Webster Tree in Hall of Fame Highlights National Park Debate
During a New England ceremony, Webster’s youth tree earns a Hall of Fame nod for trees with history, with other nominees including the Wesley Oak and a council oak cited alongside a D A R memorial maple. In Des Moines, Emerson Hough warns national parks face attacks from hydro power and irrigation interests, urging public action to preserve America’s wild heritage.
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Webster
Emerson Hough
Dartmouth
Washington
Daniel Webster
Dartmouth College
Frank N. Hancock
Franklin, N. H
Salisbury
Hanegck
Congress
American Forestry Association
St. Simon
Georgia
James R. Jor
New York City
Christian Advocate
John Wester
Charles
America
Charlie Wesley
Gov. Oglethorpe
Frederica
John Wesley
Jaf Nes
Samuel Johnson
King’s College
Susie. Brown
Marionla
Lewis and Clarke
Arkadelphia
Ark
Thomas Sloan
Des Moines
Chicago
First Nationa
Hough
Nat.o
Trough
Union
Chicago Forest Preserves Grow as City Belt Expands
Chicago reports its forest preserve in its first year covers 18,028 acres at a cost of 7,220,009 dollars. Peter Reinberg, district president, says over 3,000,000 visitors joined events last year. The system already holds more than half of Chicago’s 30,000 acres of wooded land with new tracts added annually. India Day in the preserve drew descendants of tribes, and will become an annual event.
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Chicago
Peter Reinberg
Spotlight Girls in a Deluxe Fashion Show at Orpheum
De Velde presents Spotlight Girls at the Orpheum with The Modiste Shop as today’s bill. Billy Steed delivers fresh comedy while Spotlight chorus Tank impresses with singing and dancing. Eileen Percy and Warner Oland star in The Third Eye on screen.
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Orpheum
Eileen Percy
Warner Oland
Sympathy Turns On Struck Feelings in City Life
A Philadelphia Ledger quotation shows a chauffeur admitting he feels pity for a man in the office building yet reveals the truth that the man’s hard work sustains the chauffeur’s own living. The brief exchange highlights social-view contrasts in urban labor.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Might Use It Father Gets Very Angry Over Car Repairs
A fragmented clipping notes a tense exchange as a father reacts angrily to car repairs. The item references a safety kit and tools, with a mock suggestion of an axe and a cautious tone about violence.
Greenville Mills See Big Orders Push Cotton Trade
Greenville S C January 13 large cotton mill chief W L Gas caway reports an order for 400000 yards of pajama checks from a major underwear maker with a price half a cent above the New York quotation. Other mills in the region also report strong orders while some have resumed forty eight hour weeks with wage cuts of 25 to 40 percent.
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Greenville
S. C
W. L. Gascaway
New York
Crahama
Hydroslides To Replace Coolies On Yangtze Gorges
Shanghai dispatch reports a French Shanghai based company testing hydroslides to navigate the upper Yangtze above Ichang where currents reach high speeds. The project aims to move goods and passengers without relying on laboring coolies during the river’s seven navigable months.
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Shanghai
Mesopotamia
China
Yangtsze
Ichang
Szechuen
Yangtze
Samoan Boycott Hits British Stores in Samoa
Reports from Alpia in British Samoa say a general boycott of stores is in effect. Samoans limit purchases to a bar of soap daily and face penalties from boycott leaders. Outside traders have left Alpia, chiefs and authorities discuss the unrest, and British Samoa eye possible escalation if American Samoa act succeeds.
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American Samoa
Associated Press
Alpia
British Samoa
War Declared on Business Suit by Fashion Designers
The International Association of Clothing Designers meetings in Chicago called for distinct attire by profession. They argued standardization harms the industry with production down and urged varied styles for lawyers laborers actors businessmen and doctors.
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Chicago
International Association of Slothing Designers
British naval policy sparks debate over race with US
London critics condemn Britain’s current year naval estimates of 90.8723 million pounds as dangerous. The Spectator and The Nation oppose naval buildup against America, warning it could wreck the League and provoke war while The Outlook and Saturday Review offer caution and bold proposals on fleet size and even selling West Indies to ease debt.
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London
Great Britain
United States
House of Commons
the Spectator
America
Japan
League of Nations
League
Europe
Saturday Review
West Indies
Britain
Food Cheap in China Famine Relief Cables Say
Manila dispatch reports Colonel A H Wallace of the U S Army states famine districts in China can be fed at 1 50 per person per month Mexican price. Two relief shipments of hundreds of tons have left Manila and the transport Merritt is expected to carry a large quantity for famine sufferers.
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China
Manila
P.L
Associated Press
A. H. Wallace
Signal Corps
United States
Army
Merritt
Hawaii Produces Own Motor Fuel
Honolulu January 11 Hawaii plans to produce its own motor fuel within two years including military needs Col Howard Hathaway collector of internal revenue says large scale fuel alcohol from sugar molasses is now practicable due to regulatory amendments A small Maui plant already runs supplying the plantation's needs
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Honolulu
T. H
Territory of
Hawaii
Howard Hathaway
Internal Revenue
Col. Hathaway
Burns Forecasts Crime Wave to End in Six Months
Master detective William J. Burns predicts crime in major cities will taper off within six months. He cites postwar adjustment and Prohibition as factors and urges tighter police work and rigorous investigations of departments to curb crime. He expects the wave to vanish within six months and normal conditions to resume.
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E. Aml
Thierry
New York
Willian J. Burns
Burns
Askde Burns
Confessions of a Bride and a Mother's Dilemma
An unnamed narrator discusses social duty and personal restraint as Martha and others confront infidelity and motherhood. The dialogue touches on helping a young woman, charitable urges for starving Europe, and a lingering strain of scandal while plans unfold for future actions. The piece ends with Marion Sprague challenging women's rights and a cliffhanger about a continuation.
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Martha
Europe
Bob
Marion Sprague
Death due to drug overdose found in Greenville home
John Bailey aged 22 was found dead at the family residence on Green Avenue Greenville. The physician declared the death caused by an overdose of drugs in the early hours.
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Greenville
S. C
John Bailey
Green? Avenue
Kaiser's Moslem Mosque Remains In Germany
A mosque built by the former Kaiser William II in WuenSdorf stands near an internment camp and serves the Mohammedan Tartars viewed as war internees. German officials say its destruction would offend Muslims and that worship must continue under Koran rules.
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Wuensdorf
Germany
William
Wiliam II
Kayime
Texas Cattle And the Tariff Convention Opens
El Paso hosts the twenty fourth annual American National Livestock Association convention as cattlemen discuss the deflation crisis. Speakers include Ike Pryor San Antonio addressing The Tariff as it Affects the Farm and Ranch along with W S Culbertson Senator Kendrick Tolmie Dagmin ion Canada Tirney and J Z Miller governor of the Federal Reserve Bank Kansas City.
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EL Paso
Tex
American National Livestock Assoviation
Ike Pryor
San Antonio
W.S. Culbertsany
United States
J. B Kendrick
Wyoming
Association
F. Tolmie
Dagminion
Canada
W. W .Tirney
Texas
J. Z. Miller
Kansas City’ Federal Reserve Bank
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