Yardley and the Black Chamber Return to Light
From Sybil's Cave whispers in Washington claim Major Herbert Yardley is being recalled to covert work. Once exposed for running a private secret code bureau, Yardley wrote a controversial book that spurred laws against it. Now the foreign broadcast monitoring service reports a 24 hour shift decoding about 900000 words daily.
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Squirrel Gun to Tycoon: Thomas A Morgan's Path to Sperry
The NC farm boy Thomas A Morgan grew from a rifle aim in youth to lead the Sperry corporation as its president in 1928. His early skill with a muzzle loader foreshadowed a career in precision instruments and aviation funding through postwar solvency efforts including a $433,316 cushioning fund for the first half of the year. Morgan's navy service and salesmanship helped him connect with Elmer A Sperry, guiding a path from gyroscope invention to corporate leadership and aviation philanthropy.
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Farm origins of baseball stars highlighted in league study
In a speech by Robert McShane, the American League’s service bureau surveys major league players with farm backgrounds. It lists pitchers Ted Lyons Lefty Gomez Red Ruffing and others who grew up farming, plus catchers infielders and outfielders with rural roots. The piece notes managers largely lack farm histories.
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Ted Lyons
Chicago
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Mel Harder
Bill Zuber
Cleveland
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Ernie Bonham
Red Ruffing
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Ken Chase
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Boston
Rollie Hemsley
Turner
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Harland Clift
Charlie Keller
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Lou Finney
Taft Wright
Beau Bell
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Sam West
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Quiz Questions From a Trivia Round
A mixed list of questions asks about twin birth frequency in the U S the meaning of Quo Vadis Plimsoll lines the House Ways and Means Committee which non ruminant buffalo kangaroo or camel is not a ruminant the gammadion symbol who ruled France during the revolution how many American women sit in Britain's House of Commons who would be most interested in an artifact a magician archaeologist or machinist and the country of the Battle of Borodino.
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Gold Carnegie Hero Medal Awarded to Texas Family
Collier's notes since 1904 the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission received 39 500 applications and granted 3 200 with 2 627 bronze 554 silver and 19 gold medals. The lone gold in the past 25 years went to Charles Coe's family of Burkburnett Texas for saving one child and losing his life trying to save another in a 1923 fire.
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Whither Goest Thou and a Ship Load Line Marks
A cryptic set of items lists numbers one through ten, pairing phrases like One in 87 births and The Nazis with historical references such as Louis XVI and Napoleon against the Russians in 1812, alongside names Lady Astor and Beatrice Clough Rathbone with a March 19 1941 seat.
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