Balloon for high altitude flight built by National Geographic and Army
A vast stratosphere balloon crafted in Akron and shipped to a Rapid City launch site will carry Maj. William H. Kepner and Capt. Albert W. Stevens and a payload of scientific instruments. the bag holds ten million cubic feet of hydrogen, weighs about 4,700 pounds, and along with the gondola and gear reaches near eight tons total.
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National Geographic Society
Canton
Ack
Wiliam H. Kepner
Albert W. Stevens
Kepner
Wright Field
United States Army Air Corps
Dayton
Captain Stevens
Stevens
Indianapolis
Betes Ce
Anasonig
Firestone
Baraca and Philathea Sunday School Names
The term Baraca and Philathea refers to Sunday school classes for men and women respectively. Baraca derives from Hebrew Beracah meaning blessing while Philathea combines Greek words philoa and alathes meaning lover of truth.
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Baraca
Beracah
Philathea
Philoa
Alathes
Jever
Geeker
Bridges in War and History Across Danube and Beyond
The article recounts bridges as strategic war centers from the Danube raids around Linz to Vienna, noting how gunfire, pontoon spans, and army transport shaped uprisings. It traces historic bridges from Xerxes’ Hellespont to Rome’s St. Angelo and Prague’s Karlsbrücke, recounting sieges, executions, and legends.
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Danube
Walt
Funic
Linz
Upper Austria
Ling
Vienna
Goldiery
Austria
Tihad
Napoleon
Prince Schwarzenberg
Christ
Xerxes
Hellespont
Greece
St. Angelo
Rome
Coliseum
London Bridge
Karlsbrucke
Prague
Czechoslovakia
White Mountain
San Juan Bridge
Covered Bridges of Weiter 19 Recalled
A Washington Post note recalls that it was once deemed proper to steal a kina from a pretty girl while passing through the bridge, reflecting local folklore about covered bridges.
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Weiter
Washington Post
Japanese Colonists in Brazil Reach 140000 Steady Flow
A Harvard Radcliffe study notes about 140,000 Japanese in Brazil, concentrated in Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais, as a result of emigration starting around 1907. They largely work in agriculture, owning about 1,225,000 acres, with Iguape hosting a large Overseas Enterprise plantation. The Osaka Shosen Kaisha line and Overseas company supervise the settlement.
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Brazil
Gbragzll
Bureau of International Research
Harvard University
Radcliffe College
Sao Paulo
Minas Geraes
Iguape
Overseas Enterprise Joint Stock Company of Japan
Yokohama
Buenos Aires
Osaka Shosen Kaisha
Dog Record Scholar Tim Attends Infants School in Somerset
Tim the dog is a regular at an infants' school in Somersetshire, England, per Miss W B Godfrey. He enters class through open doors each morning, sits in a reserved chair, and remains until lunch and recreation. After lunch he fetches a ball, then returns with children when the bell rings and leaves at dismissal.
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Tim
W. B. Godfrey
Somersetshire
England
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EA Networks
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