Nicaraguan Canal May Soon Be a Reality
The piece reviews long efforts to build an interoceanic canal through Nicaragua, noting U S Army engineers under Maj Dan Sultan survey the route. It cites Panama’s 1914 opening and argues a second canal would bolster defense and reduce sea transit time, with historical milestones and the 1929–30 surveying effort amid challenging terrain.
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Oxford
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Tribe Without Religion Studied By American Anthropologist
Dr. Horace Powdermaker describes a Melanesian tribe on New Ireland near New Guinea. The study notes they lack religion, practice two moieties eagle and hawk, and use taboos and magic instead. Marriages, births, and deaths trigger large rituals. daily life centers on agriculture and simple, sociable norms.
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New Guinea
Pacific Ocean
American Museum of Natural History
Hortense Powdermaker
Doctor Powdermaker
Australian National Research Council
National Research Council of
United States
Mandate Territory
Australia
Estranged mate uncovers 35000 in securities hidden by wife
In St Louis Thomas Lonergam, husband of a recently deceased woman, found 35000 in cash and securities hidden in the cottage basement amid suspicions she secreted the funds before death. The will names seven children as heirs, Lonergam vows to seek his share despite the prior marriage.
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Lonergam
Human Ostrich Is Given Six Months in Prison
London reports William Richard Jones received a six months jail term for swallowing necktie pins washers buttons and other objects. He earned the sentence after a series of hospital operations to remove items swallowed from his stomach including pins, glass, nails and a toothbrush.
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London
William Richard Jones
Kettering Hospital
Stafford
Electric treatment for pneumonia hailed as breakthrough
St Elizabeth's hospital officials announced an electrical therapy for lobar and bronchial pneumonia claiming near universal effectiveness in 200 tests. Medical authorities compare its impact to smallpox vaccination and say thousands of lives could be saved annually by its use.
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Washington
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Flying Proves Safer Than Motoring at San Diego Station
Statistics from the Naval Air station in San Diego show 21 automobile accidents and 16 motorcycle smashes in 16 months, compared with only 2 airplane crashes. The period includes one death from an automobile wreck and one death from flying.
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U. S. Washington
Naval Air Station
San Diego
Calif
Cure through high frequency current used at hospital for the insane
Scientists at the government hospital for the insane report a cure achieved within twelve hours using a high frequency current of about 1,500,000 alternations per second. Gas electrodes with two tin foil plates placed on chest and back deliver the treatment, heating interior organs to effect the cure.
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Government Hospital For
Drops Bundle With 52 Ears in Railway Car
A railway passenger officer discovers a parcel on a seat containing 52 human ears shocking Poland. No one reports missing ears for days, provoking theories from crime experts before a middle aged man claims the package as his rubber ear specimens.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stretch Food Dollar by Efficient Buying
American families remain well fed in a low mood period due to efficient buying of food essentials by housewives, says a bulletin from the American Research foundation. The bulletin states stretching the food dollar is a challenge for millions of American mothers who buy with an eye to real values in everyday meals.
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Chicago
American Research Foundation
Man loses leg to train in Fremont woman Bangor man bemused
In Fremont Ohio James Ruth 61 of Bangor Maine was found beside a stalled train howling and bleeding. He suffered the loss of his wooden leg which was found severed at the knee with the upper portion unseen along the tracks.
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Fremont
Ohio
James Ruth
Bangor
Maine
Lungs Save Lives of 3 Photographers in Sub Rescue Test
New London, Conn. Three motion picture photographers filming the new lungs used by submarine crews to escape emergencies owe their lives to the device and inventor Lieut. C. B. Momsen. During an experiment on the S-4 submersible, the stern sank into mud and salt water flooded batteries creating chlorine gas. Momsen handed out three lungs and demonstrated adjustments, saving the men as the sub rose.
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New London
Conn
C. B. Momsen
Provincetown
Mass
Mom- Sen
Momsen
As City Man Sees It Chickens Seen as City Money Makers
A city observer argues the firmest conviction among residents is that raising chickens yields substantial profits, reflecting local attitudes toward poultry farming as a money making venture.
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Arkansas Gazette
Robin Eggs Only Toll in Railroad Collision
J L Hodges a veteran engineer on the Kansas-Oklahoma line stopped his train to view a robin nest on the engine. Officials failed to see the stopped engine due to weeds and the train was hit head on. The only injuries were the robin eggs and eggs were scattered by the impact.
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Hugoton
Xan
J. L. Hodges
Wkansas-Oklahoma
Imspact
Deer's First Trip to Civilization Ends in Death
A young buck deer made its first foray into civilization when it was struck by a car in Troy New York. The animal appeared in a yard and leaped fences before colliding with the vehicle. Its origin remains unknown.
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Troy
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