Racing Pigeons Hold Military and Hobby Value Worldwide
The article describes homing pigeons as both civilian hobbies and wartime communicators. It covers training methods from 12 weeks, crate shipping, timed releases, and weather effects on speed. It notes Canton Racing Pigeon Club activities led by Norrell Beck and Walter Hostetter, plus crossbreeding to enhance desirable traits.
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Army
Canton Racing Pigeon Club
Norrell Beck
Walter Hostetter
Cretan Beauty Weds Kidnaper in Free Will Marriage
In Athens on Sept 2, Tassoula Petaeogeorgi wed Constantine Kephaloyannis, the man who abducted her 12 days earlier. She claimed love and consent, the archbishop approved, and security forces escorted the couple amid political tensions between rival Crete clans.
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Athens
Greece
Tassoula Petaeogeorgi
Constantine
Costa” Kephaloyannis
Costa
Spyridon
Crete
Mount Ida
Garao
Lofty
Kephaloyannis
Petracogeorgi
George Petracogeorgi
Manuel
Potters Union Paper Opposes Lausche and Taft
East Liverpool based Potters Herald editorials against re election of Governor Lausche and Senator Taft. The paper claims to voice the .moods of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters and criticizes the Labor League for Taft chaired by Willis O Hall of East Liverpool.
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Lausche
Taft East Liverpool
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Frank J. Lausche
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Potters Herald
Ohio “Labor League
Taft
Willis O. Hall
East Liverpool
States step up conservation programs nationwide
Conservation efforts expand across states with Wyoming funding 750000 to combat grasshoppers and a firefighters board, South Carolina creating a state water pollution control authority, and Virginia forming commissions to oversee oil and gas wells and regulate oyster fishing, all reported by the Council of State Governments.
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Chicago
Council of State Governments
Wyoming
South Carolina
Virginia
Texas Mason Believed World's Oldest at 105
Fort Worth AP report on John J. Ray Sr. turning 105, hailed as the world’s oldest Mason. A party hosted by the Tarrant County Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, marked the occasion. Ray, born September 2, 1845, in Orange County, North Carolina, has been in lodge work for 83 years and moved to Fort Worth in 1913.
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Texas Mason
Fort Worth
John J. Ray Sr
Tarrant County
Order of the Eastern Star
Alma Ray
Ray
Orange County
N. C
Truman Signs Measure For Military Spending
President Truman signed emergency defense funding totaling 16.771 billion dollars to speed up the military buildup. Congress approved allowing immediate spending before final appropriation, adding to the roughly 14 billion planned for normal operations as the Korean War began.
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Washington
Truman
Armed Services
House
Senate
Army
Navy
Air Force
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Aaa
Beck
Maryland
Potters Union Newspaper
Pape
Isary
Canton
Massillon
National Bank of Canton
Market
Tuscarawas Street
Axminsters
Wiltons
A Adi
Thurin
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