Uncle Sam Goes Pioneering on Howland Island Visit
Director Ernest Gruening of the U S division of territories and island possessions visited Howland Island the latest U S Pacific territory. He brought coconut palm plants to start cultivation and laid the cornerstone for Amelia Earhart lighthouse to aid ships with a beam every four seconds. Gruening posed with Hawaiians who form the island’s small population.
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HESE
Ernest Gruening
United States Division of Territories and Island Possessions
Howland Island
America
Pacific
Gruening
Amelia Earhart
South Pacific
Dutchmen Solve Housing Problem With Long Range Plan
The piece says Dutch municipalities own 99 percent of residential land and lease to builders with strict supervision. Government loans support building when adequate quarters exist, presenting a long term housing strategy.
Housing laws in Holland shape living across classes
The piece notes government listing of all rooms and houses for sale or rent to track supply and demand, with working men's apartments usually government built. It claims housing reforms since 1833 cut drunkenness tuberculosis and crime, and mentions equal suffrage predated the United States. Betty Wells reports.
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Holland
United States
Betty Wells
Russia
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
Mexico
Stalin
Hawk Delays Dinner as Peter Rabbit Escapes
A hawk named Redtail circles the Green Meadows watching Blacky the Crow and the chase around Peter Rabbit. He plans to grab the frightened rabbit but arrives too late as Granny Fox and Reddy Fox close in. Peter hides under brush and survives the pursuit.
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Ol’ Mistah Buzzard
Green Meadows
Green Forest
Chatterer
Red Squirrel
Danny Meadow Mouse
Danny
Mr. Greensnake
Granfather Frog
Grandfather Frog
Redtail
Blacky the Crow
Blacky
Peter Rabbit
Reddy Fox
Old Man Coyote
Granny Fox
Peter
Reddy
Redtail the Hawk
T. W. Burgess
Mouth Vaccine Study Shows Cold Reduction
A Cincinnati study reports 191 patients with colds were split equally between vaccine and nonvaccine groups. Over a year the vaccinated group had 94 colds versus 375 in controls, with fewer illness days. The article also notes childhood signs linked to later schizophrenia and urges parental awareness.
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George E. Rockwell
Herman C. van Kirk
M. Sc
Cincinnati
Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine
Washington parallels to Russia's liquidation tactics
A Washington column argues that U S political shifts echo Stalinist Russia with accusations of liquidation of opponents. It critiques Roosevelt appointees Jackson Arnold and Reed, links New Deal radicalism to political purges, and suggests Farley Garner Bowing to rebuild the Democratic party amid internal splits.
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Cummings
Roosevelt
Russia
Stalin
Mr. Cummings
Roper
Department of Commerce
Jim” Farley
Farley
Roose Farley
Washington
Democratic Party
Cactus Jack
Garner
House
Senate
Farley-Garner
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Harrison
Dear Alben” Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Western Newspaper Union
Protecting Gobs by Gun Checking at Naval Yard
A crew of naval gun makers checks gun barrels for defects. The left two inspect the bore for material flaws while others check inside measurements. A flaw could cost lives on first firing, underscoring the job's vital importance.
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Washington
First Message Sent via Submarine Cable England to France
In November 1851 the first telegraph message crossed the English Channel from England to France using a submarine cable, marking a historic milestone in global communications.
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England
France
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Stanley Reed
Supreme Court of the United States
Reed
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Jackson
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Yale University
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Arnold
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