Global News Reel of Miracles Disasters and Deaths
A sweeping roundup notes battleships, missing aviators Earhart and Kingsford Smith, deadly volcano and tsunami in New Britain, rail and train wrecks in Mexico and Spain, and crashes in the United States. It reports sports titles in Portugal and England, Soviet polar flights, fires, heat waves, and oddities from zoos and rodeos across multiple cities.
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Colorado
Amelia Earhart
Nooman
Honolulu
Andaman Sea
Burma
Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith
Tom Pethybridge
London
Sydney
Rabaul
New Britain
Mexican
Mexico City
al Perreira
Portugal
Henri de Glane
France
Paris
Fortress of Suomen- Tinna
Helsingfors
Finland
Darjeeling
Bengal
Himalayas
Henry Cotton
Carnouster
Scotland
United States
Moscow
Japan
China
Peipin
Tokio
Spain
Valencia
Imperial Japan
Tientsin
Paul van Zeeland
Leopold
Brussels
North Pole
British Columbia
San Francisco
Densmore Shute
Boston
Walton Heath
England
Side Glances on Roaches Termites and Senate Records
A cockroach sheds its skin and grows. Over 4,000 termites found in a single cubic foot of infested wood. Publication of senators speeches in the Congressional Record costs about 250000 dollars per session.
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Congressional Record
Curious World Facts From Pathfinder Magazine
A compilation of quirky statistics and trivia including Chicago bike paths, beer history, income sources for Uncle Sam, glow worms, France’s view of music, teeth strength, Garfield’s left-handedness, Pullman linen use, fatal illnesses, longevity odds, global money and oil for paper, and New York subway ridership.
Fortune Favors Fools and Wise Words in Vivid Prose
A poetic meditation on fate and virtue contrasts fortunes and folly. It notes that fortune often favors fools yet punishes later, warns against vanity, and urges self knowledge and prudent company. The set of maxims blends moral insight with worldly observation.
BULLS EYE HITS Harvard Survey of Explorers
A survey section notes Harvard's program for explorers. The report lists a Department of Justice file with 1,800 tire patterns and cites California fruit drying figures. A Kern Y M C A camp group travels to Greenhorn mountains with Mrs Eckmann joining Shafter residents.
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Department of Justice
Washington, D. C
A. W. Eckmann
Greenhorn Mountains
Eckmann
Kern County
Portuguese Meadows
Shafter
A. W. Gaede
Motor Trip to Southland Shafter Residents Travel South
Myron and Elroy Janzen drove to Los Angeles to return their brother Darrell, USC student and scholarship recipient, home. Other notes include vacation trips to Escondido and Pismo Beach, visits from Tulare and Sacramento, a local wedding license pursuit, and church summer recess announced by Union Congregational.
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Southland
Myron
Elroy Janzen
Los Angeles
Darrell
H. J. D. Janzen
L. A
Helmuth Reich
Shafter
Firesteel
South Dakota
River Scene Pictured With Buster Crabbe at Shafter Theatre
A scene from Zane Grey’s thrilling western River stars Buster Crabbe and June Martel. The production will play at the Shafter Theatre Friday and Saturday.
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Zane Grey
Buster Crabbe
June Martel
Shafter Theatre
Classified Advertisement Rates and Policy Note
Advertisement rates outline charges two cents per word with a minimum one insertion and 25 cents for three insertions plus 50 cents for three insertions. The notice describes placement in the department and general terms for For Sale and Lost notices.
Alamo’s Role Through History as Fort and Mission
The Alamo in San Antonio began as a mission school and later functioned as a fortress after 1795. It housed garrisons from six nations and displayed multiple flags including Mexico, Texas, the Confederacy, and the United States. The text notes historical symbolism and a reference to gas consumption in the United States.
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San Antonio
Texas
Alamo
Mexico
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