Famine Follows China Floods and War Across Two Provinces
Four million Chinese face famine in Hopei and Shantung as floods and war destroy crops. Salvation Army aid notes crude foods eaten by desperate families while 12,000 villages were ruined and 80,000 refugees remain in Tientsin. Malnutrition fuels epidemics and hospital strain as doctors report measles and gangrene.
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G. Walker
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Paoting
Salvation Army
Isabella Fisher Hospital
M. M. Prentice
Prentice
Australia to Face Staggering War Budget
Sydney AP report notes Australia’s war budget for the year ending June 30 is about 300 million dollars. Population around 7 million. Expenditures have surged from over 25 million in 1935 to the current level, reflecting a steep rise in defense spending.
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Sydney
Hobbs Sees Air Service Arrival Before Passenger Rail
Hobbs New Mexico plans May start for passenger and air mail service while still awaiting its first passenger train. Estimates place population around 17 000 to 19 000 with rapid growth tied to a 1931 oil field discovery. Continental Airlines won Denver franchise to route Hobbs between Albuquerque and El Paso, boosting the city’s links beyond a daily freight train.
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N. M
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New Mexico
Continental Airlines of
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Albuquerque
el Paso
Woman Taxi Driver Calls Job Enjoyable
SHELBY, O. (UP) Mrs. C. L. Miller says maintaining day and night taxi schedules is enjoyable work. One of the country’s few woman cab drivers, she started her service a year ago to build a new home. Her husband quit his factory job to help. She drives about 500 miles weekly with a five year old son at home.
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Shelby
C. L. Miller
Ohio primaries set focus on state issues
State issues dominate the Ohio primary election May 14 with no delegations contested for either party. Taft leads a unopposed Republican slate and Bricker may secure support if Taft’s bid collapses. Democrats face a crowded governor field and potential delegation splits amid uncertain Roosevelt support.
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Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
John W. Bricker
Taft
Bricker
Charles Sawyer
Roosevelt
Vic Donahes
White stripe in highway dates back 400 years
The Chicago Motor club reports a narrow light colored stone stripe found along a road in Mexico more than 400 years old. The feature was said to separate opposing burro traffic and not a modern vehicle device.
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Chicago
Chicago Motor Club
Mexico
Use Of Autogiro On West Front Feasible Says Army Instructor
Capt. Louis B. Ely asserts autogiro could aid French forces in exposing the German west wall. He notes its small-space lift capability and ground protection allowing observers to mark targets and direct a heavy barrage. Ely believes a fleet of autogiros could support artillery effectiveness on the western front.
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Philadelphia
Louis B. Ely
West Wall
Ely
United States Contribution Lags in Global Shipbuilding Cuts
The report states the United States accounts for only about 1 percent of the world's cuts in shipbuilding, highlighting a small share in global production and activity.
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The
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