Flag Day Flags 48-Star Banner For Last Time Today
New York AP report notes the 48 star Old Glory will fly today for the last time as Alaska joins the union in July. The piece also recounts the Plausible authorship of the Pledge of Allegiance by Francis Bellamy amid debate and changes to the pledge since its 1892 origin.
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New York
Arizona
New Mexico
Alaska
Francis Bellamy
Bellamy
James B. Upham
Upham
Boston
Library of Congress
Mount Morris
N.Y
United States of America
Tax on Auto Noises Ruled Impracticable
London reports the British government rejected a plan to tax automobile noises. G R H Nugent, parliamentary secretary to the ministry of transport, told parliament that taxing motor vehicles by noise level is not a practicable proposition.
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London
UPI
G. R. H. Nugent
Ministry of Transport
Alec Guinness Started as Copywriter in Ad Agency
Sir Alec Guinness began his career as a copywriter in an advertising agency.
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Sir Alec Guinness
Free Book on Arthritis and Rheumatism Offer
An exhortative ad promises a free illustrated book by return mail from The Ball Clinic in Ex celsior Springs Missouri. It claims the book explains eliminating the cause of aches without drugs or surgery, with no obligation and no agent visits. A postcard suffices to request it.
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Ball Clinic
Dept
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Flying Hypodermic Needles Could Drug Animals
A University of Georgia led team develops hypodermic needles fired by compressed gas to tranquilize animals from 50 yards. Nicotine is noted as a chosen drug to rapidly sedate or stun wildlife and could one day be used for human crowd control. The system includes a forward drug chamber and gas-driven plunger, with field tests at Washington National Zoo and an Aberdeen Proving Ground deer capture.
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University of Georgia
Fish and Game
S. D. Feart
Washington
National Zoo
Frank Hayes
University
School of Veterinary Medicine
James Jenkins
School of Forestry
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Maryland
Bank vault robbed as thieves take cash and securities
In St Catharines Ontario thieves broke into the Premier Trust Co vault and fled with more than $500000 in cash and securities. Officials found several dirty tea cups left behind in the vault as clues to the break in.
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ST. Catharines, Ontario
UPI
Premier Trust Co
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Mrs. Willson
Put
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Standard Oil
Alton Blakeslee
Athens, Ga
School of Pharmacy
University of Tennessee
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