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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
6
Navy historians name the 1868 Wateree disaster off Arica as the strangest marine wreck. The ship rode a tidal wave inland two miles, resting on a mountain, with only one survivor among 235 aboard.
A Treasury building filing room delay is blamed on an attack by fleas described by a General Accounting Office employee. He reports being bitten while attempting to retrieve documents, prompting him to drive the pests away as help arrived.
J P T Burchell reports a Mousterian rock shelter on the Sligo coast with numerous flint tools. No bones found yet, but the quantity of implements proves Neanderthal presence in Ireland, with the site dating to the Stone Age habitation period.
Washington reports a Smithsonian and Milwaukee public museum expedition found rich Devonian fossil deposits in Michigan outlining an inland sea that once connected to Hudson Bay. Erwin Pohl notes 2000 to 3000 invertebrate species, with half new, reshaping Michigan New York Devonian timelines and extending the geologic column by about 500 feet.
In Sciacca Sicily Stefano Sabella, a barber, sold his wife for 2000 lire on installment terms. The buyer defaulted, Stefano reported alienation to police, and the wife has accused Stefano of the deal. He allegedly pressured Giuseppe Russo to pay promptly to free the wife, and both men are now jailed.
Burchell notes a layer buried 385 feet beneath glacierlike clay and a large flaked stone tool scarred with gla vial striae, suggesting it was dragged under a glacier. J Reid Moir, a leading Stone Age expert, deems the findings authentic and a full technical report is expected soon.
Alturas Calif Witnesses say forest rangers at Glass Mountain uncovered a hot sandy area emitting steam from vents beneath a pumice crust. They believe they helped create an active volcano near the summit, with reports of smoke and underground rumblings previously noted by locals.
Dr R G Hogarth, former British Medical Association president and senior surgeon, urges more women in medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women. He says women should handle women’s diseases and child ailments, arguing every woman has a doctor’s instinct and a readiness to help.
A swordfish swings its long bill to stun other fish, using the weapon as a blunt tool in underwater encounters. The behavior shows the bill serving both offense and defense in jellyfish-free zones.
Betty Simpson the noted stowaway arrives in San Francisco after transfer at sea from the Dollar liner President Polk and is credited with stowing away on five boats totaling 51000 miles traveled from Honolulu to the Pacific.
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