France shows big cut in her war strength
Paris April 9 United Press says France plans for the Geneva disarmament conference reflect a clear stance. Budget up 180 million francs from 1930 but military expense compared with 1914 shows France 16 percent lower in activity. A second table notes a 45 percent drop in fighting effectives since 1914, with Germany omitted for fairness. Journal des Debats cites France moving decisively toward diminutions despite financial pressure.
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Stewart Brown
United Press
Paris
U.P
France
Geneva
Italy
Britain
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U. S
England
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Journal Des Debats
Flashes of Life in Various Locales and Topics
Ranchers and carabineers drive off cattle rustlers in the Roman campagna while a New York society note highlights a Charleston plantation purchase and a Harvard student son. Four Los Angeles swimmers join a national meet as Britons drink tea by the ton. An expedition studies earth magnetism from Ellsemere Island and Roger Wolfe Kahn pilots the Kahns home from their honeymoon with a jab at women aviators.
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Edward V. Hartford
Charleston
S. C
Huntington
Harvard
Los Angeles
Oliva Hatch
Jennie Kramer
Josephine McKim
Marjorie Lowe
Flander M. Williams
Ellsemere Island
North Pole
Address ENTRY BLANK Yard and Garden Contest
Entry form invites participation in a Yard and Garden Contest with classes for small and large yards churches schools rural schools filling stations and small businesses. It asks for name and address and requires notes on labor approach from entrants.
White Swans Reach Canadian Sanctuary
Two thousand white whistling swans have arrived at the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary in Kingsville Ontario. The birds, among North Americas rarest species, settled on the lake shore after migrating from the south. Jack Miner and his sons, aided by provincial and dominion wardens, protected the swans to prevent harm, continuing a preservation effort dating back to 1916 when the species nearly vanished.
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Kingsville
Ont
U.P
North America
Jack Miner
Lake Shore
Miner
Presbyterians Elect Elders. Yearly Reports Given
At Central Presbyterian Church Wednesday, elders and trustees were elected as thirteen terms concluded. Re-elected for three years were M Nobles and others. C H Ball and Joe Morris chosen for shorter terms. Dr R Thomsen reported membership at 1390. Finance showed 52887.16 raised, 52138.10 spent. 25248.13 on local uses. A comedy and free dinner closed the meeting. An Omaha doctor later said wingless chickens may become prolific egg producers.
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Central Presbyterian Church
C. S. Lambie
C. Nobles
Lambie
B. O. Taylor
J. N. Beasley
J. M. Neely
I. O. Willson
J. W. Crudgington
H. Smith
E. W. Hardin
G. G. Ordway
W. B. Allen
L. C. White
G. C. Nobles
C. H. Ball
Joe Morris
M. W. Cunningham
I. H. Davies
J. E. Spann
H. G. Wilson
Christian Endeavor
E. H. Gipson
Woman's Missionary Council
Chair Warmers Club Led by James Lisk in Lima
James Lisk a 35 year old invalid and amateur wireless operator leads The Chair Warmers Club a world wide group of over 50 invalid short wave operators. They exchange greetings daily over the air and Lisk claims the world long distance amateur radio record noting contacts with most parts of the globe including multiple links to the Byrd Antarctic expedition.
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Lima
U.P
James Lisk
Lisk
Asia
University President Defines College Bred
In Urbana on April 9, University of Illinois President Dr Harry Woodburn Chase told Illinois State Legislature members he supports a bill for 11 780 000 to fund the university's biennial expenses. He defined college bred humorously as the flower of youth and the dough of old age.
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Urbana
U.R
Harry Woodburn Chase
University of Illinois
Illinois
Chase
Jennings calls treasure hunt "baloney" in Mexico trip
ALl Jennings, famed bandit and train robber, now scouts buried treasure in Coahuila and Chihuahua. He uses an airplane and says the maps and locations are mere baloney while noting renewed optimism for riches. Once an outlaw, he later became evangelist, actor, writer, and briefly involved in Oklahoma politics.
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Chihuahua City
Mex
Jennings
Oklahoma
Coahuila
Chihuahua
Listerine Dandruff Cure Promises Scalp Renewal
Advice touts washing and massaging the scalp with Listerine to remove dandruff and soothe the scalp. It claims Listerine dissolves dandruff particles and treats germ infection if present, with olive oil suggested for very dry scalps.
Hunters Find Montana Dreamed of Paradise
Helena April 9 Montana is a paradise for big game hunters with one in three pursuing in national forests succeeding. More than 7,850 big game animals were bagged by 23,600 nimrods. The 1930 tally includes 2,000 elk and deer and 580 bears of which 30 were silver tips. Overall counts show 53,560 deer 13,570 moose 2,300 mountain sheep 6,200 mountain goats and 8,400 black and grizzly bears.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Bay
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