Honor System Proves Success With Yachtsmen
Navy and Coast Guard officials report the honor system for yacht owners to curb liquor smuggling has worked well. Admiral Billard authorized yachts to cruise freely unless suspicious, prompting clubs to instruct members to avoid rum vessels and report illicit activity.
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Robert S. Thornburgh
Washington
Coast Guard
America
F. C. Billard
The
Treasury
United States
Atlantic
L. C. Andrews
Rum Army and Navy
Billard
Admiral Billard
Auto fire extinguisher tested on airplane at Villacoublay
Engineer Emile Bechard of the French Aviation Corps demonstrated an automatic extinguisher aboard a plane. Five gallons per minute of gasoline ignited to test the system, which sprayed carbon tetrachloride through twirling pipes around the hood. The blast was extinguished in under three seconds, and a passenger praised the life-saving device. The test notes airplane fires as a major cause of casualties per 1924 IAC data.
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Harold J. T. Horan
International News Service
Paris
Villacoublay
Emile Bechard
Gardners
Bechard
Assenger
International Aero Club
Izaak Walton League Convention For State
Thousands of Pennsylvania sportsmen are expected in Williamsport for the state division convention of the Izaak Walton League in September. Over 30 chapters exist across the state with at least 100 local chapters anticipated by the meeting. State officers will be elected and a governing constitution adopted. Committees will be chosen to supervise activities for the next year as delegates discuss conservation measures for game fish forests and streams and consider actions on related subjects.
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International News Service
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Izaak Walton League of America
Special Business At Eagle's Meeting New Castle Eagles to discuss important lodge business
The regular meeting of New Castle Avenue No. 455 Fraternal Order of Eagles will be held Monday evening at the Eagles home on South Jefferson street. Members are urged to attend to consider special business of importance to the organization.
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New Castle Aenue No. 455
Order of Eagles
Eagle
South
Jefferson Street
Being Nice to a Bishop Enlivened House Visit
A mother aims to please Bishop Wise during a house visit and instructs her children to be well behaved. The children weigh jokingly asking the bishop to baptize their new kittens, balancing humor with decorum in a light, domestic vignette.
Plan Buildings To Withstand Quake Shocks
Washington report outlines a joint study by the United States Government and the Carnegie Institution to map earthquake zones and develop construction standards. Seismographs will survey likely areas, guiding architects to reduce fire risk and collapse in future quakes.
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Roberts. Thornburgh
International News Service
Washington
Carnegie Institution
United States
E. L. Jones
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Jones
San Francisco
Coast Survey
Dagger Girl Robber Called Japan's First Dagger Girl
Tokyo reports Tami Sakakibara a 25 year old demure widow who served as a Chinese restaurant waitress and is jailed at Nagoya charged with highway robbery. Police say she hoodwinked victims with a smile then drew a dagger demanding money, netting thousands of yen across Nagoya and other cities. She allegedly robbed her employer of over 200 yen.
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International
Tokyo
America
Japan
Tami Sakakibara
Nagoya
Tami
American Exports Rise to West Indies in 1924
Washington reports that forty percent of the West Indies imports, valued at $125 million, came from the United States. Excluding Cuba and Puerto Rico, U S shipments to the region in 1924 totaled $53 million.
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International News Service
Washington
West Indies
United States
Department of Commerce
Cuba
Porto Rico
Surveys To Map Spread Of Pine Blister Rust In Pa
Harrisburg dispatch reports state Department of Agriculture agents are surveying northern and northeastern Pennsylvania to gauge white pine blister rust spread. The study also checks growth of currants and wild gooseberries, alternate hosts. Past outbreaks occurred in 1916 17 and again on the New York border in 1921 22. eradication of alternate hosts is emphasized to protect pines, with several Wayne County owners already removing currants and gooseberries to shield their plantations.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
England
New York
Wayne County
Lackawanna
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Forestry
MacMillan Arctic Expedition Ice Bound in Melville Bay
The MacMillan mavy Arctic expedition is ice bound in Melville Bay and cannot move. Commander Donald B. MacMillan declared via radio from the Bowdoin that the Melville Bay ice pack endangers the crew, with fog, ice, magnetic variation, and drifting pans hampering progress. The report also notes New York restaurant closings due to prohibition.
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International News Service
Washington
Melville Bay
Donald B. MacMilland
Bowdoin
National Geographic Society
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Vega
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