Great Skoda Armament Plant at Pilson Working Overtime
Reports from Pilson show the Skoda works operating three shifts around the clock with fifty thousand workers. The plant focuses on arming the government and allies, aiming to supply war orders as it did for Austro Hungary in 1917, with increasing manpower expected for future conflicts.
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Great Skoda Armament Plant
Pilson
Pilsen
Europe
Skoda
Skoda’s
Prague
Shell
Krupps
Essen
Schneider- Creusot
le Creusot
Vickers
Sheffield
Barbara's Son Photo Captures Lance Haugwitz-Reventlow in London
A new photo shows Lance Haugwitz-Reventlow at his mother Barbara Hutton's London home. The picture era aligns with her withdrawal of charges against Count Kurt over alleged life threats.
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Lance Haugwitz-Reventlow
London
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Count Kurt
Skoda Plant Tour Reveals Vast Armament Output
A visitor describes touring Skoda works in Czechoslovakia, noting the half mile gate, vast halls, and diverse production from locomotives to ships, breweries and many weapons. The guide praises steel quality, explains rifling, shell and anti aircraft guns, while reflecting on war’s industrial drive and allied defenses.
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Skoda
Amertca
Czechoslovakia
Europe
the International News Service
Alexander
Belgrade
Jugoslavia Skoda
Jugoslavy
Rumania
Living Lake social notes include visits and care
Phyllis Brown visits the Rennie Dawson home while Alice and Dorothy Walker host. Ellis Keller and son Robert travel from Marshalltown to help care for ill Caroline Tucker. Vernon Witting drives Mrs Keller to Iowa City to meet her husband. Vera Tucker assists at the Dawson home until Mrs Keller returns. Beatrice Replogle hosts Northern Star 4-11 club with Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Whisler present.
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Rennie Dawson
Living Lake
Phyllis Brown
Alice
Dorothy Walker
Ellis Keller
Robert
Marshalltown
Keller
Caroline Tucker
Dawson
Vernon Witting
Mrs. Keller
Iowa City
Vera Tucker
Self-Reliant Heights Quote by Seneca
A Seneca meditation asserts that happiness comes to those who rely on themselves and stay steadfast. It warns that any prop or reliance on others can lead to a fall, urging strength through self-sufficiency.
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Seneca
Count Ku Haugwitz-Reventlow Seen on London Tennis Court
Danish husband of Barbara Hutton rests in London as charges against him and counterclaims by Hutton draw public attention. The Reventlows have faced recent legal action with ongoing high society scrutiny.
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Ku Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
London
Reventlows
Babs
Reventiow
The Snowy Egret and a Sage of Chinatown Quote
The snowy egret nearly vanished due to plume hunting as market hunters killed nesting birds leaving the young to die. A True Friend quotes Hi Ho of Chinatown noting a true friend does not envy or fear you even when you can do him great favors.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
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