NEWS OF THE WORLD OF STAMPS; Fine Arts Commission Asks Attention to Art Factor In U. S. Designs
THE Commission of Fine Arts which President Truman requested in 1951 to survey activities carried on by the Federal Government in the field of art, has recommended, in a report submitted to President Eisenhower, that the subject-matter of postage stamps should include not only representations of persons and events of historical importance but also architectural monuments and other evidences of American culture which can, in this way, be made known to people throughout the world.. current series reissued with Elizabeth por, N Rhodesia
Buildings rattle as quake hits Kent
Kent Police began receiving reports of the earthquake tremor in the East Kent area at around 2.57am today. Police and Kent Fire and Rescue Services have not received any reports of structural damage or injuries. We will continue to liaise with our.
NEWS OF THE WORLD OF STAMPS; 400 Varieties Scheduled Around the Globe for U.P.U. Anniversary
THE deluge of stamps this year for the observance of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Postal Union is expected to set a precedent for postal commemoration of any one event of world-wide significance.. Ger: US and French zones Goethe birth bicentennial commems
Global effort to help Nepal earthquake victims intensifies.
LONDON (AP) -- The desperate effort to save lives in earthquake-ravaged Nepal intensified Monday as aid flights arrived carrying emergency medical teams, search-and-rescue equipment and tarps for shelter. Governments��.
EARTHQUAKE IN KENT: These people felt it in Dover. Did you?
AN EARTHQUAKE hit Dover this morning - shaking beds, creaking windows and making a house do a shimmy, according to residents on social media. East Kent was shaken by a 4.3 magnitude ���earth tremor��� at Pegwell Bay, just off the Thanet coast, .
STANDARD OIL TANK BLOWS UP; 40,000 Gallons In Williamsburg Plant Burned -- Explosion Like Earthquake.
Brooklyn firemen had a stubborn oil blaze to deal with yesterday in the Standard Oil Companys Williamsburg plant at North Thirteenth Street and Kent Avenue, when a tank containing 40,000 barrels of refined oil exploded from spontaneous combustion.. Tank containing 40,000 barrels of refined oil explodes at SO Williamsburg, Bklyn, plant; fire burns itself out in 2 hrs
BOLT STRIKES POWDER MILL.; Country Shaken for Twenty Miles -- Two Men Killed.
. Lightning strikes Austin Powder Co mill at Fall Junction, Ohio; charge kills 2 men and causes several thousand dollars in damages
EARTHQUAKE IN KENT: Dover buses trapped in road closures
WORTH: RTC on the A258 13 service stuck in the closure. Expect delays to the 08:32 13A from Deal to Cby. Would advise using the 12 service. ��� Stagecoach SouthEast (@StagecoachSE) May 22, 2015. DOVER: National Express 022 05:35 trapped in a .
Kent earthquake - Daily Express
KENT has been hit by an earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale which shook homes for 10 seconds and woke up scores of residents.
Kent earthquake: tremors felt in Ellastone
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake which shook houses across south-east England early this morning was felt as far away as Ellastone. People in the east of Kent told how they were hit by tremors just before 3am today, with the epicentre located two miles west.
Kent earthquake victims sign lucrative movie rights deal
Victims of last nights Kent earthquake have signed a lucrative deal to for the story to be told in a 2016 Hollywood blockbuster.
