Blossom Prospects For Apple Crop In New England
Wakefield Mass May 30 A survey from Federal Crop Statisticians reports heavy blossom in New England apples except Baldwin variety which shows lighter bloom White early fruit shows light set but overall prospects indicate a fair crop with variations Strawberries are increasing in acreage and outlook is good to heavy Pears plums cherries and blueberries show promising crops Grapes appear to promise well Raspberries are injured by last winter and are unlikely to yield a large crop
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Wakefield
Mass
New England
Duke 10 Head Tobacco Merger Announced
May 6 a tobacco merger announced tonight by James Dixon president of the Tobacco Products concern. United Retail Stores corporation and United Char Stores company are involved as stock ownership controls. James B Duke founder of the American Tobacco company and the British American Tobacco company will guide the merged firm. The consolidation plans to raise capital from 33 million to 157.254 million par value.
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New York
United Retail Stores Corporation
Tobacco Products Corporation
James Dixon
Tobacco Products Concern
United Char Stores Company
James B.duke
American Tobacco Company
British-American Tobacco Company
Tobacco Pro‘ducts Corporation
Seven Ribs Removed During Nerve Block Heart Operation
Otto Tohme, once a naval invalid, describes the Chicago Illinois Masonic Hospital procedure where nerve block anesthesia left his body sensation limited to a small area while seven ribs were removed and his heart was operated on with no pain felt by him. He notes weight gain and compares the technique to a local shutdown of an electrical circuit, enabling surgeons to repair without distress elsewhere.
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Otto Tohme
Chicago
Navy
Nelson H. Towry
Illinois Masonic Hospital
Auto-Driver Killed In Kansas City Auto Race
W M Reynolds of Detroit died after his car crashed on the sixth lap of a six mile race at Independence Missouri. William Jackles of Des Moines Iowa sustained three fractured ribs and was moved to a sanitarium. The wreck followed a swerve to avoid a fence beard from a preceding machine.
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Kansas City
W.M. Reynolds
Detroit
Mich
William Jackles
Des Moines
Iowa
Intependence
Reynolds
Jackles
France Honors U S Deeds With Schoolchild Salutes
Paris May 2 AP. Decoration day echoes in France as millions of school pupils learn of American aid in World War I. French orphans sang the Star Spangled Banner at Suresnes while Ambassador Herrick urged lasting Franco American ties amid the graves of ten thousand Americans buried in France.
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Paris
Associated Press
France
Saldlery
Torny
Verall
America
Suresnes
Marshall Joffre
Myron E Herrick
Charles Bertrand
Tater-Allied Federation of War Veterans
Gaylord Farm Association meeting date announced
Wallingford May 3. By the Associated Press the annual meeting of the Gaylord Farm Association also known as the New Haven County tuberculosis association will be held June 26, postponed from May 10. The business meeting will be at noon daylight saving time.
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Wallingford
Associated Press
Gaylord Farm Association
The
New Haven County anti-Tuberculosis Association
Bridgeport Man Injured In Auto Accident
George Farkis of 33 Ridge Avenue Bridgeport suffered a fractured skull when struck by a car on Stratford Avenue near Avorpark. Raymond R. Smith of Holyoke Mass. drove the vehicle. Witnesses said the driver was blameless. Farkis was rushed to Bridgeport Hospital in critical condition. Stratford and Bridgeport veterans joined a smallpox era commemorations overshadowed by the incident.
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Stratsford
George Farkis
Ridge Avenue
Bridgeport
Avorpark
Stratford Avenue
Raymond RH. Smith
Holyoke
Mass
Stratford
Wpéed
Markis
Inca
Rey
Whitehead
Dalegation
Richard Howell
Prohibition Chief Haynes Faces Fresh Removal Plea
Washington May 30 The second move to remove Prohibition Commissioner Haynes was filed by Representative Mellon Maryland alleging his enforcement statements incited lawlessness. A May 15 demand was ignored and a Baltimore meeting cited as evidence of policy directing enforcement criticism.
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Washington
Associated Press
Ofce
Prohibition
Haynes
Mellon
Maryland
Hil
Baltimore
Actress Denies Seen With Ward In Boston Dining Rooms
In Boston on May 39 Mari lynn Miller star of musical comedy denied rumors she dined with Wales Ward the millionaire boxer who has confessed to killing Clarence Peters. An innkeeper claimed seeing them together in Atlantic City and Westchester restaurants. Miller insists she was never in Ward's company.
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Boston
Mass
Marilynn Miller
Wales
Ward
Boxer
Clarence Peters
New Rochelle
Miss Miller
Atlantic City
Westchester County
Motorcyclist Aart Injured In Collision At City Intersection
Motorcyclist Aart Reynolds of 388 Beechmont Avenue suffered a left leg fracture after a crash with a automobile driven by Harvey C. Gish at North Avenue and Frederick Street near 66 Park Avenue. Gish said he did not see the motorcycle until the impact. Reynolds was taken to Bridgeport Hospital by Dr. A. B. Mareuila from the emergency start.
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Titford Reynolds
Beechmont Avenue
North Avenue
Frederick Street
Harvey C. Gish
Park Avenue
Poties
Gish
Reynplay
Bridgeport Hospital
A. B. Mareuila
Dynamite Theft Sparks Police Search for Savage
State police joined the hunt for Edward Savage a laborer accused of attacking employer John Merkell with a dirk and fleeing with ten sticks of dynamite from the farm authorities fear his concealment in thick woods as farms report missing feed and poison warnings follow a wage dispute and Savage’s disappearance is noted by Merkell’s family and workers
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Tempelton
Mess
Associated Press
Edward Savage
John Merkell
Savage
Merkell
Hvesteck
Memorial day parade honors 500 G A R veterans in New York
Memorial day events across New York City featured a large veteran parade along Riverside Drive to Grant's Tomb with Governor Miller delivering the memorial address. The Washington Heights service and a tribute at Grant's Riverside attracted crowds as hydroplanes dropped flowers for aviators.
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New York
New York City
Manhattan
Riverside
General Grant
Miller
John F. O'Ryan
Gassoin
Red Mike
General O'Lyan
Grant
Lambom Riverside Drive
Marguerite Sylva
Washington Heights
Harry Payne Whitney
Washington High
Broaitly Th. Y
Lord Balfour to Take Seat in House Tonight
Loxton May 30 The Rt Hon A J Balfour will take his seat in the House tonight with a fitting ceremony. The veteran statesman formerly led the government and now resumes parliamentary duties amid ceremonial arrangements and public interest.
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Lord Balfour
Narrow escape as river excursionists plunge into Park Island
A Bristol group of 25 women and children were dumped into the river at Park Island causing panic. Men dived in to rescue children while women and others waded to safety as the water was shallow. Olives were lost during the melee.
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Burlangton
Merc
Park Island
Bristol
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