Pacific War Game Off Mexican Coast to Involve Large Fleets
Newsreel style report from San Pedro details a mock battle between U S Navy fleets off Lower California, with about 40 000 personnel and numerous ships and aircraft. Eastern fleet under Vice Admiral McKeen departs from Guantanamo Bay while Pacific fleet under Admiral Robinson sails to Magdalena Bay to meet them. The plan ends with joint movement toward Los Angeles for overhaul before Hawaii voyage.
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San Pedro
Cal
United States Navy
Lower California
Mexico
Los Angeles
Josiah S. McKeen
Guantanamo Bay
S.S. Robinson
Pacific
Magdalena Bay
Admiral Coontz
Naval Forces
Seattle
Los Angeles Harbor
Hawaii
Railroads Fuel Economy and Local Staff Movements
A survey notes railroads as major disbursing agencies with 1.195 billion dollars spent on locomotives and cars in two years and providing large shares of coal lumber and iron. Local rail staff moves include Anton station opening March 1 and appointments for F R Daggett and others. a mix of inspections vacations and farm migration reports in Amarillo Slaton and Fort Worth.
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America
United States
Anton, Tex
First District
Slaton Division
Anton
Native stock family declines 38 percent in a generation
Urbana Illinois February 24. University of Illinois sociologist R F Baber reports native stock families have shrunk 38 percent in one generation, averaging fewer than three children while four are needed to replace. He notes childlessness and late marriage among educated women, and that growth now comes from foreign stock.
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Urbana
Ill
R. F. Baber
University of Illinois
Baber
Wills Made on Board Airships Recognized
Berlin reports Dr Goldman says German citizens may make legal wills aboard German or foreign airships under law. The document must be signed by the maker and state the ship, with no need to note the ship’s usual position. An example cites On board ZR2 en route from Friedrichshafen to New York.
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Berlin
Goldman
Deutsche Juriste Zeitung
Friedrichshafen
New Eatih
President Ebert Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
President Ebert had an appendicitis operation at the West sanitarium after being rushed there late last night. Surgeons reported the procedure took over an hour but was successful and his condition described as satisfactory. Chancellor Luther assumed presidential duties in addition to the chancellorship during the emergency.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Ebert
West Sanitarium
Luther
Ex servicemen seek share in Muscle Shoals project
American Legion post urges passage of an amendment to the Muscle Shoals act allowing World War I veterans to transfer adjusted compensation certificates for a stock certificate equal to that amount. Henry Ford's approval sought. Plan envisions veterans running the plant under supervision, producing fertilizer at reduced prices to boost farm output, with profits split 25 percent to government 25 percent to the national home for soldiers and dependents and the balance to stockholders.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Muscle Shoals
Congress
Muscle Shoals Project
American Legion Post
Henry Ford
Joint Ease Promises Quick Relief for Ailments
Pharmacists tout Joint-Ease as the remedy when other cures fail for sore inflamed rheumatic joints. The product claims to limber joints quickly with penetrating action and offers a free book on rheumatic mysteries by mailing to a Maine address.
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Clearwater
Box Sag
Hollowell
Maine
Half Minute Interviews and Local Anecdotes
Anatole France argues evil is necessary for good and moral beauty. Ed Jarett complains about not being solicited for an anniversary ad in The Globe. Col Ernest Thompson urges Amarillo residents to clear papers and bottles to deter burglars. Sam Vaughn notes a finger sore from a squirrel bite, Bob Ames calls it hard luck on the squirrel. Let’s go to The Fair.
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Anatole
France
Ed Jarett
Globe
Ernest Thompson
Amarillo
Bob Ames
Sam Vaughn
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R. E. Work
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B. H. Conner
J. P. Osborne
W.M. Gouldy
W.E. Bennett
Panhandle
Hereford Breeders
Amarillo Texas
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Domino
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Bean Randolph
Caldo 2d
Plains
Central States
W. E. Bennett
Secy
P. M. Gross
Texas
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Hereford Journal
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Fair Theater Building
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