Prohibition Enforcements Dominant in Washington Debate
Washington debate centers on enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment with Senator Wesley L. Jones stating the Hoover crime commission unity focuses on enforcement, not legality. Reports mention coast guard incidents, New Year receptions, and ongoing political clashes as officials prepare reports and possible funding decisions.
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Washington
Congress
Wesley L.jones
Hoover Crime Commission
Jones
Senate Finance Committee
Congressional Joint Committee
Oast
Newport
BR. 1
Old Faneuil Hall
Boston
Liberal Civic League
Hoover
Coast Guard
Tar and Feather Assault Shocks Western Canada
In Penticton, Dr V E Latimer, a respected eye nose and throat specialist, charged Charles Oliver with grievous bodily harm after being tarred and feathered by Oliver and two accomplices. Latimer describes a staged kidnapping, a brutal attack, and a forced walk home as police search for the assailants.
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Penticton
Canada
V. E. Latimer
Brandon
Manitoba
Charles Oliver
John Oliver
British Columbia
Mir. Oliver
Doctor Latimer
Mr. Oliver
R. B. White
Canadian Cow Sets Nationwide Milk Record for 1928
A Saskatchewan owned Holstein cow named Korndyke Alcartra produced 30,801 pounds of milk and 1,836.25 pounds of butter in 1928, averaging 38.47 percent fat. Bred by Fred Beeyney of Ingersoll Ontario, she changed hands from SG Sims Winnipeg to B H Thom Moose Jaw under expert care before the Saskatchewan government bought her for 10,000 dollars after her world record.
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Toronto
Canard ‘Korndyke Alcartra
Rcord
Canada
Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada
Fred
Beeney
Ingersoll
Ont
Sims
Winnipeg
B. H. Thom
Moose Jaw
Sask
Saskatchewan
Infant Mortality Rates Stir Concerns in Kashmir and Nearby Lands
The Church Missionary Outlook cites infant death rates of 500 per 1000 in Kashmir and Persia with Egypt at 300 per 1000. Despite efforts in child welfare, native distrust hinders progress. Rumors claim bathing babies equals Christian baptism, and weighing infants meets suspicion.
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Kashmir
India
Church Missionary Outlook
Persia
Egypt
Urge Protection Of Game Supply At National Conference
New York report from the Sixteenth American Game conference notes 7,500,000 licensed hunters in the United States who spend at least 150 million dollars annually on firearms, ammo, gear, guides, and travel. Aldo Leopold warns 100 million acres in central states lack winter cover for key game, while 33 states report 21 percent to 33 1/3 percent of private land posted against hunters. George D. Pratt emphasizes forests, game, and recreation are interdependent for outdoor life safety and appeal.
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New York
Seth B. Gordon
Pennsylvania Game Commission
United States
Gordon
Aldo Leopold
Central States
George D. Pratt
American Forestry Association
Army officer totals defy West Point dominance
The adjutant general Maj. Gen. Bridges reports the regular U S army numbers 137,529 enlisted in 1917-19 defense era and a grand total of 187,529 officers and men plus about 3,000 nurses and cadets. Of 12,174 commissioned, 3,757 came from West Point and 3,372 from civil life. 1,072 rose from the ranks, 2,228 from the officers reserve corps, and 266 from National Guard.
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United States Standing Army
Washington
National Army
C. Bridges
Bridges
West Point
Belef
Army
National Guard
Pig saves itself from flood in Paint Creek area
In Washington Court House Ohio a hog left near a slaughter house faced rising Paint Creek water. The clever animal gathered weeds and brush into a pile inside its pen, climbed atop the heap, and rode out the flood, demonstrating self-preservation as a natural instinct.
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Washington Court House
Ohio
Paint Creek
Oxygen revived girl after thirteen minutes under anesthesia
A fifteen year old girl, Judy Campbell, stopped her heart for thirteen minutes during tonsil surgery. Dr Hoge injected oxygen directly into her blood, reviving her as others believed such an injection could cause death. Physicians call the method a remarkable scientific contribution.
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Beck
Judy Campbell
8. F. Boge
Doctor Hoge
Modernization of Army Advances With Armament Increase
Washington reports Secretary Hurley advances army modernization by creating an experimental 1,178 man infantry battalion. It doubles automatic rifles and machine guns, adds 27 millimeter weapons and mortars, and shifts equipment from regimental howitzer units. Outcome and acceptance of the new unit remain to be seen.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Charles P. Summerall
War Secretary
I T
Burtey
War Department
Dere
What Kind of Girl Do College Men Like
Madison Wisconsin coeds debate dating standards after a Daily Cardinal feature asks what kind of girls college men prefer. One student argues against drinking and necking while another urges men to value neat dress, good taste, a good heart, gentlemanliness, ambition, and intelligence, dating for companionship.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Daily Cardinal
Hrndsome
M “Www
Public Schools Repress Snobbishness Debate in New York
Prof Robert B Rogers of MIT argued in a city debate that public schools and American business drive standardization, keeping superior men from being snobs. He claimed college men are less snobbish and fear snobbery due to public schooling and rigid norms.
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New York
Robert B. Rogers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Amereica
Rogers
Courts Restore Artist Gjura Stojana Name
The Superior Court canceled the naturalized name George Curtin Stantson and restored his original Gjura Stojana. Gjura Stojana, an artist, argued that Americans would value the artist name more than the anglicized alias.
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Los Angeles
George Cartin Stantson
Gjura Stojana
Stojena
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