Taught to Escape from Submarines
Washington reports advances in submarine escape methods led by the underwater lung device developed by Lieut. Charles B. Momsen. The Navy trains crews at New London and Pearl Harbor through staged dives to 100 feet, teaching ascent speed, breathing, and decompression to reduce drowning risk after submarine incidents.
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Washington
New London
Block Island
R. I
Momsen
Washington Navy Yard
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Lights of New York by L. L. Stevenson
A columnist recalls night court cases in New York, mixing humorous vignettes with sober observations. Scotty McKay sells rings while feigning drunkenness, Leo Marmor taunts riders on an elevated train, and Maurice Ross briefly escapes with a cat as a distraction. The piece contrasts entertainment value with human tragedy. It closes with a bus driver’s dry humor about a Bronx flat, underscoring urban life’s ironies.
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New York
Scotty McKay
Eighth Avenue
Forty-first Street
Scotty
Leo Marmor
Brooklyn
Marmor
Maurice Ross
Ross
Madison Avenue
The
Waldorf
Bronx
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Beauty Standards Across Generations by Betty Wells
Betty Wells argues that taste is subjective and shifting. Standards of beauty are fluid and influenced by time and generation, with no universal rules. People often deem their own taste superior while others ridiculed past eras.
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Betty Wells
WNU Service
Language of Their Own Evolved by Rail Linemen
Lincoln, Neb. railway workers have developed a concise lingo unknown to outsiders. D W Snapp notes terms like Give her Nebraska meaning fill in dirt around a pole and daylight warning mates to clear the track.
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Lincoln
Neb
D. W. Snapp
American Speech
Snapp
The
Burlington
Middle West
Nebraska
Dust Storms Threaten Health in Dust Bowl Region
Oklahoma A and M agronomist Harley A. Daniel warns dust storms in the three state dust bowl area threaten public health. He says prolonged exposure could cause widespread silicosis, a lung disease, with advanced cases nearly incurable. X rays of 56 Oklahoma panhandle residents show increased lung fibrosis suggestive of silicosis.
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Stillwater
Okla
Harley A. Daniel
Oklahoma A. & M. Agronomist
Daniel
Oklahoma Panhandle
Horse n Buggy Drivers Blamed for Accidents
Chicago report quotes J S Baker of the National Safety Council saying horse drawn buggy drivers fail in a modern speed age. He warns drivers must be 100 percent responsible as the model driver remains calm, polite, and anticipates difficulties with quick action.
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Chicago
J. S. Baker
National Safety Council
Texans Still Prefer Old Muzzle-Loaders
A Houston sports goods store shows continued demand for muzzle loading caps and buggy whips. The manager notes occasional calls from old timers who still favor these rifles.
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Houston
Potash Independence Highlighted at Chemical Society Talk
Dallas listeners learned how dry lake brines at Searles Lake California and mines near Carlsbad New Mexico supply most of America’s potash. Speakers touted 35 percent brine concentration, 40 percent borax and boric acid outputs, and the risk of water intrusion threatening potash recovery.
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Dallas
Texas
America
California
New Mexico
American Chemical Society
Germany
Stassfurt
Searles Lake
Torna
Calif
W. A. Gale
American Potash and Chemical Corporation
Trona
R. W. Mumford
Carlsbad
Peter Rabbit Escapes Reddy Fox From Hidden Brush Pile
In this Adventures of Peter Rabbit tale Peter hides in a thick brush castle to escape Reddy Fox. He discovers a dark old tunnel under a stump and slips out unseen as Redtail the Hawk and Hooty the Owl guard the forest. He dashes toward the Briar Patch to safety.
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Urely
Peter Rabbit
Reddy Fox
Old Man Coyote
Granny Fox
Redtail
Hawk
Peter
Briar Patch
Hooty
Briar
T. W. Burgess
WNU
Farley Family Spotted Leaving St Patrick's Cathedral
An alert photographer captured James A. Farley postmaster general with his wife and two daughters Ann and Betty as they left St Patrick's Cathedral after Sunday services, illustrating a rare public moment for a prominent official's family.
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New York
James A. Farley
Ann
Betty
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Lost Worlds yield vast specimens from Venezuelan jungles
New York reports that five American Museum of Natural History explorers led by Dr. George H. Tate collected 2300 birds 500 mammals and many plants from three lost tablelands Mt Auyantepuy Mt Roraima and Mt Oaida in three and a half months atop Venezuela’s jungle. They reached Auyantepuy by airplane from Ciudad Bolivar.
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New York
American Museum of Natural History
Venezuela
George H. Tate
William Phelps
Mt. Auyantepuy
Orinoco
Doctor Tate
Mt. Roraima
Mt. Oaida
Ciudad Bolivar
Cancer Can Struck Kid Patients Says St Louis Doctors
St Louis doctors warn cancer can occur in children and teens. The Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital notes 134 young patients diagnosed by microscopy since 1908. Early diagnosis and adequate treatment improve outcomes across ages.
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St. Louis
Barnard Free
Steel Plating Enables Corrosion Proof Iron Tanks
A German firm has succeeded in plating iron with acid resisting chrome nickel or chrome nickel molybdenum steels. The alloy used to cover the iron base is only 10 to 20 percent of the total coating, providing corrosion resistance in acid tanks.
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Berlin
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