Quezon Returns to Philippines With America First Slogan
Manuel Quezon, longtime Philippine Senate president, heads home to Manila as the Philippines moves toward commonwealth status. He is expected to be unopposed for president in September elections, with a strong pledge to prioritize American interests and independence.
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Austrian Beauty to Visit U S Suitors
Austrian beauty Miss Herma de Hatvany, 20, famed as Europe’s most beautiful girl, plans a U S visit to meet her 16 suitors after her photo ran in American papers. She hopes to marry an American, naming Lexington Kentucky and a Washington area landowner among the correspondents. Her failed Rome film venture and a suicide attempt preceded her decision to seek marriage in the United States.
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Washington Bans Two and a Half Ounce Five Cent Cones
In Seattle a state ice cream code ruling limits five cent cones to no more than two and a half ounces. The move ends the era of double decker scoops amid a price war that saw retailers offer two scoops in a single cone. Officials warned druggists and confectioners to enforce the limit or face action.
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Rev D F Bones 100th Birthday Plans to Fish
Denver resident the Rev D F Bones, 92, has fished carp daily in Washington Park for 80 years and plans a hundredth birthday celebration with a fishing trip. He recently visited trout streams in the mountains, proving stubborn in adapting to new methods. He expects about eight more years of fishing.
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Freya the Cow Sets World Milk Record in Germany
London reports Germany's I. G. Farbenindustrie owns Freya a seven year old cow at the Gersthofen estate near Augsburg. Freya now yields 72.2 kilograms of milk daily eclipsing the prior record held by Agatha who once produced 66.7 kilograms in a day. Monthly output exceeds a normal cow's yearly yield.
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British Open War on Rum Smugglers
London reports customs chiefs declaring war on rum runners infesting English and Scottish coasts. About 3,000 convictions were recorded last year with penalties totaling 101010 dollars, while a 435000 dollar appropriation funds high powered motor boats for coastal patrols to curb whisky smuggling and whisky running back into Britain.
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Locomotive Whistle Century of Steam Era Noted
Berlin dispatch notes a centennial for the steam locomotive whistle. Franz Ferdinand highlights Tayleur and Co. of Warrington as the first to manufacture a steam whistle in 1835, replacing the steam trumpet once used on early lines. Earlier, drivers used a post horn. a 1832 incident near Leicester Swannington showed warnings were ignored.
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Sturgeon Catch Nets Lake Erie Record Size
In Sandusky, a 175 pound female sturgeon nearly seven feet long was caught off Kelleys Island. The largest lake catch in fifty years, with an estimated 40 to 50 pounds of roe. Roe could yield 40 to 50 pints of caviar at $3 per pint. Sturgeon steak and smoked meat priced at 70 to 80 cents per pound.
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Lost Brothers Reunite After Fifty Three Years
In Pueblo a chance lookup in a city directory led to the reunion of George and E B Babcock, brothers who had not seen each other for 53 years. E B Babcock, 79, and his wife were en route to Sioux City Iowa when they stopped between trains. A hunch that the brother might live in Pueblo prompted the discovery. They were born in New York state and were separated in South Dakota after many attempts to locate one another.
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Russia Develops Big New Melon With Nine Foot Roots
MOSCOW INS reports Soviet horticulturists have grown enormous melons with roots nine feet long. The fruit is to be tested in the Kara Kum desert where standard plains fail to find water, signaling a potential breakthrough in arid agriculture.
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