Secretary Luther Davis to tour European industries
Secretary Luther Davis plans to sail on a tour of industries in Europe, announced in Washington. Emanuel Neumann proposed a $79,000,000 two year budget beginning next October to build a Jewish homeland in Palestine at a Zionist Organization of America convention in Washington. The Department of Commerce reported U S grain exports last week at 2,807,600 bushels versus 2,807,000 the prior week.
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Nuclear Status Shift at Fort Worth Helium Plant
The United States helium plant at Fort Worth Texas is officially transferred from the Navy to the Bureau of Mines. The plant is described as the world’s only helium facility.
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Army Eyes Seven Millimeter Rifle To Boost Frontline Ammo
Army ordnance experts push a new seven millimeter shoulder rifle to increase frontline ammunition by about one third without adding weight. Pederson at Springfield Armory leads development of the .276 caliber weapon, touted as easier and cheaper to produce than existing .30 caliber automatics, with a 1000 yard range for sustained fire amid debates over supply and practicality.
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Northern Baptists in Seattle back Modernists in two votes
Modernists won two victories in Seattle sessions of the northern Baptist conventions. Fundamentalists seeking to seat Park Avenue Baptist of New York delegates were defeated. A resolution on recalling modernist missions from foreign fields passed 12 to 6. Defense attorneys in the Scopes case discussed moving proceedings from Dayton to Nashville for federal court action to challenge the Tennessee antievolution law.
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Famous Painting Is Brought Back To Public View
Secretary Clarke of the Assn. for Commerce reports receipt of a letter from R. White chief engineer of the Washington State Highway Commission urging early attention to a project to surface a short stretch of road in Appanoose county using coal mine slag. The proposal, backed by District Engineer Rice and Engineer Davis, is moving toward formal adoption and a resolution to authorize work. the item is expected to reach the board of supervisors for action.
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Germans Seek Way to Dodge Lightning
Berlin reports a surge of lightning injuries as Germans seek safer refuge during storms. Scientists are asked to identify new safe locations away from open fields, amid rising deaths after leaving tree cover, amid concerns radio disturbances may affect storm safety rules.
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Nevadan Recall of Pioneer Stage Driver Hank Monk Ride
Reno remembers Florace Greeley’s stage ride with Hank Monk as a gift watch to Monk was brought for repair. The watch, given in 1863, has English works, an 18 karat gold case weighing 8½ ounces, and was made in San Francisco. Inscription reads Keep your seat Mr Greeley Ill have you there December 1863.
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Tailless Biplane Demonstrated At Clover Field
Santa Monica reports Prof. A A Merrill of Cal Tech declares a tailless, under 600 pound biplane practical after successful trials at Clover Field. A miniature model flew 100 feet at 35 mph, balanced by four motors, using adjusted wing geometry. A full scale 22 foot wingspan craft is being built in Venice for testing at Cloverfield.
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End of scrubwoman era as offices rise on Fifth Avenue
New York reports the shift from female scrubwomen to machine aided cleaning as $10,000,000 office towers replace older mansions like the Vanderbilt and the Equitable building adapts with motorized scrubbing crews. The former scrubwoman is redefined as a cleaning woman with dust cloths and a small mop, while a three man team handles corridors and main halls.
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