Lindbergh Lands Paris After World Flight Triumph
The week ending May 27 reports Captain Charles Lindbergh’s 33 hour 20 minute nonstop flight from New York to Paris. He received a royal welcome with invitations from Belgium England and many offers but he declined commercial work. France awarded the Legion of Honor and the voyage set a new world record for nonstop distance.
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Airmen to Map Hudson Strait Arctic Expedition from Halifax
Fifty Canadian aviators and geographers sail from Halifax in July for a 15 month Arctic expedition to Hudson Strait. They aim to test navigability, establish three bases on Lab rador, Baffin Land, and Hudson Bay, and install wireless stations for year round communication.
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Royal Canadian Corps of Signalers
Whale Harms Alaska Cable. 80 Foot Replacement Needed
A whale chewed 80 feet of Alaska cable disrupting early April traffic. The Delwood found a 28 foot whale, 19 feet in girth, trapped in cable coils with the core severed in eight places. War Department report notes the immense force required to pull free and repair the line.
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War Department
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Finds Own Child on Ship by Photograph
Mrs. Wendla Benson of Stapleton New Jersey identified her nine year old daughter Constance Elizabeth Ahlstrom aboard a Swedish liner at Hoboken. The child was left in Sweden with her grandmother eight years earlier after her father died and traveled alone to reunite with her mother who had remarried.
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Costs Pair 114 Cents a Mile to Cross Continent
Fred Mueller and Frank Gruberth of Mill Valley report a cross country trek costing 1.14 cents per mile for fuel repairs upkeep and depreciation. They intend to hike back at about 1 cent per mile after a prior 10 cent mile record. No start date or route has been set.
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San Francisco
Fred Mueller
Mill Valley
Frank Gruberth
America
New York City
French Army Cats Get Higher Pay for Liver Supplies
Paris minister of war Paul Painleve raised the official pay for army cats from four to ten centimes daily. The increase, aimed at easing their food costs as they hunt rats and mice in storehouses, was met with some objections but landlords of warehouses backed the move, and the raise stands.
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Paris
Paul Painleve
Frog Found Alive Four Feet Below Surface in Arizona Shale
Dr. W. F. Green recovered a living frog four feet underground in Moenkopi shale near the Adamana oil well south of Holbrook, Arizona. The creature died shortly after extraction, likely from excess oxygen, after expansion and rudimentary eye development appeared days later. The specimen dates to Permian upper Carboniferous sea-bed formation, with desert frogs noted as a modern contrast after rains.
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Moenkople
W. F. Green
Adamana
Holbrook
Arizona
University of Arizona
H. K. Wilson
Tan powder talk at Atlantic City convention
At Atlantic City convention the American manufacturers of toilet articles discuss misuse of brown face powder to fake a tan. Speakers urge clarity on labels and consumer warning to prevent deception.
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Atlantic City
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Mud and Dry Up With Earthy Covering Recede Then Revive
The passage describes how mud and soil lose moisture and dry to a crust, then revive as moisture returns filling their thirsty cells. It notes the cycle of drying and rehydration affecting the earth's surface texture and appearance.
Honey Bees Killed by Poisoned Sprays
Arsenical sprays used on fruit trees kill honey bees in minute amounts. Dr. N E B McIndoo and G B Demuth of the USDA advise spraying only after 90 percent of blossoms have fallen. Bees, crucial for pollination and honey, should be protected by horticulturists.
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Washington
N. Eb, McIndoo
G. 8. Demuth
United States Department of Agriculture
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