Adiyaman Village of Blind Faces Trachoma Plight
News from Aman Turkey describes Adiyaman’s outlying Hisnimansour district where 6,791 residents are blind from trachoma. The government led by Mustapha Kemal has dispatched doctors and opened clinics, spending about 75000 dollars to treat 155,144 cases across 49 villages, including Adiyaman.
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Aman
Turkey
Puany
Tur
Hisninet
Malathis
Adiyaman
Allah
Kipling
Mustapha Kemal
Hisnimansour
New York Jeweler Bound To Chair In Hotel Robbery
Lawrence Bodersheimer, a New York jeweler, says two men bound him with tape in a hotel suite and robbed him of $70,000 in diamonds. He—claiming it was the only portion taken—found $30,000 in jewels hidden in his trunk. He was discovered by a hotel employee after hearing groans.
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New York
Indianapolis
Lawrence Bodersheimer
Bodenheimer
Two Ships Added To Luckenbach Line in New Orleans Group
Luckenbach Line expands Gulf operations with two ships from the United States Shipping Board. One vessel reconditioned, the other soon in service in renovated condition. Former names Neponset and Kolvina. rechristened to Luckenbach family names. Five intercostal ships average 50,000 deadweight tons. Routes from New Orleans to Los Angeles San Francisco Oakland Seattle and Tacoma via Panama Canal. Cargo includes canned goods beans dried fruit lumber and more. return cargoes include steel lard cottonseed oil molasses and manufactured goods. The Mine once sailed around the Horn and was the first ship loaded with general cargo through the Panama Canal in 1921.
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New Orleans
United States Shipping Board
Visa Service
Luckenbach Line
Gulf
Neponset
Kolvina
Lukenbach
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Seattle
Tacoma
Panama Canal
Horn
Gulf Service
Liner Service From New Orleans To South America
Regular passenger service between New Orleans and the South American coast is likely, based on mail contract bids advertised by Postmaster General Brower in Washington. The bid specifies details pending final approval and scheduling.
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New Orleans
South America
Ond
Postmatser General Brow
Wash
New Orleans Seeks Speed Edge in South American Service
The article notes plans to challenge New York for rapid service to South American ports. Schedules from New York or New Orleans would be similar, but New Orleans advantage in port collections from Mississippi Valley and Midwest points could tilt the balance. The Mississippi Shipping Company, a major New Orleans line, is expected to bid on the contract.
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New Orleans
New York
Mississippi Valley
Mid-West
Mississippi Shipping Company
New Orleans Opens Municipal Auditorium With Gala Pageant
New Orleans Louisiana staged nearly 3000 city school children in a pageant to inaugurate the new Municipal Auditorium before more than 12000 spectators. Officials hailed the structure as modern with unusual engineering features including disappearing stages walls and orchestra pits. The auditorium commission plans further attractions such as the Chicago Civic Opera Company the Passion Play the Miracle and a Minnesota band.
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New Orleans
United States
Louisiana
Auditorium Commission
Chicago Civic Opera Company
al Jolson
Minnesota Band
Beautification Plan Aims to Clear Elysian Fields of Tracks
New Orleans plans to remove the Pontchartrain railroad from Elysian Fields to create a continuous beautified boulevard from the Mississippi to the lake. Other lines will have tracks moved to a land stretch to be given to the L and N railroad by the city. Operation of the road will be discontinued.
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New Orleans
Paris
Elysian Fields
Pontchartrain
Mississippi River
L. and N. Railroad
Elysian Fields Avenue
Stage In N. O. Auditorium Is Nation's Largest
New Orleans officials boast the Municipal Auditorium stage is among the largest in the United States. Built by Allen Drew and Company it measures 128 by 44 feet and weighs about 250000 pounds. It rises or lowers at the touch of a button and withstood elephants crowding on it. The two main curtains weigh 17 tons each and the disappearing side walls total seven to eight tons. The stage cost around 150000 dollars.
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New Orleans
Municipal Auditorium
United States
Allen Drew and Company
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Tragedy in Indiana Harbor home ends in double death
Walter L. Smith killed his wife during a quarrel after she returned home in Indiana Harbor Chicago. He struck her with a stove poker causing a fatal skull fracture. She died at St Catherine's hospital East Chicago. Moments later police found his body in a Gary rooming house beside an empty poison bottle and a note.
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Chicago
Walter L. Smith
Indiana
Swallowed By Whale But Name Is Not Jonah
Denver report about Raymond Crawford, 16, nicknamed a Jonah, who tried to hitch a free trip home by hiding in an embalmed whale exhibit. He slept in the hangar and woke to find himself in custody, a stone segment of spectators noting the odd escape attempt.
