Black Hills Described As Mountains Not Hills
Washington reports a National Geographic bulletin arguing the Black Hills of South Dakota are better described as mountains. It notes peaks over 6,000 feet, the Needles formations, and the Homestake mine, with Custer State Park and Game Lodge near Rapid City and Sylvan Lake among scenic features.
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Washington
Black Hills
South Dakota
Coolidge
National Geographic Society
Appalachians
Ozarks
Bulletin
Great Plains
America
Big Badlands
Rapid City
Little Brothers
Rockies
Urey
Harney Peak
Harney
Custer State Park
Custer
Viarney Peak
Sylvan Lake
Atlantic Ocean
Game Lodge
President Coolidge
Italy
Denver
Colorado Springs
Women Active in Italy's Fascist Training Programs
Rome reports that women's fascist groups are training hundreds of thousands of girls and women for productive roles tied to domestic life. Eliza Major Rizzioli says nurses are in demand. 5,000 trained, 35,000 more in progress. Over 100,000 women are learning scientific farming to relieve men of farm tasks. Mussolini urges women to promote home produced goods. Women in unions hold positions, with talk of wider political roles in a restructured chamber of labor.
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Rome
Signora Eliza Major Rizzioli
Feminine Fascists
Mussolini
H Duce
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Labor
Italy
Oil concession in Peru granted to U S Phillips firm
Lima Peru The Peruvian government granted a concession to Phillips Petroleum for developing 5000 square kilometers of petroleum lands in the government reserve south of Palta and near International Petroleum fields subject to congressional approval. Negotiations were led by Paul MacIntyre and George Helfert. Researchers plan surveys. geologists from H H Doherty & Co left Callao for Panama and San Francisco after Peru visit. Atlantic Refining geologists are also surveying the upper Pachitea river territory.
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Lima
Peru
Phillips Petroleum Company
Government Petroleum
H. H. Doherty & Co
Callao
Panama
San Francisco
Atlantic Refining Company
Pachitea River
Canadian City Recognizes Bravery of Aged Heroine
In Brockville Ontario Mrs Mary Companion aged seventy seven earned a bronze medal from the Royal Canadian Humane Association and a $500 check for saving six year old Harry Billings from drowning on March 10. The award was given before the courthouse crowds with H A Stewart M P and Mayor Reynolds in attendance as Rev F M Wooton spoke for the hero.
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Brockville
Ont
Mary Companion
West End
Harry Billings
Royal Canadian Humane Association
Reynolds
F. M. Wooton
China’s Money Awful Even Marines Revolt
Marines aboard the President Jackson report the chaotic Chinese currency with over 200 forms. Tokens, copper and brass cash, large and small notes, and varying provincial values confuse exchange. A copper token with a square hole, 1,000 per tiao, three tiao equal one dollar, workers earning five to eight tokens daily.
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Seattle
Wash
China
Quinn
Jackson
Trail Ages Old Is To Be Abandoned
Las Cruces New Mexico reports that the Jornado del Muerto the Journey of Death oldest American trail will be abandoned as a highway from Las Cruces up the Rio Grande valley nears completion. The route first seen by Cabesa de Vaca and later explored by Espejo and friars served as a major commercial path and hosted the Texas Santa Fe expedition in 1842.
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Las Cruces
N. M
America
Rio Grande Valley
New Mexico
Old Fort Selden
Cabesa de Vaca
Texas
Mexico
San Augustine Pass
Conquiistador
Antonio de Espejo
Don Diego de Vargas
Republic
United States
Alexander Doniphan
Brazito
Travel Safe for Goldfish Aims for Safer Transport
The Bureau of Fisheries studies why goldfish die in transit. Initial findings show lack of air is not the main issue. dirty water and sediment harm fish. Scientists aim to set travel schedules to help breeders deliver more healthy fish alive.
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Washington
Bureau of Fisheries
Policemen Fit Needed Faces for London Helmet Test
London officials insist a police recruit must have a proper face to wear the bobbie’s helmet. Beyond education and fitness, candidates must parade in helmet to prove suitable appearance or seek other work. They stress the helmet is part of the dignity and type of London bobbies.
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London
Searchlight Crew Makes Perfect Air Test Score
A perfect score was credited to the searchlight and sound locator crew of battery A, Sixty-third Coast Artillery, Fort Winfield Scott, Calif., for night tests of anti aircraft detection gear. An aircraft simulated eight bombing raids over a two and a half mile square area, detected and illuminated by searchlights each time as it crossed at about 8 000 feet.
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Washington
Sixty-third Coast Artillery
Fort Winfield Scott
Calif
Spotless Town Debate From New Yorker
A New Yorker claims spotless town status for Sheboygan Wisconsin noting that children are taught in school to pride themselves on clean streets and avoid clutter, reflecting pride in local civic standards.
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New York
New Yorker
Sheboygan, Wis
J. L. Reiss
Harvest season delays club meeting in South Divide
The Helping Hand club postponed until August 25 due to harvest. Meeting will be with Mrs. Guy Shaw at her home. Visitors included Miss Ruth Shaw, Miss Gladys Gilmore, Berniece Foster, and Mrs. Glen Ayres. Local residents and guests shared a day of refreshments and socializing, with numerous family and travel notes among the community.
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Henry Yowell
C. A. Foster
Wand
Maley
Guy Shaw
Ruth Shaw
Gladys Gilmore
Berniece Foster
Glen Ayres
Marlan
A J. Yowell
Joloyd Yowell
Dalton
Mary Ann Yowell
Leonard Taff
Irene Simpson
Sheldon
Vayzant
Ruth
Yearl Talbot
Garnsey
Wye
Eugene Fowler
Sunrise
Wyo
Wesleyan
Mary Harr
A. Foster
Sunday Picnic at Lewellyn Folks Stirs Local News
Lewellyn Nebr residents hosted a casual ice cream supper at Henry Yowell's home with the McCormicks Chet Munnicutt Lloyd Yowell and family and A Jr Yowell family present. Also notes a new Brewer's Machine Shop location 706 Central Ave Kretz Radio and Ignition.
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Brewer’s Machine Shop
Central Ave
Kretz Radio and Ignition Company
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White House
California
Colorado
Utah
United States Army
President Grant
Deadwood
Homestake
Lead
U. S
Jornado del Muerto
South Divide News
Mrs Payzall
Hay Springs
Genestia
Foster
Potter
Bernice Duncan
I. W. Hiett
York
J. W. Brothers
Mussel J. Hogg
Chicago
W. EL. Dayzant
S. J. Wilnes
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Miz. Chem
Hahler Garage
Laundry and Cleaning Service
F. A. Bush
Prop
Case
J. 1. Case Threshing Machine Co., Inc
Sidney, Nebraska
Hudson
Bhai Wale
Maley Motor Co
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