Poppy emblem born from war memories and Georgia women
The piece recounts Moina Michael popularizing the red poppy as Armistice Day memorials, tracing its spread worldwide and linking two coincidences, including a Georgia ladies’ Memorial Day precedent. It notes poppy production by disabled veterans, honors Michael and Cal living figures, and cites Legion and international adoption.
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Elmo Scott Watson
America
Europe
Georgia
The
American Legion
Augusta
Michael
Legion
Atlanta
Charles M. Galliene
Post No. 1
Cleveland
Ohio
Atlantic
Mme. E. Guerin
Paris
Miss Michael
Canada
Italy
Holland
Germany
Spain
Belgium
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Greece
Humania
Japan
China
Mexico
Asia Minor
North
South America
East
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Moina Michael
Calvin Coolidge
Georgia General Assembly
Athens
Columbus
Ladies Aid Society
Joseph Johnston
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
South
British Legionnaires
Sace
Seenaene
B A C Approves Four Low Cost Planes For The Average Man
The Bureau of Air Commerce approves four low cost planes aimed at safe, practical aviation for the average person. The Waterman tail less type emphasizes simplicity and mass production. The Hammond pusher design offers rear motor and high visibility with a nose wheel landing gear. The Weick W-1 uses a nose wheel and rudderless control, while the Curtiss Wright coupe features all metal construction for private flyers.
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Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
BAC
Weick
Great Laboratories
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Langley Field
Fred Weick
Lights on Street Delay Falling of Autumn Leaves
New York report by Dr. Edwin B. Matzke of Columbia University notes that branches closest to street lamps retain leaves longer. Studies on Carolina poplar and two sycamore species show illuminated branches delaying leaf fall while exposed trees survive urban conditions.
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New York
Edwin B. Matzke
Columbia University
New York City
Army of Criminals Seen as Greatest American Menace
Sociologist Rowland C. Sheldon claims the main threat to the United States is an armed domestic criminal army. The National Crime Prevention Institute mobilizes public leaders to apply preventive, health like measures from cradle to adulthood to curb crime. Police official Walter Germain supports using formative years to deter crime as a controllable social disease.
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Sam
Rowland C. Sheldon
Red
Russia
Nazi Germany
Japan
National Crime Prevention Institute
Sheldon
U.S. Public Health Service
Walter M. Germain
Saginaw, Mich
Lee Sheldon
Germain
Evidence of Goth Migration Found Near Vienna
A weapon depot of the Goths was uncovered along the Danube near Vienna, marking one of the first tangible traces of their migration through Europe. A two edged iron sword about three feet long with an amber pommel and ornate sheath highlights the find.
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Vienna
Danube
Europe
Tree rings reveal drouth history in early New England
Dartmouth professor Charles J. Lyon analyzes tree rings from New Hampshire and Vermont to reconstruct 17th and 18th century weather. He reports many years since 1600 shows strong moisture and other periods show widespread growth retardation, outlining cyclic climate effects.
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Hanover
N. H
Drouths
New England
Charles J. Lyon
Dartmouth College
United States
Southwest
New Hampshire
Vermont
Lyon
Mental Disease Strikes All Equally, Test Shows
Albany report by Dr. Benjamin Malzberg of the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene says foreign-born persons in New York state are not more subject to mental disease than native Americans when age and environment are considered. He notes that first admission rates suggest higher cases among the foreign-born but calls that misleading.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Benjamin Malzberg
New York
Star Dust Highlights Comeback and New Contracts
Hollywood items note Karen Morley’s return after illness and a new seven year deal with four films yearly. Shirley Temple heads to China for Stowaway and Wee Willie Winkie roles. Margot Grahame rebounds with REO leads and Madeleine Carroll dazzles in The General Died at Dawn. Plus updates on Joan Blondell Dick Powell greeting in New York and industry chatter on microphones and radio, with Doris Arzner Buck Jones and others in between.
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Shirley Temple
China
Shanghai
Kipling
India
Shirley
Madeleine Carroll
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Flanders Fields
Col
John McCrae
Columbia
Dean Talcott. Williams
Columbia School of Journalism
War Workers’ Committee
Preston
Rodman Wanamaker
Dean Williams
England
Earl Haig
British Legion
Veterans of Foreign Ware
Science Service
WNN
Anti-Crime Crusade
Virginia Vale
Karen Morley
Paramount
Margot Grahame
Reo
Lee Tracy
Trene Dunne
Joan Blondell
Dick Powell
Joan
Martha Atwell
Mrs. Wiggs
Phillip Lord
Phil
Betty Furness
Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Gary
Lupe Velez
Dorothy Arzner
Cary
Ginger Rogers
Buck Jones
Weetarn Newepapar. Union
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