Moon Flight Feasibility Reported by International Scientists
Paris reports the Societe Astronomique de France heard scientists from Germany America Austria and France declare a rocket to the moon and possibly Mars and Venus theoretically feasible within a year. Prof Herman Oberth described a double tube hydrogen rocket achieving 2500 miles per second to overcome gravity. The Hirsch prize was raised to 10000 francs for Oberths work and related papers from Russians Austrians and Germans added to the discussion including a proposed landing method.
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Paris
Societe Astronomique
France
Mars
Venus
Rep-Hirsch
Herman Oberth
Oberth
Professor Oberth
Andre Hirsch
Robert shault-Pelterie
Six Foot Ten Scot Chooses Canadian Fruit Work
Andrew Keliing, a six foot ten and a half inch Scot from Scotland, arrives in Winnipeg with hundreds of other potential Canadians. Too shy to vote for himself, he wins the prize as Scotland's tallest and adapts to fruit picking in Canada as a step toward prosperity he has heard about.
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Winnipeg
Andrew Keliinghap
Les Mathangow
Scotland
Canada
Busy Woman Whose Works In Her Town South Platte
South Platte Colorado faces a bustling summer as Mrs Charles Walbrecht, a longtime town pillar, guides the fishing season. She runs the hotel post office depot and inn, cooks, milks, and entertains visitors while serving as mayor marshal and chief of police if needed, preserving the town after a 20 year old fire. A stage driver once shot and wounded her when she stopped trouble.
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South Platte
Colo
Colorado
Charles Walbrecht
West
Maror
Marshal
Denver
South Platte River
Soviet Plan to House Homeless Children on Floating Ships
The Soviet Union plans to convert ships into floating homes for homeless children on the Black and Caspian seas and along river highways. The scheme aims to turn vagrants into productive citizens, addressing runaway tendencies by offering mobile living sites.
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Moscow
Yale Students Barred Use of Motorcycles
New Haven reports that Yale will ban student motorcycle operation starting September 24. The move ends the loud roars that characterized the student season as motorcycles will be almost extinct in the campus area.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
New
Level and Rolling Land: Equal Quarter-Sections?
The Geological Survey explains that surveying land as a plane surface makes a quarter section of level land contain the same area as a quarter of rolling land, though the rolling surface may have more exposed surface than the level one.
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Geological Survey
Miss Marion Boyd Wins Slogan Contest Prize
Detroit seventeen year old Miss Marion Boyd received a Hoover presentation certificate for her winning slogan this is your country beautify it. The Art Center of New York conducted the contest sponsored by Mrs. J D Rockefeller Jr and the prize was a trip to Washington.
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Marion Boyd
Detroit
Mich
Hoover
Art Center of New York
J. D. Rockefeller, Jr
Washington
Former Soldier Returns Shoes Theft Money Order
A former private reimburses the War Department after admitting theft of army shoes during wartime. He encloses a money order for $20.43 with a note saying religion reform led him to pay back the department, enriching the government by the amount. The letter cites a past incident and expresses repentance.
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Washington
United State
War Department
Unhurt in Wreck Near Kenosha
Adolph Spetzer drove onto the tracks near Kenosha Wisconsin as a train approached. His car was hurled about 150 feet. the train crew halted and rushed to aid if needed. They encountered Adolph on the road unharmed and he cried out for his car.
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Kenosha
Wis
Adolph Spetzer
Bis
Adolph
Americans Among 41 Citizens Granted British Nativity in 1928
A London report lists 1,893 total naturalization certificates in 1928 to those taking oaths of allegiance to the king. Russians supplied the most new British citizens while Americans numbered 41, with 19 revocations all among men from Germany, Russia and a few other nations.
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London
United States
England
Russia
Poland
Italy
Great Britain
Austria
Germany
British Isles
Austria-Hungary
Greece
Rumania
Transfusion from dead to living in Romania case
Doctors at a Cluj hospital connected the arm of Rosa Jancu just after her death to that of George Morar who had stabbed himself. Morar, initially near death, survived and was expected to recover after the historic transfusion.
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Cluj
Romania
Rosa Jancu
George Morar
Morar
Athletes Sparingly Face Criminal Arraignments, Judge Says
Judge Edward Hurley in Cincinnati notes athletes rarely appear in criminal courts. He attributes this to disciplined sport building self reliance and character, adding that a sound body tends to produce a sound mind.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Edward Hurley
Hurley
Moon Weather Superstitions Deemed Unreliable
The U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau debunks beliefs that a downward horn of the new crescent predicts rain. Moon phase position varies by latitude, giving no reliable weather forecast. Near the equator the crescent appears nearly horizontal and rainfall is heavy, while polar views would suggest wet weather in arid regions.
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Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Equator
South Pole
Ohio's First Penitentiary Built in Columbus
The first Ohio penitentiary was begun in 1813 and completed in 1815 at Columbus, marking the state's early prison construction milestone.
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Ohio
Columbus
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