Radio operator new hero of sea rescues noted in 1926 storms
A New York report credits wireless for saving many ships during a harsh year of storms. It cites Lloyds Register rankings, Cuban and Florida losses, and 1925 bravery awards, praising radio operators as the new sea heroes and signaling a shift from disaster to rescue.
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Radio
Lloyds Register
Florida
Havana
South Atlantic Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Wireless
Royal Humane Society
Disabled Veterans Turn to Poppies for Christmas Cash
Scores of disabled World War II veterans are earning Christmas money by making paper poppies under the American Legion Auxiliary. Work runs through winter in hospitals and relief centers, pays weekly, and the poppies will be sold next Memorial Day. The Auxiliary funds the program, borrowing thousands. last year four million poppies earned veterans $51,000. In Minneapolis, 90 veterans produced 27,990 poppies daily with a $270 daily payroll.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Minneapolis
Legion to Assist In Locating Sons of War Veterans
The American Legion will help compile a list of sons of World War II veterans killed in service or who died from service. It seeks data from mothers or kin and urges cooperation to identify eligible youths for admissions to West Point and Annapolis under Public Act 348.
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War Department
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Navy
Marines
West Point
Annapolis
United States
U.S. Veterans’ Bureau
Department
Legion
Night School Work Brings Degree to a Former Iowa Man
Thomas E. Moore a 35 year old former Marshalltown resident and merchandise manager in Minneapolis will become the first person to receive a University of Minnesota degree for work completed entirely in night school. Enrolled among 5000 night students he will finish all required subjects except English by July using university correspondence courses. Moore completed a full day school curriculum in five years of night study, matching a four year program. He moved to Minneapolis eleven years ago after graduating high school in Marshalltown.
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Marshalltown
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Thomas E. Moore
Moore
Peanut trade slump hits Shanghai after circus season ends
Coincident with the close of the circus season here the peanut business in Shanghai shows a decided slump. Local buyers and traders report reduced demand and lower prices as markets reel from the seasonal downturn.
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Shanghai
Barge Lines Seek Joint Rail and Water Rates
Inland Waterways corporation files with the Interstate Commerce Commission to set joint rates from Chicago to Minneapolis via four railroads. The plan would cut all rail rates to 80 percent, creating a new Chicago freight route, with Great Western Milwaukee Burlington and Illinois Central named as defendants. The move follows railroads’ refusal to act voluntarily before a spring start of operations.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Inland Waterways Corporation
Chicago
Great Western
Milwaukee
Burlington
Illinois Central Railroads
Minneapolis
St. Paul
German War Claims One Knotty Problem Now Facing Congress
Washington D C Dec 14 AP Congress faces a knotty war claims issue as the Ways and Means Committee seeks a bill to settle German claims. About $300 million in German private property, held by the alien property custodian, awaits settlement from the mixed claims commission.
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Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Germany
Mixed Claims Commission
United States
Army
Navy
Waterways firm plans traffic office in Minneapolis
A waterways corporation moves toward starting a barge line with a Minneapolis traffic office. A traffic man will be stationed there to develop business at that end of the line.
Iowa Woman's Poinsettia With Four Blooms
Morning Sunn Iowa reports Mrs. William Harn who lives on Main street displays a tall poinsettia in her home. The plant has four blossoms, one reaching 8 1/2 inches, with three others forming. This is the fifth year the poinsettia has bloomed.
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Morning Sunn
William Harn
Adjudication Set for Mixed Claims on German Reparation Awards
The case proceeds independently of the mixed claims commission to determine awards to American claimants. Hearings by the ways and means committee suggest an equitable solution protecting both American claims and German nationals. American awards total $140,000,000 with final claims expected at $190,000,000, bearing 5 percent interest. Indemnification for deaths and injuries amounts to $3,600,000 awarded to American claimants.
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Mixed Claims Commission
Ways and Means Committee
New Sussex Sect The Dependents Sing Of Birth And Death
A report notes a new religious sect in Sussex England called the Dependents that mourn at a birth and rejoice at a death, signaling unusual ritual responses.
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Sussex
England
Railway Equipment to Aid Peking Mukden Line
American crossings and switches will be used on the Peking Mukden Railway, signaling a modernization effort. Work elements include durable track components and standardized signaling devices to improve service reliability and safety on the historic route.
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Peking-Mukden
Boxing Abandoned at Cyclone Camp
Ames Iowa December 14 Boxing scrapped as intercollegiate sport at Iowa State College due to lack of opponents and injuries. Athletic council voted to abandon the sport Belgrade to establish a powerful broadcasting station heard throughout Yugoslavia.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Dare's Mentha Pepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
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Dare
Dare’s
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