Red Cross Drives $100 Million For Mercy Work
An unsigned feature highlights the Red Cross mobilizing a $100 million March drive led by Harvey Gibson to fund overseas and home front relief. It honors 67 Red Cross members who died, recalls the vast motor corps effort, and urges public generosity to aid soldiers, veterans, dependents, and wounded.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Ica
Harvey Gibson
O'Connor
Bers
Red Cross Motor Corps
Army
Navy
The
Spanish Moss Gathers No Rolling Stone
AP News reports in Baton Rouge that Spanish moss may become a major industry after Leonard M. Jeffrion announces a chemical method to remove its outer bark in minutes. A pilot plant is underway to test commercial viability, with potential output 50 times higher than current 12 million pounds yearly, aiding hundreds of harvesters across Louisiana.
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Baton Rouge
Bayou
Leonard M. Jeffrson
Jeffrion
Muscles Are Key To Legislative Jam
In Trenton four hours of closed door talks left Republican State Chairman Lloyd B. Marsh and Senate Majority Leader Charles K. Barton trapped behind a jammed conference door. They were freed by four men summoned by cries for help after keys failed to budge the door. The item also notes Harvard College Press published the first Bible in 1663.
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Trenton
N. J
Lloyd B. Marsh
Marsh
Senate
Charles K. Barton
Burlington mayor swamped by mail order wife seekers
A Maryland man sparked a rush of would be brides after a Hagerstown Mo story linked Burlington Mayor G. Marvin Holt to helping find a wife. Holt says matchmaking is personal business and urges in person visits to Burlington to choose a wife.
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Burlington
N. C
Maryland
G. Marvin Holt
Hagerstown
Holt
Fighting Locusts At Their Hatchery
In Johannesburg authorities announce a plan to stamp out a new cycle of red locust invasions. The Union government sends two expert officers to Lake Rukwa Tanganyika and grants 40000 dollars to the International Red Locust Control Council. If successful, vast swaths of Africa may be protected from future invasions. The red locust has plagued agriculture from Kenya to the Transvaal.
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Lake Rukwa
Tanganyika
Africa
Kenya
Transvaal
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