July 10, 1938 Transmission of entry delayed in transit. —————————— [Sidenote: All entries posted directly to the QR code as text may or may not reappear here ] …
Elsewhere
A Curl of Dark Smoke Grows
July 6, 1938 It's been a hot and dry summer— marked by the longest drought in 64 years. Yesterday (Tuesday, July 5) at 4:20pm "Jock McLeod and David Crawley noticed a curl of dark smoke coming from a pile of this seasons' cold-decked logs about 300 feet away from the track." "We …
A Ship Carrying Gold
July 4, 1938 "$1,500,000 in Gold!... Listen to this: The crippled liner — The Ascania, anchored...was reported to be in no danger tonight. ... etc etc ... The liner, en route from Montreal to England with 363 passengers, sidwswiped a rock at 6:30am Saturday, tearing her port bow to pieces. ... …
Speed
July 3, 1938 Elsewhere a steam train breaks a speed record. [Sidenote: The Mallard, driven by Joe Duddington (61) broke (and maintains ) the world speed record for steam locomotives 125.88 mph on July 3, 1938 ] …
The Yankees are Winning
June 25, 1938 Her neighbour's son T. has the new Joe DiMaggio baseball card. He is proudly showing it to her. The game is on the radio. It's a sunny day. They both chew a stick of gum. He is rapidly telling her all the stats, and she is smiling, trying to listen. Then she notices the salary on …