Governor Nomination Candidates May Grow to Sixteen
Dallas June 5 The list of governor candidates could rise from 15 to 16 as the State Democratic Executive Committee met Harry L Seay reported receipt of an application from A S Pearson of Fort Worth for a ballot place the filing fee of 1060 was not included and may affect acceptance under law.
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Dallas
Democratic Executive Committee
Harry L. Seay
Seay
A. S. Pearson
Fort Worth
Executive Committee
Austin
Vernon Man Elected President of Texas Optometric Association
Dr. W. F. Barber of Vernon was voted president elect of the Texas Optometric Association at the 46th annual convention in San Antonio. He will succeed Dr. W. A. Peta of Lubbock and takes office next year. Dr. O. R. Young of Texarkana was reelected to the board. new directors named are Dr. Arthur Harris of Dallas and Dr. Milton Cabell of Pasadena. About 200 optometrists attended the three day gathering.
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W. F. Barber
Vernon
Texas Optometric Association
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Lubbock
O. R. Young
Texarkana
Arthur Harris
Dallas
Milton Cabell
Pasadena
Gigantic Buddha Image Near Tokyo Attracts Crowds
The world’s largest Buddha statue sits near Tokyo, rising 40 feet tall in concrete and cost about 50000 dollars to build. It can hold around three thousand visitors in its lap area.
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Tokyo
Age skew in fall victims shows 65 plus share
A high proportion of fall victims are seniors with 64 percent of cases occurring in people aged 65 and older. The data highlights the heightened risk for the elderly in recorded fall incidents.
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United States
Japan May Pay Prisoner Claims
Survivors among about 35 000 Americans held by Japan and relatives of those who died may receive monetary awards if Japan can pay. The State Department is gathering data to process claims when feasible, with Congress likely to consider legislation. A private group led by George A. Nugent has formed to pursue claims, charging a 10 dollar filing fee and a 20 percent contingency, hoping to resolve cases in two to three years.
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State Department
Japan
United Sates
Congress
Veterans Administration
Claims Committee
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Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Nugent
Prew Savoy
Harold H. Martin
Germany
Mexican Livestock Shipments End By Quarantine Rules
Washington June 5 The Agriculture Department imposed import restrictions on cattle from Mexico to halt disease risk and require 15 day quarantine for imported cattle. S. O. Flatness chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry warned the move could stop shipments.
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Agriculture Department
Mexico
S. O. Flatness
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Bureau of Animal Industry
South America
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U S Rejects Romania Poll Report and Greek Affairs Update
The State Department called Romania’s reply to a demand for an early free election unsatisfactory and distorted. Washington also noted Greek, British, and American discussions on a Greek economy plan, with a mission of 50 to 60 Americans to observe Greek election lists ahead of a September plebiscite.
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State Department
Romania
Michael J. McDermott
Department
Bucharest
Burton Y. Berry
U. S
McDermott
United States
Britain
New York
Superstition Tied to Nine Lives From Ancient Egypt
The belief that a cat has nine lives traces to ancient Egypt where the cat headed goddess Pashi was believed to possess nine lives and witches could transform into a cat nine times.
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Pashi
Cashier’s Rise To Riches Causes Store Frenzy
In New Orleans clerks swirl around Joanna Wissmuller a 21 year old claiming to be heiress to 11 million dollars. She boasted of 14 million in a Seattle bank and her father’s estate and spoke of sharing wealth with charities before disappearing.
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New Orleans
Joanna Wissmuller
Seattle
Wash
Ordinary clerk claims fortune after father’s death
A Seattle woman says she inherited wealth from her father John Abel, a coal miner and investor, divided among three children. She plans to divorce after admitting her husband married her for money. Court records show no will filed in Seattle under that name.
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John Abel
Seattle
Clock engineer at Bo fors factory builds world time device
David Olson of the Bo fors factory in Stockholm designs a clock that tells time and sunrise sunset, tracks moon phases, date and day, displays world hour differences, and notes leap year changes, revealing movements of the firmament.
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David Olson
Bofors
Stockholm
Sweden
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