Toll of Weekend Texas Auto Accidents Tops Dozen
A weekend of Texas crashes claimed at least 12 lives with many others injured. Notable fatalities include a seven member Mexican family near Sierra Blanca struck by a Southern Pacific train and several Dallas Fort Worth area drivers.
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Mail Planes in 1928 Logged Vast Distances and Cargo
In 1928 National Air Transport planes traveled 2,138,183 miles carrying 1,126,067 pounds of mails and over 72,000 pounds of express. About 13,000 passengers flew between Chicago Fort Worth Dallas and Chicago New York.
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British film quota devastates American distributors in Britain
In Britain the film quota law forces exhibitors to show 7 percent British pictures, hurting American distributors. London remains strong but provinces suffer as small exhibitors struggle. After three months losses exceed 1.25 million dollars, with fears of further declines and possible American exit from the market.
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Dewey Heath Jr Born to Mr. and Mrs. Heath
Word arrives of the birth of an eight pound son to Mr. and Mrs. Dewey T. Heath of Clarendon on Sunday morning. The baby is named Dewey T. Heath Jr. Grandmother Mrs. I. M. Farlet of Amarillo visited the newborn. Mrs. Heath was formerly Miss Gladys Lowry of the News Globe circulation department.
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Five U S Navy Men Drown In Ship Crash In Canal
Five American navy men drowned when an officers gig from the U S Whitney collided with a barge in the Panama canal channel. Investigations by canal officials and Rear Admiral Frank H Clark are under way. Drowned were Captain Ralph Griswold and Arthur S Wrenn both from Washington. Coxswain Fred W Sweinberg West Orange New Jersey Seaman Herbert D McDowell Jacksonville Fla Fireman Earl D Tibbetts Haverhill Mass. Four others survived: Captain William J Giles commander of Whitney and Seamen Walter C Rowell Albert W Gatewood James P Powers.
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Haverhill
Mass
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James P. Powers
Hoosier Motor Club Senator Urges Traffic Signal Cuts
Duane Dungan president of the Hoosier Motor Club argues that millions are wasted by traffic signals in small towns. He proposes restricting signals to congested areas to save time and reduce annoyance for drivers.
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New motor licenses under way in Pennsylvania drive count
Harrisburg January 21. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles began re licensing over 1 809 000 automobile drivers and must finish by the end of February. The bureau also handles several thousand new license applications before next month ends.
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International News Service
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U S Biologist Challenges Darwin Theory
U S National Museum biologist Dr Austin WH Clark argues Darwin and Lamarck were wrong and proposes a theory where life forms arise via environmental suitability and a constant urge to reproduce. He claims major animal groups have no single origin and that amoeba and vertebrates could have emerged simultaneously.
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Physicians To Honor Yellow Fever Hero
Indiana doctors and guests gather in Indianapolis to honor John R. Kissinger of Huntington, a yellow fever inoculation survivor from Havana Cuba. Surgeon General Merrit Weber Ireland will deliver the keynote, acknowledging Kissinger’s sacrifice and long term health impact from the experiments.
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Smoky Walls Care Tips for Fresh Paint
A quick guide suggests repainting smoky walls with a light shade and a hurried coat of fine water. Dissolve ten cents worth of lime in a pail of water and apply swiftly with a whitewash brush, then rinse thoroughly before painting.
Darwinian theory in breeding discussed by Dr Clark
Dr Clark explains natural and artificial selection shaping both plant and animal groups. He accepts dog and cat breeds as results of human selection but rejects any gradual transition between dogs and cats.
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