconic era for soldiers.
Plans for Pasadena 200-inch telescope construction announced
Detailed plans reveal a three-part structure resembling a stacked set of five story buildings to form the eye of a 200 inch telescope. Engineers describe a tilted tuning fork frame, a five story steel horseshoe, and an oil bearing mount enabling full sky rotation. The device aims to reach a billion light years and will include a 1600 by 550 foot flying field on Mt Palomar for rapid access to laboratories 90 miles away in Pasadena.
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Pasadena
Calif
Observatory
California
C. S. McDowell
U.S.N
Navy
McDowell
Mt. Palomar
Capt. McDowell
Language experts discuss slang use and misapplication
Prof. Ray K Immel of the University of California says slang has value in language but can be misused like ordinary words. He notes cinch as a picturesque term when meaning to secure a job, while the phrase Thats a cinch uses the word differently.
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Ray K. Immel
Department of Speech
University of California
National Association of Teachers of Speech
St. Louis
Imme
Admitted bicycle dare sparks cross nation tensions
A Canadian boy who rides a bike without holding the handlebars imagines admiration while a German counterpart is arrested as a menace. The incident highlights rising tensions in youth dare culture and international perceptions.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Fox Hunt
England
Italy
Junior
Parliament Square
Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Palace
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