A L to Urge Drastic Penalties for Alien Slackers
New York Oct 30 A special American Legion committee urged harsher measures than the Lufkin bill H R 9416 affecting aliens who withdrew citizenship papers to dodge the draft. The group seeks to bar such aliens from naturalization for five years and favors deportation for slackers.
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New York
National Executive Committee of the
American Legion
House Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
Congress
Legion
United States
St. Louis
Farmer Boy Suffers From Rare Lump Jaw Disease
Curtis Witwer a 2 Shawnee County farmer boy in To E KA is reported by physicians to have lump jaw. The condition is linked to occasional wheat straw chewing and has left his head about a third larger than normal. Recovery is expected to take several months.
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Kans
Curtis Witwer
Shawnee County
High Point Eyes Delegates in Air Line Convention Plan
The North America Air Line association informs High Point that the city may send delegates to a Kansas City convention on November 14 where national and state officials will be elected and by laws set. The letter notes potential landing fields near High Point and a route from Washington to Macon if a suitable site is secured.
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Tion
Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Washington
Macon
Cabinet Ponders Coal Supply for Nation as Strike Looms
Cabinet members discuss securing coal for railroads and utilities with New England reporting two months stock. Dr. Garfield met at the White House to approve plans to protect the public if a strike begins Saturday. Director General Hines reports on railroad fuel stock and coal movement from mines.
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New England
Garfield
White House
Hines
Railroad Administration
Watch Found In Cow After Four Years In Barn
George Burton of M ailester Oklahoma recounts finding his vest watch in a cow’s intestines after slaughtering the animal. He says the watch was still ticking and running four minutes slow, speculating that food passage bent the stem to keep it ticking.
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M’alester
Okla
George Burton
High Point Adopts Sanitary Privy Standard
The City of High Point enacts an ordinance requiring sanisep septic privy as the city standard and allows other privies only by special permission. The city offers sanisep tanks at cost and urges applications to city management for residents inside and outside corporate limits.
Stefanson Sets S Arctic Reindeer Meat Scheme Journey
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefanson sails to northern Canada to argue that future meat supplies lie in reindeer herds. He plans lectures in Canadian towns and predicts government adoption to sell reindeer meat to small stock owners. He says 25 towns must be convinced. In Williamsport sugar shortage drives 50 cent rock candy sales.
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New York
Vilhallmar Stefanson
Canada
Stefanson
Dominion
Local Woman Grows Giant Butter Bean Vine in Illinois
Carlinville Illinois October 28 Mrs Mary Romoros raises a butter bean vine with beans described as 38144 inches long and weighing over 12 pounds per bean The large harvest is cited as helping to offset high living costs by providing a filling inexpensive meal for families.
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Carlinville
Ill
Mary Romoros
Red Petticoat Flagged Train Saving Wreck Near Summerville
Morgan Smith of Lavender Georgia waved his wife’s red flannel petticoat to flag a Central of Georgia passenger train after a break in a rail caused a southbound freight to derail. He stopped the northbound excursion train loaded with hundreds of fairgoers bound for the Chattanooga County Fair at Summerville, preventing a disaster.
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Some
Morgan Smith
Lavender
Central of Georgia
Young Smith
Chattanooga County Fair
Summerville
Train Schedule Notice with Uncertain Arrival Times
Trains may be expected to arrive and depart from stations as shown, but exact times are not guaranteed. Average times listed include 12:45 p.m, 1:20 p.m, 1:56 p.m, 2:14 p.m, 3:28 p.m, and 4:00 p.m for trains from Gordontown and Dentoz routes with No 21 leaving daily except Sundays.
Uric Acid in Meat Linked to Rheumatism Advice
Authority warns rheumatism arises from excess meat and rich foods raising uric acid. Dress warmly, drink water, and use four ounces of Rad Salts daily for a week to stimulate kidneys and purge impurities. Jad Salts touted as inexpensive and harmless lithia-water aid for sufferers.
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ASK City
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America Air Line Association
Muehlebach
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Peacock-Sherrod Bldg
Ively
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Thomasville
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