Tomatoes Boost Birth Rate on St Croix Says Government Study
A government division links rising birth rates on St Croix to increased tomato consumption. Islanders shifted from cornmeal and fish to tomatoes, improving nutrition and happiness as the population grows to about 1,000 natives. Tomatoes provide vitamins C A and B and minerals, the bureau notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Gilmore
Associated Press
Washington
Division of Territories and
Visu Affairs
Croix
St. Croix
Bureau of Home Economics
Theovernment
St. Joix
September meetings reorganize county 4-H and home clubs
County outlines September itineraries for 4-H clubs and home demonstration groups, noting meetings from September 1 to 29 at various towns. Space limits for Floral Hall booths at the Fair are announced and Blackburn Club selects new leaders for 1937.
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Cross Keys
Coxey
Thach
Tanner
Fairmount
Wooley Springs
Parker
Piney Chapel
Wheeler Chapel
Wheeler
City Limits
Pettusville
Cairo
Salem
Bethel
Capshaw
Blackburn
Center Hill
Floral Hall
Escaped Convict Saddler Nabbed After Bank Holdup
Buddy Saddler a 26 year old cornet and Arkansas convict who helped in a sensational Atlanta Texas bank holdup nine days earlier was recaptured near Rodessa in north Caddo parish Sheriff W W Boyle and Christy reported Saddler surrendered raising his hands and declaring his name Saddler He escaped Cummins prison farm with Charlie Chapman and Hugh Lindsey Chapman was wounded in Atlanta while Lindsey was captured after a gunfight.
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Buddy Saddler
Atlanta
Tex
W. W. Boyle
Christy
Saddler
Rodessa
Caddo Parish
Cummins
Arkansas
Charlie Chapman
Hugh Lindsey
International engineers tour TVA power projects
Scientists from 15 foreign countries visiting Washington for a world power conference inspected Tennessee Valley Authority sites near Chattanooga and in North Carolina. They viewed the Chickamauga Dam under construction and visited Fowler's Bend and Norris Dam facilities, ending with an informal round table at TVA headquarters.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chattanooga
North Carolina
Chickamauga
Chattarooga
Fowler's Bend
TVA
Norris
Federal Agency
Gandhi Ill With Malaria Fever In Wardha Village
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian rationalist leader, lay ill with malarial fever at a small Wardha village. Doctors reported 105 degree temperature for two days but noted some improvement. He was to be moved to Wardha hospital on government suggestion.
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Wardha
Central Provinces
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Mahatma
Execution of Gregorio Axana at Cordoba
The government press bureau reported Gregorio Axana, nephew of President Manuel, was executed by a rebel firing squad in Cordoba. The order came from Colonel Cascajo, insurgent commander at Cordoba.
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Barcelona
Gregorio Axana
Manuel Na
Cordoba
Cascajo
Truckin Socialite at Center of Nassau Bribery Inquiry
Nassau County officials probe a bribery case centered on Helene Fortescue Reynolds wife of tobacco heir Julian L. Reynolds after reports of $100 bills showered following her use of a butcher's truck to her Glen Cove estate. A mystery letter alerted the district attorney to the affair.
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Helene Fortescue Reynolds
Julian L. Reynolds
Nassau County
On.y.s
Hat Clue Emerges In La Jolla Welfare Case
La Jolla district attorney Thomas Whelan says he will press charges if evidence supports a trial in the assault and death of Ruth Muir Wellesley College alumna and YWCA secretary. Police report helmet found near the scene and hair analysis favors a male suspect.
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Robert Myers
Associated Press
LA Jolla
Calif
Thomas Whelan
Prim Ruth Muir
Wellesley College
George Sears
Diego
Sheriff's Office
Talon
H Isam
Sears
Harry Kelly
Miss Muir
Captain Kelly
Ed Dieckmann
Veterans end meeting at 8th encampment in Saratoga
Spanish war veterans in Saratoga Springs wind up their 8th national encampment naming a new slate of officers and choosing the 1937 convention city. Scott Leavitt of Milwaukee Wisconsin was endorsed for national commander yesterday.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
United
Scott Leavitt
Milwaukee
Wis
Mayor Key Trails in Atlanta Voting
Unofficial returns from 33 of 37 precincts show William B. Hartsfield leading in the Atlanta mayoral race with 11 votes to Mayor James L. Key’s 7,083 and James L. Wells with 2,499, triggering a second primary as no candidate meets the majority threshold.
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Atlanta
James L. Key
William B. Hartsfield
Hartsfield
Key
James L. Wells
Democratic Nomination Runover Held After Primary
A runover election must be organized not fewer than ten nor more than thirty days after the TM frat primary. The timeline governs the general election preparation and party procedures.
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Ocratic
Young Cordele Boy Farms at Age Five
In Cordele Georgia Newton Ivey aged five is completing his first year as a farmer. He grew two bushels of potatoes last year on a small plot and this year expanded to watermelons peanuts and peas showing early farming initiative.
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Cordela
Newton Ivey
Effort to Save Lake Jana Lusk a Near Success
High Point North Carolina September 3 The drive to save Lake Jana Lusk a from mortgage foreclosure led by W A Lambeth Lodae is only 500 dollars short of the 105000 goal the lake and surrounding area in western North Carolina serves as the summer assembly ground of the Methodist Episcopal church South Dr Lambeth said he was confident the balance would be raised
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High Point
N. C
Lake Janaluska
W. A. Lambeth
Lodae
North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Lambeth
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