Britain France dispute over Little Isles between Jersey and St Malo
A clash over three small islands between Jersey and St Malo sparks claims of Normandy heritage and British sovereignty. Paris and London deny specifics as Henri Leroux plans to appeal to the Quai d Orsay or the League of Nations after a stalled building project on the Miniquieres.
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Paris
Florida
Henri Leroux
St. Lo
St. Helier
Jersey
George of
England
Duchy of Normandy
League
Duchy
Leroux
Hare
Rollo
Quai d'Orsay
League of Nations
Swimmer earns two rescues instead of one at Columbia River
H M La Barten, railroad agent, saved two youngsters while rescuing one. He heard cries near the Columbia river and pulled a girl and boy to shore, realizing only after reaching land that Frances Love and Sammy James were clinging to him.
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Lyle
H. M. la Barten
Spokane, Portland & Seattle
Sammy James
Frances Love
la Berten
Columbia River
Frances
Sammy
Tragic Train Death Ends Summer Fun for Virginia Havens
In Gulfport Mississippi seven year old Virginia Havens and her dog were seen walking home when the playful moment turned fatal. The dog darted toward tracks as a moving train approached. Virginia stepped in front of the locomotive and was fatally struck while the dog survived.
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Gulfport
Miss
Virginia Havens
Fuzzy Dog
Virginia
Ani
Scientist To Explore Mystery Meteor Hole Near Winslow
WD M Barringer a Pittsburgh steel engineer and amateur scientist plans exploration of Meteor Crater near Winslow Arizona. A shaft is sealed off as he hopes to reach the crater which lies about a mile wide and 800 feet deep in limestone plains twenty miles south.
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Winslow
Ariz
Minvera
WD. M. Barringer
Pittsburgh Steel
Farthest North Birth Recorded At Bache Peninsula
Ottawa reports Addelkettia a baby Eskimo born at Bache peninsula farthest north in recorded history. Father Ahkeeoo, an Eskimo hunter and guide at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police post, celebrated the arrival as Corporal Anatead filed the birth certificate.
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Ottawa
Addelkettia
Bache Peninsula
Ahkeeoo
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Bache
Anatead
Dinosaur Tail Found in Desert Basin
Smithsonian expedition in the San Juan basin New Mexico uncovered a complete 15 foot dinosaur tail with joints intact and scattered bone fragments. Horned dinosaur skull pieces and over 20 nearly complete turtles were found amid sage brush in the desert as Navajo herders tend sheep, indicating a swampy habitat in ancient times.
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Washington
Smithsonian
San Juan Basin
New Mexico
Charles W. Gilmore
National Museum
Chicago First to Call Policemen Copper, Says History
Lloyd Lewis and Henry Justin Smith trace the origin of copper to Chicago in the 1850s. They note Mayor John C. Haines earned the nickname Copper stock Haines as police were called coppers, a term Chicago popularized before the nation adopted it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Bobby
Lloyd Lewis
Henry Justin Smith
John C. Haines
Haines
Polar Bear Crowned Meanest Animal in Global Poll
Col. Billy Hayward, famed sportsman and ex U S district attorney, warns that a polar bear proves meaner than a Bengal tiger after a hunting expedition in the Arctic. He describes the polar bear as wicked and untamable, surpassing other fierce animals in menace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Billy Hayward
United States
Arctic
Octogenarian Digs Gold in His Own Back Yard
Independence Missouri report notes Samuel H Boydston eighty six and friends used a gold detector in his yard. The device found small gold over two years, with the real pay ore said to lie around 47 feet deep, a depth unlikely for Boydston to reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Octogenarian
Independence, Mo
Samuel H. Boydston
Boydston
Poe
Educator Praises Modern Youth as Good Parents
Miss Justina Meich dean of men at Capital University in Columbia says today’s youth are better parents than their parents. She notes youths handle problems openly and face greater complexities without losing character, though self-control is tested by modern challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Justina Meich
Captal University
Columbiafo
Miner slain after mistaken identity in mountain lion hunt
Colorado Springs Colorado miner Charles Schmidt was shot dead after being mistaken for a killer lion roamed Dead Man Canyon country for months. The animal has about thirty kills on record and game wardens offer a $100 reward for its head.
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Colorado Springs
Colo. Charles
Schmidt
Dead Man
Hunts His Squaw and Other Man Hunts His Squaw
Rapid City, South Dakota. Long Wolf, a full blooded Sioux husband, searches the Pine Ridge reservation and adjacent territory for his wife who eloped with John Poor Thunder. Once he finds them he vows to send the wife stealer to the happy hunting ground by knife or six shooter.
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Rapid City
S. D
Long Wolf
South Dakota
John Poor Thunder
Elopers
Pine Ridge Reservation
Poor Thunder
Long
Black Hills
Wyoming
Scalawag
Portuguese Wife as Security for Loan Ends in Court
Seraphim Carvalho came from Portugal seeking wealth and borrowed funds from Manoel Pinheiro to bring his wife Albertina home. Pinheiro seized Albertina as security when Carvalho failed to repay, leading to police intervention and a court ruling in Carvalho's favor.
