Belgian Congo Is Rich in Natural Resources
Dispatches report a fatal airplane crash in the Congo jungles killing six men and a woman. The article outlines Congo's resources and progress under Leopold III, noting minerals, palm oil, and a move toward agriculture, with transport links and educational efforts.
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Belgian Congo
Washington
Congo Jungles
Belgium
Africa
Congo River
Congo
National Geographic Society
Livingstone
Stanley
Leopold III
United States
Professor Debunks Voodooism in Haiti
Northwestern University anthropology professor Melville Herskovitz, after a three month stay in Haiti and West Africa, says voodoo is not the brutal cult depicted in movies. He describes it as a peaceful religion with Saturday ceremonies and no human sacrifices.
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Chicago
West Indies
Melville J. Herskovitz
Haiti
Africa
Doctor Herskovitz
Northwestern University
Diving Robot To Seek Sunken Treasure In Washington
A 1400 pound diving sphere to be launched in Washington will lead a world wide search for sunken treasure ships. The device, designed to reach great depths beyond Beebe's Bathysphere, will operate from a Delaware corporation headquarters in Washington. A veteran navigator and the inventor aided by Lieut. Harry H. Rieseberg chart 87 treasure vessels while claims of $1 663862 in gems and bullion lie in the ships holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval
Potomac River
William Beebe
The
Submarine Engineering and Salvaging Corporation
Dela
Washington State
Harry H. Rieseberg
United States Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection
Rieseberg
Wind Power Plant to Produce Electricity in Germany
Production of electric current from wind power will be attempted in Germany. The German government has appropriated 50 000 reichsmarks for the first wind plant near Berlin. It is estimated to yield about 4 000 000 kilowatt hours annually with operating costs under 40 000 reichsmarks and a unit cost near 0.004 dollars per kilowatt hour. Smaller wind plants are also favored for industry and agricultural co operatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
C. T. Zawadzki
Berlin
Commerce Department
Three-Headed Sea Serpent Sighted Off California
San Pedro reports a remarkable maritime sighting as Harbor Fireboat No 2 crew members describe seeing a three headed sea serpent off the California coast. The crew swears to the strange sighting amid calm seas near harbor waters.
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California
San Pedro, Calif
Dime Divorcée Rebecca White Returns From Russia
Mrs Rebecca Lipseume White photographed at her mother's Washington home after divorcing Lieut Thomas D White US military attache in Soviet courts at a cost of about 10 cents. She is grand-niece of the late James G Blaine.
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Rebecca Lipseume White
Washington
Russia
Thomas D. White
United States
James G. Blaine
Primrose Rug Crochet Pattern Featured by Home Craft
The Grandmother Clark rug book No. 25 illustrates a six square Primrose rug design. It uses about three pounds of material for a 42 inch rug with a center 5 inch square and colored shading from light yellow center to petal colored outer triangles. Send 15c to Home Craft Company Department C for the book and instructions with a SASE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Home Craft Company
Department C
Nineteenth and
St. Louis Avenue
St. Louis
Sources of Greatness Seeded in Longline Roots
A meditation on heroic figures having deep ancestral seeds and roots from which greatness springs. The author argues that fatherhood and motherhood shape legacy, with blood and life distilling victory for future days of a people and nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Bushnell
Water as a Beverage Unknown to Cows in Hawaii
The bureau of animal industry reports Hawaii cows on Mauna Kea graze in misty valleys and drink no water. Born near Parker Ranch, the herd wandered to dry regions and survived via moisture from air and wet grass. Offspring continue the pattern, raising questions about cattle water needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Mauna Kea
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Parker Ranch
Mysterious Growth Tale From a Hidden Source
A fragment notes a process that grew to maturity without ever seeing much water, suggesting an unusual resilience or adaptation. The text hints at a metaphorical or scientific context but provides limited concrete details. No named individuals or organizations are identified in the readable portion.
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Kabalo
Bandundu
Port Francquil
Luebo
Boma
Inongo
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Lisala
Basoko
Union of South Africa
Angola
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Osher L. Burdick
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Maryland
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Mace City
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Jacksonville, Fla
Florida-Sun Land Co
Trout
Mrs. Wood
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