Italy to build strong navy with 42,900 tons in year program
Associated Press reports Rome plans 42,900 tons of new fighting ships over the coming year, boosting Italy's active fleet to about 405,400 tons. The plan includes 22 submarines and four cruisers, with total output since 1922 placing Italy near leading powers in naval capacity.
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Andrue Berding
Associated Press
Rome
Italy
America
England
Japan
London
Naples
Geona
Venice
Mussolini
Duce
Dueon
Earthquake Report Brings Death Toll in India and Naval Rise
The record notes a major earthquake causing about 6000 deaths in India while highlighting Italy's naval expansion as evidence that the London disarmament conference had limited impact on Italy. It mentions only minor concessions like hospital and food ships.
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Mediterranean
Italy
North Carolina Strawberry Prices Hit Five Year High
Enterprise Bureau report from Raleigh notes that NC strawberry season ended with the best prices in five years. A total of 1,163 carloads were shipped from Wallace Chadbourn Tabor and Rose Hill, with prices averaging 3 to 3.50 per crate. Potatoes expected to move from Beaufort Mt Olive Pamlico area late May into June as grading begins May 26.
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Wallace, Chadbourn
Tabor
Rose Hill
North Carolina
Etheridge
Beaufort
Mt. Olive
Pamlico County
Elizabeth City
Health Superstitions Three Kinds of Food Involved In Proper Growth of Bones
Dr Morris Fishbein reviews how bone growth depends on calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D with milk as a key calcium source but low in vitamin D. He notes that phosphates or and vitamin D can be limiting factors and stresses sun exposure viosterol cod liver oil for vitamin D. For teeth, vitamin C is important and citrus fruits like oranges and grapefruits supply it, suggesting orange juice for growing children.
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Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygenia
H. C. Sherman
H. K. Stiebling
DANGER IN EATING UNDERDONE MEAT
State health warnings rise over trichinosis as Guilford County reports several cases and a death. Dr. Cooper urges thorough cooking to 160 degrees F for ten minutes to prevent infection from pork and sausages amid growing roadside eateries.
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G. W. Cooper
State Board of Health
New York State
Ohio
California State Board of Health
Cooper
Augsburg Nailsmith Guild Emerges in Fifteenth Century
All nails were originally made at home before the fifteenth century when one of the first guilds of nailsmiths formed in Augsburg.
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Augsburg
Errorgram s Corrections
Corrections note land units 640 acres per section and 160 per quarter. A 320 acre portion plus a quarter misaligns with section size. The term polled cattle denotes hornless animals. Barn roof sides differ with one gambrel and one plain. Cattle tails vary. the steer left has a notably bushy tail. The scrambled word OBSTACLE is identified.
Former miner now living in style at Holyrood Palace
Edinburgh May 21. James Brown the former coal miner now member of parliament and lord high commissioner of the church of Scotland held a levee at Holyrood Palace, his official residence for ten days. The entourage includes a marchioness lady-in-waiting and the Marquis of Clydesdale as aide-de-camp. Brown recalls starting work in coal pits at age 12 and vows to show that a socialist and miner can uphold traditions.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Church of Scotland
James Brown
Holyrood Palace
Mr. Brown
King George
Brown
Marquis of
Clydesdale
Duke of Hamilton
Aisisa
England
From Newsboy to Air Under Secretary in UK Cabinet
The article recounts Fred Montague rising from a Fleet Street newsboy at age 12 in 1889 earning about $2 a week to becoming a influential member of the English cabinet as under secretary for air.
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London
Fred Montague
Air
Fleet Street
Elevated Steel Tank and Tower Project Sealed Bids Sought
High Point North Carolina invites sealed bids for a complete elevated steel tank on a steel tower with 1 000 000 gallon capacity and 165 foot overflow height plus reinforced concrete foundations. Plans and proposals require NC licensed contractors with five percent bid bond. bids due May 27 at 7:30 p m at City Hall.
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High Point
North Carolina
Co. A. York
E. M. Knox
William C. Olsen
Air Safety Plan Unites Nations for Paris Conference
Seventeen nations have joined a new air safety organization and will hold their first congress in Paris in December. Each country will provide data on aviation safety as the United States supports the effort to make flying safer and cheaper. Seven groups and six sections at the congress will study general safety organization and accident statistics.
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Paris
United States
General Organization of Safety
Nations unite for aviation safety standards
The article lists 17 adherent countries including the United States, Great Britain, France, Norway, Czechoslovakia, Canada, Bolivia, Holland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Japan, Mexico, Belgium, Greece, Yugoslavia and Persia and outlines congress sections on pilot fitness, instruction safety, material safety, air routes, wireless and air communication.
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United States of America
Great Britain
France
Norway
Czechoslovakia
Canada
Bolivia
Holland
Lativia
Lithuania
Sweden
Japan
Mexico
Belgium
Greece
Jugoslavia
Persia
Autograph King of London Brings Wide Collection to Light
Autograph hunter Louis White holds a collection of over 1600 signatures including those of the royal family of England and major Allied commanders from World War I. The volume also features autographs of distinguished European dignitaries.
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London
Louis White
White
England
Europe
Quick To Learn Townsman Dialog
A humorous exchange from Lustige Kol ner Zeitung in Cologne features a Townsman asking about a bull and a farmer clarifying it is a cow two years old. The farmer distinguishes by horn count, noting two horns as proof.
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Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
Every third person in Copenhagen rides a bicycle
In Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, every third resident regularly uses a bicycle for daily travel, reflecting the citys strong cycling culture and infrastructure.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
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T. B. Horner
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