Turkey Plans on Big Farms
Constantinople reports sweeping agrarian reform under President Kemal. Land is redistributed from feudal overlords to peasants, taxes on peasants are removed, and 18 agricultural schools train managers while students study abroad. The agriculture department promotes scientific farming with seeds, machinery, and a ten year plan to boost tobacco and the three whites cotton sugar and wheat. Kemal runs an experimental farm near Angora.
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America
Department of Agriculture
Turkey
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Angora
Oil King At Play At Ormond Beach Golf
Latest photograph shows John D. Rockefeller playing a round of golf at Ormond Beach Florida. The image captures the magnate in a relaxed moment as he tees off amid sunlit fairways and sea breezes.
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Patrolmen Rescue Woman From Hudson River At Delaware Slip
A gray-haired woman Mary Rogan aged fifty five homeless and unemployed leapt from the Delaware Lackawanna and Western ferry slip at Twenty third Street into the icy Hudson river. An unidentified young man sprang to her aid and disappeared as police hauled the pair from the water. Patrolmen Young and Morrison lowered a ladder but it was three feet too short. Morrison held Young by the ankles and swung him down to reach the rescuer as they pulled the two from the water. The woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment.
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Morrison
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Bellevue Jos Pilal
Premature Baldness Spreads Among Pennsylvanian Men
In Kittanning Pennsylvania local physicians report a sudden spike in premature baldness among men aged nineteen to ninety. Over the past two weeks more than ten men sought treatment for rapid hair loss, prompting a town medical meeting to address the strange malady.
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Fmeeting
Real China Likin tolls spark debate on free trade with US
Washington reports American officials propose China’s abolition of likin in exchange for ending foreign tariff restrictions. The National Geographic bulletin describes likin as a centuries old tax on goods in transit, imposed by provincial authorities and toll stations from Shanghai to Soochow. It warns likin would burden motor transport on routes like New York to Philadelphia, stifling commerce and highlighting China as a union of semi independent states akin to early USA and Germany.
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Indians Break Rule as Ute Tribe Mourns Durango Deaths
In Durango Colorado Harvard law graduate Barry Sullivan and his wife died when their car, driven by their daughter, skidded off a mountain road. Sullivan had long served as legal counsel and friend to the Ute tribes of Utah and Colorado. The tribe attended both funerals in full war regalia, a rare public tribute by whites.
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Stray Dog Uncovers Oil In Abandoned Well
A stray dog led W R Sommerville to a well long abandoned in the Katherine Gee area. Investigation found a plugged 10 inch casing and about 1,445 feet of oil. The well will be equipped for pumping. The dog fled and has not returned for the promised reward.
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Ocean film hunts for fishes off Florida coast
Dr Paul Bartsch of the United States National Museum conducted underwater cinema work off Florida collecting hundreds of feet of sea life footage. He describes shallow 20 foot depths as richest in life and plans to film deeper waters with a new camera while noting occasional sharks and a memorable encounter with barracudas.
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Paul Bartach
United States National Museum
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Roosevelt Statue Horse Draws Criticism In Portland
Oswald West, former governor and noted horse lover, objects to Theodore Roosevelt being poorly mounted in Portland's equestrian statue funded by Dr Henry Waldo Cr. Critics say the horse type is unwise not artistic while A Phimister Proc tor is praised for the overall concept. Natt McDougall of the Portland Hunt Club concurs with some critics yet questions West’s five suggested mounts as unsuitable for Roosevelt’s horsemanship.
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Artificial Fog to Protect Crops From Frost in Norway
Scandinavian aviator scientist Prof. A. V. Jernberg developed artificial fog for military use and now tests in Horten. Norwegian brick makers plan to use the fog in drying houses to guard newly formed brick from frost damage.
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Famous Cody Diamond Vanishes From Vault Mystery
A renowned Cody diamond vanished from a safety vault after a European purportedly exchanged it for another item. Investigators found the display case contained only glass while S. J. Loney, county transfers office collector, noted the bank safe had been altered during a bank closure. The box, once secured by Cody Box, nephew of the famed Indian fighter, was reportedly left untouched despite the disappearance.
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Italy and Germany Trade Threats Over Tyrol Crisis
Edward W Pickard reviews Mussolini and Stresemann clashing over South Tyrol amid Italianization push. Mussolini vows firm action while Germany seeks League of Nations involvement. Tyrolean tensions flare with arrests near Lavarone and raids, as Berlin cautions against escalation.
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