Anniversary of Ark Tap Claim Today
United Press reports from Goxvon dated April 29 noting a traditional anniversary for Noah stepping from the Ark at Mount Ararat. Dates vary in early calendars, with March 17 sailing orders and a flood window around 4250 to 4200 B.C. The account cites Harold Peake’s The Flood and archaeological finds at Ur and Kish as context. The narrative links Mesopotamian migrations, Sumerian cities, and the legendary figure Xisuthros to ancient flood lore.
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United Press
Goxvon
Noah
Mount Ararat
Harold Peake
Peake
Persian
Persian Gulf
Mesopotamia
Syria
Kish
University of Pennsylvania
Tigris
Euphrates
Shuruppak
Xisuthros
Out Kicked Mule Dies In Barn Battle
Gatesville North Carolina April 29 United Press reports farmer M Lawrence kept a gray mare Jill and a mule named Jack. In the barn the two animals shared a stall and Jill began kicking Jack who died within hours. The man suspects the mule died from the beating while joking Jack died of a broken heart.
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United Press
Gatesville
N. C
M. Lawrence
Gates County
Jill
Lawrence
Jack
Gandhi introduces new move in revolt in India
In Bombay Mahatma Gandhi launched a fresh civil disobedience tactic urging nonpayment of 7 revenue taxes in Broach and Taluka districts. Observers warn the move could trigger serious trouble for British authorities. Mrs Gandhi sponsored the chief of irrelevant text.
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Associated Press
Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Broach
Ark Builder Said to Be Noah in Historians View
The fragment mentions Uta-Hap Histim as Mesopotamian and Noah as a presumed Hebrew figure. It notes Peake identifying the man who built the Ark as Noah. The phrasing blends mythic attributions across ancient cultures.
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Noah
Peake
Half a Peanut Adds Hour Mental Effort
Dr Francis Benedict of the Carnegie Institution reports at the National Academy of Sciences that consuming a single oyster cracker or half a salted peanut can supply the extra calories for an hour of intense mental work. He notes heart rate and respiration rise during effort but return to baseline after rest.
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Associated Press
Washington
Francis G. Benedict
Nutrition Laboratory
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Boston
National Academy of Sciencies
Benedict
Mahatma Gandhi’s anti liquor march with women volunteers
Women volunteers in two motor buses accompany Gandhi from Jalalpur to Onjar to picket saloons and march in the streets singing against drink. Viceroy Lord Irwin warns civil disobedience spirit of revolution is surfacing in dangerous form.
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Mahatma
Jalalpur
Onjar
Lord Irwin
Harvard Man Beer Drinking Champion
Paris reports that after two years of attacks by thirsty Americans the world beer drinking championship remains held by Jack Frost formerly of Harvard, who shaved five seconds from the previous record.
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United Press
Paris
Jack Frost
Harvard
Frost Sets New Barroom Beer Drinking Record
The article notes Frost lowering a Walf gallon stein in 17 seconds to claim drinking history at the New York Bar, surpassing a Frenchman’s time and earning the right to leave without paying. It also mentions Miss Helen Eshelman of Lancaster PA as a top woman beer drinker who downed a half gallon in 62.15 seconds during a Paris trip.
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Frost
New York
Helen Eshelman
Lancaster
Penn
Paris
Bar
Steamship to Parliament Protest Mentioned in Commons
In London a telephoned summons brought MP P. J. Pybus to discuss steamship services. He recalled a friend aboard the Majestic in the Atlantic, marking the first steamer to Parliament call in England. Hungary’s state railways are to be extended.
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London
House of Commons
P. J. Pybus
Majestic
Atlantic
England
Hungary
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