NEWS OF THE WORLD OF STAMPS; Four Impending Issues By U.S. Post Office --Israeli Novelty. Members Sent Sketches Not Yet Announced ISRAELI MOSAIC HUBBELL COLLECTION SHIP NEWS
POSTMASTER GENERAL Arthur E. Summerfield last week gave out some additional information re garding the next four commemoratives in his stamp-issuing program. Three will appear during August and one in September, as follows:. Tel Aviv show set, item illus; G C Hubbell collection to be sold, NYC
WORLD OF STAMPS; Costa Rica Commemorates the Civil War Of 1948--Other New Postal Issues Civil War Scenes of the Fighting
BLACK-centered commemorative stamps from Costa Rica carry an inscription indicat ing that the internecine warfare there in March and April of 1948 is now looked back upon as the War of National Liberation. On each value in this air. Bulgaria: I Vasof birth centenary, G Dimitrov commems
Kent residents woken by earthquake
Those truly affected found solace through Facebook group I survived the Kent earthquake 2015. Kent police were inundated with calls about the earthquake. A spokesman said: Kent Police and Kent Fire and Rescue Services have at this time received no .
Earthquake in Nepal | Province of East Kent
Freemasons Donate ��50,000 in Response to the Earthquake in Nepal. On Monday 27th April, the Freemasons Grand Charity announced that it has donated ��50,000 to the Red Cross in response to the earthquake that��.
Anti-fracking campaigner says earthquake should serve as a warning
���As far as I am aware in the ground in East Kent there are quite a few faults in the substrata in the geology and I have been to a couple of public meetings where that has been pointed out. The faults in the ground could be causing the seismic activity.
FACTORY BLOWN UP BY TONS OF SULPHUR; Nine Men Badly Burned and Injured at a Fire in Williamsburg Works. FELT LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE The Plant, Valued at $50,000, Destroyed -- Firemen Badly Hampered by the Choking Fumes.
An explosion, followed by a fire, destroyed the extensive plant of the National Sulphur Works at the foot of Ross Street, Williamsburg, yesterday morning, and also injured eight of the employes and a ninth man, the driver of a coal truck, who was passing the factory at the time the roof was blown off.. Explosion of tons of sulphur at Natl Sulphur Works, Williamsburg, Bklyn, seriously injures 9; $50,000 plant destroyed
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Sleepers shaken by Kent earthquake �� Shropshire Star
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 shook windows and caused walls to creak when it struck in the middle of the night in Kent.
We will rebuild: Twitter reacts to the 4.2 magnitude earthquake in Kent
Twitter has reacted with mock horror to this mornings earthquake in Kent. From a cracked patio slab to mantelpiece ornaments set askew, the south east of England is making efforts to rebuild. In acts of stoicism across Twitter, users have posted.
Death of Kent student Matt Carapiet after Nepalese earthquake confirmed
It is with great sadness that we can confirm that Matt passed away in the earthquake on April 25. Matt was a much-loved son, brother, grandson and nephew. He also had a caring group of friends, who all have precious memories of how kind, happy.
Kent earthquake: Why it happened and what you should do if it happens again
It was about 260,000 times smaller in terms of the energy released by the earthquake. People would have felt slight vibrations and been awoken from their sleep in Kent, compared to buildings collapsing and widespread damage caused by the magnitude 7.8 .
MI55 WOODRUFFTO W.W. BENJAMIN; Daughter of Judge and Mrs. d. P. Woodruff Made Her Debut Two Years Ago.
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Haiti’s Children Adrift in World of Chaos
Children, 45 percent of Haiti’s population, are among the most disoriented and vulnerable quake survivors.
NEWS OF THE WORLD OF STAMPS; Turkey Honors Ataturk Postally on Reburial In Mausoleum
ON the fifteenth anniversary, Tuesday, of the death of Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938), Turkeys modernizer and its first President, Turkey will remove his body from Ankaras Ethnographic Museum to the Ataturk Memorial Mausoleum, also in Ankara.. Pres Eisenhower message to annual assembly
Man returns to Denver after taking food and supplies to.
Man returns to Denver after taking food and supplies to earthquake victims in Nepal. Posted 5:47 pm, May 15, 2015, by Kent Erdahl, Updated at 06:15pm, May 15, 2015. Facebook �� Twitter �� Google �� LinkedIn �� Pinterest �� Email. Cannot Contact Server. Please upgrade your Flash Plugin. DENVER ��� Even if a picture is worth a thousand words, there may never be enough of them to describe the destruction from the recent earthquake in Nepal. ���Whatever youre seeing in those pictures,��.
