Lamella Roof Powers Pillarless Houston Convention Hall
A German lamella type roof enables a 126 by 326 foot main hall to seat 20 000 delegates with only two rows of pillars. The timber roof uses a net like system of 12 foot beams, wood arches avoided, and Texas long leaf pine for the memb ers.
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Houston
Tex
Europe
America
Texas
April Rainfall Defies Sunshine Hope In Frederickton
Frederickton inhabitants blame April overcast skies for crop and sport impacts. Weather official audits the month showing 353 percent rainfall with 10 of 23 days receiving little or no sun. Forecaster predicts continued clouds and possible rain, but a brighter Wednesday follows.
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Frederick
Alabama
Georgia
Atlantic States
Mississippi
Middle
North Atlantic
Ohio Valley
South Atlantic States
Sinclair to testify before Senate committee next week
Washington April 2 Harry F Sinclair who was acquitted last Saturday on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government in naval air bases agreed to appear before the Senate Committee on Government Operations or its successor to answer questions about Liberis bond profits of the Continental Trading Company. May 1 was set by his counsel George D Hoover and Walter Walsh Democratic prosecutor of the committee after the panel telegraphed the oil magnate at his New Jersey farm.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Naval Air
Senate
George D. Hoover
Skater Walsh
Democra
Ventana
Jersay Farm
Fomoarroy
Dutiaz
Time by the Stars at U S Naval Observatory
A description of how the United States Naval Observatory uses transit instruments to observe a star crossing the meridian and calibrate master clocks. Three ultra accurate pendulum clocks in an underground vault are synchronized with these star signals, with minute adjustments to keep national time accurate for broadcast signals from Arlington.
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Naval Observatory
Naval Broadcasting Station
Arlington
U. S Naval Observatory
Floods Cripple South as Torrential rains hit Georgia Alabama
Flood conditions sweep Georgia and Alabama with record rainfall flooding highways and rail lines. Tornadoes strike Brunswick and Sylvester causing property damage without loss of life. In Castleberry floodwaters submerge the Louisville and Ashland Railway tracks marooning three fast trains carrying passengers including a Southern Association baseball team and travelers from New Orleans and Mobile bound for Atlanta.
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Birmingham
Ala
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
Brunswick
Sylvester
Louisville and Ashland
Castleberry
Southern Association
New Orleans
Mobile
Atlanta
Palm reading provokes quip in Knott household
Mrs Aristair Kratt asks Mrs Neuworth if she has ever had her palm read. Mrs Neuworth replies she never uses her hands for work. The exchange reveals a playful domestic moment in a Knott household.
Fragmented congressional hearing notes on 1922 23 dealings
Proceedings reveal Sinclair subpoenas and questions about the Continental Trading Company deal, with Senator Walsh and Hooter debating interrogation limits. References to party aims and large sums surface amid incomplete text and quoted stage directions from a separate Sunday program.
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