YANK SHIPS AGAIN TO VISIT ENGLAND
A 1910s style report notes 1109 naval academy midshipmen and ships New York Texas Arkansas joining a practice cruise toward Britain. Rear Admiral Alfred W. Jonsson commands the American detachment with admiral Beatty inviting a return visit to England. The Yorktown era ships, part of the sixth squadron, are praised for their historic role in Allied naval power.
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Washington
United States
Bat
David Beatty
Yne
United Stans
Mival Academy
England
Old Barre
Bolsiin
Bectiv
New York
Texas
Ingester Arkansas
Riking Bebenvare
Hugh Rodmen
Geary
Atlantic
Edicshethsea
Box Is Put on Gambling Convicts Tale to Marbles
In Jackson Michigan prison inmates have taken to marbles as a pastime amid a fresh ban on gambling. Deputy Warder James Ryan notes that while a cash game may be informal, contraband money exists among prisoners and could finance a fake bank. Any excess cash is confiscated to the prison fund. One inmate from an escape plot reportedly carried six twenty pound bills concealed in his clothing.
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Tale
Jackson
Mich
Hysn
Readers Warned Against Habit of Back Tracking
Southbridge readers are advised to avoid back tracing while reading aloud or silently. A recent survey indicates only 23 percent read with full accuracy, urging readers to scan left to right in a smooth, progressive manner without murmurs or subvocalization.
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Southbridge
Mess
Ho J. Bejie
Ewe Rejects Two Kids Corvallis Montana
A ewe that birthed triplets in Corvallis Montana refused to feed two of her lambs. The mother could care for only one, so the two unfed lambs were adopted by other ewes.
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Corvallis, Mont
Great Hindenburg Flame Picture and Aerial Daredevil Shot
On May 6, 1937 news photographers captured the Hindenburg fire over Lakehurst New Jersey in a landmark image. Harry Knapp provided an aerial shot of Harold Parkhurst the parachute jumper lighting a cigarette at 5000 feet. Near Dexter Iowa a posse corners wounded bandit Marvin Barrow and his hysterical wife. FOTO-FEATURE selected by A J Erickson.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Harry Knapp
Harold Parkhurst
Dexter
Iowa
Marvin Barrow
A. J. Erickson
Photographer’s split second captures air race crash
A sick cameraman filmed Gordon Israel’s August 12 1934 50 mile air race crash at Omaha as his plane nosedived and tumbled to the ground. Israel walked away unhurt while the incident underscores how news photographs have aided official inquiries from the South Chicago clash to historic events.
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Gordon Israel
Omaha
Israel
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South Chicago
Republic Steel Corporation
Senate Civil Liberties
Dlama
Panay
State Department
Ohio and
Mississippi Valley
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