German narcotics use rises. Reichstag urged limits
Berlin reports a survey by the criminal law reform commission shows sharp increases in narcotic drug use in recent years with morphine poisonings rising. World demand is about 80 000 pounds yearly, Germany exporting a quarter. A proposal to restrict production for home use faces arguments about medical needs and controlled exports.
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Berlin
Criminal Law Reform Commission
Reichstag
Germany
German Public Health Ministry
Ee Commission
Reich
Prince Ends 6000 Mile Dash
London reports the Ligne Royal Railway vector ere mile dash fretentatorial. Atmosite spent an hour and a half at Buckingham Palace. The King battles illness with noted strength and a more hopeful tone in medical bulletins though anxiety remains.
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London
Ligne Rly Ag
Atmosite
Buckingham Palace
Delayed parachute jump not as dangerous as feared
Army tests at Wright Field show delaying parachute deployment by hundreds or thousands of feet is not markedly riskier than following basic practice. Capt Street and Lt Foulk report terminal velocity around 119 mph after 12 seconds for a 180 pound man in flying gear, with fall slowed by air resistance and no loss of faculties.
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Dayton
United States Army Air Corps
Wright Field
Earth
Bt. Clair Street
Wright Piebd
A. C. Foulk
Streett
Fouk
Army
Americans in Italian papers lose their names in translation
Italian editors render American names and places oddly, turning Mrs Mabel Boll into Mister Abel Boll and misrendering names like Eugenio Tunney and Roberto Jones. Macon Georgia becomes Maconga and is listed as Stati Uniti to fit Italian phonetics.
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Rome
Italy
Giorvanni
Eugenio” Tunney
Roberto” Jones
Mabel Boll
Charles Levine
Havana
Abel Boll
Christmas Tree Army Starts Parade To Five Million Homes
Ludlow Vermont dispatch describes the annual Christmas tree harvest with five million trees produced nationwide. Vermont contributes about two million trees from the Green Mountains as shippers coordinate crews, shipping points, and inspections to prevent moth contamination, raising car load costs.
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Christmas Tree Army
Ludlow
Army of Christmas Trees
Green Mountains
Vermont
Federal Forest Service
Vermont Forest Service
Green Mountain
William J. Phelan
Inset
Wing design promises safer low speed landings
Langley Field researchers report two years of NACA studies on a flat top airfoil that could greatly improve control at low speed during landing. Tests show increased stability but some loss of aerodynamic efficiency and unresolved wind tunnel issues must be fixed before practical use.
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Langley Field
Nationa Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Montgomery Knight
Millard J. Bamber
Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory
Langley
Notice of United States mineral patent application filed
Charles Labbe of Death Valley Junction California applied for patents on the Hillside Westend Broadway Doris A L lodes in the Johnnie Mining District Nye County Nevada. The notice lists exact measured claims, plats, and boundary bearings, urges adverse claim filings within sixty days, and cites the 1872 act and registers by Clara M. Crisler.
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Carson City
Nevada
Charles Labbe
Death Valley Junction
California
Hillside
Westend
Broadway Lode
Doris A. L
Johnnie
Nye County
Office of the Register of the
Carson City Land
Westend Lode
Cor. No. 1
Ning
Cor. No
Office of County Recorder
Clara M. Crisler
Register
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Delkin
del Monte
PEET
Las Vegas
Cash & Carry
S & W Store
A. C. Delkin
Hablamos Espanol
Saratoga
Joplin Cash Grocery
Myrtle Joplin
Fremont Street
Turkeys
Blanding’s Palace
Eva
Simon Legree
Uncle Tom Rill
Eliza
Universal
Harry Pollard Productio
Servie
Portal
Carl Laemmle
Prince
Tyer
U. S
Pioneer Cash Market
Fremont St
Jos. A. Sheerin
United States
United States Land Office
Hillside Lode
Cor
Mussolini
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