Federal aid road program marks a decade of progress
A ten year federal highway aid period ended June 30 with two thirds of the 171,687 miles completed or improved. By May 31 1927 total federal and state investment reached 1 145 408 031 dollars with 60 594 miles built. The act spurred state road departments and extended to interstate routes, while 1929 funds remained authorized through 1030.
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Office of Road Inquiry
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Mexican Smokes 100 Cigarettes Daily in Kingston Report
Kingston correspondent notes Mexican American Texan Alvarez, 30, of Mexican parentage, smokes about 100 cigarettes daily. He buys ready made cigarettes costing $1 to $1.50 daily, plans to switch to pipe tobacco and cut costs. He arrived from Galveston and seeks work after decades of smoking.
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Kingston
N. C
Thomas Alvarez
Alvarez
Galveston
Tax on an object for federal road building aid
A reference to taxing an item by the federal government to fund road construction and other federal aid programs in less populous states.
If Things Are Going Wrong Blame Weather
Fort Worth Texas based weather observer D S Landis argues weather drives human action. He links temperature and humidity to nervous activity influencing mood and crime, noting hot dry heat can be exhilarating while gloomy days raise irritability and unrest.
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Fort Worth
Texas
D. S. Landis
United States Weather Bureau
Landis
Bone Placed in Spine Lets Girl Walk After Months
Colletta Beck nine from Chicago can walk again after a plaster cast from hips to neck held her rigid while a surgeon grafted bone from her left tibia into her spine. The 9 year old’s spine injury followed a fall and tuberculosis in the affected vertebrae.
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Chicago
Colletta Beck
Leamington Street
Colletta
Fred Mueller
Harry J. Beck
This Man Served on Jury Every Year Since 1908
Lawrence W. Akers of Memphis Tennessee says he has served on some jury every year since 1908. He faced calls to jury duty despite personal and business strains and frequent excuses. Judges reportedly laugh at his reasons, yet he remains on jury duty.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lawrence W. Akers
Akers
Winter Rescue and Hidden Love in a Snowstorm
Elsie braves a blizzard to rescue a lost boy, uncovering Francis Hurd’s hidden courtship. The Wells family thanks Elsie as her mother contemplates marriage to Francis, resolving lingering fears as winter tightens its grip.
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Mrs. Boyd
Elsie
Francis Hurd
Julia Scott
Tactful Guest Dodges Boat Talk After Dinner
A Park Avenue hostess hosted a dinner for a friend who lost his family in a liner sinking and urged guests to avoid boats. An English guest newly arrived in New York admitted he declined comment on his sea crossing by saying he had flown over.
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Park Avenue
New York
Decline of Gray Wolves Sees Fewer Invasions West
Popular Mechanics notes the decline of large gray wolves due to U S biological survey efforts. New Mexico reported eight wolves captured last year, thirty one the year before. Arizona claims no wolves remain in the state. A patrol along the international boundary prevents incursions by wolves and mountain lions from Mexico.
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United States Biological Survey
Popular Mechanics
New Mexico
Arizona
Mexico
Eel Organ Miscalled Second Heart Debated
The Smithsonian notes a tail pulsating organ in eels often called a second heart, but scientists say it is not a real heart. A blow to the same region can be fatally damaging, though the organ itself is not a heart.
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Smithsonian Institution
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