Nitrogen Research Work Is Continued
Washington reports continued progress at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory as the United States expands war time nitrogen fixation. The facility, with 107 staff, 17 buildings and $1 million in equipment, operates a unique high pressure catalyst testing plant. The lab's work underpins wartime explosives and peacetime fertilizer needs, linking Muscle Shoals cyanamid and the Sheffield Haber plants to national security and agricultural supply.
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Washington
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Muscle Shoals
Alabama
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Beauty Costs and Meerschaum Trade Across Ages
An old report notes that American women spend about fifty five million dollars annually on facial cosmetics. It also states that most meerschaum pipes come from Black Sea region mines with a millennial mining history.
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Black Sea
Science Adds Four Years To Man's Life
Chicago reports cheery science news with an estimated life extension of four years for adults and six years for newborns. The improvement stems from disease prevention and medical advances, reducing typhoid and diphtheria deaths. experts predict these diseases will largely disappear in a decade. The National Fraternal Congress cites a 10.9 million membership as part of the milestone.
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Chicago
Fourth Presbyterian Children Day Observed This Sunday
Fourth Presbyterian Sunday school will observe Children’s Day this Sunday June 18. The program begins at 10:30 with hymns prayers recitations by Margaret Henry Deaty Stickle Ruth Ferry and Velma Farrell among others. A reading by No ua Lewis and an address by Miss Perry principal of Terrace avenue school close the service with an offering for Sunday school missions.
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Deaty Stickle
Ruth Ferry
Irene Book
Viola Maxwell
Emma Maxwell
Tearl Wheale
Ua Lewis
Ealizabeth Maxwell
Bernice Dunkerley
Martha Swisher
aAnna Frisbee
Miss Blucher
London Chorus Girl Wins Suit In Court
London chorus girl Miss Doris Thomas was awarded 500 damages in a London court after being dismissed from a touring Afgar company. The manager claimed the dismissal resulted from insufficient wardrobe but failed to prove the charge.
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London
Doris Thomas
Afgar
Smacking Incident Tells of Fatal Blow After Cigarette
International News Service reports in Kansas City that GA Allen of Indianapolis asked for four matches from Jake Sheslin after a first failed light. After repeated refusals and a final blow, Allen fell, suffering a fractured skull and was hospitalized.
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Icansas City
GA. Allen
Indianapolis
Allen
Jake" Sheslitt
Shesline
Sheslin
Sheilin
Skeleton Of War Hero Unearthed In Cambridge
Workers uncover the skeleton of a Revolutionary War officer in a field at Channing and Mt. Auburn streets Cambridge. A bullet hole marks the skull and the bones are said to have been in the ground about 180 years. Cambridge revolutionary societies will seek a military funeral for the remains.
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Cambridge Revolutionary Societies
Finish Huge Illinois Dirigible Hangar Near Belleville
SCOTT FIELD, IU June 16 Work nears completion on the immense airship hangar frame at Scott field near Belleville valued at 1 259 000 dollars. When finished the structure will be 810 feet long and 165 feet wide, shaping a major facility for dirigible operations.
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Scott Field
Belleville
Second largest U.S. hangar to open by September
The project to cover the new hangar’s net work begins immediately with completion slated for September. Intended to house large dirigibles like the Roma and ZR f, it will now store aircraft instead after prior waves. Windsor Castle is noted as the oldest royal residence in the world.
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United States
Atee
Roma
ZR F
Windsor Castle
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