Rich Prize Aims To Boost Air Safety Standards
The Guggenheim Foundation offers 150000 in prizes to aircraft meeting nine safety tests by Oct 31, 1929. Tests cover slow flight, controlled glide, obstacle clearance, engine failure handling, and independent controls. Judges include Wright and Byrd. aims to popularize air transport by reducing hazards.
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New York
Daniel Guggenheim Foundation For Promotion of Aeronautics
Guggenheim Fund
Orville Wright
R. Trubee Davison
Aeronautics
Edward P. Warker
Navy
William P. MacCracken, Jr
Richard E. Byrd
George W. Lewis
Alexander Klemin
New York University
R. F. Mayo
E. B. Aldrin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harry Guggenheim
War on Corn-Borer Is Possible With Wormwood
French scientists at the Pasteur Institute propose wormwood as a defense against the corn-borer pest. Dr Roubaud and Dr Bouvier reported that pyrale, carried via Canada from France, thrives on wormwood which grows in the United States and could curb the pest.
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Paris
Middle West
United States
BR. Roubaud
Pasteur Institute
Academy of Sciences
Bouvier
Roubaud
France
America
Canada
Scotch pension chase ends in 30 shillings spent
A Scottish man traveled from Aberdeen to claim a government pension of 10 shillings, spending 30 shillings on the journey. The case highlights the inefficiency of pension collection.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Campaign to Help Disabled Vets Find Work Initiated
Washington reports the United States Veterans' Bureau under Gen. Frank T. Hines orders a nationwide drive to place rehabilitated disabled World War I veterans in suitable jobs. The effort involves American Legion posts, 54 field offices, and emphasis on veterans discharged from government hospitals, with priority for those with service records.
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Washington
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Frank T. Hines
Watson B. Miller
National Rehabilitation Committee of the American Legion
American Legion
General Hines
Hines
Runaway Girl Lived Off Apples At Burlingame Safe Spot
Seventeen year old Anna Michaels told Burlingame police she fled to Coyote Point living two weeks in trees and woods with only apples for food. Her mother Julia Michaels plans to place her in Redwood City juvenile detention until the runaway streak ends.
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San Francisco
Anna Michaels
Burlingame
Anna
John J. Harper
Coyote Point
San Mateo
Julia Michaels
Redwood City
Many American Eagles Butchered in Alaska
Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson of the Audubon Societies warns Alaska’s 1917 bounty scheme is decimating the American eagle. He cites official 1927 records showing 40,753 feet submitted for the $1 bounty and notes locals claim eagles harm fish and wildlife, though sightings of such depredations are scarce.
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Philadelphia
Alaska
T. Gilbert Pearson
National Association of Audubon Societies
Doctor Pearson
Karl Thiele
Pearson
Unknown London woman wins Stratford Shakespeare theater contest
Elizabeth Scott of London, age 29, has won the competition for the Stratford on Avon Shakespeare memorial theater plans. More than 70 male architects entered the contest.
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London
Elizabeth Scott
Stratford On Avon
Wireless glowing bulb promises light after power off
In Westinghouse laboratories Dr. Phillips Thomas created a wire free bulb that glows in a magnetic field and keeps shining for ten minutes after power is shut off. He produced it during radio power experiments and says it is not yet suitable for general illumination.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Phillips Thomas
Doctor Thomas
Fletcher's Castoria Promoted for Safe Baby Care
An advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as harmless for babies, claiming it eases fretfulness fever colic constipation and diarrhea while preserving natural sleep without a harsh taste. It emphasizes its vegetal composition and physician endorsement.
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Fletcher
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Florida
Ormond
Daytona Beach
Malcolm Campbell
England
J. M. White
Frank Lockhart
President Cosgrave
William T. Cosgrave
Minister OF Defense
Wilhelm Groener
Germany
von Hindenburg
Otto Gessler
Gustavo Guerrero
Havana
Thomas Arrowsmith
Trenton
N. J
Frank
Flanagan
Bartholomew
Devil
Fontana
Michael
Professor
Leo
Jack J. Hanley
Minneapolis, Minn
Guggenheim
U. S. Bureau
Ee Cetchers
Castoria
E. W. Grove
South Africa
Jara & Tubes
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Huey's Pharmacy
Sardinia
Ohio
Theater Gruggiet
Springfield
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