#PrayforKent: Internet pranksters mock UK earthquake that.
Pranksters posted hilarious photos of the trail of destruction left behind by Kents earthquake, including a fallen apple, tipped over garden furniture and spilt tea - and not forgetting the upset red wine. A spoof appeal was also��.
Earthquake in Kent sensed by Faversham fisherman Mark Hamilton
Earthquake in Kent sensed by Faversham fisherman Mark Hamilton. 22 May 2015. by Bess Browning. bbrowning@thekmgroup.co.uk. A Faversham fisherman says he had a premonition of this mornings earthquake. As thousands across Kent were woken by .
Kent EARTHQUAKE: Ground shakes after 4.2 magnitude quake rattles the county
It was odd. It went on for enough time for me to think is this an earthquake? ���I remember feeling the faintest of shakes when Folkestone was hit a few years ago, but this seemed a lot more obvious.��� The last major earthquake in Kent was in 2007 in.
TWO BIG ATTACKS HALTED BY BRITISH; Most of Nazi Bombing Held to Kent and Croydon as the Capital Has Alarms TWO BIG ATTACKS HALTED BY BRITISH Crowd Cheers Raiders Crash Berlin Raiders Back With Bombs Planes of Both Sides Over Dover Nazi Gun Emplacements Attacked Dive Bombers Hit at Croydon
LONDON, Monday, Sept. 2--Wave after wave of German air raiders hurled themselves against Britains defenses yesterday and during the night, sniping at balloon barrages, bombing the Kentish coast at random, jettisoning high explosives.. German planes snipe at balloon barrages, bomb Kentish coast and London; Brit claim 25 German, 15 Brit planes downed; claim 293 German, 128 Brit planes lost, Aug 25-31; Brit charge Germans jettison bombs whenever attacked; Churchill condemns act; says Brit will regain air supremacy; Dover repts plane flights; RAF bombs German long-range guns on French coast; German bombs miss Croydon airdrome
Quake Survivors Freed From Immigration Jails
Some 40 Haitian earthquake survivors were released after more than two months in federal custody in Florida.
Kent quake: The whole house was shaking
Residents in other areas including Margate, Canterbury and Southend-on-Sea, Essex, reported feeling the earthquake. BBC reporter Simon Jones was woken by the earthquake - saying his initial thought was something had crashed into the house.
EARTHQUAKE FUND PASSES $2,000,000; Red Cross Drive Shows Total of $1,371,307.82, With More Expected in Mails Today. CHURCHES AID CAMPAIGN Salvation Army Announces Intention of Raising $1,000,000 -- Morrow to Make Appeal.
New York Citys drive to aid the destitute Japanese went easily over the $2.000,000 mark yesterday, and is expected to take another big leap forward today when the over-week-end mail contributions are tabulated. The campaign goes into this week with renewed energy, in an effort to have this city continue to set the pace for the rest of the country.. subscriptions to relief fund; appeals in churches; plans of Salvation Army; list of Americans saved
EUROPEAN NEWS.; Progress of the Fenian Outbreak in Ireland Discovery of a Fenian Council in Dublin Attempted Assassination of Victor Emmanuel Terrible Earthquake in the Island of Mitylene Termination of Martial Law in Spain BY ATLANTIC CABLE IRELAND The Fenians at Kilteel Dispersed-Three Thousand Insurgents Gathered at Abbeyleux--Secret Council Captured in Dublin PRANCE AND MEXICO The Return of the French Troops--Maximilians Probable Abdication SPAIN ITALY GREECE TURKEY liberal Concessions to the Servian Subjects of the Porte Attempt to Assasinate Victor Emmanuel Terrible Earthquake in Mitylene Arrival of the Steamship America at this Port GREAT BRITAIN The Reform Question--Debates in Parliament Mr. Disraeli Withdraws His Resolutions and Promises to Bring in a Reform Bill The Fenian Outbreak--Suspension of Habeas Corpus in Ireland FRANCE The New Press Law--The Opening of Private Letters at the Post-Office Ball on Washingtons Birthday The United States and Turkey The Exhibition GERMANY Opening of the North German Parliament
The band of Fenians, which was previously reported to have taken possession of the barracks at Kilteel, in Kildare, have boon dispersed by the troops. The insurgents made an attack on the barracks at Mount Mcllik, at the foot of Slieve Bloom Mountain, and were repulsed.. Reform Debates in Parliament
Kent and Essex hit by 4.2 earthquake in middle of the night
Two weeks ago the people of South Thanet waited up through the night to find out whether the Ukip leader Nigel Farage had managed, as promised, to set off a political earthquake in their little corner of Kent. He had not, but this morning the area.
