Guam Natives Seek U S Citizenship Amid Anomalous Rule
About 17 000 Chamorros on Guam seek admission to United States citizenship. The island remains under presidential appointee governors with advisory local assembly and no true U S law enforcement. Captain L S Shapley notes Guam natives owe no apologies on law and order.
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Manila
P. L
Pacific Ocean
United States
Guam
Philippine Islands
L. S. Shapley
UO. S. N
Twins Win Cup at Annual Roundup
Petty crime is rare on Agana Island where the population centers lie in the city of Agana and scattered outlying districts. District commissioners govern with local and police roles while governors supervise. Education is expanding with compulsory schooling for ages seven to twelve and a first high school class.
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Agana
China’s Rain God Ends Drought in Hupeh Province
Peasants in Wuhan and Hupeh province celebrate the relief after a six month drought that threatened crops. Farmers told district magistrates that preserving rain worship and meat abstinence for seven days brought rain and a bountiful harvest. Drought impacted many districts in several large towns.
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Tiankow
China
Wuhan
Hupeh
Rain Rain God Mass Meeting Ends Drought
In Wuhan area drought devastates rice crops and a monster meeting to pray for rain and harvest is approved after officials concede. Farmers with merchants push for united worship of rain and harvest gods. rain falls and drought ends the day after the mass gathering.
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Wuhan
Jamaica to Restore Palace Kingston's King's House
Seagulls from the Great Salt Lake destroyed about 40 percent of Utah's cherry crop in a recent survey. Jamaica plans to rebuild the King's House in Spanishtown after a 1925 fire, detailing its historic role as the island's governor residence and its architectural features.
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Kingston
Jamaica
West Indies
Spanishtown
George Brydges Rodbey
Craskell
Islands
Henry Moore
John Veter Grant
Royal Gazette
Great Salt Lake
Utah
New Amateur Golf Champion Dissolves Pebble Beach Win
The new American amateur golf champion is Carlton R. Johnston of St. Paul. After victory at Pebble Beach he packs his clubs and says he does not want to look another golf club for some time. He notes he was lucky to win against Bobby Jones.
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Skable
Carson R. Johnston
St. Paul
Pebble Beach
Bobby Jones
Hugoton
Loren Butcher
Raymond Gustason
Turning Back by Thomas Arkle Clark
In a 1929 Western Newspaper Union piece, Thomas Arkle Clark argues there is no return to the past after missteps. He cites Barker’s failed first college year and McCord’s lifelong drinker arc to illustrate the inevitability of moving forward from current choices.
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Barker
Fayre
McCord
Uwe
Western Newspaper Union
Dipping into Science Beetles Dominate Insect Groups
The passage notes beetles are the largest insect group with about 150000 species worldwide and nearly a tenth in the United States. It explains the etymology of beetle as a biter and describes size range from barely visible to about four inches.
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United States
Western Newspaper Union
Hypnotic Manipulation Alleged in Divorce Petition
Mrs Zetta E Worlf files for divorce from Christopher Worf alleging he posed as an unmarried man at her rooming house and used hypnotic influence to persuade her to wed him. The petition claims the husband exercised control under the claim of conjugal unity and seeks dissolution of marriage.
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Lancaster
Otto
Zetta E. Worlf
Christopher Worf
Washington
Brandeis and McReynolds
United States Supreme Court
A. G. Gunther
Wichita
Kas
Tulsa
Augusta Named for Princess by Oglethorpe
The city of Augusta Georgia was named by Gen James Edward Oglethorpe in honor of the daughter of George II, Queen Augusta.
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Augusta
James Edward Oglethorpe
Georgia
George II
Kansas Population Grows by Almost Ten Thousand In Year
Kansas state auditor Will J. French reports March 1 population at 1,852,246, up 9,651 from the prior year. Gains in Sedgwick Shawnee and Johnson counties drive the increase. Cowley suffers the largest county loss. Abilene marks 60th incorporation anniversary. local notes include the Loveall and Sabetha items. oil, grain, and hotel news also noted.
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Topeka
Kansas
Will J. French
Sumner
Sedgwick County
Shawnee County
Johnson
Cherokee
Atchison
Wyandotte
Saline
Norton
Ford
Cowley
Crawford County
Greenwood
Morris
Coffey
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Theo Bogant
Corvalls
Ore
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Heads Canal
Dan J. Sultan
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Army
Thomas Arkle Clark
University of Ilinois
Maristan Chapman
Happy Mountain
Matt
COE
SV Cloe
Beetles
Broadfall
Abilene
A. G. Lott
Ft. Riley
KE. L. Hoffman
C. M. Harger
Texas
T. C. Henry
Wheat King of
Tom Smith
Wild Bill” Hickok
Sabetha
P.R. Loveall
Loveall
Wetmore State Bank
Loveal
Dodge City
Federal Farm Board
L. E. Webb
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Scott City
H. L
Herb” Steel
Steel
A. L. Hopp
Salina
Charles W. Lamer
William L. Rigdon
Mark Twain
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