Navy builds first 14 inch gun to lead abroad
The United States Navy accelerates work on its first 14 inch naval rifle at Indian Head proving grounds. Officials signal the project aims to outpace foreign powers and benchmark heavier ordnance for possible wartime leverage, with tests to determine feasibility and performance.
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United States Navy
United States Army
Indian Head
Potomac
Bureau ‘of Ordnance
Navy
United States War Department
Romer Shoal
New York Harbor
Sandy Hook
War Department
Sande
Ite
Army
N. J
Congress
William Cro 2Ler
N. BE. Mason
Admiral Mason
Pennsylvania
United States Naval Academy
Navy Yard
Washington
Bureau of Ordnance
Bureau
Naval Proving Grounds
Ordnance Bureau
Brooklyn
League Island Navy Yard
Naval Torpedo Station
Naval Ordnance Organization
Navy to test 14 inch gun for battleships
The article describes the construction and testing plan for a new 14 inch naval gun, including the jacketed tube process, furnace, and precise alignment. It notes the weapon’s weight, muzzle velocity, range penetration estimates, and the collaboration between private industry and the Washington navy yard, with leaders in ordnance cited.
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Board of Naval Construction
Navy
Government
Naval
Washington
Congress
Navy Department
Midvale Steel Company
BE. N. C. Leutze
Naval Gun Factory
Admiral Leutze
Prussia
Naval Academy
Panama
Nicaragua
Monterey
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Manila
Cavita Navy Yard
North Dakota
Delaware
Arkansas
Wyoming
Naval Gun
A Jar of Resnol Ointment Handy In House
Mrs T B Henderson of Albany endorses Resinol Ointment as a superb remedy for skin troubles and eczema. She notes its cooling healing effect on sore nipples and praises its long time value from twenty years as a nurse.
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T. B. Henderson
Albany
Truth Sassier Than Fiction Joke From Southern Wit
A quip from Everybody's Magazine notes southerners are gallant but cites a Georgian father who told his son not to chase women or streetcars, saying another will come along soon, highlighting humorous regional humor.
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Everybody's Magazine
Western Canada
Deneen
Illinois
Sauskatehawan
Canada
Tata
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Weeostern Canada
Ottawa
Can
An Obvious Proposition Plain Cook Sighting
A humorous exchange about a plainly described cook role. A man asserts his wife requires only a plain cook in the house, highlighting domestic convenience and humor.
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