Hindenburg Disaster Reports and Political Debates
The Hindenburg exploded at Lakehurst New Jersey as it landed, killing many aboard and leaving the exact death toll uncertain though likely over forty. Navy crews rescued survivors while experts debated ignition sources and hydrogen involvement as Captain Lehmann sailed with Captain Pruss now in command. Congress weighs WPA relief funding and Florida canal plans amid budget battles with defense implications and industry investigations. Twelve American women meet British royalty at Buckingham Palace in ceremony led by Mrs. Robert W. Bingham.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Burtis Dolan
Chicago
John Pannes
New York City
Moritz Feibusch
Lincoln
Neb
Edward Douglas
New York
Navy
Gill Robb Wilson
Ernest Lehmann
William Pruss
Congress
Swanson
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Charles P. Summerall
Army
Frederic B. Bassett
Belter
Budget Bureau
Florida Canal
Nature and Mind in Traherne’s Wondering Vision
Poem excerpt by Thomas Traherne praising the unity of mind and cosmos. The speaker declares the Sun and distant stars are present within the eye and soul, viewing the world as a sacred mystery and a substantial light.
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Thomas Traherne
Field Marshal Haig Had One Sensitive Point
Duff Cooper notes Haig failed the 1898 staff college exam partly due to color blindness. Later, he reportedly pointed to a field in Flanders praising poppies, while an aide saw only brown earth turned by the plow.
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Haig
Duff Cooper
Flanders
Cooper
Sunbonnet Girls Applique Pattern 5724
Sunbonnet girls motif with 9 inch blocks offers quick patchwork for quilts scarfs and pillows. Pattern 5724 includes block chart cutting sewing finishing yardage diagram and bed size layouts. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY.
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Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
General Foods money back offer ends December 1937
A promotional notice from General Foods offers a full purchase price plus postage refund. The offer expires December 31 1937 and includes a Canada address for submissions.
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Canada
General
General Foods
United States mints and coin markings
The U S mints operate in Philadelphia Denver and San Francisco. Denver coins carry a D mark and San Francisco coins carry an S mark while Philadelphia coins are unmarked.
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United States
Philadelphia
Denver
San Francisco
Mutual Attraction in Intellectual Circles
In any environment two men of intellect often unite as magnets draw to lode stone, finding each other despite surroundings. This brief reflection notes a natural kinship born from shared thought and mutual respect.
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Hindenburg
Washington
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Works Progress
House
Woodrum
Virginia
Hopkins
Chalbes
Wiliam 4
Bing
Web
J. J. Cochran
Missouri
Cochran
Aluminum Company of America
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Great Britain
Robert W. Bingham
Eleanora Bowdoin
Aiken
S. C
George Temple Bowdoin
Catherine M. Maher
George W
H. L. Hopkins
Rep
Rogers
Field Marshal Haig
Sunbonnet Girls
Applique
Ness
Alei — Gested
Mm Bavei
U. S
WNU Service
Eda Meek
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