Twitter mocks not-so devastating Kent earthquake | Latest.
AS Kent was hit by a (minor) earthquake in the early hours of this morning Twitter users have started a spoof appeal using the hashtag #PrayforKent.
AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.; Outbreak of Yellow Fever in Peru and Chili. The Rebuilding of the Ruined Oities Not Yet Begun. Interesting Letters from Our correspondent at Lima. The Coast Still in a State of Agitation.
After the Earthquakes--The Ground Still Moving and Trembling--The Great Panic Subsiding--Festivities at Callao. From Our Own Correspondent. LIMA, Peru, S. A., Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1868. The panic and fright from the earthquakes having gradually subsided, the usual feast days, merry-making and fostivities are again resumed among the Perusians, who are emphatically a pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking people.. Lima Letters, Sept. 22 and 28
Geologists Puzzle Over What Failed To Shake
Though they cautioned that they were working with less than two days data from Wednesdays earthquake here, scientists are already saying that they are finding evidence of much less shaking and damage than they might have expected, even from a temblor so deep. That was good news for the region but perplexing to scientists who have been off and running -- and driving and flying -- ever since the ground stopped shaking, fanning out to pinpoint damage and gather data from instruments that are providing the first real test of scientists theories about how the region would respond to a major earthquake.. Geologists puzzle over effects of most powerful earthquake to strike Pacific Northwest in half-century; say while many regions performed exactly as they predicted, many others acted quite differently, even in fashion opposite from what they might have expected (M)
PRICE GAINS ARE SHOWN; Immediate Advances Are Made by Presidential First-Day Covers
WITH the release of the Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue publishers February new issues chron icle, in which the final six denominations of the United States.. Nicaragua to issue memorial stamp
Kent emotionally devastated by earthquake - The Daily Mash
Kent emotionally devastated by earthquake. 22-05-15. weeping woman 425x265. KENT residents have said they may never trust the earth again after being hit by a 4.2 magnitude earthquake. The quake shook homes and left people in the��.
Reli CEO Kent Stewart talks Hike For Nepal fundraiser for earthquake victims.
Reli CEO Kent Stewart set up a fundraising event set for June that will benefit the small mountain village of Phortse, Nepal, which suffered catastrophic devastation in the April 25 earthquake. Phortse is a village where most of the sherpa guides I.
