New Weapon for Aircraft Use Is Being Developed
Washington reports a U S army annual review reveals a new anti aircraft gun with 7 mm velocity up to 8 000 feet per second and 15 000 foot vertical range plus 10 000 foot tracer range to aid defense against hostile planes. The general notes progress on heavier pieces and field testing needs before manufacture.
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Washington
John, T, Ines
Army
Peis
Ordnance Department
Hines
Riawauel Ulwae
Shaw
Military leaders praise joint maneuvers and training value
Machete LiesereR notes improvement among regulars national guard and organized reserves and expresses satisfaction with General Staff. He cites joint army navy maneuvers in Hawaiian waters as highly valuable for training and reveals weaknesses in island defenses. Fund recommendations urge further joint operations and home maneuvers for regular divisions.
Dawes Asked to Quit Smoking for New Year
Washington December 26 AP Vice President Dawes reacted with a broad grin when asked about a No Tobacco League request to make a New Year resolution not to use tobacco. Dawes addressed Senate pages in Washington last Wednesday and urged them not to smoke swear or chew, prompting a wire from the league urging him to abolish the upside down pipe.
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Washington
Dawes
al Broad
No-Tobacco League
Atndianapolis
Myr. Dawes
Senate
Ecect
Editor of Prison Pamphlet Retires
Atlanta Georgia December 26 AP Af ter 15 months as editor of Good Words the monthly magazine of the Atlanta Federal prison Indiana an inmate former Governor Warren T McCray has relinquished the editorial pen High blood pressure makes it inadvisable for him to continue as editor and supervisor of the prison print shop He will be assigned to less arduous duties The former governor was sent enced to the penitentiary for using the mails to defraud Another inmate will be named editor by Warden John W Snook
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Prison
Indiana
Warren T. McCary
Tow
McCray
John W. Snook
Chinese Forces Enter Tientsin After Days of Battle
Advancing troop from Marshal Feng Yo-Psang’s army reaches Tientsin as Li Chen-lin’s forces retreat in disorder. Looting arises in the old quarter with foreign settlement gates protected by foreign volunteers. Sun Yueh named civil governor of Chihli to replace Li. a work train departs Peking to repair the railway closed for two weeks due to fighting.
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Feng Yo
Sun Yueh
Tupan
Chihli
Peking
Fins Tech
Firemen Overcome by Gas in Four Alarm Blaze
Fifteen Boston firemen were overcome while battling a four alarm fire of undetermined origin that caused about 65 000 dollars damage to a six story building on Fulton Street near the market district. Ralph Melgard, a gas company employee, was carried out after risking his life turning off gas connections on the first, second, and third floors.
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Boston
Mass
Des
Fulton’ Streets
Market
Ralph Melgard
Men and Women Librarians on Sick Leave Debates
Chicago reports a Bureau of Public Personnel Administration and American Library Association study finding little difference in sick leave days with pay between women and men public library workers across sixteen U.S. libraries. The claim challenges the belief that women in public or industrial work are more frequently absent due to illness.
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Chicago
Bureau of Public Personnel Administration
American Library Association
United States
Artistic Temperament Or Advertising Says Miss Ott
Chicago impresario Miss Bertha Ott argues artistic temperament is advertising not motive, noting performers draw crowds by reputation. She cites Mme Gali Curei and composers like Rachmaninoff or Kreisler as proof concerts sell out on name alone and that public taste shifts with star power. She adds immigration and music education shape American appreciation, while jazz bridges classic and modern audiences.
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Chicago
Bertha Ott
iOtt
Babe Rath
Bambino
Mme
Gali Curei
Rachmaninoff
Kreisler
Miss Ott
America
Italy
Paul Whiteman
Miss Ott Organizes Inclusive Concerts for All Talented Singers
Miss Ott arranges concerts and finds men and women in roughly equal numbers among performers. She notes that singers are not a minority, arguing that talent and effort determine who earns a chance to play an instrument.
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Miss. Ott
Arn
Fresh beef and pork feed Christmas dinner at state prison
Fresh native beef and pork were sent to the Tennessee state prison to provide the backbone of the Christmas meal. Vegetables, potatoes, beans, fruits, pies, prunes, and raisin pudding joined milk and coffee. Inmates received gifts of socks filled with candy and nuts as warden W H Nelson and welfare worker Mrs. Mattie Hunter oversaw elaborate decorations and celebrations in the dining halls and chapel.
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Tenn
W. H. Nelson
Mattie Hunter
National Independent Welfare Worker
Nashville
B.N. Brooks
Georgia Fights Condemnation of Western and Atlantic Railway
Atlanta reports Georgia escalates opposition to condemning and purchasing Western and Atlantic Railway property in Chattanooga. The state plans to appeal a Chattanooga jury award of 135,600 for Broad Street frontage, seeks to value overall property at about 1.2 million, and weighs federal court suits versus Tennessee court appeal. The lease with Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway expires in 1969, affecting potential losses.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Western and Atlantic Railway
Chattanooga
W. ‘Aid A. Commission
W. L. Frierson
Wilson
Chattanooja
Special Commission
Tennessee
Broad Street
Interstate Commerce Commission
State of Georgia
Chattanooga City
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
Georgia Appeal Likely in Broad Street Streetcase
The passage notes that an extension of Broad Street could shift loss to the state of Georgia if the lessee railway company must be satisfied. It indicates an appeal or suit is expected to be filed shortly, as legally required within twenty days.
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Lessee Railway
State of
Georgia
Georgia Governor Lee Walker Readies Extra Solon Tour
Journey from Atlanta outlines Governor Walker's plan to address a broad cross section of Georgians before the upcoming legislative session. He highlights highway improvements, educational reform, and Confederate veterans' pensions as the three key issues.
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APJ
Walker
General Assembly
Cal Ad
Erie
Ylintentia Avertine
Jacks
Georgia
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