Largest gathering of scientists for AAAS meeting in Washington
Washington hosts the 19th AAAS meeting with more than 3000 expected attendees from 46 societies. Over 1000 papers will be read across all sciences, with notable talks by Dr. J McKeen Cattell and Dr. Charles D. Walcott. Evening sessions will be broader and a $1000 prize will be awarded for a notable paper.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Coolidge
Association
J. McKeen Cattell
Columbia University
Charles D. Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
Scien’ Fs
Esme Howard
American Political Science Association
American Association
Conor
Cincinnati
L. E. Dickson
University of Chicago
FR. Yu. Rice
Ohio Wesleyan University
Zoological Section
Darwin
Brian
American Society of Zoolosis
Local business man touts Plant Juice relief for wife
San Antonio businessman Lewis Letor of 514 16 South Flores endorses Plant Juice for his wife who suffered from poor appetite weight loss and insomnia. He says the remedy produced quick improvement from the first dose and restored appetite sleep and nerves. The Plant Juice representative promotes samples at Sommers drug stores on Houston Navarre.
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San Antonio
Juio A. EF. Letot
Live Oak Street
Lewis & Letor
South Flores Street
Letor
Mr. Letor
Th Man
Summers Drug Store
Houston
Na Yarra
Sommers Drug Store
Navarre Streets
Sommers
Milady pays large sum for cosmetics in 1923
Washington reports census figures show the nation spent about 4117,175,741 on perfumes cosmetics and toilet preparations in 1923, up from 1921 by around 26 million. The 1925 figure for druggist preparations including cosmetics and medicines was 425,102,073, with 341,472.20 in 1921. Manufacturing census totals are wholesale prices and updated every two years.
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Washington
Women to Highlight Scientific Meeting in Washington
The American Association of University Women will host in Washington a major gathering on Sex Determination Growth and the Physiological Effects of Light with prominent science leaders. Exhibits include biological apparatus for living-animal experiments at the United States Ayweenic Laboratory. Women will read key papers and enjoy entertainment arranged by AAUW and the College Women's Club.
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United States
Ayeienic Laboratory
American Association of University Women
College Women's Club
American Association For the Advancement of Once
Washington
Aircraft Inquiry Resumes as House Panel Probes Naval Air
Washington December 23 The special House investigating committee reopens after a four day recess to pursue questions about naval air service operations. Rear Admiral Moffet chief of the bureau of aeronautics is to testify on aircraft contracts and consideration of private inventors not in the Aircraft Manufacturers association. Secretary Wilbur is asked to testify on the bureau’s relationship to the fleet and the role in placing contracts.
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Washington, D.C
Special Aircraft Investigating Committee
The
House
Naval Air Service
Moffet
Bureau of Aeronautics
Aircraft Manufacturers Association
Wilbur
Bureau of Serenanties
Soldiers Use Driver To Seize Auto Near City
Four soldiers forced Tem Latterdale a night livery driver to drive five miles out on Austin road and stop after threatening him with guns. Latterdale reported the incident to police. an attempt to trap the soldiers at their quarters failed. The men allegedly directed the car toward Fort Sam Houston before fleeing.
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Latterdale
Lotterdale
Poplar Price Auto
Fort Sam Houston
Negro waiter arrested on woman's charge in East Commerce block
Albers Roberts, a Negro waiter of 110 Glorietta street, was arrested Sunday night by Patrolman Peasley and charged with rudely accosting a white woman after allegedly making a third approach while she sat in her car near the East Commerce street curb. The woman summoned police Beasley after the third incident.
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Albers Roberts
Glorietta Street
Peasley
East Commerce Street
Beasley
Typhoid Deaths Fall in 1923 Across Nation
Census figures show typhoid deaths in 1923 totalled 6935, 68 per 100 000, down from 6981 in 1922. Diabetes deaths reached 17857, 17.9 per 100 000. New York had the highest adjusted typhoid rate, Rhode Island the lowest. Colorado led for typhoid among 25 states with 10.7 per 100 000, while Mississippi recorded 7.2 per 100 000.
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New York
Mississippi
Census Bureau
Colorado
Rhode Island
Missionaries Return From Burma Attack In London
Professor P R Gleason and Mrs Gleason American Baptist missionaries who were attacked by a mob in Rangoon Burma in October arrived in London today bound for home. They sail Friday on the Aquitania. Mrs Gleason still suffers shock and bears head scars. Professor Gleason has a jaw scar and partial mouth paralysis. He said the attack had no anti American or anti Christian motive. Four Buddhist prisoners received heavy sentences last month. The assault followed police raids on an illegal Buddhist priest meeting.
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London
P. R. Gleason
Professor Gleason
Los Angeles
Georgia Klan Sues Rival for Use of Name in Nevada
On December 22 in Carson City Supreme Court, the Georgia Knights of the Ku Klux Klan sues the Nevada Klan organization for damages up to 850000 and seeks an injunction to stop using the Georgia name. The Georgia order values its name at 200000, with 5000 alleged damages in California where Nevada branches formed. The Georgia constitution differs by not limiting membership to Protestants.
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Reno
Avisible Empire
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Nevada
Georgia
Supreme Court
Carson City
California
Sheatsley Occupies Pulpit After Tragic Fire
LuaTMBUS Ohio December reports Rev C V Sheatsley pastor of Christ Lutheran Church of Bexley preaching again since his wife was cremated in the parsonage furnace on November 17 He did not address the tragedy during service noting no reference to the incident.
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Luatmbus
Ohio
C. V. Sheatsley
Christ Lutheran Church of
Bexley
St Lawrence River Frozen Across at Ogdensburg
In Ogdensburg New York the St Lawrence River froze across for the first time this winter as temperatures fell to 22 degrees below zero overnight. Ferryboats had to break their own channels most of the way to pass.
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Ogdensburg
WN. Y
St. Lawrence River
Newsies Grudge Postponed By Sleet Fight
In freezing sleet near a city hotel two newspaper boys clashed over a nickel, trades and taunts escalated into a brawl as others egged them on. A nearby spectator offered 10 cents during the escalating street fight. The confrontation paused plans as the slick street conditions worsened.
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Tomerry
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