Zuiderzee Is Now Called Ijsselmeer
Washington bulletin from the National Geographic Society reports Dutch engineers have severed the Zuiderzee from the North Sea with an 18 mile dike. Much of the gulf becomes Ijssel lake or Nes selmeer while most land is pumped dry for farms.
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Washington
Zuiderzee
North Sea
Ijessel Lake
Nesselmeer
D. C
National Geographic Society
Netherlands
Rhode Island
Holland
Edam
Amsterdam
Ijessel
Amstel
New Sea
Kampen
Wieringen
North Holland
Boy Charged With Threats In Tonawanda Court
A twelve year old in Tonawanda New York faced court after a chase over alleged threats against his mother. Police found an 82 caliber rifle and a billy club during the search. He was reprimanded severely and then dismissed.
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Tonawanda
N. Y
Billy
Chinese Girls Bring $13 in Flood Area
Flooding in Harbin along the Sungari river drives destitute families to desperation as mobs clamor for aid. Japanese Lt. Gen. Hirose assumes district command and imposes martial law amid floods and guerilla fighting with Manchukuo forces and Japanese troops.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Sungari
Hirose
Stray Dogs Plague Istanbul Streets After Euthanizing Push
Istanbul authorities report over 4000 stray dogs killed in recent months yet the problem persists in several quarters. Public sympathy hinders eradication as sympathizers, often women, have given emetics to dogs officially poisoned, complicating enforcement.
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Istanbul
London Police Strength Report Shows Clear Traffic Allocation
Official statistics indicate London maintains a police force of 20,8392 officers with 1,396 assigned to traffic control duties.
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London
Foretold progress of thousand years seen in 1932 outlook
Paris reports a medieval monk Theodosius predicted in broad terms the world in 1932 with population growth and advances in botany zoology and astrology. He warned against false apocalyptic beliefs and spoke of a future where religion and science evolve, noting flights of fancy like flying machines as impossible.
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Paris
Theodosius
Charles Richet
Ravenna
Mahomet
Satan
Crescent
Thales
Archytas
Tarentum
Icarus
Artists Convert Ruins Into Ice Wagon Colony at Stone City
Gaily painted ice wagons revived Stone City once a crumbling ice cutting camp. About 100 Midwestern artists occupy the site as summer studios living in decorated wagons. They settled in a round stone tower and hire a manager who funds living expenses from tourist trade visiting the exhibitions.
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Iowa
Stone City
Rare yellow woodchuck shot on Weaver farm
A yellow woodchuck, rare as a pink elephant, was shot on the Weaver farm in Duanesburg New York by Frank Becker. This is the second such report in 15 years in this section.
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Duanesburg
N. Y
Weaver Farm
Frank Becker
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Woodrow. Wilson
Ibra Charles Blackwood
South Carolina
John Garland Pollard
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Robert E. Lee
White Sulphur Springs
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