Treasure recovered from Niagara wreck off Auckland worth ten million
A Melbourne salvage team spent a year locating the sunken British liner Niagara off Auckland. They recovered 10 million dollars in gold bullion, blasted through plates to reach the strong room, and hauled the bars to a bank vault. Chief Diver Johnstone set a depth record of 528 feet in an observation bell.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Niagara
Canada
Melbourne
Commonwealth Bank
John Johnstone
Japan
Pacific
Oldtime Waste Is Now Saved by Steel Mills
In Youngstown the steel industry recovers scrap once discarded as waste. Republic Steel and other firms dig slag piles and reclaimed metal to feed open hearth furnaces. Damaged or discarded metal from the 1920s is reused to supply steel for ships tanks and weapons amid a scrap shortage that nearly halted furnaces.
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Youngstown
Republic Steel Corporation
Sergeant Bartlett Wins Home Car and Groceries
Fort Ord sergeant George Bartlett earned a new home furniture an automobile and a month of groceries and gas after a promotional ticket entitles him to purchase a prize package. Maj. Gen. W H Simpson granted him a special furlough to pursue the girl and complete the prize delivery in Little Rock Arkansas.
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Fort Ord
George Bartlett
Little Rock
Ark
W. H. Simpson
Bartlett
Admires Fightin Fools Join Polish Army
Eddbert Walker a 39 year old Tulsa Oklahoma native joins a Polish army unit in Halifax because he admires their fighting reputation. He speaks only Oklahoma English and has a history of traveling the world seeking fights including 30 months as a guerrilla leader in China. He says he has never fought a German but doubts their toughness.
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Halifax
Eddbert Walker
Tulsa
Okla
Eddbert
Walker
Oklahoma
China
Wild Horse and Tivan Revolt Sparks in Frontier Tale
Don Cameron joins the 20 Bar riders to Wild Horse where cattle buyer Asa Brock and marshal Dynamite Downes threaten Nevil Lowe. Con saves Lowe in a gunfight, then travels toward Tivan with Lee Welsh and the Raniers. In town Con confronts deputy Bain and strikes back, facing Lowe’s arrival as danger closes in.
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Chicago
Don Cameron
Wild Horse
Caramba Vear
Asa Brock
Dynamite Downes
Brock
Nevil Lowe
Lowe
Con
Dynamite
el Muchacho
Fronteras
Lee Welsh
Quirk Ellis
Welsh
Raniers
Tivan
Tienda
Mexico
Hell
Chick Ranier
Chick
Odd
Pancho
Bravo Valley
Milam Fant
Hearn
Nevil
Robards
Bain
Fant
Slade
Riffraff
Janet Lowe
Marian
Cicero
Janet
Salado
Sheriff Lowe
Pattern No 8120 for children’s playwear
The pattern offers a pampered-wardrobe set with a smock cut and bright red apple pockets. It includes a round collar, applique pockets, sturdy overalls, and brief rompers sized for 2 to 6 years, with size 3 smock noted.
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E. S. Gardiner
Austin Street
Houston, Texas
Red
Eugene Cunningham
Eugene Cunnia
Chapter
Yards Inc
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
West Wacker Dr
Kellogg's
America
Kellogg’s
Elon
Senirteate
Gold Chain
Universal Mills
Gaylord J. Stone
Pres. Fort Worth
Texas
Uncle Sam
Rince Albert
Prince Alberts
N.C
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