Cancer curable if treated soon asserts surgeon
Paris May 1 Dr Roger Lecroux of Paul Brosse Hospital in Paris says cancer is curable if treatment begins early and if honest methods are used Radium and X rays are the two worthwhile treatments, though surgeon skill determines success He warns against false patent medicines and urges immediate surgical intervention while cancer is localized.
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Harold J. T. Horan
International News Service
Paris
Roger Lecroux
Paul Brosse Hospital
Sweden's Rail Centers to Speak Three Languages
Swedish state rail centers must operate in three languages. The policy aims to improve passenger service and accessibility. Officials say multilingual staff will assist travelers and enhance international connections.
German Warships Being Salvaged at Scapa Flow
At Scapa Flow in Orkney May Day reports say seven German destroyers have been raised with nineteen more to salvage. A destroyer in excellent condition was converted to a salvage vessel and three others towed to Granton for breaking up. Salvage work may tackle the Hindenburg next year.
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International News Service
Scapa Flow
Orkney Islands
Granton
Hindenburg
Man Loses New Auto After Brief City Drive
Thomas J. Mc Closkey of Porchester bought a new automobile from a Commonwealth Avenue showroom and drove to the junction of Jersey City and Brookline avenues Back Bay. He returned to find the car missing, in a short one mile run.
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Boston
Thomas J. McCloskey
Levant Street
Porchester
Teachers Shown Proper Lighting Of School Rooms
Nationwide plan to improve classroom lighting aims to reduce eye strain among millions of students. A non technical summary of the code will be circulated to all public and private school teachers via state and local education authorities, with emphasis on seating, colors, shades, blackboards, and teacher position to minimize glare and illu mination.
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New York
National Committee For the Prevention
Illuminating Engineering Society
American Institutes of Architects
National Committee
Winifred Hathaway
National Committee For the Prevention of
St K. Barrett
New York University
Walter S. Deffenbaugh
United States Bureau of Education
Washington, D. C
J. E. Hannum
Eyesight Conservation Council of America
M. G. Lloyd
United States Bureau of Standards
Washington
M. Luckiesh
Laboratory of Applied Science
Nela Park
Cleveland
Ohio
W. J. Serrill
Philadelphia
British keep death penalty for cowardice in war
London May 1 British lawmakers clash over whether cowardice merits capital punishment in the army. Socialist M P Ernest Thurtle argues to abolish death sentences except for treachery, while War Secretary Worthington-Evans defends them as deterrents. Thurtle wins 126 votes. proposal to return to parliament.
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David M. Curch
International News Service
London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Ernest Thurtle
Thurtle
Robert Morrison
Morrison
War Department
Lir Worthington-Evans
Sir Worthington-Evans
Thurtie
Tokyo quake toll and losses total vast numbers
After a yearlong inquiry Tokyo’s bureau of statistics released what may be the first authentic casualty and loss compilation from the September 1, 1923 disaster. It records 156,893 deaths from the quake or ensuing fire and total property losses near 2.75 billion dollars, with Tokyo bearing about two thirds.
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Tokyo
Bureau of Statistics
Miner Acquitted After Killing Two Peeping Toms
James Doyle a Doncaster miner was cleared of murder in Leeds England after he and his fiance confronted two men on a cricket field. The judge ruled Doyle acted in self defense against members of a spying gang who attacked courting couples.
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Leeds
England
James ‘Doyle
Doncaster
Doyle
Albert Needham
Wilfred Thrustle
Needham
Othe
Edward Marshall
Taylor's Blood Medicine promises purer blood and strength
Advertisement extols Taylor's Blood Medicine as a pure vegetable tonic that purifies the blood, boosts appetite, and relieves indigestion and joint pain. It claims to guard against rheumatism Bright's disease or paralysis, guarantees results, and offers a money back refund through the druggist. It lists iodide or potash with gentian sassafras sarsaparilla and wintergreen as ingredients and markets to both women and men from Tampa Florida.
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Bright
Taylor
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