Arkansas Ozarks Seek Diamond Empire Fades In Kimberley
In Clarksville Arkansas a once promising Kimberley diamond field on a 700 acre plateau near Murphreesboro yielded about 100000 over 30 years. First stones 40.23 20.25 and 17.86 carats sparked a rush then pressure from outside interests led to a decline. Attempts to reopen failed, leaving Kimberley a ghost town.
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Clarksville
Ark
Kimberley
Arkansas Ozarks
Dustry
Arkansas
United States Geological Garvey
North American
John" Huddleston
South Africa
Africa
Ozark
Hobby Crocheter Irked Loses on Year’s Work
In St. Joseph Missouri B J Haddan a miller who crochets and quilts laments a national championship win by another with a simpler spread. He learned the craft from his mother and notes his wife aids with quilting as they work from the middle outward, using opposite-handed methods.
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Joseph
B. J. Haddan
Haddan
Dog Rex Returns Home After Two Years Missing
In Chicago Rex a wire haired fox terrier owned by R L Snape and family reappears after two and a half years away. Mary Snape finds the bedraggled dog near the home and Rex immediately recognizes the family, leaping to greet them and heading to his bed in the basement. The article notes no information on where Rex had been during the absence.
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Chicago
Rex
R. L. Snape
Mary Snape
Snape
Job Is Only Temporary But It Lasts 30 Years
Melbourne. Frank Hassell has been continually employed as "temporary" secretary of the Ballarat Master Builders' association for 30 years. Each year he is reappointed to the post, but he fears he will never obtain a permanent position.
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Melbourne
Frank Hassell
Ballart Master Builders’ Association
Aaron
Bone Surgery Goes Back to Ancients
Troy N Y Many medical experts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute discuss bone setting trepanation and ancient hypnosis. They note skull cutting dates to neolithic man Incas and early tribes to relieve brain pressure and treat illness. They cite 4500 year old Egyptian bone work and 2000 year old Hindu prophylactics and herbal therapies.
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Troy
N. Y
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
America
Leidecker
Egypt
India
A Men Organized to War On Insects and Disease
Washington report describes a new Agriculture Department squad paralleling the G mans to target animal, insect, and plant pests. The Biological Survey, Entomology, and Plant Quarantine bureaus manage cases from mountain lions and wolves to grasshoppers and boll weevils, with mole activity noted as accessory before the fact.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Justice Department
Biological Survey
Bureau of Biological Survey
Bureau
Emersons Old Manse Preserved as Public Shrine
Concord mass trustees of public reservations will acquire the Old Manse near Concord and open it to visitors from May 1 to October 1. The house, linked to Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ralph Waldo Emerson, is ancestral to the Emerson family and sits near the Old North Bridge site of the 1775 battle.
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Concord
Mass
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Trustees of Public Reservations
Hawthorne
Moses
Old Manse
Emerson
Old North Bridge
William Emerson
Gum Chewing Shown To Boost Energy At Work
A confidential memo to bosses notes gum chewing by stenographers boosts energy for work and reduces nervous habits. Prof. Harry L. Hollingsworth of Columbia College reports chewing various items releases energy for other tasks and may improve efficiency in the office.
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New York
Harry L. Hollingsworth
Psychology Department
Columbia College
World's Dogs Sprang From North American Ancestor
The American Kennel Gazette cites Sigmund Boehm's claim that all dogs descend from a North American ancestor called Cynodictis, a 20 inch canid from the Oligocene era. University of California Berkeley research supports North America as the canine cradle, with extensive fossil records in the West and at La Brea.
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North American
Sigmund Boehm
American Kennel Gazette
North America
Boehm
University of California
Berkeley
Museum of Paleontology
West
Texas
South Dakota
la Brea
Napoleon Arc de Triomphe Marks a Century
Paris landmark Arc de Triomphe celebrates its 100th anniversary though construction began under Napoleon. It cost about 45 million francs and stands 160 feet high with 273 steps to the summit, now aided by an elevator.
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Napoleon
Champs Elysees
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Louis Philippe
Francois Siry
Moon Trip Theory Reassured By Interplanetary Expert
William F. Temple of the British Interplanetary Society argues in The Listener that digestive processes are muscular not gravitational. He notes a rotating ship could create artificial weight to prevent bedridden conditions during space travel.
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Moon
Mars
William F. Temple
British Interplanetary Society
Croesus Mines Found in Sardes Area of Lydia
Archaeologists report discovering Croesus era gold mines near Sart and Sardes. The finds include electrum coins from Croesus mint and gold sands along the Pactolus stream that fed the Hermus river. Lydia rose from a small kingdom to a regional empire under Croesus, famed for early coinage.