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Denver
Raymond Crawford
Jonah
Los Angeles
Tech Bulls Rally For Win Over Normal Demons 24-20
In a Saturday night basketball at Tech gym the Techmen edged Normal Demons 24 to 20 after a late period field goal by Hinton and a free-throw line shot by Weakley gave Tech a two point margin. Earlier the Demons won the first game 96 to 33.
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Tech
Tech Gym
Hinton
Weakley
Techmen
Demons
Natchitoches
Bulldogs
Mangham
Tech Five
Tech Bullpups
Imps
Pupa
Carver
Tullos Boys
Normal
Donald
Pup
Johnson
Meddica
Fape
W. Tullos
Louisiana
Civic Pool Aims to Save Chicago From Funds Dilemma
Chicago news reports a civic pool formed by leading business interests to float the city county and school board from their no funds crisis. The plan contemplates buying 50 million dollars in tax anticipation notes to address the financial shortfall.
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Chicago
Man credits Black-Draught for five years relief
Gulfport Mississippi man George Chevalier touts Black-Draught as his remedy for bloating headaches after meals. He says the preparation keeps him well in his home and he would not exchange it for other medicines. Thousands of others report relief from constipation and indigestion.
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Thedford
Gulfport, Miss
George Chevalier
City relief committee leads pool amid wage delays
The City relief committee led by Bites H. Strawn organizes a pool as a cash shortage delays pay for over 40,000 city, county and school employees. Coal firms warn of halt in deliveries to schools if bills remain unpaid, as Cook County tax shares are 20 months overdue threatening Illinois finances.
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Billy
Cittieia
Bites H. Strawn
Chicago
Cook County
Ilinois
Ldmg
New Orleans Links in a Vast International Highway Plan
A sweeping plan envisions a continuous high grade highway from Canada's north to Mexico City, passing through major eastern cities of the United States. New Orleans will be a key rail and water hub with direct road links from Mexico City to U.S. cities, extending from Victoria to Pachuca. The route would connect Mexico City to Washington and include Mobile and Santo cities along the corridor. A motorcade is planned along the route via New Orleans and other southern hubs.
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Dominion of Canada
Mexico
United States
New Orleans
Mexico City
Canada
New York
Washington
Atlants
Mobile
San Antonio
Monterey
Victoria
Valles
Ximiquilpan
Pachuca
Cuckoo Clock Theft Arrest At Edison Store
Chicago police arrested Inside God frew Smith after he strolled from the Commonwealth Edison store at 4 p m on January 27 1930 with a cuckoo clock concealed under his coat. The clock sounded as he walked and authorities charged him with theft for taking the clock.
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Chicago
Smith
Commonwealth Edison Company
Peoria Man 103 Refuses Label of Old Age
Bil Hoffman of Peoria is 103 but rejects being called old saying he will consider retirement only when truly old. He spent a night at Oak Park police station after seeking lodgings, explaining he would work if not for an injured arm from a corn shelter.
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Chicago
Bil Hoffman
Peoria
Hoffman
Oak Park
Temple B Y P U Visited Downaville for Outreach
The Temple Baptist B Y P U under Director Webster Buckner resumed its visitation to nearby communities, hosting a program in Downaville with speakers Misses Huey Burns Hill and Messrs Buckner Hill. Mrs Wilbanks joined the group and performers included Misses Smelley Hedgepeth Tullos and Rosa Pearl Terrill. An invitation to return and organize a B Y P U at Downsville was accepted this morning, with date to be announced.
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Temple Baptisl Church
Webster Buckner
Rusi
Downaville
Alice May Huey
Katie Burns
June Hill
Messrs. Buckner
Brewster Hill
W. JD. Wilbanks
Temple
Hazel Smelley
Katherine Hedgepeth
Grace Tullos
Rosa Pearl Terrill
Temple Baptist Senior B. Y. P. U
Buckner
Downsville
New Orleans Color Press Rolls At Major Price
A New Orleans paper announces a color press costing $100,000 with capability to print 90,000 copies on a rowe. The machine is the second of its kind and carries four main colors, enabling a wide range of shades.
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New Orleans
Times Picayune
Rowe
Snow Folklore Falls On Dallas And Meridian
Snow fell yesterday the 29th in Dallas Texas and Meridian Mississippi, bringing unseasonable flurries to both cities. Weather observers report cold air and light accumulation, disrupting commutes and prompting school delays in parts of the regions.
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Texas
Miss
Dallas
Texans
Meridian
Autos Kill 31500 In United States During Last Year
Chicago Jan 29 Automobiles killed about 31500 persons in the United States last year up 13 percent from 1998. The National Safety Council report shows this total is the largest auto related fatality figure since cars became a factor in accidents. More than half of those killed by motor vehicles were pedestrians. Oregon Rhode Island Wisconsin Delaware and Vermont showed slight decreases from 1928 totals while other states had more auto deaths.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council Today
National Safety Council
Oregon
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Delaware
Vermont
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