Youthful Robinson Crusoes Give U S Claim To Tiny Isles
American officials assert a dozen young coast guard sentinels have secured U S title to Howland Baker and Jarvis islands in the central Pacific. The trio, sparsely inhabited, serve as weather data stations and potential air links to Australia and New Zealand, reinforcing U S sovereignty against British claims.
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Robinson Crusoes
U.S
Associated Press
Washington
United States
mid-Pacific
Howland
Baker
Jarvis Islands
Australia
New Zealand
Honolulu
Midway
Wake
Guam
Orient
Bureau of Air Commerce
Great Britain
House of Commons
J. H. Thomas
Britain
Foreign Office
Coast Guard
Jarvis Island
Howland and
Jarvis
Mander
King
Mid- Pacific
Baker Islands
Itasco
Death ray insect exterminator plans long distance beam
San Francisco May 22 Henry Fleur a jailed electrician claims to have perfected a device that emits ultra short electrical waves to a beam of light able to kill insects at close range and says it can reach a mile and a half. He says the waves target bodily vibrations to explode molecules and hints humans may be beyond its reach. The inventor was acquitted on fraud charges after demonstrating the device before a judge and jury amid a $1,600 investment dispute.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Henry Fleur
War Department
Electric beam device ends termite test in court
A scientist focused a beam on a wire cage filled with termites and used a cabinet connected by wires to a searchlight. Sparks appeared but stopped after adjustments. Termites, a snake, and a lizard died in the tests. In court the jury found Fleur did no fraud. Fleur said the machine could kill insect pests in orchards from a distance of a mile and a half with sufficient power.
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Fleur
River Pollution Demonstration and Federal Aid Plan
Ohio valley officials urged Congress to curb river pollution with a new bill by Senator Barkley creating a division of stream pollution in the Public Health Service. The measure would authorize loans and grants totaling 1.0 million dollars over four years to support communities and industries in pollution control. Cincinnati chamber officials supported the plan, pending broad backing from governors and congressional delegations.
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Asso
Ted Prn
Washington
Ohio Valley
Commerce
Senator Caraway
D-Ark
Ohio River
Barkley
Déby
Caraway
Congress
Theouse Rivers and Harers
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Senate
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Tennessee
Public Health Service
Hudson Bier
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati Group
Woman Pays Here Mrs Sadie Picker Domestic Court Ruling
In New York domestic relations court the wife must support her estranged husband until he gains employment, a reversal of the usual pattern. Mrs Sadie Picker, the estranged wife of George Picker, was ordered to contribute support. she is employed.
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Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Berry V. Stoll
Jimmy Robinson
Robinson
Nashville, Tenn
Associated Press
Sadie Picker
New York
George Picker
Picker
Central Press
Rails Spending Record Amount
Chicago May 2 The biggest railroad spending program in five years was totaled for the first four months of 1936 by Railway Age Two hundred thirty million dollars were spent for new equipment and materials other than fuel Bond revenues back the San Francisco Oakland bridge as finance.
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Associated
Chicago
Railway Age
San Francisco- Oakland
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Fold English
TOM Walker, Inc
Pittsburgh, PA
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Neville St
Liberal
Liberal Credit
Coats
Hollywood
Union Store
Clerks Union
100% Union
Aria
Oleo
Golden Maid
Bologna
Mick
Mac
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