Truax Seeks Better Distribution of Corn Borer Funds
Ohio agriculture director Charles V. Truax will travel to Washington to meet Secretary Jardine with the European corn borer group executive committee. He aims to increase direct compensation to farmers affected by corn borer damage and improve fund allocation beyond last year’s $2 million for Ohio and other states and $685,000 for administration.
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Columbus
Charles V. Truax
Ohio
Washington
Jardine
Truax
International European Corn Borer Organization
Congress
General Motors Unveils 1928 Expansion Plan
Detroit announces a bold 1928 program by General Motors to expand plants and sales, debut new Oldsmobile models at the January New York show, begin Buick production by August, and boost Pontiac Oakland output to 270,000 cars. GM, rival to Ford, says no trade war is intended and highlights its seven-brand structure.
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Detroit
Mich
U.R
General Motors Corporation
Henry Ford
Ford
General Motors
Oldsmobile
New York Automobile Show
Buick
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oakland
United States
Two Giant Beacons Proposed to Guide Atlantic Fliers
Paris dispatch reports ex minister Charles Danielou proposing two massive beacons to aid trans Atlantic pilots. One on Brittany’s coast and another on Ireland would mark the route from America, with Mont Valerien style lighthouses piercing fogs for hundreds of miles.
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John O'Brien
United Press
Paris
Europe
Atlantic
Brittany
Ireland
Charles Danielou
Lindbergh
America
M. Danielou
Byrd
Ruth Elder
France
Ocean
Breton
Mont Valerien
Channel
Finisterre
Berlin
Azores
Brest
Fragmentary maritime remark on North Sea ports and aviation
A partial excerpt discusses the perilous North Sea coastline and the idea of an aerial port. It hints at dangerous conditions threatening coastlines and port access, implying strategic or logistical concerns without detailing events or actors.
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North Sea
New Indictments Seen After Stephenson's Third Grand Jury Appearance
Indianapolis Indiana December 15 New indictments in Indiana political scandals were expected today after the third appearance of D C Stephenson former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan before the Marion county grand jury Stephenson had petitioned Laporte Superior court for a 90 day parole to publish information on alleged K K K influence in state politics The petition was denied but the grand jury appearance showed consideration of his request.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Indiana
Names Sought Of Senators Said To Receive Funds
Washington December 15 a Senate committee probing Hearst Mexico documents met to identify four senators named as proposed recipients of 1 200 000 in bribes. William Randolph Hearst was summoned as first witness amid a drama of alleged forgeries and diplomatic intrigue.
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Washington
PIH
Senate
Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Underworld Courts Punish Apache and Waifs in Europe
In Berlin a famed apache Leon Mothya was tortured by an underworld court after a theft accusation. Separately in Moscow and Warsaw homeless children formed an urchins union and sanctioned a boy’s death for theft, prompting police to protect lawful authority from criminal courts.
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Berlin
U.P
Europe
Warsaw
Leon Mothya
Mothya
Russia
Urchins
Moscow
Weather Shelter Installed at Ellis Hall
The Department of Geography and Geology at Ohio University has installed a standard weather instrument shelter on Ellis Hall roof. Government type instruments include an anemometer barograph thermometer and hydrodesk all laboratory tested for accuracy to enable weather data collection.
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Ellis Hall
Department of Geography and Geology
Ohio University
Athens Messenger
C. E. Cooper
War film to depict 1917 18 conditions at Majestic
The American Legion of Athens sponsors America Under Fire featuring Corporal Bob Ingleston in person at the Majestic theater on December 19 and 26. The film shows daily life of American doughboys behind and in front lines with weather instruments and a weather data focus.
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American Legion of
Athens ‘County
America Under
Bob Ingleston
Majestic Theater
Land
France
American Legion
Legion
War Department
Ohio
Signal Corps
United States Army
Mystery fiction offers childlike thrills and imagination
The article argues detective stories appeal because they tap childhood wishes for secrets, action, and surprises. Readers savor escapist journeys to unfamiliar places and unusual people, finding relaxation and mental stimulation in unreality.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Canary hybrid sparks talk of new bird breed in London
At the eighth London Inter-Club Cage Bird exhibition an expert breeder predicted a new sensation in bird breeding. A green canary crossed with a cinnamon showed faint blue on its back, hailed as the advance guard of a new race. Other rarities included "Beauty," a pale buff Yorkshire hen canary valued at $500.
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London
Discrepancies Reported in Agents’ Juror Shadows
Government finds unexplained differences in agents reports on jurors in the Sinclair Burns contempt case. One agent said he followed Horace Lamb to Congressional Country Club. Lamb did not go there and will testify to the contrary.
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Washington
U.P
Wedding Party Taller Than Six Feet Shocks Guests
In Munich a wedding party drew notice as the bride, groom, bridesmaids, best man, and officiating clergyman all stood more than six feet tall. The unusual height of the participants became a talking point among attendees.
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Munich
Mystery Treasure Unearthed Under Historic Staircase
Four unidentified men allegedly dug beneath an old staircase in the Gagalanging district of Manila and carried off a secret hoard of 47,000 ancient Spanish gold pieces said to be hidden since revolutionary days. Locals say the house once served as a robbers’ meeting place.
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Manila
P. L
Alpfour
Gagalanging
Philippines
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