New Intravenous Anesthetic Demonstrated By Dr Waller
Ez series today in Alabama reports Dr Waller of Dallas introducing a new intravenous anesthesia for surgery. The procedure, amount dependent, may cause temporary speech loss and nausea but shows no lasting nervous or vital effects. Dr Hill, first speaker, discussed postwar medical reform and the South’s reconstruction era.
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Ala
Waller
Dallas
Pee Cochran
Alabamasa State of
Lee Atelgerster
Sistrunk
R. 8. Hill
Hill
South
Dr. Hill
Mate Medical Association
Spraker
State Medical Association
Geneva Twp Records Lowest Insurance Rate in State
Geneva township, located in Alabama, reports the lowest insurance rate for town size in the state. Officials cite favorable demographics and competitive providers as factors driving the benchmark.
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Ganeva
Ala
Geneva Tw
Uncle Sam Carrier Pigeon Missing at Sea
The war department reports satisfactory results from a safety experiment at sea as Uncle Sam, a fleet carrier pigeon, disappears after being released with Doughboy Jr. from a transport bound for the Philippines when radio failure left no way to send a message. Doughboy Jr. checked in safely.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Army
Doughboy, Jr
New York
Philippines
War Department
See
Naval treaty signing in doubt amid Tokyo delays
April 16 AP report says the naval treaty may not be ready for signing next Tuesday as drafting lags and Japan may delay approval. Reijiro Wakatsuki seeks hurried consideration while Admiral Takerabe heads to Tokyo, complicating the timetable.
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London
Southampton
Japan
Tokyo
Reijiro Wakatsuki
France
Italy
Stimson
M. ‘Wakatsuki
Major Wren and Col McClung Review 117th Field Battery
Major Wren of Andalusia and Col P McClung of Florals plan the annual inspection of the 117th Field Artillery Service Battery and Medical Detachment of the Alabama National Guard.
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Wren
Andalusia
Col. P. &. McClung
Florals
117Th Field Artillery Service
Alabama National Guard
Wisconsin case ties slaying to ex sheriff and still found
Law officers hold Lyall Wright on murder charges in the killing of District Attorney Clinton Price of Juneau county. A coroner’s jury refused to name the killer while a public guard request emerges for Frank Schultz amid threats to Price and Schultz.
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Maulton
Wis
Clinton C. Price
Juneau County
Frank Schultz
New Richmond
Schultz
Price
Hfe
Lyall T. Wright
Wright
Geneva Citizens Protest Preliminary Census Count
Mayor M. H. Harper announced that 1 581 Geneva residents protested the preliminary census figure of 1561 due to boundary misunderstandings. He said a full independent census will be conducted to determine the municipality population.
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Geneva
Geneva. Ale
M. H. Harper
Veteran sports writer Jehan Sheridan hanged himself in hospital
St Louis AP report states Jehan B Sheridan a longtime sports columnist died by suicide in a hospital room on April 15. Family and colleagues mourn his passing as details emerge from the facility.
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ST. Louis
Jehan B. Sheridan
Anti-Saloon Head Heckled in Chicago Meeting
George B. Safford of the Illinois Anti-Saloon League faced hecklers at a Liveral Club gathering on the University of Chicago campus. A near empty, wet night led to a lights-out ending while eight supported prohibition, eight opposed, and five backed moderation.
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Chicago
George B.safford
Tllinois Anti-Saloon League
Prohibition
Livera
University of Chicago
Safford
Baby counted in census after naming by enumerator
In Birmingham district a woman census enumerator asked a mother to name a newborn child not yet named born March 31. The mother initially rejected names until the enumerator revealed her own name Naomi. The child was entered as Naomi to ensure counting.
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Birmingham
Ala
Anaid
Naomi
Gordon fisherman 62 takes fourth wife in probate office
Robert B Brown a 62 year old Gordon fisherman obtained licenses to wed Misa Ruby Moore 28 also of Gordon. Brown said it was his fourth marriage while Moore’s second. Records show the licenses were issued in the office of Probate Judge Maria.
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Robert B Brown
Gordon
Misa Ruby Moore
Maria Reveal
Suspects Held In Slaying Of Mary Baker
Washington and Maryland arrests mark police bid to solve the death of Mary Baker a 30 year old government employee found bruised and shot near Arlington National Cemetery. A blood stained shirt tied to a Washington suspect and a pond draining near an agricultural station are part of the hunt for the pistol.
