Prospectors Reach Far North Claim With High Stakes
Alan Garth, a lone prospector, is preparing to depart for his mining claim when a plane arrives at the emergency station carrying Burton Ramill, his daughter Lilith, and Vivian Huxley. They misjudge Garth, call the ore nearly worthless, and propose an air trip to the claim.
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Mountain Prospect: Garth Outsmarts Fortune Seekers
Garth guides Lilith Ramill and her father and Huxley ashore to inspect his mine claim a rich placer hold. After fending off a scheme to cheat him, he learns the trio plans to steal the fortune, and Garth slips away to thwart them as he heads toward the plane.
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Six Men Make Up Jersey Island Army Three Officers Three of Other Ranks
The 1916 conscription act leaves Jersey Island’s population of 60 000 largely Norman French speaking untouched yet its regular army of three officers and three other ranks stands ready to be expanded under old laws. A Morning Post columnist notes the two officers include the lieutenant governor and staff captain with the clerk as a rank, while the rest form a royal engineer detachment for barracks roads and War Department estate admin on Jersey and its islands. Two years ago a Commons member asked if Jersey’s other ranks could be increased by 25 percent to allow fours more often.
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Shutting Off Radio Aids Child Study at Home
Mary G. McCormick of the New York State Department of Education urges quiet study rooms for children. Parents should reduce noise and distractions during homework hour, provide ventilation and cooler temperatures, and avoid prolonging home study. If extra work is asked, parents may protest and emphasize outdoor rest or school work completion during the day.
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New York State Department of Education
Love and Tears End Divorce Bid in Los Angeles Court
Virgil F. Winslow testified for a divorce from long time wife Saran after describing her as domineering. He pleaded to cancel proceedings and embraced her as the case was dismissed.
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Court Turns Food Expert Into School and Wins
Uncle Sam’s food examiners pushed for accuracy in a seizure case by turning the federal court into a classroom. B. J. Howard of the FDA taught the cannery’s examiner proper microscope use, revealed counting errors, and helped the government secure a decree of condemnation.
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