No Quick Fixes
IN the aftermath of the Department of Homeland Securitys mangled response to Hurricane Katrina, a bipartisan consensus is rapidly forming around one key idea: the Federal Emergency Management Agency failed because it is no longer an independent entity. Had FEMA not been swallowed up by the huge and lumbering Department of Homeland Security in 2003 -- were it still a nimble independent agency reporting directly to the president -- it would have been prepared to handle the catastrophe. Theres only one problem with this compelling narrative: its wrong. As the departments former inspector general, let me explain why.. Op-Ed article by Clark Kent Ervin, former inspector general of Federal Emergency Management Agency, disputes two fallacies regarding FEMAs response to Hurricane Katrina: that FEMA failed because it is no longer independent but has been swallowed up by huge and lumbering Dept of Homeland Security, and that its budget must be overhauled because too little is spent on preparedness for natural disasters and too much on counterterrorism; says FEMA director is only one phone call away from president, and consequences of catastrophic disaster or terrorist attack are likley to be same in terms of survivors needs; says what is needed at FEMA is appointment of competent and experienced leaders, and vigorous independent oversight (M)
HICHENS DESCRIBES BELGIUMS MISERY; Author of The Garden of Allah Says It Dwarfs Suffering After the Messina Earthquake. CANT OVERSTATE HORROR Refugees Tell of the Loss of All Their Possessions ;- Praises Our Work for Relief.
The Committee of Mercy, of which Senator Root is the Honorary Chairman and August Belmont Treasurer, has received this letter from Robert Hichens, who wrote The Garden of Allah:. Lafayette Assoc. formed to provide kits for soldiers
Freemasons Donate ��50,000 to the Red Cross Following.
. Following Nepal Earthquake. Posted on May 12, 2015 by Robin Kent. The Freemasons Grand Charity immediately donated ��50,000 to the Red Cross following the devastating earthquake that recently hit Nepal. Over 5,000 people have��.
4.3 quake hits Kent coast, tips over garden chairs and sparks.
A tremor measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit the Kent coast just before 3am Friday, causing buildings to shake across an area of some 20 miles. Amid mild shock from residents, Twitter featured scattered patio chairs and��.
Sleepers shaken by Kent earthquake
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 shook windows and caused walls to creak when it struck in the middle of the night in Kent. No injuries or damage to buildings were reported following the tremor four miles (7km) south of Ramsgate at 2.52am, Kent.
Science Traveling ��� Why the Devastating Earthquake in.
David J. Kent ��� Scientist, Traveler, Abraham Lincoln Aficionado. Science Traveler. Search. While the destruction and loss of life, and the much needed assistance to survivors, brings with it a sense of shock, the occurrence of earthquakes in Nepal and other regions near the Himalayan Mountains is not unexpected. In fact, earthquake experts gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal only a week ago to discuss the high likelihood of huge earthquakes. Little did they know one��.
Appeal for massive earthquake in Nepal - Kent, Ravenna.
Appeal for massive earthquake in Nepal. Published: May 2, 2015 4:00AM. Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the official overseas relief and development agency of the United States Catholic Bishops, and Caritas Internationalis, the international��.
Teachers Hit The Pavement, Tree Branch Assault, An.
LAMBTON KENT DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION JIM COSTELLO SAYS TALKS OPEN THIS WEEK. HE SAYS THE PROVINCE WILL REALLY CONTROL. THE DEATH TOLL IN NEPAL STANDS AT 3700 RIGHT NOW BUT IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB MUCH HIGHER FOLLOWING THAT HUGE EARTHQUAKE THAT HAMMERED THE REGION NEAR KATMANDU ON SATURDAY. IT WAS MASSIVE REGISTERING 7.8 ON THE RICHTER��.
15 funniest tweets of the week: Eurovision to Kent earthquake
15 funniest tweets of the week: Eurovision to Kent earthquake. Mark Molloy takes a look back at the funniest thigh-slappers, random observations and generally noteworthy tweets from the past seven days. Sadio Man�� - the 20 best value Premier League .
Alabama climber survives earthquake on Mt. Everest.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) ��� UPDATE: Kent Stewart of Mountain Brook has arrived home after surviving the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday. Stewart was attempting to climb Mount Everest when the��.
Colorados DigitalGlobe helps earthquake relief.
Posted 5:58 pm, April 28, 2015, by Kent Erdahl �� Facebook �� Twitter �� Google. Within hours of the earthquake, DigitalGlobe was able to gather new satellite images, showing dramatic looks at the country both before and after the quake.