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Mary Baker
Navy Department
Bureau of Aeronautics
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Miss Baker
Thomas P. Baker
Episcopal
Oak Grove
Maryland
Bellats
Artineton National Cemetery
Afetanne Pone
Bathmore
William 8. Shelby
Olga Skinner
Mildred Sperry
Navy ‘Department
One Robber Slain As Three Try Hold Up
A 22 year old robber Herbert Schumaky died from a heart wound after a botched holdup at Jung drug store in Newark New Jersey. He rode a half mile clinging to a spare tire from the getaway car before perishing in the driver's seat abandoned by his accomplices. Fred Jung shot Schumaky and the trio fled.
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Newark
WN. J
Herbert Schumaky
Julius
Fred Jung
Schumaky
Schumatky
Feered of Murder Free After Preliminary in Alabama
Aleip Birmingham reports that B Epperson was freed after a preliminary trial on murder charges tied to the death of Lem K Jolly his son in law Defense argued Jolly broke into the Epperson home after being refused access to his estranged wife who stayed with her father in Birmingham Alabama
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Ale
B. Epperson
Lem K. Jolly
Jolly
Epperson
Legge urges acreage cuts to aid farm finances
Washington AP April 16 Chairman Legge of the federal farm board renews appeal for reduced wheat and cotton plantings to restore balance with domestic demand. He says wheat acreage cut by ten percent will raise income, while cotton should be limited to forty million acres from forty six in 1929 and improve fiber quality and soil. He proposes planting five percent of current cultivated land to trees to curb production.
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Legge
Federal Farm Board
Cotton acreage to drop five percent says NY Cotton Exchange VP
Washington April 16 Phillip M Weld vice president of the New York Cotton Exchange after a conference with President Hoover predicted a five percent decrease in cotton acreage for the year. Weld told newspapermen that general business and stock market conditions were improving and cited Texas and the southwest where cotton yield is 195 pounds per acre as a sign farmers must be terribly bury.
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Texas
Southwest
Cure for Ginger Paralysis Reported Amid Skepticism
In Wichita on April 16 authorities weighed a claimed cure for Jamaica ginger induced paralysis known as Jake Paralysis. Victims lined to slush ponds at Golden Rule Oil and Eldorado, hoping oil refinery refuse baths might help, but chemists reported no clear improvement and many sufferers remain unable to work.
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Wichita
Kas
Jake
R. ©. Hobba
Golden Rule Oil Company
Eldorado
C. B. van Fossen
Selden Rule
Jara
Hquid
Th County
Rotary delegates return from district meeting with attendance awards
More than 400 delegates to the twenty sixth district Rotary International convention have gone home to their cities. Gadsden or Hontheville may host next year’s gathering. Sheffield captured a silver cup for nine month club attendance while Demopolis won the district conference attendance award. Enterprise edged Brewton for the largest membership gain.
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Birmingham
Ala
Rotary International
Gadsden
Hontheville
Sheffield
Demopolia
Enterprise
Brewton
King Alfonso XIII Plays Practical Prank on Duke of Spoleto
In Seville April 16 AP Spaniards witnessed a royal prank as King Alfonso XIII drenched Duke Aymon of Spoleto with a hidden fountain on a bench in the Alcazar garden. The Infanta Beatriz and other royals laughed as the soaked Duke, his suit ruined, grinned and took it in stride. The jest fuels rumors of a romance between the Infanta and the Italian prince.
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Seville
Spain
Alfonso XIII
Duke
Spoleto
Italy
Infanta Beatriz
Alfonso
Gardenia
Alcazar
Peatrs
Roy
Prin- Aymon
Monach
Irian
Questions Fire at Head of Association Over Prohibition Fight
Henry J. Curran president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment testifies before the Senate lobby committee claiming the group spent 427213 last year to repeal dry laws. He notes funding for candidates in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and discusses possible involvement in Illinois race. Curran defends actions as revolved around repeal efforts while senators cite large DuPont donations.
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James W. Douthat
Associated Press
Washington
United
Henry J. Curran
Association Against the
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ruth Hanna McCormick
James Hamilton Lewis
Curran
Curren
Prohibition
Robinson
Indiana
Association
Irene DuPont
Pierre Dupont
Lammot DuPont
Richard T. Crane
Arthur Curtin James
John J. Raskob
Charlen H. Sabin
DuPont
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