Wireless Open Direct to Nauen Opens Mail Moves
For the first time since entering the war uncensored messages were sent directly to Germany via the Nauen wireless station. The Navy reports naval policy will allow commercial messages to relieve cable strain and that the system will be tested before full adoption. Transmission is limited by atmospheric conditions to 3 or 4 hours daily, with about 3,000 to 4,000 words per session, expected to rise as autumn approaches.
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United States
Messag 3
Germany
J.sterdey
Nauen
William Fr
G Bullard
Naval Communications
Tthe Navy
Navy Department
Congress
Daniels
America to Build Two Giant Ocean Liners
The Shipping Board plans two 1000 foot liners capable of 30 knots, for Atlantic crossing in four days. Each ship, larger than Leviathan, will carry 1000 saloon, 800 steerage, and 1200 coal passengers, with a 1000-strong crew. Equipped as potential commerce destroyers, they feature gun emplacements and a land plane launching deck, plus 7000 mile range and four 110000 horsepower propellers.
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Atlantic
Shipping Board
Fort Pond Bay
Long Island
Shine
Navy Department
Alarm Bells Drive Sleepy NY Cops to Breakup Burglars
In a New York City scene, burglars raid unseen as cops snooze on duty. Science brings noisy alarms that rouse officers, whose sleep is shattered by bells and buzzers. The piece humorously suggests alarms must go or criminals be taught to avoid them.
Riots Forecast by NAACP Official Across South
James Weldon Johnson, field secretary of the NAACP, warned that riots could spread beyond the capital after the disturbances here. He urged federal intervention if local authorities fail to quell violence and said blacks would resist beatings and demand enforced law. A coroner's jury reported on Theodore Micajah Walker, a black man.
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James Weldon Johnson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Johnson
Washington
South
Death of Marine Louis Havilicek Spurs Grand Jury Action
Benger in the Treasury Department reports the grand jury action connected with the marine Louis Havilicek killing. An autopsy was performed by Lieut. Cmdr. O'Malley.
Automobile meets cattle herd injures six near Hagerstown
Private Harry C. Eckstine and several passengers were injured when their car struck a drove of cattle on the Western turnpike from Clear Spring to Hagerstown. J Lushbaugh drove the vehicle and cut a heifer after the crash. Eckstine was treated at Hagerstown hospital. The car was wrecked.
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Harry C. Eckstine
John Eckstine
Clear Spring
Western Turnpike
Helfers
J. Lushbaugh
Eckestine
Hagerstown Hospital
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