Rice Still Continues to Be Main Crop of Eastern World
A National Geographic bulletin notes rice remains a global staple with India and China as leading producers. It describes regional transport, production totals in China and India, U.S. harvests in Louisiana and the Carolinas, and traditional wild rice harvesting by Northwest Indians.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
China
Bulletin
India
Indo-China
Siam
Asia
Japan
Java
Madura
Africa
Europe
United States
Italy
Po Valley
Louisiana
Georgia
Carolinas
Minnesota
Peru declares Cuzco archeological capital of South America
Congress passes a bill making Cuzco the archeological capital of South America. The National museum moves from Lima to Cuzco, invites other nations to recognize the status, and a chair of American archaeology is created at the University of Cuzco. The Temple of the Sun and other Inca relics anchor the city’s legacy.
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Peru
Cuzco
Lima
South America
Congress
National Museum
University of
First Rice Planting Ceremony in China Dating Back Millennia
Historical note recalls rice cultivation beginning by 2800 B C in China with the Emperor Son of Heaven sowing seeds. Princes participated by sowing the lesser grains, marking a ceremonial inaugural planting tradition.
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China
Man Without Country Sails 8800 Miles to Los Angeles
Fred Rebell, Latvian-born in Windau, sailed from Australia to the U S in a 19 foot skiff. After 66 days to reach Los Angeles he was detained for an expired permit and later rescued by William Slavens McNutt. Rebell, navigator by self study, plans to write about his voyage and another cruise.
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Los Angeles
Fred Rebell
Los Angeles Harbor
Australia
Windau
Latvia
Russia
Rebell
Republic
United States
Sydney
Suva
Samoa
California
Seaboard
William Slavens McNutt
Widow Clings to Scrap Heap Despite Inherited Cash
Lena Ryan sixty years after her husband died in a Los Angeles barber shop leaves her with five thousand dollars. The eighty three year old insists the junk heap is her home and rejects the windfall saying she has no cent to her name. Her daughter seeks to explain the estate law and the inheritance.
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San Diego
Lena Ryan
Los Angeles
Testate
California
Town Run by One Family In Savoy Massachusetts
Savoy, Mass has a town government effectively controlled by the Barber family. E. A. Barber serves as town moderator selectman and on the boards of public welfare and health while his wife is town clerk treasurer and a member of the school committee. The town carries no debt.
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Savoy
Mass
Barber
E. A. Barber
Board of Publi Welfare
Board of Health
Hunters Use Rowboats to Nab Minks in Flood
In Princeton Indiana, hunters waded into flood waters along the Wabash River to chase game. One hunter said 28 minks were captured on a knoll surrounded by water as rabbits rode logs and logs floated by, with hunters rowing to seize their catch.
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Princeton
Ind
Wabash
Television wedding broadcast from Kansas City studio
Effie Taft and O B Little a radio operator married in a studio ceremony broadcast by television. The couple’s images and the minister appeared on a screen in an adjacent room as the wedding was shown to viewers.
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Kansas City
Effie Taft
O. B. Little
Lessons on Jesus Ministry to All Races and Healings
The lesson outlines Jesus dealings with Pharisees and Scribes exposing empty worship and defilement from within. It also narrates the Syrophoenician woman's faith and request for her daughter’s healing and Jesus later heals a deaf mute, teaching signs of faith and divine power.
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Jesus
Christ
Matthew
David
House of Israel
Comprehension Needed for Effective Message Release
John R. Mott urges broader understanding among both proclaimers and planners to maximize the impact of its message. The quote emphasizes the joint responsibility of leaders and organizers in spreading the message effectively.
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John R. Mott
Master Light in Our World of Inner Life
A devotional note honoring Christ as the master light whose radiant presence resolves problems and clarifies faith.
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Christ
East Walks of Ancient World at Chicago Institute
The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago unveils a vast research program spanning Luxor to Persepolis aimed at linking early civilizations. Dr. James H. Breasted directs diggers along a 3,000 mile front to connect paleontology and history and to show East origins of Western civilization. The exhibit suggests ancient Egypt voiced moral limits to conquest and that material comforts gave way to longing for felicity, guiding modern views on perished civilizations.
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University of Chicago
America
Oriental Institute
Europe
James H. Breasted
Luxor
Egypt
Sinai
Palestine
Syria
Anatolia
Mesopotamia
Persepolis
Persia
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Staff of Life
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Hubert Scott. Payne
Royal Motor Yacht Club of England
Lake St. Clair
Detroit
Mich
Roosevelts
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wilson
Roosevelt
U. S
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western
Calumet
Verybody
National Biscuit Company
West 14Th Street
New York City
Uneeda
Fey
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