Lady Hawkins Sinks After U Boat Hit Killing 250
Seventy one survivors tell how the Canadian liner Lady Hawkins was torpedoed on January 19 near Bermuda. Five days in a lifeboat left 5 dead. Chief Officer Percy Kelly rationed water and bread and saved the children with his lone bottle of brandy. The 7,850 ton ship owned by Canadian National Steamship Co. disappeared west of Bermuda with 250 missing.
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United Press
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Lady Hawkins
S. S. Coamo
New York and
Kelly
Canadian National Steamship Co
Halifax
Bermuda
Civilians Train as Wartime Aircrew Fueled by CAA Efforts
More than 10,000 youths received initial flying instruction in the Civil Aeronautics Administration program. About 10,000 more serve as instructors, weather forecasters, and mechanics while others become airline co pilots, freeing reserve officers for active duty. The CPT program acts as a pre selector, with a seven percent dropout rate in primary air corps training versus 45 percent for others.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
British Empire
Army
Navy
George Schwartz Welch
Wilmington
Del
Purdue University
Army Air Corps
Pearl Harbor
Air Corps
Northwest Missouri State Teachers College
Marysville
Kansas City
CPT
Robert H. Hinckley
Relief for Rheumatic Pain with RUX Compound
Ohio homeowner Mrs. G F Yenney reports relief from rheumatic like pains in fingers knees after using RUX Compound. She says the medicine helps her sleep, mood, and daily tasks. Ad claims easy use and low cost with three sizes available at local Hug Drug Stores.
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Ohio
G. F. Yenney
Spring St
Piqua
Rux
Hug Drug Stores
Market Ave. N
First Night Growths Throngs At Dueber Theater Cantons New Playhouse
Two capacity crowds attended the opening night at the Dueber theater Cantons newest Playhouse on Dueber south of Tuscarawas. Formal opening at 6 pm drew a full house with a second showing waiting. A large parking area with uniformed attendants aided cars. Inside the theater the seating allowed easy entry and exit without disturbing others.
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Dueber Theater
Canton
Dueber Are
Tuscarawas St
Coal Hearing Resumed Over Cincinnati Retailer Rates
Cincinnati officials reopened a formal hearing on an order that forces coal retailers to pay 1.89 dollars per ton for deliveries from West Virginia fields. F H Callaway, chairman of the solid fuel institute, urged allowing retailers to buy at mine prices and transport by the cheapest method.
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Cincinnati
Bituminous Coal Division
West Virginia
F. H. Callaway
The
Solid Fuel Institute
Big Prairie Girl Wins Holmes Declamation
Betty Brenneman of Big Prairie placed first in the Holmes county declamation in the interpretive poetry division with 90 points. Malinda Christopher of Killbuck took second with 88, and John Maxwell of Berlin third with 85, among other contestants. A side note records Leon Scott, a Frenchman, attempting to record sound in 1855, long before Edison.
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Holmesville
Jan
Betty Brenneman
Big Prairie
Holmes County
Malinda Christopher
Killbuck
John Maxwell
Ber
Leon Scott
Thomas Edison
Jackson Grange to Exhibit Antiques Tuesday Night
Members of Jackson Grange will host an antique show in the Grange Hall Tuesday night led by lecturer Gertrude M. Buchtel. After a brief business meeting, the public may view the pieces on display.
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Jackson Grange
Grange
Gertrude M. Buchtel
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