Near Eastern Offensive Talks Spark U S Defense View
Washington dispatch notes Anglo French and Turkish forces massed in the Near East with 200 000 to 250 000 troops and Turkish reports of up to 500 000. Soviet and Allied plans could target Baku oil fields while Finland battle strains Russian logistics. Observers discount near term offensive but monitor Caucasus oil targets and Dardanelles naval moves.
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Lloyd Lehreas
Washington
Near East
Caucasus
Turkey
Russia
Red Army
Germany
Baku
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Finland
Mosul
Iraq
Romania
India
Near Fast
Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
An advertisement promotes Ru-Ex Compound as a cheap home remedy for rheumatic arthritis and neuritis. It instructs mixing Ru-Ex with water and lemon juice, dosing two tablespoons twice daily, and promises rapid improvement or money back. It notes Druggists and Mann Drug Stores carry the product.
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Mann Drug
Cranium Crackers Copyright Laws Quiz 1910s Notes
A fragment on copyright knowledge tests true or false statements about notices before grants and the role of the Copyright Office, plus assertions about speeches and costs. It mentions Roosevelt’s travel in office to the Panama Canal Zone in 1996 and notes on photographic film use in labs.
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U. S
Department of Justice
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Horton Addresses D A R at Farmville
Lieut. Gov. W. P. Horton of Pittsboro urged the Daughters of the American Revolution at Farmville to perpetuate American traditions and to consider measures to protect the United States from foreign aggression amid chaotic conditions abroad.
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Farmville
W. P. Horton
Pittsboro
Daughters of the American Revolution
Benjamin May Chapter
The
Patriotic Organization
Horton
United States
Rattlesnakes emerge from dens in early sunning likely spring
In Rattlesnake Butte Colorado rancher Clint McClain reports rattlers have crawled from winter dens to bask on rocks suggesting an early warm spell or unusual behavior as winter ends.
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Butte
Colo
Clint McClain
Reno Man Calls Fire Dept By Mistake
A Reno resident dialed 3131 to summon the fire department by mistake. Fire crews responded promptly, then received a second call from the same line apologizing that the first call was meant for a taxicab.
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Reno
Nev
Fire Department
Dinner customs in 16th century England hinged on many dishes
A moderate 16th century English dinner typically featured about 32 dishes with 16 distinct meat courses, reflecting complex banqueting practices of the era.
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England
Legionnaire's Baby First to Use Legion Incubator
Hobart W. Thompson Jr of Mystic attended ceremonies where Legion posts presented an incubator to a New London hospital. A few hours later his son Nathan was born and became the first baby to use the Legion gift, and both mother and child are doing well.
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New London, Conn
Hobart W. Thompson, Jr
Mystic
Legion
New London
Thompson
Nathan
Senate Banking Committee Approves Fed Board Reappointments
The Senate Banking Committee unanimously approved President Roosevelt's reappointment of Marriner Eccles as chairman and Chester C. Davis to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington on February 8.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Roosevelt
Marriner
Eccles
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Cold nature in marriage ends in divorce in Chicago
In Chicago on February 8, Loretta C. Ruehl, 26, was granted a divorce after testifying that her husband required wearing his clothes and shoes to bed. She described winter habit of adding overcoats and mufflers to his attire in bed. Enniskillen has sold old German war trophies as scrap metal.
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Chicago
Loretta C. Ruehl
Enniskillen
Northern Ireland
Willis Smith Swing Affects North Carolina Campaign
Raleigh dispatch reports Willis Smith’s withdrawal reshaping North Carolina gubernatorial lines in Buncombe and prompting talk of backers aiding Allen J. Maxwell. Arch ie Gay plans a state Senate bid as Northampton’s influence loops into local races. The anti-diversion push by the Petroleum Industries Committee continues, with meetings statewide and no traction for diversion as a campaign issue.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Henry Averill
Raleigh
Willis Smith
Red Springs
Robeson County
North Carolina
Willis
Buncombe County
Commissioner of Revenue
Allen J. Maxwell
North Carolina Petroleum Industries Committee
S. Gilmer Sparger
General Assembly
One Minute World Motion Facts From A Old News Feature
A rapid read of global activity shows America spending a dollar a minute on highways in Alaska while cottonseed is crushed in 600 plants and fats and oils are consumed at over 20 000 pounds each minute. International tourism and chemical imports fill the minute by minute economic snapshot.
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Earth
America
Alaska
Denmark
Sweden
Argentina
South America
Papers Served On Columbia Against Parking Meters
Maxwell and Quinn Realty Company, Inc. filed a new court action in Columbia South Carolina seeking to permanently enjoin parking meter operation. Judge J Strom Thurmond signed a temporary restraining order directing Edgefield officials to show cause February 24 why the injunction should not be made permanent.
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Columbia
S. C
Supreme Court
J. Strom Thurmond
Edgefield
Maxwell and Quinn Realty Company, Inc
Neutral committee to report on Soviet bom neutral
Geneva reports that an international safety zone committee will send a group of experts to land and work with the Fi government on a neutral port for Soviet bombardments. The group will include Swiss representatives and aviation experts, but names are not public. Cold winter weather may reduce the cranking ability of the battery by about 50 percent or more.
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Geneva
International Geneva Or
Safety Zone
Neutra
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Archie Gay
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