Lumber Markets of the East Coast of South America
A Commerce Department report by Special Agent Roger B. Simmons outlines disputes over measurements in U S lumber exports to Argentina Uruguay and Brazil 1984 import patterns show yellow pine dominates shipments and raise cost burdens from measuring overrun fines and port practices The study urges coordinated action by industry groups to standardize measurement and expand U S share in South American markets.
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Washington
United States
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
South America
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
North America
Canada
Roger B. Simmons
Parana
Boston
Shepovente
Simmons
South Amrica
Mr. Simmons
Sweden
Rio de Janeiro
Special Agents
Alarming rise in insane persons in Great Britain
London reports a correspondence from the Associated Press on a board of lunacy control review. From 1859 to 1915 the number under lunacy supervision grew from 56,000 to 140,000 with the rate rising from 18.5 to 37.7 per 100000. Experts cite better diagnosis but admit unclear causes, considering alcohol, syphilis, tobacco, overstrain, diet and other factors as possible contributors.
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Associated Press
London
Board of Lunacy Control
Great Britain
Prisoners Confined in Stockade Near Columbus NM
Preparations at Columbus New Mexico to confine Villa followers captured in engagements at Cerros and Aguas Calientes. A 12 foot post line with barb wire encloses an acre of army tents where the Mexicans will be held awaiting transfer to civil authorities for trial on charges of participating in the raid on Columbus.
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Columbus
N. M
Serrero
Aguas
Rand
Two Japanese Aviators Die In Hydroplane Crash
The Associated Press reports that on March 3 two naval airmen Lieutenant Tonge and Lieutenant Abe died after their hydroplane crashed from a somersault while returning from Ueno park. The aircraft toppled onto a Japanese house, demolishing it and killing the officers in the wreck.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Tonge
Leutenant Abe
Ueno Park
Tureore
Wreetaege Amd
Te Kowibowi
Alreedy
Priave Pipwsii-Pushos
Dorothy Arnold Case May Be Solved by Prison Confession
Edward Glenmorris, an inmate at Cranston Prison, claims he helped bury Dorothy Arnold in a West Point area cellar after transporting her from New Rochelle in December 1910. He says a wealthy unnamed man paid him 250 dollars and that an accomplice called Little Louie drove the car.
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Cranston
Dorothy Arnold
New York
Edward Glenmorris
West Point
N. Y
New Rochelle
A. J. Davis
Mam
Little Louie
Seventh Avenue
Yooung
R. Arnold
Grenmorris
Providence
Miss Arnold
Glenmorris
Warden Davis
Futurists Stage Synthetic Theatre With Dog Performance
In Rome on April 18 Italian futurist dramatists unveil a Synthetic theatre to raise funds for war charities. They present 14 plays of concentrated impressionism, mostly short curtain raisers. The standout features a playlet with no human actors, only a dog, while another shows only legs behind a half raised curtain.
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Rome
Ohio Inventor Receives Patent for Cement Towel Stamp
An Ohio inventor has secured a patent for a stamping towel device used to mark finished cement. The innovation aims to streamline marking processes in construction and masonry work.
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Ohio
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W. C. Idol
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