Paris Omits Bouquets At Big Funerals
Funerals and weddings grow flowerless as trendsetting Parisians avoid blooms preferring cloth or glass flowers. Florist Pierre Bouton laments shrinking bouquets while American Helen Fuerth earns French honors for aiding a Paris children’s clinic with gymnasium, violet-ray room, and maternity care facilities.
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Paris
Pierre Bouton
M. Bouton
Helen Fuerth
New York City
Doumergue
Avenue de Saint Owen
Miss Fuerth
Leper Colony in Philippines Builds Self Sufficient Farm Trade
Culion, the Philippine leper colony, has grown as an agricultural center run entirely by lepers. Since 1923 it has cultivated crops to feed residents and earn about 12000 dollars yearly, with production expanding beyond isolation to local markets.
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United Press
Manila
Culion
Philippines
Women To Help Own Sex in Business
Miss Lena Madesin Phillips honorary president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women urges business reciprocity among women to secure equal opportunity and pay. She notes an experiment in Mississippi branch of the federation.
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Associated Press
New York
Lena Madesin Phillips
National Federation of Business and Professional Women
Phillips
Mississippi
Federation
Leper Colony Farmers Grow Eggs Vegetables
The piece notes a community service venture where lepers become farmers on government land. Production rises as more farmers join using modern cultivation methods, yet a government quota for eggs and vegetables has been met, risking economic loss if production increases further.
Colony Rehab Push Shifts Lepers to New Production
Officials urge lepers to diversify beyond soil goods by pursuing fishing cattle and other ventures to increase supplies within the colony. The policy aims to curb exports and prevent overconsumption while boosting self sufficiency.
Culion's wood resources aid leprosy treatment program
The text notes Culion's rich timber as a focus for developing the lumber industry and mentions efforts by colonists to cultivate two varieties of chaulmoogia trees. Oil from these trees is used in treating leprosy, and government purchases support patient care.
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Kotex
Culion
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