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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1925
Page
36
Motorists will prefer side roads this summer to escape highway congestion and see unmarred countryside. Dry days offer easier travel, but warnings include scarce gasoline and auto services, with emphasis on planning for emergencies and carrying tools, spare tires, and camping gear.
Presbyterian General Assembly in Franklin County hears that the board disbursed $725,000 in pensions to aged and disabled servants of the Cross, their widows, and orphans during the 1924 26 fiscal year. Over 1 000 widows averaged $245 85 and more than 400 ministers received about $373 06 on average.
Berlin May 23 The age old question of whether a meat or vegetable diet benefits athletes remained unresolved after a sport exhibition. Active sportsmen insisted they could not train on vegetables alone and required substantial meat. Eggs were the most popular food among in training athletes.
More than 600 families have left Liverpool and other ports this spring for Canada under a plan to settle 3,000 families in the dominion.
New York May 23 The conference endorsed a comprehensive traffic program linking rail electric and motor traffic. Proposals include routing commercial vehicles away from passenger streets by passing belt lines and by pass routes. Emphasis on by planning for growth decentralization widening bottlenecks and educating motorists for safety.
A Caerphilly tower in Wales leans eleven feet in eighty years, reportedly more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa which leans eight feet in eighty years, prompting notes on unusual regional architecture.
Madrid report notes fashion plates carved on a Spanish cave wall dating over twenty millennia. The wall portraits suggest dresses for cave dwellers were even shorter than modern styles.
Motorists in Utah face an increase from 2 1 2 to 3 1 2 cents per gallon as tax. The bill has passed both houses. The Alhambra in Spain began as a fortress built to house around 40 000 soldiers.
In Edinburgh and other crowded Scottish oil areas slum residents prefer poor environments with evils over new houses with modern conveniences, Dr. William Robertson medical health officer for the city stated. The report notes the preference for familiar surroundings despite health benefits of improved housing.
During a municipal council meeting Dr Robertson lamented the grip of slums on residents when new houses rise. He argued that people accept tenements and crowded districts, making it hard to persuade them to move toward better quarters. He urged building decent houses on the outskirts to prevent families from adopting the slum dwelling habit.
Dr Henry B Master general secretary of the Presbyterian board of ministerial relief and sustentation presented the annual report on the denomination pension system to a Columbus audience. The briefing covered fund status needs of needy ministers and the board responsibilities in administering pension benefits.
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