Red Cross Marks 50 Years Since Incorporation
Washington May 21 The American Red Cross marks its Golden Jubilee for 50 years since incorporation. President Hoover and Judge Max Huber will speak at tonight’s event as broadcasts from National and Columbia networks highlight the celebration. Messages of congratulation arrive from royal and international figures and cities worldwide.
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American Red Cross
International Relief Organization
Hoover
Max Huber
Zurich
Switzerland
International Red Cross Committee
National
Columbia
Red Cross
Duke of York
Prince Charles
Sweden
Prince Torugawa
Japan
Madrid
Cairo
Budapest
Shanghai
Berlin
Paris
Athens
Clara Barton
Red Cross Society
Garfield
Senate
Geneva
International Organization
Jury Finds Youth Guilty of Murder in Texas Killing
Marshall Texas May 21 The 17 year old Bell was convicted of murder for slaying Albert Tiller 25 Jurors deliberated about an hour Bell claimed self defense claiming Tiller threatened him after he demanded Tiller marry his sister The court suspended a two year sentence.
Gas gun for air defense gains attention in Denmark
Danish engineer M Arnold Christensen claims a new gas gun could defend against air raids by releasing large amounts of gas that render airplane occupants unconscious. Tests are planned soon by a special gas unit. In Poland, the port city of Gdynia names a new pier after President Wilson amid wartime memorials.
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M. Arnold Christensen
Denmark
Gdynia
Poland
Wilson
Three Children Die in Winnipeg Murder Case
In Winnipeg on May 21 three children aged 18, 12, and 9 were killed by gunfire or slashings. John Streib, 45, a boarder with the Walters family, is held on murder charges after police say he confessed. Streib and the children were found by Mrs. Lilian Walters, who had rejected his marriage proposal.
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Winnipeg
Man
John Streib
George
Doris
Irene
Lillian Walters
Streib
Python skins drive fashion in Paris handbags
Women in Paris carry handbags made from python and other snakes including boas. The fad boosts snake trapping as a profitable industry with tanning secrets guarded by manufacturers. English and Dutch merchants previously popularizing water snake skins from Java and Sumatra continue strong sales.
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Paris
Java
Sumatra
Pythians Plan $20,000 Home for Aged Members Widows
Texas Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias pledges to raise $20,000 to build a home for aged members or widows. Earlier pledge of half the funds was made at Beaumont two years ago. Royal C. Phillips elected grand chancellor. Elise Moore named grand chief of the Pythian Sisters.
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Texas Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Order
Beaumont
Royal C. Phillips
Elise Moore
Port Arthur
Pythian Sisters
Order of the Road Established For Safer Driving
Automobile drivers in England form the Order of the Road to raise driving standards and safety. Members promise to consider all road users including drivers cyclists and pedestrians on any public highway.
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Automobile Drivers
England
Moral Theater Guild Backed by Florence Archbishop
In Florence a new theater group called Friends of the Moral Theater receives sponsorship from Cardinal Mistrangelo. The guild aims to promote moral plays and boycott works it deems immoral, signaling a church aligned cultural stance.
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Florence
Italy
The
Moral Theater
Mistrangelo
Cupid's Ring Taken By Dallas Bandits
A lone bandit on a Garland road near White Rock Lake robbed two couples parked at the roadside. He demanded surrender and fled with $27.50 in cash, a diamond ring, and a wrist watch. Cupid and Dallas police continued the search today.
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Dallas
U.P
Garland
White Rock Lake
Cupid
American birds collection draws interest at Royal Scottish Museum
Great interest surrounds a North American bird skins collection shown by Edinburgh's Natural History Department. Curated from W. P. Turnbull's holdings, the collection aided his "Birds of East Pennsylvania and New Jersey." Turnbull, born in Fala, Scotland, resides in the United States.
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Natural History Department
Royal Scottish Museum
Edinburgh
W. P. Turnbull
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Professor Turnbull
Fala
Scotland
Japan buys our chickens to cut egg imports
The Japanese Government purchases thousands of pedigreed chickens from the United States Canada and Australia to breed stock for local farmers. Hundreds of birds have arrived and will be bred for egg production and distribution to farmers for local markets.
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China
United States
Canada
Australia
Japan
Ham Dishes Show Sugar Brings Flavor to Meals
A Sugar Institute note explains simmering ham in water with half a cup of sugar and half a cup of vinegar as it becomes tender and flavorful. It adds that sugar enhances taste in stews roasts and vegetables beyond ham, not just sweet dishes.
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The
Sugar Institute
Airway bumps logged by device between New York and Washington
A new recording device on the Washington to New York air route shows bumps that stress planes more than highways, with some shocks equivalent to dropping 18,000 pounds on the aircraft. In Vera Cruz students protest compulsory military training and urge abolishment of it.
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Washington
New York
Vera Cruz
Mexico
State Secretary of Education
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