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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1935
Page
3
Jack Chester recounts a brutal night on a grading gang camp atop a bare Alaskan mountain. A tent collapse and blaze forced escape, with 14 men burned, six severely, while he slept in the cold bunk section and barely survived. He later faced near drowning and burial.
The sun is a radiant globe about 864100 miles in diameter and 92897400 miles from Earth with density about 1.5 times water. The moon's diameter is 2162 miles and its distance 238857 miles, density about 3.44 times water. The sun’s chemical constitution likely matches Earth but remains gaseous under extreme pressure.
The National Bureau of Standards reports that acid writing inks hasten paper deterioration to an alarming degree while an alkaline ink is only slightly detrimental to paper longevity.
The wreckage of the plane that killed Will Rogers and Wiley Post lies in shallow waters near Point Barrow Alaska. Post’s body was recovered from the wreckage while Rogers’ body was found outside the fuselage. Rumors say plans by three Russian aviators to fly from Moscow to San Francisco may be in doubt.
Connecticut American Legion backs a resolution urging Congress to award the Congressional Medal to Sergeant Bernard J. Early of New Haven. The claim contends Early, who is totally disabled, helped capture German troops in the Argonne Forest and turned them over to Sergeant Alvin C. York to return to the lines.
Collier's Weekly notes that likely over 100,000 spies operate worldwide with more than 40,000 caught and convicted in Europe over 15 years. It reports Russia alone shows an average of one spy arrested and found guilty every six hours during that period.
Prince Makonnen son of Haile Selassie is being trained for a potential war with Italy. Though young he wears an officer's uniform with a lion mane helmet. Such displays rally native warriors, amid concerns of a looming world race war.
A religion lesson discusses the conversion of Lydia in Acts 16 11 15 noting attendance at the river side listening to Paul and baptism following belief It emphasizes the sanctified home of Aquila and Priscilla and their role as active Christian workers and supporters of Paul in Corinth and Rome.
Roy Chapman Andrews notes that insurance cancels his accident policy during expeditions, a pattern he treats with humor. He argues urban dangers desensitize people while exploration presents rarer, more remarkable perils that sustain his interest in travel.
Advertising copy promotes Milnesia Wafers as a pleasant milk of magnesia tablet form. It claims fast relief from acidity gas headaches and bloating by chewing a wafer per directions. Wafers priced 35¢ 60c and tins 20c and endorsed by physicians and druggists.
The 1940 United States census is announced to be taken in 1940. Officials outline plans to collect population data nationwide and count residents for federal planning and representation.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic promises relief from malaria by destroying the infection and building up the system. It contains tasteless quinine and iron, claims to be safe for children, and is sold in 50c and 1.00 sizes with stated quantity differences.
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