Gum chewing threatens tropical chicle forests
The United States Commerce Department reports chewing gum gets its sap from chicle trees in Central America, Mexico, and increasingly Borneo and Java. Overharvesting has driven tapping deeper into forests, risking extinction, with some manufacturers considering plantation chicle to secure future supplies.
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Presay
Washington
Central America
Mexico
Borneo
Java
Commerce Department
Amazon Valley
Brady Community Tops Potter County School Banner
Brady communities prepared for next year by training after capping prizes at last week’s Bishop's Grove meeting. Dr. J. A. Hill and Dr. R. M. Jarrett praised the Brady group which dominated events from tug of war to horseshoe pitching. Other towns vow to challenge, but Brady plans to keep the banner.
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Brady
Potter County
Bishop's Grove
J. A. Hill
R. M. Jarrett
West ‘Yasas State Teachers’ College
Janitor Haggerty Shot by Mower in Berkeley Accident
John Haggerty, a Berkeley school janitor, fired a .82 caliber cartridge from a mower after it picked up a dropped shell. The explosion struck his forehead but left him only slightly wounded. A London shoemaker notes wartime athletic activity has made women’s feet grow nearly two sizes.
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Berkeley
Cal
John Haggerty
Haggerty
London
Central Union ball boosts Amarillo labor fund
The grand convention ball at the Nat last night for the Central Labor Union of Amarillo drew several hundred couples and added a substantial amount to the union delegation fund. Eli Hoover's orchestra supplied music, and forty per cent of the proceeds will fund delegates from smaller affiliated unions. Officials praised the event's success.
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Nat
Central Labor Union of
Amarillo
Eli Hoover
Central Labor Body
Nat Dance Hall
Huge West Coast Bridge Open Soan
SAN FRANCISCO May 10 One of the world s largest highway bridges to span the northern end of San Francisco bay across Carquinez straits will open for public travel after a dedication May 21 The Carquinez bridge 8350 feet long with 1152 foot approach joins Vallejo and Crockett It rises 350 feet above the water with an 80 foot roadway and two four foot sidewalks Construction began in 1923 and the private company built it at a cost of 8 million dollars The bridge reverts to California after 20 years.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Carquinez Straits
Canada
Mexico
Carquinez Bridge
Vallejo
Crockett
California
Air Mail Fatality Rate Near One Per 789000 Miles Flown
A historical tally shows between 1922 and 1925 air mail pilots died at a rate of one fatality for every 789110 miles flown. The grisly statistic highlights the perilous early days of U.S. air mail service and the risks pilots faced during the decade.
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Air Mail Service
Doctor Charges The Company For Returning Goods
A Missouri doctor fighting a necktie scam sent back a package of pills valued at $2 and claimed credit for the neckties. He billed the company $2.50 for office time and demanded payment by check, after which the firm dropped his name from the list.
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International News Service
ST. Louis
Flashes of Life and Oddities Across Cities
A sequence of light anecdotes reports Lewis’s marriage to Rebecca Little, the sheriff’s daughter, plus a New York courtroom quip about Stoneham and Babe Ruth. Other notes cover Diana von Dommelen’s Paris visit, flapper criticism at a New York convention, a Washington Alaska cable tale about a whale, and a Geneva grand jury plea for pedestrians to carry lights at night.
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Mile
Diana von Dommelen
France
Lou Tellegen
New York City Federation of Women's Clubs
J. Lesteelewine
Daisy
Geneva
N. Yee
Chinese Leaders Call Yellow Peril Stories Myth at St Louis Banquet
The 24rd annual On Leong Chinese Merchants convention in St Louis featured speakers asserting China and the United States are like brothers and that China seeks independence. Dyer, Hawes, Breuer and others praised Sino-American friendship and an eventual organized republic in China. The event highlighted 64,000 Chinese in the United States, 19,000 born here.
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International News Service
ST. Louis
China
United States
J. ©. Dyer
Joe Lin
On Leongs
So Ho Mee Tong
New York
Jurry KB. Hawes
Louis H. Breuer
U. S
Joe King
Omaha
FE. B. Clements
Shackles
England
Dyer
America
Ho Mee Tong
On Leong
Hawes
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