China orders 100 submarines to raid seacoast towns
The Chinese government plans a $98.4 million program to build 100 submarines in American yards led by Schwab. The subs will be the largest U boats yet built in the United States with cruising range for attacks on seacoast towns. Construction will occur at Fore River, Union Iron Works, and New London Ship and Engine Co. facilities. Two Chinese naval officials visited New York to study the market and arrange contracts.
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Germany
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Schwab
Electric Boat Company
Krupps
Schneider
Creusot
France
Holland
Submarine Boat Corporation
Albany
New York
New Corporation
Iie
China
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
New London Ship and Engine Company
Groton
Conn
Chinese Naval Board
Wei
Szi
Washington
Legation
Youth Achievement Department Chairman Willis Brown Named
Willis Brown is appointed chairman of the Youth Achievement Department and leads the National Youth Achievement Committee overseeing program direction and recognition efforts.
Judge Brown launches Youth Achievement Department in paper
An upcoming issue will introduce Youth Achievement Department edited by Judge Willis Brown the noted children's advocate and founder of Bay City. The feature highlights certificates and gold badges for boys and girls achieving deeds, with Brown as editor and national committee chair guiding civic youth recognition.
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Wills Brown
Judge Brown
Utah
Willis Brown
Dy BP
America
Portland
National Committee
Chicago
Washington
Courtesies Among Air Men Across War Lines
English army aviators on leave in London reported a strange courtesy of war. When a British pilot killed a German pilot, he flies again over enemy lines to drop a note of regret and ask that sympathies be extended to the dead aviator’s family. The practice began with a young English flyer and the Germans quickly followed.
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France
British War Office
Detroit Free Press
War Office
United States
Spartanburg, S. C
Hamilton
West Point
Anapolis
Neuve Chapelle
England
London
Indigestion and Its Effects on Health and Diet
The article explains how indigestion produces varied symptoms beyond the stomach such as headaches and dizziness. It lists causes like haste, ill chosen foods, iced drinks, and fatigue and advises dietary discipline and regular meals while noting some cases require medical evaluation and caution with home remedies.
Death ends humorist George Fitch motorboat and Siwash works
George Fitch, famed humorist, had just completed new motor boat stories and begun a Siwash series. The last motor boat tale with Mrs. Sewell appears in The Red Book Magazine September issue. Only one Siwash story was finished and will appear in a later issue.
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George Fitch
Siwash
How to Keep Birds from Nesting in Chimneys
Public notice offers advice on preventing birds from building nests in chimneys. Includes request for 10 cents to receive information and provides E. C. King address at 120 South Street Warren Pennsylvania. Dated 9 2 11.
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E. C. King
South Street
Warren, Pa
Attaching Fence Wires to Trees
Advice on preserving trees when fencing through woodlands. Do not nail wires directly to trees. instead attach a wooden strip three to four inches wide and one to one and a half inches thick to the tree and staple the fencing to that strip to prevent damage and decay.
Clarion State Normal opens 29th year invites applicants
Clarion State Normal School plans start of its 29th year on September 7 with many graduates in notable positions nationwide. Enrollments are already underway and room remains for new students. prospective students are urged to request a catalog from Principal Amos P. Reese between September 2 and 11.
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Clarion State Normal School
Clarion
Amos P. Reese
Get your tenant leases at the Mail Office
A brief notice directs residents to obtain their tenant lease documents at the Mail Office. The item highlights location and action without additional details.
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Charles M
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Schfidenti Emmend Larg
National Youth Achievement Committee
Congress
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Bay City
Saturday Evening Post
South Carolina
Flanders
Richmond
Cuba
Philippines
Kaiser Bill
National Youth Achievement
Lasalle St
Rogers Bros
International Silver CO
Meriden
Meriden Britannia Co
Corry
Erie
Kane
Oil City
Mayville
Waterford
Union City
Elgin
Summerdale
Sherman
Panama
Clymer
Pennsylvania Railroad
S. G. Dixon
Cassius
Dr. J. Arthur Engler, Forester
Clarion State
Titusville
Pennsylvania
R. R
Cera
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