Air smuggling labeled new problem for Treasury rules
Treasury customs wrestles with classifying airplanes as automobiles for duties and controls. Polls possible registration of departing aircraft, with pilots facing new documentation requirements at border ports like San Juan and Key West.
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Washington
Customs Division of the Treasury
Department
Cuba
Key West
Tampa
Treasury
Hayden L. Moore
San Juan
Porto Rico
Greek Refugees Tell of Outrages in Saloniki Camp
A AP visit to the refugee settlement known as The Quarter of the Triumvirate in Saloniki reveals 3,000 Greeks from Asia Minor and Dobrudja living in government built housing. Many rely on American Red Cross aid after years of harsh harsh treatment under Bulgars and Turks, with tales of starvation, forced labor, and killings shaping their desperate past and uncertain future.
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Asia Minor
Dobrudja
New York
Greece
Venizelos
Kountouriotis
Danglais
Constantine
Germany
United States
American Red Cross
Associated Press
Sea of Marmora
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Phocis
Work for Disabled Serve as Stepping Stones to Higher Promotions
Washington reports the federal board for vocational education says technical agriculture offers thousands of jobs for associates assistants helpers extension workers and county agents. The path aids disabled men as stepping stones to promotions and better pay within agricultural colleges experiment stations and extension services.
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Washington
Technical Agriculture
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Agricultural Extension Service
France
Federal Board
Cook Wanted at Portland Smallpox Hospital
Portland officials have failed to fill the cook position at the municipal smallpox hospital after extended advertising. The notice notes ongoing vacancies despite efforts to recruit locally.
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Portland
Ore
Smallpox Hospital
Malaria Infections Said To Reach Seven Million
The United States Public Health Service estimates that more than seven million people in the United States are infected with malaria. The finding underscores the disease's reach and public health concerns across the country.
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Washington
The
United States Public Health Service
United States
Plan to Endow Motherhood Proposed in London
London report states the family endowment committee would endow motherhood with a regular weekly income for families with children under 15. Emile Burns argues the policy would encourage earlier marriages and ease economic birth-rate constraints. Government cost estimated at about 1.2 billion dollars annually.
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London
Family Endowment Committee
National
Boiler Test Confirms Sawmill Vessel Sound After 37 Years
In Neilisville Wisconsin the boiler at the Wren sawmill near the city was tested after 37 years of near continuous use. It withstood 160 pounds of hydrostatic pressure and was found in perfect condition.
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Neilisville
Wis
Wren
Blackie the Cat’s Church Adventure
A curious cat named Blackie explores a village on a holiday morning. He naps in a church organ, startles the organist, and is eventually guided out by a boy, ending his carefree excursion back home with a wary lesson on humility.
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Blackie
Jess
Bayer Aspirin Marketing Ad Emphasizes Genuine Bayer Tablets
An advertisement urges customers to insist on Bayer packaging with the Bayer Cross and brand name Bayer Tablets of Aspirin. It warns against counterfeits, cites a Brooklyn case, and notes genuine Bayer aspirin comes in 12 tablet pocket boxes or larger bottles with dosage directions for various pains and illnesses.
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Bayer
Brooklyn
Nurse Recorded Insult Causes Confusion in School
A Dallas News item recalls a health board talk where a nurse allegedly labeled a boy as "Poor nut" on an examination card. The boy showed the card to his teacher who misread it as a name, leading to tears and a later explanation that it meant "Poor nutrition."
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Central Philanthropic Council
Helen R. Stewart
Board of Health
Dallas News
Von Tirpitz a Pauper In Switzerland
The Tribune de Geneve reports Grand Admiral von Tirpitz staying at Wildegg Switzerland as a guest of Lieut Colonels Wile. Tirpitz reportedly lost all his fortune after investing in Italian securities to avoid the 1913 German war tax. A sharp note on his patriotism.
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von Tirpitz
Tribune de Geneve
Wildegg
Switzerland
Wile
Tirpitz
Zurich
Old Dorsey Dudgeon Alarms Firefighters in Town
The Petunia tavern landlord recalls Dudgeon as a self styled fire spotter who shouts directions as bells ring. Neighbors debate his usefulness with volunteers and others while a guest mocks his accuracy in Kansas City Star.
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Dorsey Dudgeon
Petunia
Kansas City Star
Euphemism Explained Through a Society Reporter Example
The Birmingham Age-Herald explains euphemism as a figure of speech that substitutes a more agreeable phrase for the actual meaning. It cites that a widow married multiple times is said to be led to the altar by a wealthy bachelor who delays marriage until the preacher arrives.
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Astoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Birmingham Age-Herald
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