Coast Defenses Unattended Across Nation Revealed
Two thirds of U S coast artillery forts are unguarded with guns and munitions exposed to enemy action. Only 6 of 16 harbor defense units have enough personnel. 10 units operate on a caretaker basis. Fort MacArthur reportedly lacks patrols, defense officials warn of potential damage and costly replacements, with coast artillery totals at about 1006 officers and 12 711 enlisted men.
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Washington, PD. C
Coast Artillery
Palley
War Department
Los Angeles
Fort MacArthur
Ant
Abuses of Border Officials Probed in Mexico City
The interior department said it is investigating charges by border chambers of commerce that border immigration officers abuse authority against legitimate tourist travel from the United States. If the charges are proven, officials involved will be severely punished.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Interior Department
United States
Ible
British May End Russian Treaty
London report says the British government weighs renouncing the trade treaty with Soviet Russia, a move by the late Labour government aimed at stopping the dumping of Russian goods on the home market. The Daily Mail cited the plan as under consideration as of February 10.
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London
Russia
Iate
Daily Mail
Cameras Aid Hunt for Texas Flier
Visalia California reports an aerial search began today to locate Lieut Edward D Hoffman of Austin Texas missing eight days in an observation plane. The effort uses cameras to trace the missing aviator and his aircraft. Meanwhile in Chicago Samuel E Epstein the bachelor city prosecutor who recently adopted a baby says he has received many leap year proposals from women insisting he needs a wife now.
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Texas
Visalia
Calif
Edward D. Hoffman
Austin
Anny
Keeds
Chicago
Samuel E. Epstein
Japanese Oil Absurdly Promoted For Hair Loss Claims
A garbled OCR note markets a supposed Japanese oil product for hair regrowth. It claims to nourish roots, restore scalp health, and remove dandruff. The text lists a Dew Fork address and mixes dubious health assurances with misspelled terms and nonsensical phrases.
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Ger & Bolle
Batra
Radio tube powers train move demonstrated in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on February 10 a new mercury arc rectifier radio tube was publically shown by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The tube is claimed to be 300,000 times more powerful than a standard radio tube as mercury steam creates protons and electrons in the arc. The device converts alternating current to direct current within its sleet jacketed tubes, potentially enabling railway propulsion by radio tube power.
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Pittsburgh
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Lincoln's Stand Noted On Tax Policy
Washington February 19. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union recalls that Abraham Lincoln opposed federal taxes on liquor as his birthday nears. The note frames Lincoln's stance amid current tax debate and Civil War era policy.
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Lincoln
Washington, D. C
Blade Removed From Brain After 30 Years
Linus Larson, a Chicago man, lived 30 years with a knife blade two and a half inches in his brain. Attacks of epilepsy prompted doctors at the Illinois Research Hospital to remove the blade two weeks ago. It had been broken off during a fight.
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Chicago
Linus Larson
T)mnois Research
Larson
Five Fishermen Drifting on Ice in Saginaw Bay
Five fishermen on a large ice floe were swept by a wild wind into Saginaw bay as rescuers worked to reach them. Eleven other fishermen were rescued after ice broke up, trapping them on floes. A light classified ad offers items to recover lost belongings via station KTS.
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Bay City
Mid
Saginaw Bay
Court Heads Capone Case In Appeal Arguments
In Chicago on February 10 the U S circuit court of appeals heard three hours of arguments from Capone defense counsel challenging the indictment against the gangster known as Scarface.
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Capone
Ghicago
United States Cirrcult Court of Appeals
Scarface
al” Capone
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