Polish Corridor to Danzig Is Hard
The Polish corridor blocks land access to Danzig from the west forcing visas and border stops. Marienburg serves as an underground entry point with many cars daily slipping into Danzig via side routes while avoiding Polish controls. Travel via ferry boat and air is common to bypass the corridor.
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Danzig
Marienburg
East Prussia
Germany
Poland
Baltic Sea
Russia
Baltic States
Berlin
Hamburg
Vistula River
Free City of
West Prussia
Zopport
Nurses Urge Bobbed Hair Despite Ontario Rules
Ottawa reports student nurses in Ontario challenge provincial hospital rules requiring long curls. Some nurses are suspended for bobbing hair while others seek new fields or obtain legal advice. The dispute sparks wider debate on wartime appearance standards and patient comfort.
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Ottawa
Ontario
General Hospitals
Champion Trapper Joe Cosley Panther on Snowshoes
Joe Cosley an Oneida Indian is praised as the champion trapper of the Rocky Mountain region. Native rivals from Blackfeet Kootenai Blood and Flathead acknowledge his prowess as he nets $5,000 to $8,000 in furs from 200 miles of traps along Glacier National Park border. He earned war medals as a sharpshooter with the Canadian army.
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Joe ©. Cosley
Rocky Mountain
Glacier National Park
Dual Personality Is Lost by Girl
Bernice Reddick, a Salem Ohio girl noted for a double personality, has regained her normal self during two years of treatment at the Columbus State hospital. Doctors believe she may remain cured unless a relapse into the Polly persona occurs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bernice Reddick
Salem
Marvel of Psychiatrists
Psychiatrics
W. H. Pritchard
Columbus State Hospital
Bernice
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
Polly
Bureau
Ohio State University
Geography in language links to city names and places
The article notes the English language uses many place based terms from worldwide routes and fabrics. It cites Calico from Calicut and damask from Damascus plus calico to Cambrai and tulle from Troyes, with further examples of Jersey cloth from Jersey and Brussels carpet origins.
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National Geographic Society
Limerick
China
Savoy
Cologne
Derby
Castile
Astrakhan
Italy
Washington, D. C
Calico
Calicut
Madras
Kashmir
Damascus
Europe
Mosul
Mesopotamia
Fustian
Rome
Egypt
Fossatum
Nile
Cairo
Fustat
France
Cambric
Cambrai
Tulle
Champagne
Perignon
Dom Perignon
Haut Villers Abbey
Chamois End Lives After Growing Blindness Tragedy
In Europe the Alpine chamois face a spreading affliction as they go blind in fall and winter. Distressed animals are described as wandering near villages and ending their lives by colliding with rocks rather than seek human aid.
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Berlin
Europe
Denies Wife's Suit to Be Declared Legally Alive
In White Plains Justice Young refused Virginia Griffin's bid to overturn an Enoch Arden decree declaring her dead. Griffin had sought to set aside the 1924 dissolution of marriage to Edward A. Griffin after appearing in court November 14, 1924.
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White Plains
Supreme Court
Justice Young
Virginia Griffin
Edward A. Griffin
Griffin
Virginia
Toss of Coin Settles British Court Dispute
In a London high court case between relatives a costs dispute was settled by a coin toss. The action was settled but the question remained whether the plaintiff should receive 300 or 400 pounds. A penny toss chose the larger sum. the winner did not participate in the toss but did not object.
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London
British Courts of Justice
High Court of Chancery
Beggars in Leipzig Earn High Incomes, City Report Finds
Leipzig welfare officials reveal widespread begging profits with some earners claiming 250 dollars weekly. Funded by concerts, dog loans, veteran ruses, and even trained children, the scheme shows professional organization and multiple actors profiting from alms.
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Leipzig
Notance
Man Crashes Jail Break Attempt in Walla Walla
Jack O Neal tried to break into the county jail by climbing to the second story seeking a visitor cell. He carried denatured alcohol and was placed in a cell after his capture.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Jack O'Neal
American and British Radio Ranges Compared by Listener
An American listener with a home made four-tube receiver tracked six Mediterranean trips noting clear reception of KDKA and WGY across the Atlantic to Gibraltar and even from the east coast of Spain. He found American stations often reach farther than British ones at equal power, with 2,500 mile receptions on two tubes and British stations hard to hear beyond 1,000 miles on four tubes.
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London
Mediterranean
United States
KDKA
Pittsburgh
wBz
Springfield
Mass
WGY
New York
Atlantic
Gibraltar
Spain
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