California crippled children program to aid 5000 maimed youths
California launches a crippled children program financed by a $25,000 state fund and supported by service clubs. Dr. Walter Dickie says diagnostic clinics will identify children needing aid and surgeons will provide treatment, aiming to bring miracles of improved mobility to those with severe handicaps.
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International News Service
Sacramento
Calif
California
Walter Dickie
San Francisco
State Department of Health
Sea of Galilee
Dickie
Winnifred Tougas
Shriners
The
Rotarians
Women’s Clubs
State
San Diego Regatta Aims for 75mph Speed Boats
San Diego prepares a water regatta to decide the national speed boat championship for 1927. D W Campbell, a local speedboat enthusiast and secretary of the Pacific Coast Marine Trades Association, predicts speeds of 75 miles per hour due to streamlined shells and supercharged carburetors. The December 11 and 12 meet, supervised by the Mississippi Valley power boat association, will determine the champion.
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International News Service
San Diego
Cal
D. W. Campbell
Pacific Coast Marine Trades Association
Mississippi Valley Power Boat Association
Statewide mercy program aims to correct deformities in children
Dr Dickie describes a major initiative with top orthopedists to operate on twisted limbs and birth defects in a coordinated effort modeled after the University of California hospital. The program seeks to give new hope and life to many handicapped children across the state.
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Dickie
University of California Hospital
Creomulsion Promises Relief From Persistent Colds
Advertisement touts Creomulsion as a two fold remedy for persistent coughs and colds. It claims creosote plus healing elements soothe membranes and inhibit germs while the medicine travels to the blood to attack the trouble. Money back if not relieved after directed use.
Elgin Trophy Draws 151 Hydroplanes For Race
The Elgin trophy, touted as the largest racing cup in America, will feature 151 hydroplanes. Notables include Spitfire V and Spitfire VI owned by James H. Rand Jr. of Buffalo, The New Yorker owned by Adolf Gobel Jr. of New York City, Miss Westchester owned by E W Hammond of Westchester, Miss Massachusetts owned by L A Savage of Boston, Baby Ruth owned by Otto Schnering of Chicago, and Miss California owned by W O Harris of San Bernardino and driven by Dick Lyons of Long Beach.
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America
James H. Rand, Jr
Buffalo
N. Y
New Yorker
Adolf Gobel, Jr
New York City
Westchester
E. W. Hammond
Massachusetts
L. A. Savage
Boston
Otto Schnering
Candy Manufacturer
Chicago
California
W. O. Harris
San Bernardino
Dick Lyons
Long Beach
Ankle Doctor Yields to Arm Specialist
London reports a shift from ankle specialists to arm experts as beauty norms move from ankle shaping to enhancing arms. The piece notes longstanding beauty rituals used by women and the new focus on arm proportion and grace.
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London
Britain to establish Thames flying boat station for London to Hamburg
The Air Ministry plans a commercial flying boat station on the Thames with Imperial Airways and Luft-Hansa. A daily Dornier Rolls-Royce all metal flying boat carrying about twenty passengers will run between London, Hamburg, and Copenhagen, boosting fast business travel to Germany and Denmark.
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International
London
Air Ministry
Thames
Orth Sea
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Imperial Airways
England
Luft-Hansa
Busess
Germany
Denmark
Fashionable Women and Style Dictates
The passage notes how recognition can make or mar the smart appearance of women who keep pace with fashion's dictates, highlighting the impact of status on grooming.
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Amarillo
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