Sow a Habit Reaps Destiny in Old Almanac Style
A jumble of local notes recounts community happenings. Mrs John Fred Stroud returns from Ashdown visits. George Francis hosts a New Year dinner with guests and games. Bridge party at McGowen home features high scores and a New Year display of confections. Jock Cluck from Gordon visits Dr W C Allison. Mrs Abner J Hester returns home from visit. Earle Lindsey plans Texarkana move while keeping Hope duties.
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Vine
MM. McClowelhun
East Second Street
W. Q. Warren
E. P. Young
Thonas Kinser
Martin Pool
R. V. Nerdon
White Leaves UP Joins Columbia Radio System
Paul W. White, longtime United Press New York bureau staff correspondent, resigns to become news editor of the Columbia Broadcasting System. He joined UP in 1924 after midwest newspaper work, served as book critic, and covered major crime and industry stories. Sweden was America's best market for motor trucks in September.
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New York
Paul W. White
United Press
Columbia Broadcasting System
White
Middle-West
Hall-Mills
Synder-Gray
Remus
Carroll
Sweden
America
Hunter Treed by Bear Family Near Derwicks Pa
Veteran hunter William Temple reports a bear encounter on Mount Mouritain in Pennsylvania. He says four bears appeared, two cubs among them, as he hunted in a clearing. The long bear charged, Temple killed one adult, fearing for his life as the others circling around his tree until dark. Temple survived uninjured and remained in place as the bears dispersed.
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Derwick
William Temple
Benton Tinter
Temple
P North Mouritain Fe
Hires
Postal. Men Hunt Owner of Mailed Umbrella
Nottingham postal authorities search for an absent minded woman who mailed her umbrella. Irate businessmen traced the missing letters hidden in the partly opened umbrella, revealing the mishap while investigating order mix ups.
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Nottingham
Eng
U.2
Allstand
Detroit Children Find There Was a Santa Claus
Detroit children learned there was a Santa this year as letters addressed to Santa Claus were delivered to the Old Newsboys Association. The group organized to aid 40,000 needy Detroit youngsters provided clothing and toys on Christmas Eve, with Pastister Charles Kellogg directing staff to forward mail.
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Detroit
Charles Kellogg
Silk Mill Girls in Daily Nail Parade at Guiseley
In Guiseley Yorkshire two sisters employed at a silk mill undergo a daily finger-nail inspection by a detective manicurist. Polished nails lead to trimming to prevent damage to silk yarn during the racing process, an official states.
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Guiseley
Yorkshire
Eng
Inventor claims gas explosion preventer device
A. B. Elking of Hoveton, Texas, designed an attachment to the Basieter that Elking says will automatically shut off gas flow if a blast threat develops. The invention aims to curb dangerous gas explosions and improve safety.
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Hquston
Tex
A. B. Elking
Hoveton
Elkinns
Elevator Rope Upgrade At Washington Monument
More than a mile of new steel rope has been placed on the Washington Monument elevator car. The rope supports the car that carries thousands of tourists monthly to the observation platform near the top of the shaft.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Movies Put Tattoo Artists on the Rocks
Buffalo report notes the tattoo business shaken by cinema craze with artist John Sclinski telling how film interest drew crowds. He sheltered with police after travel and displayed a heavily tattooed body as compensation.
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Buffalo
John Sclinski
Jove
Sclinski
Botanist outlines method to pop corn properly
Geneva New York botanist F C Stewart from the state experiment station explains that dry kernels won t pop. He recommends adding moisture by soaking shelled corn in a jar with little water, sealing, shaking, and letting stand two days.
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Geneva
N. Y.w.ri
F. C. Stewart
New York Estate
Stewart
Golden Gate Bridge Bond Vote Clears Path for 9000-Foot Span
San Francisco approves a 35 million bond to fund a new Golden Gate Bridge, a 9400 foot main span plan with two cables weighing 43750 pounds each. The bridge will have a 60 foot roadway, six motor lanes, two bus lanes, pedestrian plazas, glass observation towers, and flood lit towers. Construction expected to take four years with a 735000 dollar payroll and new jobs, while maintaining navigational safety per War Department approval.
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San Francisco
Calimeni Comics
Inez
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate
Pacific
San Francisco Bay
Georgia U Honors Blind Student Mak Fight and Flight
Georgia University honors blind student Mak for his perseverance in a student battle over an aid case. The report describes attorney Jeffrey Heiman’s appearance and a lengthy travel distance of about 1500 miles as part of a legal proceeding related to the dispute.
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Georgia U
Mak, Hane
Seatile
U.K
U. States
Jeffrey Heiman
University of Georgia
Phi Kappa Pi
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Texarkant
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Poe
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Rea Bem
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Einstein
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Albert Einstein
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