Freighter Sunk in Lake Huron Fog Collision
In dense fog on Lake Huron the Norwegian freighter Viator sank after ramming by the Ormidale. All 18 crew were rescued. chief engineer Norman Petersen suffered skull and chest injuries but is not in serious condition. Captain Steffensen reported Petersen was in bed during the crash.
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Port Huron
Mich
Viator
Lake Huron
G. J. Steffensen
Steffensen
Bergen
Norway
Norman Petersen
Petersen
Wreckage Search Continues For Navy Plane Missing Officer
In Annapolis Maryland on November 14 the hunt for the wreckage of a Navy plane continued north of the previously searched area. Two Naval Academy sub-chasers, one with a diving rig, ventured out in misty rain as the wreckage including two wheels and part of a lower wing was found near Hackett's Point.
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Chesapeake Bay
Naval Academy
Hackett’s Point
Storm Warnings Continued Across Northeast Coast
Washington dispatch reports continued storm warnings along the northeast coast from Block Island Rhode Island to Delaware breakwater and Virginia Capes. Advisory at 10 30 a m notes northwest warnings extending south to Delaware breakwater with persistent gale conditions.
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Washington
Block Island
R. I
Delaware
Virginia Capes
Severe storm warns south of Cape Hatteras
A weather disturbance centered about 300 miles east southeast of Cape Hatteras moves slowly west northwestward with strong winds and gales. Forecasts indicate its path may shift to northwest or north within 24 hours, prompting South Virginia Capes alerts.
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Virginia Capes Tatteras
Cape Hatteras
Drive To Raise Price Level Far Short of Goal
Washington reports that the effort to restore the 1926 price level remains far short of target. Two years earlier President Roosevelt began devaluing the dollar via gold purchases through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The Labor Department wholesale commodity index stood at 170.8 in 1926 terms and by August 1933 had not reached that benchmark.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Labor Department
Wholesale prices boost goods bought by the man on the street
The text notes depreciation and inflation talk yet claims 1.44 dollars in wholesale buys today would equal 1.24 dollars in goods, meaning the average shopper can obtain 24 percent more goods for money than in 1926, with similar gains for retail buyers.
Aging Icons and Enduring Works Across Ages
A card on a desk hints at aging prodigies and lasting legacies. Commodore Vanderbilt grew his fortune from seventy to eighty three. Tintoretto painted Paradise at seventy four Verdi created Ave Maria at eighty five. Holmes wrote Over the Teacups at seventy nine. Goethe finished Faust at eighty. Tennyson penned Crossing the Bar at eighty three. Titian painted Battle of Lepanto at ninety eight.
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Commodore Vanderbilt
Tintoretto
Verdi
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Goethe
Tennyson
Titian
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General Hospital
Annapolis
Matthais M. Marple
Big Sister
By Les Forgrave
RINER
Omers
Bane
Biles Forgrave
Etta Kett
By Paul Robinson
Estas
Punk
Reg
U. & Pat
Central Press Ass'n
Brick Bradford
Bradford
Starkad
William Ritt
and Clarence Gray
Brick
William Ritt and
Clarence Gray
Baker’s Drug Store
Buncutter Tire CO
S. Braddock St
Falirmont Avenue
E. Clifford Street
Strickler
Wagner
National Ave
Grimes Golden
Stayman
York
T. Newton
Edgewood
Katie Buck
Front Royal
Hubert Sydenstricker
Flecker’s
Jordan Springs Road
Lupton Orchard Service Co
China
A. B
Oldhams
Care Star
Watkins
R. C. Cooper
J. R. Watkins Company
West Broad Street
Richmond
Virginia
East Water St
Shenandoah Valley
Frances L. Wharton
West
Franklin St
East Water Street
Jordan Springs
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