Nigeria Showcases Gargantuan Extremes and Rich Resources
National Geographic notes Nigeria’s vast contrasts from desert north to dense forests in the south. The piece details massive umbrellas made for Oba Akenzua II, Nigeria’s size, population, diverse tribes, and coastal mangroves along the Niger Delta. It highlights palm oil exports, Lagos’ development, and health challenges for Europeans in tropical climates.
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Washington
England
Akenzua II
Oba
Benin
Nigeria
National Geographic Society
Niger
Africa
India
Sokoto
Bornu
Lagos
Niger Delta
Hen Lays Eggs in View of Patrons in Lindale Stores
In Lindale Georgia a Rhode Island Red hen named Biddle lays an egg daily in grocer C. W. Bramlett’s store. The hen hops onto an egg crate as customers are served, then exits to cackle, allowing Bramlett to boast of selling the world’s freshest egg.
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Lindale
Rhode Island
C. W. Bramlett
Bramlett
Kano and Nigeria Trade Center's Desert and Market Scene
The passage tours Kano as a major African trading hub 700 miles northeast of Lagos. It describes a mud-walled city with 13 gates, camel caravans bringing groundnuts, large oil and dye trades, and shea butter ships to Europe.
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Europe
Kano
Lagos
Ageless Sphinx May Be Older Than Thought Study Suggests
Cairo archeologists reveal robbers uncovered tomb of Queen Rekhetra dating to 8666 B C near the Gizeh pyramids along with the nearby Sphinx. The find hints the Sphinx may be older and possibly built from moved rock transported by ancient engineering.
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Cairo
Egypt
Cleopatra
the Nile
Rekhetra
Gizeh Pyramids
Battle of New Orleans Ranked Second to Yorktown in U.S. History
Washington announces a $46,000 PWA appropriation to beautify mark and ease access to Chalmette battlefield near New Orleans where Andrew Jackson won in 1815 ending the War of 1812. A Tennessee commission ranks the battle as second only to Yorktown, noting England might have claimed Louisiana without Jackson’s victory.
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New Orleans
Plains of Chalmette
Andrew Jackson
PWA
Washington
Tennessee Commission of Research
Yorktown
Jackson
Tennessee
England
Louisiana
United States
Napoleon
New Soviet Rail Line Opens Across Caucasus
A new line completed between Broshula and Gumbri in the Transcaucasian republic advances Soviet railroad expansion. Built largely by convict labor under OGPU, many prisoners are now freed with passports. The line serves Gambrin, a mineral vital to the oil industry in the region.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Brozuela
Gumbri
Transcaucasian Republic
OGPU
Two Young Men Tour World in Small Motor
A. F. Kane of Chicago and W. J. Kahler of Chile arrived in Capetown after 111000 miles in five years driving a travel stained car equipped for long stretches. They crossed from Japan to London and Norway to Capetown, plan books and lectures, return in 1936 for a reverse voyage, and have worn out five cars.
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Capetown
S. A
A. F. Kane
Chicago
W. J. Kahler
Chile
Japan
London
Norway
Cape North
Europe
America
English Channel
Italy
Tunis
Juba
Africa
Rooster Found With Two Independent Hearts
East Windsor Connecticut resident Emil Mulnite killed a rooster for dinner and discovered it had two normal sized hearts that functioned independently. An enlarged liver was the only other abnormality, while the bird looked no different from its flock mates hatched last spring.
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East Windsor
Conn
Emil Mulnite
City Father Dr E V Hoover of Roseburg
The longtime Roseburg physician Dr. E V Hoover is celebrated as a real city father for serving four terms as mayor and delivering about half of Roseburg’s population over his 88 years of medical practice.
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Roseburg
Ore
Dr. E. V. Hoover
Mud May Prove Valuable Bleaching Agent
Memphis and Mississippi mud may become a valuable bleaching agent if experiments by Francis C. Huber a chemistry professor at Southwestern College succeed.
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Memphis, Tenn
Mississippi
Francis C. Huber
Southwestern College
Greek government overthrow attempt sparks unrest scenes
In Greece, disorder follows rebels' bid to topple the government. Federal Judge J P Nields strikes down Section 7 A of the NRA as unconstitutional. Babe Ruth moves to the Boston Braves as assistant manager.
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Greece
J. P. Nields
NRA
Babe Ruth
Boston Braves
Army Presses Forward to Grush Rebels
Insurrectionists led by ex Premier Venizelos faced heavy losses as loyalist troops recaptured Seres northeast of Saloniki and pressed toward eradicating remaining rebels. European tension rose with Bulgaria and Turkey massing troops while France and Britain dispatched ships. Venizelos reportedly considers fleeing Crete to Alexandria, as Yugoslavia approves detaining Plastiras if crossing Greece.
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Athens
Venizelos
Seres
Saloniki
Europe
Bulgaria
Turkey
France
Great Britain
Phaleron Bay
Crete
Alexandria
Egypt
Jugoslavia
Nicholas Plastiras
Greece
PWA Funds Build Schools Across States
Secretary Ickes announced that over ten million dollars’ worth of school buildings have been completed in eighty eight states with PWA loans and grants. Hundreds more schools are under construction and due for occupancy by fall, though he called the program woefully inadequate. He urged approval of a six hundred thirty million dollar school building program this year if Congress backs the President's work relief plan.
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Washington
PWA
Ickes
Congress
Champion Lady Lumberjacks win at Dalles Oregon
Ruth Hoerschgen and Jane de Graff of Cataldo Idaho, both six feet two, won the Lady Lumberjacks championship in Dalles Oregon by felling a sixteen inch tree in 1 minute 50 seconds. They undercut with an ax then finish with a cross cut saw, proving the old saying about weaker sex incorrect.
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Ruth Hoerschgen
Jane de Graff
Cataldo
Idaho
Dalles
Ore
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Los Angeles
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Gloucester
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Wayne, Pa
Willet J. Baird
Ben Knowles
York, Pa
Buckner
United States Military Academy
West Point
Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
Madison Square Garden
New York
Cunningham
PWA Schools
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Northwest
Gotham
Hell’s Kitchen District
Manhattan
Midtown Tunnel
Thirty-fourth Street
Forty-second Street
Ninth
Tenth Avenues
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