Indians Face Hunger in Tragic Fight for Survival
California health officials report hunger and poverty plague 18,000 Indians across 85 of 90 tribes. Survey finds many families earn under $600 yearly, housing and food shortages worsen disease like tuberculosis and trachoma, with high infant mortality and lingering smallpox outbreaks.
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International News Service
Sacramento
Calif
California
California Department of Public Health
Humbolt
del Norte
Siskiyon
Inyo
Mono
Riverside
San Diego
Imperial
San Bernardino
Santa Barbara
Professional Ghost and Potent Eccentricities Highlighted
The article profiles Joseph Dunninger of New York claiming psychic powers using electrical devices to simulate spirit phenomena. It then shifts to public health concerns about influenza among Indian populations, malnutrition, and gardening youth projects including Luth er Burbank inspiration, a boy’s cut flower venture, and a sixth grader Warren’s garden. In Chicago, the Board of Education mobilizes 600,000 parents to sign postcards supporting higher school taxes.
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Joseph Dunninger
New York
Chicago
Board of Education
Great Britain Settles $45 Million War Claims
London May 8 Awards totalling nearly 45 million dollars were issued by the War Compensation Court of Great Britain after nine years of work. The court held 1,932 sittings and determined 9,526 claims, awarding 45 million against approximately 85 million. Six hundred eighty one claims were withdrawn or disposed of.
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London
War Compensation Court of Great Britain
Radio Garden Hint From Boy Burbank Magic
California’s juvenile gardener Warren Van Vieur, a 12 year old from Lodi Grammar School, performs on the air in radio engagements. A talk has already been given over a Stockton station as interest grows in his garden wizardry.
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Burbank
Luther Burbank
van Vieur
San Joaquin
Warren
County Farm Bureau
International News Service
Lodi
Cal
California
Warren van Vieur
Stockton
Maine resorts to use talkies to advertise
Maine officials report a bright vacation season as the Publicity Bureau notes 1344 information requests in the first week. A nationwide sound motion picture company will produce a one reel talkie on salmon and trout fishing in Maine, aimed at promoting state tourism.
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International News Service
Portland
Maine
Maine Publicity Bureau
Chinese Hostilities Break Out Afresh
Open hostilities flare between Nationalist Government Nanking and Kwantung Canton Province Government and the Kwangsi Military Clique. Kwangsi forces move within 100 miles of Canton amid rising regional tensions and clashes.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Nanking
Kwantung (Canton) Province
Canton
Charters Issued for Dallas Congregational Church Venture
By United Press Austin May 8 charter issued for Peoples Congregational Church Dallas with no capital stock. Incorporators include Emma Hatcher H E Young Mattie Alex and Wichita Falls based Langford Realty Co with capital stock 400000 and incorporators W B Langford Jewel.
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United Press
Austin
T Peoples Congregational Church
Dallas
Emma Hatcher
H. E. Young
Mattie Alex
W. &. Langford Realty Co
Wichita Falls
Capital
Langford
Jewel
Delta Club Corp and Cohn's Inc Set for Incorporation
Dallas firms Kemp Langford T BE Edwards Mount Nebo Cemetery and Amarillo company Cohn's Inc listed as incorporators with capital stocks of 1000, 10000 and 8000 respectively. Names Edwin A Means J J Gentry E F Cuenod Amp W Miller Mia Janie Carothers Miller W D Reid Leah Cohn Bert Levy Blanche Levy.
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Kemp Langford
T. BE. Edwards
Delta Club Corp
Dallas
Capital Stock
Edwin A. Means
J. J. Gentry
E. F. Cuenod
Mount Nebo
Amp W. Miller
Mia
Janie Carothers Miller
W. D. Reid
Cohn's, Inc
Amarillo
Leah Cohn
Bert Levy
Blanche Levy
Smoke Abatement Ultimatum Targets Chicago Trains
The Chicago Smoke Abatement Board warns twenty railroads entering Chicago to halt locomotive smoke or police will arrest the engineers and firemen of offending trains.
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Chicago
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