National forests grow as playgrounds under new plans
Col. W B Greeley head of the forest service reports a rapid rise in recreational use of national forests. Summer homes and camps bloom, with Angeles forest alone issuing 1329 permits and about $22,000 revenue. Officials urge more wildlife protection and game sanctuaries to sustain expanding outdoor recreation nationwide.
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Angeles Forest
California
Angeles National Forest
Col Greetey
Congress
North Carolina urged to aid starving Near East orphans
A movement led by George H. Bellamy appeals North Carolinians to feed and shelter 110,639 children under Near East Relief care. Trebizond Orphanage hosts 8,334 orphans. five dollars a month keeps one child alive. Gov T W Bickett and others endorse, urging readers to set a place at Christmas table for the Children of Sorrow.
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Forest Service seeks Elk range expansion to ease crisis
Officials estimate the combined elk herds in Absaroka and Gallatin forests have fallen to half their five year total. The chief forester urges adding lands along the Yellowstone north of Gardiner to national forests to provide winter range, arguing it will relieve the crisis without harming local ranchers. If not done, northern herd outlook is bleak though southern herd may improve with more summer feeding ground purchases.
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Col. Greeley
Yellowstone National Park
Forest Service
Yellowstone River
Gardiner
Relatives in Bristol to Claim Bristol Man’s Body
Cooper died suddenly in this city on November 8. His body has rested at Loflin’s undertaking establishment for weeks awaiting disposition. A Bristol, Tennessee, brother is said to be his surviving relative. funeral plans remain unsettled as funds for burial were raised locally but may be given to a charitable institution.
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Cooper
H.L. Loffin
Loflin
Lotiin
Bristel
Tenn
Bristol
United States
Tuberculosis Fight Among Virginia Negroes Highlighted
In Baltimore a December report quotes Major Stone and the Virginia Negro Organization Society urging better health for Black residents. They praise Piedmont sanatorium opened April 22, 1928, for tuberculosis care and note cures and examinations increase. The piece also mentions emigration drivers from iron mines and pulp and paper cutbacks affecting employment.
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Stone
Congress
Negro Organization Society of Virginia
Piedmont Sanatorium
Virginia
State Board of Health
Hi. G. Carter
Fishermen Leave the Grand Banks in Record Withdrawals
Several thousand Newfoundland fishermen abandon the Grand Banks due to a weak fisheries season and low prices. They mostly head to Canada and the United States as herring catches fall to about half the long-term average. Cod around Newfoundland and Labrador yields 1,396,000 quintals with prices dropping from 12 to 10 dollars per quintal, while Labrador cod falls from 10 to 8.
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Matec
Newfoundland
Canada
United States
Island
Labrador
Americans Seek Tax Relief for Income in China
American commercial bodies in Shanghai and across China campaign to urge U S Congress to pass a federal incorporation act for American companies in China and to exempt them from U S income tax while British firms are already tax exempt. The Shanghai chamber of commerce has sent representatives to Washington to push data in support of the appeal.
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United States Treasury
United States
Congress
China
Shanghai Chamber of Commerce
Washington
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