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Rio de Janeiro
Seraphim Carvalho
Portugal
Albertina
Caravalho
Manoel Pinheiro
Europe
Senor Pinheiro
Seraphim
Pinheiro
Vatican Stamp Issue Sells Fast Across Collectors
The Vatican post stamps, Sorprlang 15 values, seen a strong public response. Total issue value equals 56,000,000 lire with about 35,000,000 lire sold in under two weeks. Officials expect the full issue to sell out by year end or sooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
Vatican City
Cat Traverses 80 Miles From Auburn to Elma
The Birdeyes left their cat with friends in Auburn while on vacation in California. The cat disliked the arrangement and walked 80 miles back home to Elma, Washington, proving its determination to reunite with its owners.
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Elma
Wash
George Birdeye
Birdeyes
California
Auburn
Driver Fights Off Bandit Instead of Spare Coin
Newark truck driver Joseph Rein refused to surrender four cents when a robber leaped onto his truck and pressed a knife to his ribs. Rein pushed the assailant away, drove to a store, borrowed a penny, and summoned police from a payphone. Detectives arrested a Black man later identified as the would-be thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Joseph Rein
Rein
State Capitol News Notes and Health Plans in Illinois
The Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers offered full support to the health department’s program, focusing on safety education exams and immunizations for diphtheria and smallpox. Dr. Hall urged attention to social diseases and tuberculosis, while dental examinations and hygiene education gained endorsement. Rodney H. Brandon spoke on crime solutions via home, church, and schools, and highway funding debates continued at national and state levels. The Illinois waterway project and federal aid issues tied to the Rivers and Harbors conference were discussed as well. Governor Emmerson named about 200 delegates including Deneen, Glen, McCormick, and Yates. total Illinois waterway costs exceeded $6 million, with $20 million previously spent by the state. Gas tax revenue for October neared $2.5 million under the 3-cent law, suggesting potential funds for roads if litigation or the 1929 law remains. Highway construction weekly and yearly totals were noted, and Harrington Calahan was named clerk for the Free Employment Agency in East St. Louis. The note also mentions convicts at Joliet planned a mu-
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Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
State Department of Health
Congress
Springfield
Andy Hall
State Department
Hall
Rodney H. Brandon
State Department of Welfare
United States
State Council of P. T. A
Washington
Louis L. Emmerson
Charles S. Deneen
Otis F. Glen
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Richard Yates
State Finance Department
Division of Highways
Castoria Raves Safe Gentle Sleep Aid for Babies
The ad touts Castoria as a natural vegetable remedy without opiates or narcotics. It claims infants sleep peacefully, featuring endorsements from mothers and nurses and asserting Castoria as the first home remedy for colic constipation and upset stomach.
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Anty
Homer
Oria
Illinois and Midwest Corn Husking Winners and Political Moves
Walter Olson of Knox county Illinois won the national corn husking championship at Platte City Missouri on November 15 with 25.27 bushels, Harold Holmes of Woodhull Illinois placed second, C Tague of Iowa third. The 35.8 bushel national record remains unbroken. Attorney Paul W. Gordon was named private secretary to Judge Paul Samuels of the Illinois Supreme Court. Senator Earl B Searcy of Springfield announced his renomination bid for the April Republican primary representing Sangamon and Morgan counties.
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Walter Olson
Knox County
Illinois
Platte City
Missouri
Harold Holmes
Woodhull, II
Olson
C. Tague
Iowa
Holmes
Elmer Williams
Paul W. Gordon
J. W. Gordon
Oquawka
Paul Samuels
State Supreme Court
Cyrus E. Dietz
Gordon
Brown, Hay & Stevens
Springfield
Earl B. Searcy
Senate
Sangamon
Morgan
Searcy
General Assembly
Committee On Revenue
Illinois farms to set new records in limestone and phosphate use
J R Bent states that the current year will break use records for limestone and ground rock phosphate by Illinois farmers. Three new state museum staff additions include an assistant curator of zoology, an assistant curator of art, and a stenographer. Barbara Tracy and Frances Summers are named in zoology and art. Also noted are diphtheria concerns, antitoxin guidance, rising coal use in northern Illinois, and egg-laying contest results. Governor Emmerson to deliver keynote at Republican Women’s clubs opening.
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Illinois
J. R. Bent
Department of Illinois Agricultural Association
Farm Bureau
Ilinois State Museum
Capitol Group
Springfield
Emmerson
Barbara Tracy
East
Frances Summers
Plymouth Rock
Charles Coultas
Auburn
State Department of Agriculture
Coombs Poultry Farms
Sedgwick
Kans
Harry Wisdom
Beardstown
Clarence F. Buck
Agricultural Department
Louis L. Emmerson
Convention of Illinois
Republican Women’s Clubs
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Britain
France
Little Isles
State Capitol News
American Association of Highway Officials
San Antonio
Texas
Association
Harrington Calahan
James A. Rose
Free Employment Agency
East St. Louis
Calahan
Joliet State Penitentiary
Mullion
Lee
Producers
Sarah Ann Tolan
J. Garrett Tolan
Farmingdale
Sangamon County
Edwin Bay
Sangamon County Farm Bureau
Federal Department of Commerce
Illinois-Indiana
John M. Robinson
Abraham Lincoln
Yountville
Cal
Robinson
M. E. Church, South
Soutern
St. Louis
Danville
Kansas City
Detroit
Denver
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