Honor System Proves Successful With Yachtsmen
Washington reports Coast Guard success with the honor system that asks yacht owners to abstain from liquor smuggling. Treasury officials note few yacht owners violate the rule as letters go to yacht clubs urging compliance. Coast Guard pauses search seizures against pleasure craft while focusing on commercial smugglers.
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International Mews Service
Blair
Washington
Coast Guard
America
F. C. Billard
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United States
Atlantic
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Rum Army
Navy
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Liquid Quenches Airplane Blaze
Paris report details a firefighting device tested at Villacoublay by Engineer Ewile Bechard. A gasoline blaze on a plane was extinguished in under three seconds using a petrol spray system triggered by heat, auto or pilot controlled, promising safer flights per aviation records.
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Harold J. T. Horan
International News Service
Start
Paris
Villacoublay
Ewile Bechard
Himaself
David
Gardiners
Bechard
International Aero Club
Izaak Walton League Convention in Williamsport PA
Thousands of sportsmen from across Pennsylvania are expected for the Pennsylvania Division Izaak Walton League convention in Williamsport in September. State officers will be elected, by-laws adopted, and committees chosen to oversee activities for the next year. Delegations push for legislation on game, fish, forests and streams with expected drastic action on conservation questions.
Plan Buildings To Withstand Quake Shocks
Washington study, in cooperation with the Carnegie Institution, aims to define where and when earthquakes may occur and to set building standards. Coast and Geodetic Survey official notes that proper construction and geological consideration reduce damage and fire risk in quakes. Seismograph networks will map zones, guiding semi official city standards for quake resistant buildings.
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Robert S. Thornburgh
International News Service
Washington
Carnegie Institution
United States
Garnegie Institution
E. L. Jones
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Jones
San Francisco
Dagger Girl Rob Japanese Dagger Girl Rob Japanese
In Nagoya Japan the so called dagger girl bandit Tami Sakakibara, a 26 year old waiter, is jailed on highway robbery charges. Police identify her as the "dagger girl" who in three months robbed scores of men in Nagoya and other Japanese cities. She allegedly befriended victims with a smile then drew a dagger and demanded money, also stealing over 200 yen from her Chinese restaurant employer.
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America
Japan
Tami Sakakibara
Nagoya
Al‘lege
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American Exports Rise to West Indies Through 1924 Trade
The Commerce Department reports forty percent of West Indies imports, excluding Cuba and Puerto Rico, came from the United States. In 1924 U S shipments to the West Indies valued at about 53 million dollars, part of a total 125 900 000 worth of imports.
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International News Service
Washington
West Indies
United States
Department of Commerce
Cuba
Porto Rico
Surveys on spread of pine blister rust in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg July 21 Surveys in northern and northwestern Pennsylvania counties are being conducted by state agriculture agents to gauge the spread of white pine blister rust. The study inventories alternate hosts currants and wild gooseberries, linking their presence to disease transmission to pines. Officials advise eradicating currants and gooseberries near plantings to prevent spread.
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International News
Harrisburg
Northwastern
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
England
New York
Wayne County
Lackawanna
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Forestry
MacMillan Arctic Expedition Reports Dangerous Ice Conditions
A MacMillan naval expedition commander states the Melville Bay ice pack is stable but dangerous, with fog, magnetic variation, drifting pans, and other Arctic hazards noted in a radio from the Bowdoin to the National Geographic Society. The report describes perilous ice activity during the voyage toward Melville Bay.
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Aulreting International News Service
Washington
MacMillan Navy
Dea
Melville Bay
Donald B. MacM|lland
Bowdoin
National Geographic Society
Ica
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