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German scout planes fly over area; enemy fliers killed in previous raid buried by Brit with mil honors
LONDON, Oct. 20--Unaccustomed as it has become in recent months to receiving bouquets for acumen or success, the British Foreign Office behaved with becoming modesty today as comment from many of the world's capitals, with Berlin ...
Hoover radio s on plan
activity reptd in Moselle sector
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20--The San Francisco World's Fair management filed proceedings under a special section of the Emergency Bankruptcy Laws in Federal Court late today, stating that the help of ...
1939Hendrik Wortman, Dutch civil engineer (born 1859)[†]
Hendrik Wortman was a Dutch civil engineer. Born in Amersfoort, Utrecht, he graduated from Delft Polytechnic in 1880 and joined the Rijkswaterstaat. He took offices throughout the country, focusing particularly on questions of water management and hydraulic engineering, until he was seconded to the Ministry of Public Works, Trade, and Industry in 1894. In this capacity, he developed several infrastructure projects, including a harbour in Scheveningen, while preparing exploratory studies for damming of the Zuiderzee.