Vanishing Fleets Opens War Threat in Washington
A cliffhanger tale unfolds with United States and Japan edging toward war. Secret lovers Norma Roberts and Guy Hillier witness a world in upheaval as Japan seizes the Philippines and Hawaii, while a Florida coast lab dreams of electric power to speed ships beyond 50 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasiington
United States
Japan
Guy Hillier
Norma Roberts
Inventor Roberts
Philippines
England
Washington
Florida
Hawaii
Tokyo
Hillier
Kaiser
King Edward
Admiral Bevins
Thames
Roberts
The Levitation Invention by Old Bill Roberts
An admiring crowd watches as a pair of metal plates levitate under the control of Old Bill Roberts and his daughter. Roberts proclaims a new alloy producing an intensely radioactive substance when energized, claiming an impervious insulation and a powerful shield to radioactive emanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma
Brockton
Roberts
Jenkins
Bill” Roberts
Inventor Outlines Radioactive Airship Propulsion
In a tropical colony a scientist explains a levitation based craft using opposing metal plates and excited radioactive matter to generate lift and propulsion. An admiral envisions airborne fleets and rapid, directionally controlled flight as engineers plan required materials. The scene ends with the Columbia heading to Miami to request supplies and inform Washington the dry dock is unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins
Roberts
Norma
Columbia
Miami
Washington
Practical Fashions Paris Pattern 2765 All Seams Allowed
Pattern notices include seven sizes from bust 52 to 44 inches with material yardage for various widths and insertion needs. Instructions suggest using fine fabrics and a center design embroidered in white mercerized cotton. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number.
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Paris
The Uncanny Arm Ambush Frightens Local Officers
Officers, doubting their senses, confronted an uncanny instrument reported as invincible. They stand vigilant as the strange device or phenomenon defies ordinary explanation, prompting inquiries into its origin and purpose.
Paris Pattern No 2785 for a Youth Shirt Waist
Pattern 2785 offers a simple blouse in three sizes for ages 13 to 17 with options in plain or figured fabrics. Materials include cotton silk crepe de chine challis lawn and gingham. yardage varies by fabric width and size, plus insertion trim.
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Paris
Sharpened Feminine Barb in New York Hotel Desk Drama
A New York letter describes a room clerk at a women’s hotel as requiring special qualifications. A young woman asked for a room at moderate price and was offered a dollar fifty a day, but the clerk cited no vacancies at three dollars a week. The clerk suggested only if a guest dies or marries would a room become available, prompting the hopeful visitor to sigh that it was hopeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Silent Gong Drowns Dentist’s Patient in China Tale
A dentist in China extracts a tooth while a man pounds a gong to drown the cries. A Yonkers States man asks why the patient is not given gas. In Dutch towns births are announced by a silk lace edged pincushion at the door, red for a boy and white for a girl.
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China
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
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America
Isaac Brock
McLennan County
Tex
Peruna
Hartman
Dr.d.jayne
Western Canada
Government of
Canada
Western
National Hditorial Correspondence
Ottawa
H. M. Williams
Law Building
Toledo, Ohios
A.j.tower CO
Boston
USA
Tower Canadian CO
Umiteo
Toronto
Can
Cis
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