Basketball Player Plunges Through Doors at Y Gym
Merman Plant of Imperial Five fell ten feet from a gym door during a third quarter dash in a Junior League game against Army Five. He landed on his feet then fell, suffering a head bump and bruises. bolts in the doors were torn loose, but Plant escaped major injury and is home for Christmas vacation.
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Merman Plant
Imperial Five Center
Hamilton Street
Imperial Five
Army Five
Plant
Vlant
Harry S
Herman
University of Pittsburgh
Why Not a Nag Young Lady and Farmer Exchange
A farmer offers an old cigar instead of a spare spark plug when a young lady asks for help with her car. The humorous exchange highlights rural wit and frugal resourcefulness.
Fatal shooting follows attempted kiss in New York
Felix Carrican, 23, was shot dead by Frank Dadamo, 33, after Carrican tried to kiss Dadamo’s wife. Dadamo is under arrest in New York City. Garden City report notes Alice MacLaury, a 17 year old high school student and daughter of a prominent attorney, was beaten by a lurking thug. John Zeh, a driver, was arrested after property found on him belonged to the girl. New York traffic deadly: six people killed in automobile accidents in the last 24 hours.
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International News
New York
Felix Carrican
Frank Dadamo
Dadamo
Garden City
N. Y
Alice MacLaury
John Zeh
La Follette Joins Insurgents Against Woodlock
Young Bob La Follette plans to oppose Thom F. Woodlock of New York for the Interstate Commerce Commission. He will press his anti establishment stand as he carries into effect the "Declaration of Independence" he issued to Senate Republicans when admitted to the party.
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International News Service
Washington
Bob la Follette
Thomas F. Woodlock
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Woodlock
Young la Follette
Senate
Speedy trains of concrete roads foreseen by Pere Marquette chief
Chicago December 22. Frank H. Alfred of Detroit president of the Pere Marquette predicts a new era of transport with passenger trains running safely at terrific speeds on reinforced concrete roads supported by steel trusses.
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Chicago
Frank H. Alfred
Detroit
Railways Aim to Exceed Airplane Speed in New System
Pere Marquette president cites Alfred and engineer Paul Chapman outlining a railroad road bed and roller bearing system to rival airplane speed and boost safety. He predicts railroads will absorb highway traffic as trains approach airplane speeds and public demand for speed rises.
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Quet Railway
American Railway Association
Alfred
Paul Chapman
Pere Marquette
Forty years service completed in China by U S missionary
Shanghai December 22 After 40 years of service Dr H M McCandliss the first Protestant missionary to go to Hainan Island off the South China coast is preparing for retirement in America He went to Hainan in 1885 and supervised a hospital he and a fellow missionary founded treating 338518 patients and 2395 maternity cases During his service he and Mrs McCandliss belonged to the American Presbyterian mission Three of their four children serve in China as missionaries and the fourth studies to become a medical missionary A paralytic stroke forced his retirement two years earlier than planned
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Shanghai
H. M. McCandliss
Hainan
South China
America
McCandliss
Hainan Island
American Presbyterian Mission
China
Women in Federal Civil Service Reach 27469 in Washington
A new report shows 27 469 women work in Washington's federal civil service with the Treasury Department employing the largest share.
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Federal Civil Service
Washington
Treasury Department
Fourteen Killed in Auto Crashes So Far This Year
City police court records show 948 automobile accidents to date with 213 people hit or injured. Only 14 deaths reported on city roads this year, about one fifth of one percent of accidents, and twelve deaths in the county outside the city.
U. S. Girls Routed By Irish Field Hockey Team
Belfast December 22 American girls conceded a decisive defeat as the Irish team returned from a successful American tour. Miss McKisack of Belfast notes the Americans ran flat footed, lacking toe work, allowing the Irish players to outpace them at speed.
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Belfast
Miss McKisack
Flower bulbs best for window gardens in Urbana
The Illinois College of Agriculture floriculture expert W. Decker advises window garden bulbs as the easiest success for home plants. He notes need for high temperature, adequate air moisture, light and ventilation, and suggests planting bulbs in soil near a bright south window with foliage plants suited to diffused light placed farther from the sun.
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Urbana
W. Decker
Illinois College of Agriculture
Decker
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