US to grow chaulmoogra tree oil for leprosy treatment
Washington plans a domestic chaulmoogra oil supply after Prof. J F Rock’s Siam Burma Assam expedition. He brought taraktogenos seeds to U S stations for germination to yield oil within eight years. Rock is among the first whites to enter Siam’s taraktogenos forests and notes native use for centuries.
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Washington
United States
Siam
Burma
Assam
J. F. Rock
University of Hawaii
Rock
Department of Agriculture
Florida
Maryland
California
Werr
Asia
Low Sugar Prices Felt in Havana
Havana reports show Cuba facing economic distress with three major banks closed and markets full of bargain signs. Government plans to buy surplus sugar, cut government costs, and restore banking aim to ease currency shortages and reduce living costs amid a wave of job seekers and Spanish workers returning home. Beggars and tenants react to wartime price swings as the city copes with scarcity.
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Havana
Cuba
Atlantic
Spain
Air routes replace trains in new desert corridor
Air Ministry announces a new air route across the desert from Palestine to Mesopotamia extending the Cairo Ramleh line. RAF planes arrived in Bagdad after flying the 580 mile course from Ramleh via Amman and Kazr Azrak to Ramadi and on to Bagdad, with key legs of 65 miles Amman to East Azrak 55 miles and 400 miles Ramadi to Ramadi.
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London
Air Ministry
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Royal Air Force
Cairo-Ramieh
Ramieh
Amman É
Jordan
Ksar Azrak
Arabilan
Ramadie
Euphrates
Ramleh
Amman
Easr Azrak
Raamadie
Salisbury Legion Seeks Drum and Bugle Corps
July 21 report notes the Boy Scout council plans a joint meeting of seven Salisbury troops to organize a drum and bugle corps, backed by a local civic club.
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Salisbury
Boy Scout Council
Richmond Man Endorses Taniac for Lumbago Relief
J. J. Redmond of Richmond Virginia declares he WANTS TO GO ON RECORD endorsing Taniac after severe lumbago kept him bedridden. He reports rapid improvement after one bottle, able to walk without pain and regain energy, calling it a hundred percent effective.
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Taniac
J. J. Redmond
North Boulevard
Richmond, Va
Richmond Paper Co
American Finds Two-Piece Bathing Suit In Far East
An American newcomer in Constantinople browses local shops for swimwear but faces limited stock. A merchant declines two-piece suits as dead stock while noting embassy officials keep a high silk hat for rare ceremonies once worn by a prewar official.
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Volvia
Constantinople
Reverend J L Jenkins Named Evangelist in Carolina Campaign
Raleigh July 20 Reverend J L Jenkins of Parkton Robeson County has been named evangelist for the eastern district in North Carolina Baptists push to increase church membership. The western evangelist position is still open though eyed by campaign managers. Mr Pakings is a graduate of Wake Forest and Shaw University seminary.
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J. L. Jenkins
Raleigh
J. L Jenkins
Parkton
Robeson County
Norrth Carolina
Pakings
Wake Rogn! Lawlayive Seminary
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Hart Drug Co
High Point, N. C
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Willowbrook St
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Hutchens
W. O. Coe
Harrow
Fordson
Thresh
Detroit
Wilson Motor ‘Co
Orpheum Theatre
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A. B. Huff
High Point Amusement Company
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Charlotte, N. C
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Brown Bros
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