Rural share of U S fire losses eyed by groups
National Board of Fire Underwriters cites 1928 U S fire losses exceed 450 million dollars. Chicago meeting of Farm Fire Protection committee, led by officials tied to the Agriculture Department, endorses estimates on rural losses and farm fire protection actions.
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Globe
Washington, D. C
National Board of Fire Underwriters
United States
Chicago
Committee On
National Fire Protection Association
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Leader Takes Stand on Farm Fire Losses
A protection committee states farm fire damages in the United States run about 100 million dollars annually. The committee argues for stronger measures to reduce losses and protect agricultural property.
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United States
Seized Slot Machines Turned to Birdhouses in Jail
John Aho, jailed in Merrill Wisconsin, uses confiscated slot machines to craft birdhouses, hammering and carving them into pieces. Sheriff's department then gives the repurposed items back to him for his prison yard treess. The piece shifts to rural fire loss estimates and rural property damage figures from a government engineer.
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United Pres
Merrill
Wis
John Aho
Dome of Pure Salt Good for 7 000 Years
Grand Saline Texas a salt dome once used by Cherokee and later mined by whites could yield 2 000 000 pounds of salt annually for about 7 000 years. A new shaft at 900 feet deep replaces old hydraulic methods as geologists note the dome's 94 percent purity and long production potential.
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Associated Press
Grand Saline
Tex
Grand Saline Dome
Youngest Dartmouth Freshman Class Averages 17.86 Years
The present freshman class at Dartmouth College is the youngest in the school's history averaging 17.86 years. The youngest 1933 student is 15 and the oldest 24.
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Dartmouth
United Press
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
Soviet plane departs Oakland toward Cheyenne on Moscow to New York run
The Russian monoplane Land of the Soviets took off from Oakland at 6 50 this morning bound for Cheyenne as the next stop on its flight from Moscow to New York.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
Cheyenne
Moscow
New York
Miss Agnes Young Forms Dallas Sewing Org Visit
Miss Agnes Young of Dallas state educational director for the Singer Sewing Machine Company travels to Ama tillo to attend business engagements and promote sewing topics.
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Agnes Young
Dallas
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Amatillo
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