Po River Trade Highway Aims At Milan To Venice
Italy plans a multi year project to turn the Po river into a commerce corridor from Milan to Venice. The work, costing about 300 million lire, seeks to make the stream navigable for larger boats and longer distances with dams weirs and reservoirs to regulate flow and protect the flood prone valley.
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Connecticut
Turin
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Voodoo Doctor Melts Louisiana Claim Plaque Into Bullets
The Louisiana Historical Society relates how a voodoo doctor in New Orleans melted a lead plaque claiming Louisiana into bullets. Engineer Frank H. Waddill says the relic could have been worth up to a million dollars to large societies. The plaque marked LaSalle and 1682 possession claims and was later destroyed.
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Louisiana Historical Society
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Historical Society
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Hunter
Rene Robert Cavelier de LaSalle
Louisiana
Gulf
Canada
Rockies
Alleghenies
Louis XVI
Louis the Great
Vilgere Dinet
George Lee Hays
Hays
Dinet
Man Killed in Fall in Willy Colorado
Marcial Rodriguez twenty seven year old tied to a fall while combing his hair in Willy Colorado. He struck his head on a lard pail and suffered a fatal neck fracture. He died instantly.
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Willy
Colo
Marcial
Rodriguez
Basic English advocated as universal language by Cornell professor
Harold Wentworth of Cornell urges a universal English based system of about 850 words that a foreigner could learn in a week. He claims it could condense Shakespeare and serve international communication better than Ido or Esperanto, though critics note pidgin English already serves a similar simplification in parts of China coast.
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Harold Wentworth
Cornell
Wentworth
China Coast
Viking Fishermen Cling to Old-Time Methods
In the shifting fishing world the Scandinavian long-line crews still rely on ancient gear. Small steam engine on deck powers miles of fine twine with hooks at line ends. Lines hold 1000 to 5000 hooks, baited with mussels whelks squid or herrings. The loafers seek work if a loan can be arranged.
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America
Radio beacons aid seafaring near New York harbor
The lighthouse service installs new radio beacons along the coast to guide ships. The latest in service is Scotland lightship in the South Channel used by coastwise craft entering and leaving New York harbor.
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Lighthouse Service
Scotland
Od South Channel
New York Harbor
Michigan fur harvest nets 650000 at low mood prices
Trappers and farmers statewide gathered an estimated 650000 dollars from 750000 pelts in 1930 31. Muskrat comprised about one third of the pelts as prices sagged, per the department of observation report.
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Michigan
Department of Observation
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
A marketing note urges fat individuals to take Kruschen Salts daily in hot water each morning. It promises fat loss within three weeks, extra energy, clear skin, and a younger feel, asserting safety and a money back guarantee. Public notice credits W N U Lincoln No 20 1932.
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America
Breakers Ahead Office Boy Worries Boss Over Graduation News
The boss frets after learning his son will be allowed to graduate from college this year. A stenographer reports the unexpected decision brings mixed feelings to the office.
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