Anniversary of Zeppelin Flight Noted in Britain
London marks eleven years since the East Fortune shed saw the R34 Zepplein depart for America on the first Atlantic dirigible flight. British officials praise R100 and R101 while Germans question their design choices as plans for a larger airship are considered. Lord Thomson cites Britain’s spend on the program and notes advances over the Graf Zeppelin.
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Travel prompts from a reader note on trips and sighting places
A reader writes about visiting places on vacation and hopes others also see well the way. The note invites readers to share experiences and tips for enjoying travel and sights.
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Wash Tobbs
Amarillo Fireworks Law From 1892 Still On Books
The Amarillo fireworks ordinance passed April 19, 1892 remains in effect though rarely enforced. It bans discharging firearms and fireworks citywide with penalties of 1 to 100 dollars. licensing rules apply to cannon crackers over two inches by one inch, with a 250 dollar license. The city considers all pyrotechnics illegal except licensed shooting galleries and dogs in violation.
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Amarillo
W. W. Wetsel
Court rules on conscience in bearing arms for citizenship
The U S Court of Appeals in New York reverses lower rulings to grant citizenship to Rev. Dr. Douglas MacIntosh of Yale Divinity School and Miss Martie Bland. Both born in Canada, MacIntosh served as a war chaplain and Bland as an American Army nurse, with objections to bearing arms based on religious scruples.
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Martie Averil Bland
Connecticut
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Miss Bland
MacIntosh
France
Calotabs Calomel Tablets Promise Nausea Free Purge
Chemists have perfected a nausealess calomel tablet named Calotabs that replaces old calomel without griping or unpleasant after effects. One tablet at bedtime with water yields a clean liver and good appetite next morning, and the price is thirty five cents for family size and ten cents for vest-pocket size.
Explorers on Vacation Face Conscience Clash in Citizenship Case
Presiding Judge Martin T. Manson notes distinctions between Dr. MacIntosh and Miss Bland and the Rosika Schwimmer citizenship refusal upheld by the Supreme Court. He calls Schwimmer an "absolute atheist" with no nationalism while linking pacifist beliefs to the case.
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Miss Bland
Rosika Schwimmer
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Court comments on duty and conscience in citizenship cases
The court held that aliens who become citizens have the same rights as natural born citizens except eligibility for the presidency. It declined blanket promises to support future wars, noting citizens may follow conscience in defending the Constitution within legal limits. Dr MacIntosh and Miss Bland, both past military age, argued on principle.
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Misa Bland
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