France Rebuilds After War Despite Claims of Inaction
New York publisher Herbert S. Houston argues in World's Work that France's postwar recovery is rapid and thorough. He cites loans of 9.6 billion francs for reconstruction, reopening 5845 schools, building thousands of dwellings, restoring railways and canals, and expanding mining and textile output as proof against the “lie” that France is not at work.
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New York
France
Herbert S. Houston
Paris
Houston
Marne
America
Lille
Armentieres
Fourmies
Roubaix
Tournong
M. Houston
Growth of Douglas Fir Reaches 1000 Feet Per Acre in Cascade Forest
A sixty four year old Douglas fir stand on beach land in the Middle Fork Willamette watershed Cascade National Forest Oregon shows an average growth of 1 044 board feet per acre over five years per Forest Examiner Thornton T Munger who completed the third remeasurement on multiple sample acres The tract holds 155 living trees per acre 41 fewer than ten years ago indicating crowding The average tree diameter is 16 3 inches yielding 10 216 cubic feet gross per acre and 47 899 board feet merchantable volume over twelve inches The forester notes many Oregon Washington acres can yield 1 000 board feet per acre annually if fires are kept out and reseeding allowed The Enterprise is still 1 50 per year.
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Middle Fork Willamette
Cascade National Forest
Oregon
Thornton T. Munger
Munger
Washington
Over the Clouds Aerial Views Stir Imaginative Echoes
Edward P. Warner writes in the Yale Review about flying above the clouds. He contrasts the dry interior of clouds with sea level fogs and admires a clear Mediterranean sky beyond an overcast layer. He notes cloud surfaces, shifting upper billows, and the eerie invisibility of the plane’s wings as it slices through the mass.
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Edward P. Warner
Yale Review
Maxfield Parrish
Mannie Chappelle remembered as Broadway joie de vivre figure
The Waterbury American recalls Emanuel S Chappelle known as Mannie Chappelle once a Broadway shining figure who distributed champagne at dinners to affluent socialites. He earned and spent heavily, boasted of sunless days in New York, and died at fifty five after prohibition ruined his business. His wife was Billie Burke's sister and she divorced him.
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Mannie Chappelle
Emanuel S
Broadway
New York
Billie Burke
Waterbury American
Millionaire Tourer Probed Over Snack Bill
In a country hotel a floating lunch scene unfolds as a sixty horsepower motorist requests the bill. The waiter confirms four sandwiches and cider for the traveler while the chauffeur allegedly had a full snack including omelette trout lamb and peas with iced coffee and a half brown cigar.
Gasoline substitute from molasses touted for cars in Hawaii
Motor alcohol made from molasses on Hawaiian sugar plantations is described as a powerful, efficient automobile fuel. Officials say it yields greater mileage, easier starting, and less carbon than gasoline, with Hawaii possessing enough molasses to produce about 9 million gallons for all vehicles on Oahu.
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Hawaii
Ulanda
State Industrial Review highlights regional growth plans
Corvallis locals raise 150000 for a new hotel. Ashland begins savorn and sycamore hatpin manufacture. Hood River apple crop faces labor shortages. Linn county growers sell 10000 pounds peppermint oil at 4 dollars. Northwest loggers adopt counter IW W Vale Steel bridge plan. Newport builds first exclusive tourist hotel at Gorge. Stanfield ships two carloads apples daily. Eugene seeks 10000 for Lane county development fund. Crater Lake park may enlarge. Burns yields 64 tons sunflowers per acre. Veronia bank ready for business. Milton-Freewater mails delivery. Vale onion crop forthcoming. Klamath Falls 1000000000 ft pine sold for 2500000. Milton grain area expands. Eugene plans a big motorcycle speedway.
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Corvallis
Ashland
Hood River
Linn County
I. W. W. Vale
Newport High School
Columbia Gorge
Phelps Creek
Stanfield
Veronia
Newport
Milton
Vale
Klamath Falla
Eugene
Staggering Goose and Pig Lead Odd Charge in LA Scene
In Los Angeles officers observed odd activity linked to Fernandez and Jane Lopes accused of illicit manufacturing. The pair were spotted from afar near a yard with unusual odor and products, leading to arrests after a nearby building search. The Enterprise notes a $1.0 implication in ongoing coverage.
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Los Angeles
Setlong
Boone and & Pig
Fernandez
Jane Lopes
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Willamette
Pacific Ocean
Port of
L. W. Trimble
Stasague
Industrial Review OF State
Laneounty Development Fund
Klamath Falle
Pacific Coast Mint Oe
Roeceburg—Crater Lake Park
Harney County
Staggering Goose
Worns
Red Wing
Salem Woolen Mills
C. P. Bishop, Prop
Marion and
Polk Counties
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