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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1925
Page
10
Motorists face heavier traffic on main roads this summer while byways thrill with unmarred countryside. Warnings emphasize thorough preparation, full gas, spare tires, and emergency gear for country driving amid sparse services and distant farms.
At the Presbyterian assembly in Franklin County Memorial Hall the board reported a record disbursement for pensions in 1924-1926 totaling 726000. More than 1000 widows averaged 246.85 while 400 ministers averaged 373.06 despite increases in poverty.
Berlin May 23 A sport exhibition examined whether meat or vegetable diets aid athletes. An exhaustive investigation found athletes in training cannot sustain on a vegetarian diet and require substantial meat portions. Begs emerged as the most popular food among those in training.
More than 600 families have left Liverpool and other ports this spring for Canada as part of a plan to settle 3,000 families in the Dominion. The exodus reflects a coordinated migration program by British authorities and organizers aiming to relocate settlers to Canada.
Delegates from the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce and city representatives endorsed a comprehensive traffic program. Proposals include routing trucks away from passenger routes, keeping travel records, building belt by passes, removing drawbridges, planning for growth, and decentralizing through zoning to cut congestion and accidents.
London reports a Caerphilly Wales tower leaning eleven feet per eighty, surpassing Pisa which leans six feet per eighty. The feature notes Caerphilly's tilt as a striking curiosity in architectural sagas.
Madrid reports fashion plates carved into a cave wall in Spain appear more than 20,000 years old. The engravings depict dress styles of cave dwellers with clothing shown as very short garments.
A proposed tax increase may raise the per gallon charge by 3.5 cents from 2.5 cents on drugs purchased in Utah. The measure has cleared both legislative chambers, moving toward enactment.
Edinburgh May 23 Slum dwellers in Edinburgh and crowded Scottish cities prefer bad environment and its evils to new houses equipped with modern conveniences, a claim made recently by Dr William Robertson medical health officer for the city in a report.
In Columbus on May 28 Dr Henry Aster of Philadelphia head of the Presbyterian Board of Ministerial Relief and Augmentation presented the annual report on the church pension system for the needy. He explained the merger and administration of the pension program and its impact on parish aid.
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