Curious rail wreck saves lives at Memphis station
An unusual wreck at White Station near Memphis involved a gravel train delaying to hit the Somerville accommodation. The train was stopped after a track collision killing the driver. Passengers on the platform warned by others escaped as the gravel engine careered forward. Leverette Cale, a 20 year old youth, dashed across a field and boarded the coach, pulling the brake and preventing further disaster.
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White Station
Memphis
Southern
Somerville
Leverette Cale
Phenomenal Auto Growth Tightens Ohio Traffic Outlook
Ohio officials study rising car counts as thousands more vehicles crowd streets toward Cleveland's annual motor show. Fred H. Caley, manager, forecasts continued city growth and demand, predicting a spring buying surge that will dwarf prior rushes.
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Cleveland
Dan
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Big City
Fred H. Caley
Preas
Jugo Slavs Hold Carinthia Amid Plebiscite Turmoil
Photo shows Yugoslav patrol in Volkermarkt Carinthia as plebiscite issues keep control contested. Describes occupation posture and border tensions north of Istrian peninsula. Includes references to European political shifts and wartime occupancy context without graphic detail.
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Volkermarkt
Carinthia
de Carin
Insirintion
Velkermarkt
Cari Peninsula
Horders
tLaly
England to Quiz Vanderlip About Russian Prospects
Washington B. Vanderlip, an American financier who secured concessions from the Soviet government in Russia, is in London. British officials seek an interview to learn what he knows about Lenine's government and the condition of Russia. Vanderlip began as a rancher in Arizona but that venture ended.
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Russia
London
Vanderlip
Lenine
As Rancha
Arizona
Health officials study emigration centers abroad
Dr John K Kerr of the US Public Health Service accompanies Commissioner Caminetti to Europe to study health conditions at emigration centers. The report mentions unlikely tall individuals in Germany and notes Mrs Helen Harmallon Gardener's writings on women in politics. It discusses evolving suffrage rights and women's competitive employment chances.
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John K. Kerr
U. Sublic Health Service
Caminetti
Immigration Bureau
Europe
Qaia
Helen Harmallon Gardener
Gardener
Canada replaces private agencies with national job service
Canada creates seventy five provincial employment bureaus linked to Ottawa to match workers with vacancies. Supervisors coordinate across provinces to fill local needs, placing applicants near home when possible. In four weeks from Sept 11 to Oct 2, 39,206 sought work, 53,701 employers sought workers, and 83,905 were placed in permanent jobs.
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Ottawa
Caanal Sea A Or Reat
Canada
Amy
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