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Croesus
Turkey
Lydia
Sart
Sardes
Hermus
Gediz
Stone of Destiny and its royal journeys across Britain
A historical note on the Stone of Destiny or Lia Fail, its role in Irish and Scottish kingship, Edward I taking it to London in 1297, and legends linking it to biblical or saintly pillows. The text mentions a red sandstone block with uncertain dimensions and origins.
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Ireland
Scotland
Edward I
London
Bethel
St. Columba's Pillow
Iona
Wars of the Roses overview from English civil conflict
The Wars of the Roses were a series of English civil wars between the York and Lancaster houses in the late 1400s. York claimed the throne during a crisis after Henry V’s death, ending with Richard III’s defeat at Bosworth on August 22, 1485 and Henry VII’s accession, uniting the factions through marriage.
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England
York
Lancaster
House of Lancaster
Henry V
Richard
Duke of York
Richard III
Bosworth
Henry VII
Marine Hospitals Funded by Congress Through Tolls and Taxes
The marine hospitals of the United States Public Health Service were funded by 20 cents monthly levied on sailors from 1798 to 1886, then by a tonnage tax from 1886 to 1906, and since 1906 by direct appropriations from Congress for pay and maintenance.
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Marine Hospitals
United States Public Health Service
Congress
United States
Canal Zone Title and Rights Under 1903 Treaty
The article explains the Isthmian Treaty of 1903 grants the United States a perpetual right of occupation use and control over lands in the Panama Canal Zone. It notes no title was obtained, with a $10 million upfront payment and an annual $250 thousand rental for the treaty’s duration.
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Canal Zone
United States
Panama
Non-Smokers Among Niagara University Students
A Niagara Falls survey by the university business statistics class under Bernard P. Guerin finds forty percent of students do not smoke. The average cigarette smoker uses about half a pack daily, and only seven students smoke more than a pack per day.
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Niagara University
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Business
Bernard P. Guerin
School of Business
California Name Origin and Spanish Romance Setting
A fragment describes how California got its name from a Spanish explorer Cortez who applied it to the bay and country believing it an island and linking the land to a Spanish romance with abundant precious stones.
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California
Cortez
Wright Brothers Fly First Powered Flight at Kitty Hawk
The Wright brothers of Dayton, Ohio, built on earlier glider experiments by Lilienthal and Chanute and failed power machines by Ader Maxim and Langley. They devised wing warping and a front elevator for stability, achieving first controlled flights from 12 to 59 seconds at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903.
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Orville
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Lilienthal
Chanute
Ader
Maxim
Langley
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N. C
American manganese ore output cuts costs for wartime needs
Raw materials insure deficiency in 21 strategic inputs for war production. The United States relies on Europe Asia and distant waters like the Black Sea Suez and the Mediterranean to ship them home. The Cuban American Manganese Corp reports cost cuts enabling competition with foreign producers despite low world prices.
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United States
Europe
Asia
Black Sea
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Russia
India
Africa
Brazil
Cuba
America
Manganese Corporation
Horseback Tours Spread Across Europe For Riders
A travel innovation called horseback tours targets riders who enjoy country days. Originating in Hungary two years ago, the concept has expanded to England Sweden and this year Ireland and Norway. Tours last about seven days with roughly 25 miles ridden daily and nights spent in castles manors and village inns. Expert horsemen led by ex cavalry officers supervise the groups.
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Hungary
England
Sweden
Ireland
Norway
London
Shafter Kiwanis Discusses World Affairs at Club Meeting
Members of the Shafter Kiwanis held an open forum on the world situation at a noon meeting at Cafe Neuman. W K Peterson of Bakersfield chaired the forum and Bill White shared impressions from Germany. The group urged open minds and avoiding war while supporting local recreation plans and a Ladies Night event.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Cafe Neuman
W. K. Peterson
Bakersfield
Peterson
Bill White
Shafter High School
Germany
America
H. Schirmer
Business Men’s Assn
Kiwanis
Shafter
Joe Frizzell
Wray Phillips
P. V. McClure
Emory Johnson
Laurence Baughman
Civil service announces open competitive examinations
The civil service commission announces open competitive examinations for various positions. Full details are available from John F. Roskam, secretary, United States civil service board of examiners at the Shafter post office. It lists agronomist, pathologist, biochemist, pomologist, physiologist, oyster culturist, and addressograph operator related roles among others.
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The
Civil Service Commission
John F. Roskam
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Shafter Post Office
Camp picture appears in Times magazine section
A bird's eye view shows the Shafter Farm Workers camp, featured in the magazine section of the Times.
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Shafter Farm Workers
The Okies Search For a Best Frontier
Charles L. Todd reports on migrant Okies seeking new frontiers across the U.S. West as Dust Bowl refugees pursue better lives. The piece traces settlement patterns, hardships, and evolving government relief responses shaping migratory routes and community responses.
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New York Times
Okies
Charles L. Todd
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