Big Ditch Recovering From World-Wide Slump
The Panama Canal, opened 20 years ago, faced landslides and wartime disruption but rebounded as world trade revived. Built at about 539 million dollars, it employed thousands of Spaniards, Italians, Colombians, Greeks and others. After a peak in 1929, traffic fell until 1933, then rose again in 1934 with new toll revenue.
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Washington
Panama Canal
United States
Government Bureau of Efficiency
Pacific
Atlantic
Republic
Roosevelt
U. S. S. Houston
Hawaii
Gallegos
Galicia
West Indies
Chile
Cape Horn
Horn
Strange Animule Found in Somerville Bay State
Somerville police captured a white creature resembling a donkey mule and jennet. The animal refused food and water and was taken to the police garage for examination. Frank Buck, famed hunter, suggests the city as a possible source for such unusual animals.
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Bay State
Somerville
Mass
Frank Buck
Africa
Trade shifts in intercontinental routes affecting Americas and Europe
Trade between Europe and the west coast of South America improved. Similar gains occurred in the Atlantic US coast to Pacific South America route and Europe to Australia. Declines appeared in trade between the Pacific US coast and Europe due to reduced oil and grain shipments, typically a major canal route.
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North America
Europe
West
South America
Atlantic
United States
Pacific
Australia
Yellowstone Park Draws More Visitors in Record Year
Yellowstone National Park reports 149 403 visitors to date, up from 94 255 last year, with auto traffic totaling 43 19 at five gateways. California leads state representation with 11 687, while licenses show wide geographic diversity and 101 875 fish reported by visitors leaving gateways.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Roger W. Toll
West Yellowstone
Cooke City
Red Lodge
Park
California
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Jinois
New York
Canada
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Mexico
Panama Canal Zone
Alaska
China
Chile
Porto Rico
Dutch West Indies
New Turkish Law Makes Surnames Universal
Istanbul reports the Ankara national assembly passed a law requiring all Turks to adopt surnames within a year. About 200 families already have names. penalties include a $45 fine. The change aims to end confusion from common names like Mehmed Ali with many bearers and mistaken arrests.
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Istanbul
Ankara
Mehmed Ali
Immense Ball Demonstrates Earth Rotation at Franklin Institute
A 1,688 pound metal ball is suspended from an 87 foot wire under the Franklin Institute's main stairway to show the earth's rotation. The Foucault experiment swings the ball about ten degrees per hour and completes a full revolution every 36 hours, illustrating Parisian physicist Jean Bernard Leon Foucault's pendulum idea from 1851.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
Institute
Foucault
Jean Bernard Leon Foucault
Montana town New Deal founded by farmer Whisemand
New Deal Montana, the youngest town in the state, was founded by C. W. Whisemand a farmer. It has about 500 residents and most work on the nearby Fort Peck dam a $63 000 000 government project under the New Deal era.
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New Deal
Mont
Montana
C. W. Whisemand
Fort Peck
United States
Poisoning Crickets Tried in Crow Reservation Region
Mormon crickets infesting the Crow Indian reservation and parts of the Custer National Forest south of Billings are being poisoned with a novel dust spray. The pests have damaged about 15 to 20 percent of the wheat crop in the area.
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Billings
Mont
Crow Indian Reservation
Custer National Forest
Insects Clean Feet By Mouth Swallowing Dust Poison
The insects habitually clean their feet by placing them in the mouth after stepping in dust and swallowing the poison. This behavior is described as a routine cleaning action.
Costly Tungsten Mineral Stuck in Dust Pile at Atolia
A mine operated by Atolia Mining in California faces a $1.5 million loss as a vast tungsten ore dust pile remains unrecoverable. In 1914 wartime demand spiked tungsten prices, but crude processing left the ore mixed with waste, preventing extraction and sale.
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Atolia
Calif
Atolia Mining Company
Tapestry Tells Custer Massacre Story by One-Bull
Chief One-Bull nephew of Sitting Bull completes a cloth tapestry portraying the Custer massacre near Miles City Montana. The elderly Standing Rock elder says he woven the tale because English could not express his account of the battle in which he fought.
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Miles City
Mont
Custer
One-Bull
Sitting Bull
Standing Rock
Wakpala
Eleventh Century Flour Mill in England to Close
An Eleventh century flour mill dating from 1086 will shut down as workers leave for new mills at Victoria Docks. Once part of Syon monastery, the mill later came into royal hands under Henry VIII and then to the ancestors of the duke of Northumberland.
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England
London
Victoria Docks
Syon
Henry VIII
Duke of Northumberland
E. A. Barton
Chesterfield
WNU
Brandywine Shares Pearl Honors With Schuylkill River
Paul G. Masters of Huntington Valley Pennsylvania reveals Brandywine pearls found over 20 years. Brandywine earns historical note as a pearl bearing stream alongside the Schuylkill.
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Schuylkill
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
Pennsylvania
Paul G. Masters
Huntington Valley
National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart
Washington reports on the Roosevelt era political split and the rise of the American Liberty League as conservatives seek to curb radical policies. It covers Richberg's effort to coordinate New Deal agencies, Johnson’s labor actions, and looming House leadership battles.
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William Bruckart
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
American Liberty League
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Committee
United States
James M. Wadsworth
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Shouse
League
Richberg
Hugh 8. Johnson
National Recovery
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Donovan
Labor Board
Donovan
NRA
Johnson
Mr. Donovan
Organized Labor
General Johnson
Body Healing Through Dental and Bowel Health Claims
A hospital superintendent reportedly improved a patient with two years of mental illness after removing infected teeth and later curing others by treating nose and throat infections. He advocated daily bowel movements and enemas, linking liver detox to mental clarity and urging exercises to keep the liver active for clearer minds.
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OMB
A. Lingsaerde
Oslo
Widespread Wildlife Diseases Impede Fox Farming
The passage notes many wild animals suffer diseases similar to dog distemper. Tularemia, also called rabbit fever, affects animals such as ground squirrels, muskrats, coyotes, cats, foxes, sheep, and some game birds, posing challenges to fur operations. Literary Digest.
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Literary Digest
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