Carol and Lupescu Safe in Portugal After Spain Escape
Former King Carol of Rum and his companion Magda Lupescu fled Seville Spain after evading guards for months. They crossed the border using false passports and traveled toward the United States with uncertain plans and safety concerns.
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Carol
Lupescu
Portugal
Spain
Lisbon
Carol of Rum
Magda Lupescu
Loon
Sevile
Autameniie
Tren
Seville
United States
New Devices May Decide Big Sea War
London report details how 1931 U boat tactics hinge on asdic advances and German responses. First Lord A. W. Alexander notes British anti submarine gear shapes balance, with U boats adopting longer range salvoes. British ship losses cover many thousands of tons and gains come from new construction and captured vessels.
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William 1. Stoneman
Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
A. WV
Alexander
Admiralty
Great Britain
Losses in ships and tonnage in early World War I period
The report aggregates British shipping losses to 2,193 ships totaling 4,203,618 tons from outbreak to Feb 16. It cites Lloyds and other lists showing German losses at 1,196 ships 1,607,140 tons, with Italians adding 392 ships 960,000 tons, for a combined enemy loss of 1,967,140 tons from 38,? ships.
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Lieve
Lioyrd
Hialy
Heart Balm Fraud in Buenos Aires First Recorded
Special Correspondence recounts Buenos Aires in 2008 archives uncovering the first heart balm case. Pilot Pedro Valdez promised marriage to Margarita Martinez under moonlit velvet skies, then signed a notary document to end the affair in exchange for 100 pesos. The tale notes the case as possibly America’s earliest heart balm record, preserved in the Buenos Aires public library.
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Allen Haden
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Buenos Aires
Mario B. de Quiros
Bon Pedro Valdez
Brazil
San Gabriel
Rio de Janeiro
Margarita Martinez
Pedro Valdez
Margarita
Sabors
Martinez Boys
Pedro
Francis de Vittoria
Don .Francisco
Spain
Rio
Francisco del Vittoria
America
Mario de Quiros
Trelles
Cardiff raids fail to halt blitz over city nights
Cardiff withstood two German bombing nights in a colorful free-for-all as British firefighters and anti-aircraft gunners battled over the area. The nightlong raid produced fires, explosions, and heavy shelling, yet the city remained standing with only scattered damage and lingering smoke seen at dawn. A separate note reports New York interns to study music as therapy with a free two-month course offered by the New York School of Music to city hospitals.
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Cardiff
Lfe
Iff
France
Gloucester Road
London
Swanssea
Ing
Horzon
New York
Afutsic
New York City
New York School of Music
Army Engineer Denies Bombproof Shelter Myth
L. T. Evans, Army construction engineer, told the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California that no structure is bombproof. He warned a 1,000 pound aerial bomb may be blocked, but a 2,000 pound bomb could negate protection, urging bomb resistant designs for gun emplacements and ammunition dumps.
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Army
Los Angeles
Zvs
L. T. Evans
Structural Engineers’ Association of
Southern California
Evans
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