Youth delegates condemn modern youth behavior at international meeting
Washington reports delegates at the forty second international convention of the Young Men's Association called for reform of youth virtues amid concerns over family discipline sex education magazines and dancing. They cited materialism travel and entertainment as threats and debated shifts in values across generations.
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Washington
A.P
Young Men's Association
D. Murray
Plainfield, N
Cray
Millions in marks go up in flames
Berlin reports a year of heavy cigarette and cigar consumption totaling thirty billion marks in value. With Germany at 63 million people, per capita use reaches 293 cigarettes and 79 cigars annually, equating to about two cigars and twelve cigarettes daily per person among smokers. The piece notes rising cigarette intake as women increasingly smoke.
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Berlin
Germany
Black Draught Touted As Liver Cleanser
An advertisement claims Black-Draught relieves dizziness and bad taste from liver trouble and constipation. It promotes Thedford's Black Draught as a plant based liver medicine that cleanses the system and prevents poisons, with claims of years of use and wide sale.
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Thedford
Crossword Puzzle Fragments Hint At Puzzle Clues
A fragmented crossword note lists scattered clues such as taxes, winds, indigo, eggs, and vessels. Readers are told to solve the puzzle to learn the rest, with stray terms like Pine trees, Driven by tides, and Metal fastener appearing amid garbled phrases.
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Globe
Navy aviation defended by Rear Admiral Moffett in Iowa speech
Rear Admiral Moffett defended naval aviation in Des Moines arguing the service has produced capable aircraft for ships, catapults, and engines. He cited five year spending of 187 million dollars with 608 planes and 103 engines purchased, plus airships Shenandoah and Los Angeles and related training and materials.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A.P
Moffett
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy
Admiral Moffett
Shenandoah
Los Angeles
Cabinet Crisis in France Now Believed Likely
Paris reports a likely ministerial crisis as Finance Minister Caillaux refuses a capital levy plan and vows to fight to the end. Premier Painleve would resign with his cabinet if forced by a parliamentary defeat, triggering a new formation under President Poincare.
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France
Paris
A.P
Cailllaux
M. Caillaux
Painleve
Britain acquires new bombing plane
London reports Britain will add a new bombing aircraft to its air force built by Fairey using a United States D 12 engine. The design blends Fairey airframes with American speed ideas from Curtis racers and is described as the fastest bombing plane, reportedly faster than some two seat British models.
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London
United States
Fairey Company
British
Air Ministry
Static Fault Traced to Wiring in Gardner Radio Issue
Static on 680 radios in Gardner Massachusetts has been traced to defective wiring and street lighting leaks. Five hundred thirty residents petition the Gardner Chamber of Commerce to seek remedies for the faulty radio receiving conditions.
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Gardner
Mass
Itate
Gardner Chamber of Commerce
Phillips Milk of Magnesia for Indigestion Relief
A vintage ad promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a tastier alternative to soda for sour stomach indigestion. It claims superior acid neutralizing power, gentle bowel action, and non purge relief, with twenty five cent bottles available at drug stores.
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Philips
Hardy Norse Tars Claim Early Honors
In Bergen Norway Captain Folgero and three companions plan a May voyage in a Viking ship from Bergen to America to prove Leif Ericson reached the continent five centuries before Columbus. The forty by twelve foot vessel would sail to Dover Cape Finisterre Madeira Cape Hatteras New York and Boston with a Panama Canal route to Francisco and Portland then return to Norway by modern steamship.
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Bergen
Norway
Leif Ericson
America
Columbus
Folgero
Ericson
Dover
Cape Finisterre
Madeira
Cape Hatteras
New York
Boston
Panama Canal
Francisco
Portland
Ore
Atlantic
Ice cellar cave in Totes Gebirge reveals twin ice lakes
An exploration party discovers a high altitude ice cave in Styria named the ice cellar. An enormous dome houses an ice lake and a subsurface glacier drains to a second ice lake through five cascades. The cave temperature is the lowest known. The high entrance altitude slows further exploration.
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Totes Gebirge
Styria
Mobile Leads In Sunday School Work In Alabama Conference
The Mobile district tops the Alabama Methodist conference in ranking elementary Sunday school departments. Miss Lennice McRee, district elementary superintendent, announced the results after presiding at Mobile during last week’s efficiency institute for Sunday school workers. Prichard Government Street Chebanaeond ope and Dauphin Street east each earned certificates for having grades in one or more divisions.
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Mobile
Alabama Methodist Conference
Lennice McRee
Efficiency Institute For
Prichard
T Government Street
Chebanaeondope
Dauphin Street
Eeene Vernon
Stop Itching Skin with Zemo Treatment
A vintage ad touts Zemo as a safe dependable treatment to relieve itching and cleanse the skin. It claims irritation pimples blackheads eczema blotches ringworm disappear after the first application and that Zemo banishes eruptions leaving skin soft smooth and healthy. The liquid is non greasy and disappears after use.
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