World News in Brief From The Arms Conference
France warns lightening armaments cannot risk security as Briand appeals for national defense. China’s problem appears settled with eight power accord to pacific peace. Japanese and British naval talks yield cautious optimism. Berlin calls for January February indemnity payments while Berlin and Berlin area face food riots.
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Aristide Briand
France
Europe
Pacific
China
Berlin
Paris
Wichita Police Kill Eddie Adams in Business Center Shootout
Wichita police fatally shot Edward C. Adams after a pursuit ending in a garage. Adams, 34, on life sentence for murder and bank robbery, had waged a two day crime spree across Southern Kansas with a violent gang. Detective Charles Hoffman was wounded. officers and bystanders witnessed the fatal confrontation. Police later positively identified Adams by fingerprints, confirming his long criminal alias and history.
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Wichita
Kas
Edward C. Adams
Adams
Kansas
Charles C. Hoffman
Dan B. Hosmer
Goddard
Cullison
Cullison State Bank
U S Grain Growers Becomes World’s Largest Co op Grain Group
C H Gustafson tells American Farm Bureau Federation in Atlanta that U S Grain Growers Inc now leads global co op grain marketing by membership and volume with nearly 25 000 members in ten Midwestern states and about 50 million bushels of marketable grain. He notes the Chicago formed former corporation aims at extending territory. The firm surpasses Canada’s two large farmers companies in annual grain handled.
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Atlanta
U. S. Grain Growers, Inc
C. H. Gustafson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Middle West
Americans Held in Mexico Seek Ransom Not Paid
Four Americans were captured by Mexican bandits at Santa Eulalia near Chihuahua on November 9 and held for two hours. The group included Mr and Mrs Edgar Butts and Willard Benham of the American Smelting and Refining Company and Miss Mary Long daughter of an American ex consul. A $5000 ransom was demanded but they were released without payment. The same bandits also seized Mexican mine owner Oscar Trevino demanding $5000.
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Washington
Santa Eulalia
Chihuahua
State Department
Edgar Butts
Willard Benham
American Smelting and Refining Company
Mary Long
Oscar Trevino
Organize the Workers Party Call by Labor Groups
The American Labor Alliance and the Workers' Council of the United States joined two other organizations to issue a call for a national convention. The aim is to organize the Workers' Party of America in New York and coordinate communist advocacy.
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Gov. E. Mont Reily
New York
Tanamou
Porto Rico
America
Ireland
Reily
Stockholm
Sweden
Workers
American Labor Alliance
Workers’ Council of the United States
Workers’ Party of America
End to Mrs James J Hill in St Paul
Mrs James J Hill widow of the Great Northern president died at her home here after a long illness.
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James J. Hill
St. Paul
Great Northern Railway
Missionary remembered as modern St Francis of El Dorado
California’s Episcopal mission centennial recalls Jim Marshall’s 1848 gold discovery and Rev. Flavel Mines’s Trinity church. Charles Caleb Pierce, praised as a modern St Francis, preached all through El Dorado County for 42 years walking about 60 miles weekly. He died March 15, 1903, to universal mourning.
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California
Missionary Society of the Episcopal Church
Jim Marshall
Sutter’s
Pacific Coast
Trinity
Pierce
Placerville
el Dorado County
Father Pierce
Hogs Plow Orchard In Ontario Apple Harvest
J W Tuttle of Currie uses a drove of hogs to plow and harrow an Ontario orchard. He describes soil turning by hogsnouts, achieving rapid yield increases from 3 bags to over 200 barrels of apples in four years, per Detroit News.
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Ontario
J. W. Tuttle
Currie
Mr. Tuttle
Detroit News
Ancient Bones Found Near Angouleme by Yale Team
American researchers led by Yale's Prof George Grant McCurdy uncovered thousands of bones near Angouleme France likely over fifty thousand years old. They plan winter classification and distribution to Yale and other museums with select specimens kept at La Quina museum. Flint spear and scraper marks on many bones indicate Middle Stone Age relics.
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George Grant McCurdy
Yale Museum
Angouleme
France
Yale
la Quina
Henri Martin
Headlines and Abbreviations in Foreign Newspapers
The Christian Science Monitor notes the perils of long city and region names in Cairo and Alexandria headlines. It mocks distorted captions like Alex for Alexandria and Angora for Ankara, and cites the humor found in exaggerated type and misleading phrases such as Home Unemployment.
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Egypt
Constantinople
Mediterranean
Mesopotamia
Cairo
Alexandria
Alex
London Dispatch
Christian Science Monitor
Spare the Tree He Warns of Forest Denudation
James W. Toumey dean of Yale School of Forestry warned before the Connecticut League of Women Voters School of Citizenship that forest denudation risks a permanent shrinkage in many industries. He cited that from 822 million acres of original forests only 187 million remain and warned the virgin forests could vanish in about 50 years.
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James W. Toumey
School of Forestry
Yale University
School of Citizenship
Connecticut League of Women Voters
Storing System Will Save Time in Clothing
Department of Agriculture urges a planned inventory for stored garments to save time locating wearables. Use separate labeled boxes per person, note condition and future use, keep mending supplies with items, and store millinery and lace materials separately for quick access.
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Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Mary
John
William
Johnny
Mother
Efficient Kitchen Storage By Smart Closet Design
U S Department of Agriculture guidance promotes practical kitchen and pantry layouts. Place items near their use, add accessible closets and shelves, and use narrow spaces. Use shallow four inch wide shelves or trays to organize spices and small bottles, improving cleanliness and order.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bread and Milk a Classic Restorative
The U S Department of Agriculture dairy division praises bread and milk as a top restorative after hard work. It notes hot milk with wet bread and a touch of salt for flavor, common in England and favored by students, professionals, and children for bedtime or lunch.
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Dairy Division
United States
Department of Agriculture
England
Whey Honey as Substitute for Sour Milk Uses
A short recipe notes whey left from cottage cheese can be used in bread making and as a drink for invalids. Whey honey combines whey sugar and syrup to a strained honey consistency and can be kept indefinitely when bottled properly.
All Around 'Zae House Homemaking Tips
A collection of practical kitchen hints and tips. Suggestions include serving creamed vegetables in timbale cases, storing yeast cake in salt, using canned pineapple for pineapple honey and toast, heating lemons before juicing for more juice, and using buttermilk or sour milk to bake softer cakes. Also includes a DIY stove duster from mop sticks and lavender to freshen rooms.
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Nelson Phillips
Hays
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War Finance Corporation
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India
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Federation of Central American Republics
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Mexico
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