Graf Zeppelin Clears For New York After Final Prep
Germany’s Graf Zeppelin, set to depart at dawn for the United States, completes final grooming amid excitement and anxiety over its second Atlantic crossing attempt. New motors and air cushions brace for sea landings. passengers include Sir Hubert Wilkins and several Americans plus Susy the gorilla and her mate Looey. cargo features a Rubens, a grand piano, canaries, and a bust of Baron Von Huenfeld for the German consulate in New York.
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United States
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Graf
Toulon
George Crouse
Schenectady
Crouse
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Georgette Gourevitch
Ernst Milatch
Bonn University
Walter Spiess
German Transportation Ministry
Nelson Morris
Frank Nicholson
New York
Joachim Rickard
Madrid
Richard Burke
Susy
Looey
Canaries
Baron von Huenfeld
International scout jamboree opens at Arrowe Park England
Fifty thousand scouts from 42 nations gather as Arrowe Park hosts the third international jamboree. Duke of Connaught opens with royal speeches, with Prince of Wales and Prince George visiting. 4,000 Wolf cubs hold a Grand Howl. services led by church leaders in Liverpool and Canterbury.
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Eng
Arrowe
England
United States
Canada
Ceylon
Persia
Iceland
Duke of Connaught
Scout Movement
Robert Baden-Powell
Brownsea Island
Poole Harbor
Sir Robert
Overton
Upton
Denmark
France
Belgium
Japan
China
British Isles
Prince of Wales
Wales
Prince George
Sea Scout Branch
West Kirby Marine Lake
Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Westminster
Liverpool
Arrowe Camp Scouts Train for Global Brotherhood
The main Arrowe camp houses eight sub camps under Gen Godfrey Faussett with three to four thousand scouts each, all nationalities mingled. Public access is restricted mornings as delegations perform stunts in a vast arena while an open air theatre and cinema run daily. Troops include disabled members and Ceylon scouts bring two elephants. Delegations travel by chartered ships and trains. past pamborees were London 1920 with 1,200 scouts from 23 countries and Copenhagen 1924 with 6,000 scouts from 23 nations.
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Arrowe
Godfrey Faussett
Ceylon
England
Boy Scouts
London
Copenhagen
Judge Goes Detective in Vermin Hotel Damage Suit
Prague reports a Czech court hearing over a controversial damage case where a judge spent a night in a vermin infested hotel under a false name to verify claims by an actress alleging mental anguish and bodily injury. The proprietor denied charges and accused the actress of seeking publicity. The judge then ordered $31 to the actress and court costs plus overnight stay fees.
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Prague
Airplane Promise Sparks California Divorce Case
In Los Angeles Mrs Hazel H Barnes seeks annulment or divorce from Alfred L Barnes after a six day wait for an promised airplane. She says he had no job when they married and produced no flying gift as promised, prompting the legal action.
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Los Angeles
Alfred L. Barnes
Hazel H. Barnes
Paris Council approves motorized hearses to speed funerals
The Paris Municipal Council voted to replace horse drawn hearses with automobiles to hasten funeral processions. The decision emphasizes quicker services and modernizes city ceremonies, reflecting a shift in public funeral practices.
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Paris
Men and Machines latest work by Stuart Chase
Paul W White reviews Stuart Chase's Men and Machines from Macmillan, arguing that while the book shows machines enslave yet liberate humanity, it warns of wasted natural resources and the threat of future war. A gripping chapter on aircraft and chemical warfare ends with a cautious hope that science may end warfare.
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Stuart Chase
Paul W. White
New York
Macmillan
Chase
Unusual literary twists and celebrity author moves
The piece surveys authors and public figures changing careers or lives. Alfred E. Smith dictates his autobiography Up to Now for fall publication. Claude G. Bowers selected for the Literary Guild book The Tragic Era. Count and Countess Luckner join the Massee Caribbean Expedition aboard a four masted schooner. Gene Wright now resides in Tamanrasset, Hoggar, French North Africa. Mary Ware Dennett finishing Who’s Obscene. Evelyn Pember, once Oxford lecturer, now devoted to writing. Lewis Browne leaves New York for Santa Monica to work on a novel under the pseudonym Mr Zzyz.
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Countess Luckner
Gene Wright
Tamenrasset
Hoggar
Sud d’Algerie
French North Africa
Mary Ware Dennett
Brooklyn
Evelyn Pember
Coucow
Oxford
Lewis Browne
New York
Santa Monica
Browne
Mr. Zzyz
Largest shovel scoops 20 tons in Illinois open pit
An electric shovel weighing 3 200 000 pounds and able to scoop 20 tons of earth in a single bite will be placed in operation in Illinois coal fields. The giant machine, built by a local firm, required 18 months and 50 freight cars to transport. It is nearly twice as large as existing excavators and could move about 2 1/2 million cubic yards of earth per month.
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Marion, O
Illinois
Washington Fire Drama At Florence Pageant
In Florence Colorado a staged historical pageant features George Washington in period dress aiding at a wood shed fire rumors of real action swirl as actors portraying Col. Henry Lee John Marshall Gen Nathaniel Green and Col Edward Randolph stand by with hoses while the play includes the performance of the scene and the costumed cast.
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Colo
Paul Revere
J. A. Patterson
George Washington
George’s
Col
Henry Lee
John Marshall
Edward Randolph
Nathaniel Green
John Brent
Fire call drives volunteers from high school to blaze
At a high school a fire gong rang and George Washington and fellow Volunteer Firemen rushed from class to respond to a blaze, answering duty with haste.
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Ing Given
George Washington
Law saves him from nuisance in Dallas marriage delay
In Dallas Texas a man sought a marriage license under the new three day postponed license law claiming he would marry that night. When told he must wait three days he declared he did not want to marry and left the clerk’s office.
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Dallas
Texas
Washington Farm Electrification Coverage Rises
About 30 000 farms out of 40 000 in Washington state now receive electric service. The expansion reflects ongoing utility efforts to extend rural power and improve farming operations across the state.
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State of
Washington
Firefighters from Kansas City Aid Burned Iron Exchange
In Brainerd Minnesota two Kansas City firemen joined local crews to fight a blaze at the Iron Exchange building. Their vacation call turned into an active duty rescue effort as they assisted in extinguishing the fire.
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Brainerd
Minn
Iron Exchange
Kansas City Fire Department
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