Modern British Destroyers Best Designed And Most Efficient
A Starpend review compares 17 foreign warships with British vessels noting the Dunkerque’s pioneering French design and the pocket battleship concept. The Admiral Graf Spee and other ships are discussed for armor, speed, and strategic value. British destroyers are praised as the best designed and most efficient of their type.
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Hector C. Bywater
Dunkergur
Nelson
Rodbney
Admiral Grap Spee
Deutschland
Admiral Scheer
Hood
Regina Maria
Kocatepe
Italy
Floating church sails to spread worship in delta Argentina
In the Paraná River delta, where streams hinder churchgoers, a practical priest launches a 108 foot floating church built at Buenos Aires. The hull of an old vessel carries a steeple, stained glass, altar, and padre to bring services directly to congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parana
Buenos Aires
Scientific
Amercan
Expectation Of Life And Infant Mortality Decline
In the House of Commons Mr. Sandys argues that life expectancy for adults has risen little since 1871, by about nine months for a 65 year old. He notes a major drop in infant mortality from one in seven births in 1886 to one in twenty in 1935, a two thirds reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sandys
House of Commons
Germany Nears Completion Of L Z130 Airship
Construction of Germanys L Z130 airship progresses toward completion. The craft, a sister ship to the Hindenburg, has its metal frame nearly clad in fabric with pilot gondolas wireless cabin and motor gondolas finished. Passenger quarters work is speeding ahead.
Humming Bird Cannot Walk Migrates Vast Distances
The humming bird, smallest bird, migrates from Alaska to Brazil. It can fly in any direction including backwards but cannot walk. It crosses the Gulf of Mexico and covers over 500 miles at night. It can fly backward 2207.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Brazil
Gulf of Mexico
No Foundation For Belief All Business Always Profit
A Detroit manufacturing plant with 400 plus workers is closing after saying its operation was not profitable. The Ottawa Journal argues that while profits vary, labor must accept sacrifices and study management problems through collective bargaining to avoid plant closures.
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Detroit
UAW
United Automobile Workers
Ottawa Journal
What is a drug store and how defined by Indiana court
The Indiana Supreme Court settles the question of what constitutes a drug store after thorough examination of Burns' statutes Webster's dictionary apothecary definitions Britannica and even Shakespeare. The court concludes a drug store is a store in which drugs are sold. Springfield Union notes there are 10446 miles of railroad in Sweden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Supreme Court
Apothecary
Springfield Union
Soviet Five Year Plan Aims to Overtake America
The article reports on the Soviet Union moving to its third five year plan designed to surpass the United States. It outlines goals to raise population, boost productivity, and lead in gold coal steel production and industrial output by 1942. It notes expectations for large-scale capital goods, transportation electrification and mining development.
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America
Soviet Union
Europe
New Eye Light Test Aids Brain Tumor Locate
Dr. Charles A. Elaberg presents a method to locate obscure brain tumors by measuring eye reactions to light with precise light intensity and flicker tests. He notes the retina and optic nerve do not tire. the brain tires instead and may explain fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Elaberg
New York City
American Neurological Association
New York
Seamless Knit Two-Piecer Pattern for Summer Wear
All eyes on a seamless two piece knit in stockinette with a sun burst yoke in lace. Pattern 5601 offers blouse and skirt in sizes 16-18 and 28-40 with full illustrations and stitch descriptions. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave. E
Winnipeg
Safety program idea by New York highway chief Captain Brandt
Captain A Brandt, New York State Highway Commissioner, proposes a safety program including removal of roadside inns, policing roadside parking to prevent drunk driving, periodic driver sanity tests, and promoting narrow crooked roads as safer. He argues wide highways invite excess speeds and that deaths occur on good roads.
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Captain A. Brandt
New York State
Captain Brandt
Brandt
Banffshire Journal
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Ruth Lininger Dobson
Muicusebury
Indiana
Charles Dickens
Burns
Rome
Sentinel
Frederick Banting
Toronto
American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society
Atlantic City
N.J
Sweden
England
Stanley Baldwin
Fingland
Alice Brooks
Program For Safety
University of Pennsylvania
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