China crisis dominates Allied talks in wake of Shanghai violence
In a week of tense diplomacy the United States Great Britain and Japan weigh options in China. evacuation of foreigners continues as American marines to aid protection approach 4 750 with Washington wary of occupying Chinese territory. Chiang Kai shek plans a three pronged drive toward Beijing while Chang Tso lin seeks foreign help to curb nationalist gains. Oil and land law disputes in Mexico near resolution with Obregon and Calles stabilizing policy amid political contest.
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Forgotten War Veteran Seeks Back Pension After Memory Return
Leopold Newsall of Owatonna Minnesota, who forgot his Civil War service for decades, recalls his 14th United States Infantry days after a stray reference to Dayton Ohio. Investigators will compare his tale with records while doctors note unusual memory recovery in an elderly man.
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Minn
Leopold Newsall
Owatonna
Federal Pensions Bureau
A. Walsh
Minnesota
Newsalt
Pension Bureau
Newsall
Philadelphia
Dayton
Ohio
Fourteenth United States Infantry
Jacob
Leopold
Brother
Flowers' Sex Changed Daily It Is Discovered
New York science reports a five year study by Dr. A B Stout at the New York Botanical Garden reveals daily reversal of flower sex in avocado trees. The dual groups flower male in morning and female in afternoon, or vice versa, enabling inter planting to boost yields.
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Chicago Board of Trade Toan
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New York
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Florida
New York Botanical Garden
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Tip for Girls New York Marriage Trends in Rural Areas
Rural women aged twenty to forty four are ten percent more likely to marry than urban counterparts due to lower rent costs. The analysis notes city living as a key deterrent to marriage.
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Arry F. Sinclair
Senate
Justice Hitz
District of Columbia Supreme Court
New York
Negro of Mississippi Claims Biggest Feet
In Lexington Mississippi Alonzo Terrell a Holmes county negro claims ownership of the largest human foot. His foot measures 24 inches around the instep 27 inches around the ball 16 inches around the ankle and 17 inches in length. Terrell lives on G W Stiglers farm Big Egypt near Cruger and is a capable worker. He came from Georgia where he says he could not be shod. Dr J F Williams of Lexington Shoe hospital made his first leather shoes five years ago and those shoes have served until now. The upper part of one shoe requires a whole kidskin.
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Holmes County
Alonzo
G. W. Stigler
Big Egypt
Cruger
Georgia
J. F. Willams
Lexington Shoe Hospital
Brunettes Win Dixie Collegians At Oglethorpe
Atlanta, Georgia. Helen Nort, eighteen, freckled coed, is elected most beautiful at Oglethorpe University in a Lords club contest. Luther Mar chand Davenport, nineteen from Greer South Carolina, named most handsome man. Nort aims to be a commercial artist and enjoys dancing and tennis. Davenport calls the honor a pretty good joke on me.
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Oglethorpe University
Helen Nort
Luther Marchand Davenport
Lords Club
Miss Nort
Atlanta Girls’ High School
Davenport
Greer
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Ohio Boys Find Mummy of an Indian Princess
John and Robert Goslin, boy scouts, unearthed a mummy believed to be an Indian princess near Lancaster Ohio. Curator C H Shetrone of the Ohio State Archaeological Museum calls the find highly important noting pottery and relics suggest high rank. The body lay wrapped in reed shroud and may be a daughter of Parke Crane chief of the village formerly at the site.
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Lancaster
Ohio
John
Robert Goslin
Ohio State Archeological Museum
C. H. Shetrope
Shetrone
Parke
Ghost Halts Search for Panama Treasure
A Panama treasure dig near Portobelo has been halted after a ghost appeared, per a Hamburg America tablegram from Ernest G. Schmolck cruise manager aboard the Reliance. Laborers fear a bad spell like Tutankhamen’s tomb legends. prior excavations uncovered gold relics and gems beneath the San Jose convent ruins by Lieut. George Williams Fred Kelley and Wallace Bain.
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Panama
Sir Henry Morgan
Hamburg-American Line
Ernest G. Schmolck
Reliance
West Indies
Schmolck
Invisible Ray Reveals Enemy in the Dark
London reports a new British war secret an invisible infrared searchlight ray enabling night reconnaissance unseen by enemies. John L Baird inventor of the tele visor describes a system to detect hidden troops at long range using unseen light, aiding defense as aircraft approach under darkness.
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London
John L. Baird
Italy
Radio
Illa
C. G. Hutchingon
Boy Scouts Halt Train by Bandannas at Rock Obstruction
In Dover Ohio a group of ten Boy Scouts led by Donald Mason positioned themselves before a rockfall on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh railroad. They waved flaming red bandannas to warn a speeding train, stopping it moments before colliding with a 25 ton boulder dropped from an overhanging cliff.
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Ohio
Cleveland & Pittsburgh
Here
Donald Mason
P. Pateengee
Money in Bridge in New York Prompts High Earnings
In New York, teaching bridge draws substantial sums with experts often making around $1,000 weekly. One renowned instructor reportedly declined an offer of $1,000 for a single hour of instruction.
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