French and Texas recollections stir a travel note
S M Dagger shares a reflective letter from Paris Texas March 10 recounting ties to Harvey Bingham Carlton and Hal Hodges. The writer describes San Antonio Alamo Spanish Missions and Texas weather tales, including a Norther storm and star Mira’s celestial grandeur.
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Harvey Bingham
Texas
The
Democrat
Bob Carlton
Bob
Harvey Bingham Carlton
Retail Credit Association
Atlanta
Boone
Hal Hodges
Paris
Gilbert Hodges
West
Grandfather Mountain
North Carolina
San Antonio
Tropics
Alamo
Chicago
Breckenridge Park
San Anton
S. M. Dagger
Mira the Wonderful Star Reveals Vast Cosmic Scale
The article touts Mira’s immense diameter of 250 million miles and Earth's 7,926,678 mile equatorial diameter, praising human intellect for measuring distant stars. It contrasts cosmic wonders with petty earthly disputes and lauds the astronomer’s craft and the grandeur of the heavens.
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Mira
Betelgeuse
Orion
Michelson
Reaso
New York Times
Earth
Domestic Tangle Ends in Unlikely In-Laws Wedding
A humorous verse chronicles widow McCann with daughter Ann and widower Smith with son Roy. Roy woos Ann, wins consent, and the two marry, only to see tangled roles where Ann becomes father-in-law’s mother and Roy becomes grandfather to his own mother.
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McCann
Ann
Smith
Roy
Fair Ann
Maco
Slim Jedson Leaves City After Lot Mowing Jobs End
Ed Purdy's Philos notes Slim Jedson, who mowed weeds off vacant lots for the city, is out of a job as gas stations occupy the spaces. A rural transfer shows Jed hoping to move to the city and join the Country Club.
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Ed Purdy
Philos
Slim Jedson
Jed
Country Club
The Unanswered Ad Calls for Able Bodied Demonstrators
A clipped notice appeals to able bodied individuals to demonstrate that hard work benefits the community. The terse call emphasizes physical labor and collective effort without naming organizers or locations.
Bethem and Smythe Trade Quips on Billings Role
In a brief exchange Bethem labels Jack Billings as a corker while Smythe concedes he is a better uncorker based on recent observations. The remarks spotlight Billings in a casual career-related context.
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Bethem
Jack Billings
Corker
Smythe
SAILLESS SHIP OF THE FUTURE USING ROTORS
Berlin reports Dr Anton Flettner has developed a rotor driven by a motor to replace sails on ships. The 650 ton test hull shows 15 times wind power with one-fifth the weight of conventional masts and sails, cutting fuel by 30 to 80 percent and enabling near autonomous operation. The Hamburg America Line orders a 10000 ton freighter with rotors.
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Berlin
Anton Flettner
Flettner
Herr Freudenberg
Doctor Fletther
Fletcner
Doctor Flettner
Polish Corridor to Danzig Dodges Versailles Controls
Marienburg in East Prussia hosts an underground route to Danzig as travelers evade border checks. Polish visa rules trap nonvisa holders in sealed cars at Danzig stops, while westbound journeys bypass controls via side roads ferries and coastal travel.
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Marienburg
East Prussia
Germany
Poland
Baltic Sea
Russia
Baltic States
Danzig
Berlin
Hamburg
Marten
Vistula
Free City of
West Prussia
Zopport
Radio saves 700 vessels near Neah Bay in fog and storm
Over six weeks the Vancouver Island range-finding station relayed location data to between 700 and 800 vessels during foggy and stormy seas. About 200 captains reported near wrecks on rocky reefs, underscoring radio's vital role in navigation.
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Neah Bay
Wash
Vancouver Island
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Boone Hardware Company
Mr. Reader
Watauga Democrat
FORD
Feens
Standard Oil Company
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