Plea for Birth Control and Selective Breeding
Dr. F. B. Sumner of the Scripps Institute urged birth control and selective breeding to improve human stock at the Pacific division AAAS meeting in Oakland. He supported establishing birth control clinics in tenement districts and criticized churches opposing selective breeding, warning that urban influx harms rural populations.
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Oakland
Calif
Pacific Division
American Association For the Advancement of Science
F. B. Summer
Scripp
Institute of Biological Research
la Jolla
Sumner
Foreign concerns submit bids on grave markers
Foreign bidders for the American battle monuments commission headstone contract present lower marble headstone offers than American firms, while granite markers bid prices are about three times higher. The commission chaired by General Pershing has not yet published the bids, but reports indicate foreign proposals for graves in France Belgium and England are favored on marble headstones.
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Washington
American Battle Monuments Commission
France
Belgium
England
Commission
General Pershing
Soviets Aroused Over Action On Strike Fund Note
Moscow reports deep unrest as workers demonstrate against a British strike funds note. Authorities and public fear the curbing of Soviet power and view London conservatives as using remittances to British strikers as a pretext for pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Desert search fails for missing Long Beach man
Keith S. Peters a Long Beach business owner vanished during a automobile trip to Death Valley Junction on June 1. H J Johnson and R L Ashton spent three days in the desert and returned to the sheriff's office. Peters checked into the Melrose hotel in Barstow on June 1 and left early the next day. The trail was lost in the desert.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Keith S. Peters
Long Beach
Death Valley Junction
H. J. Johnson
R. L. Ashton
Sheriff’s Office
Peters
Melrose Hotel
Barstow
Bandit Shot After Attempted Store Entry In Tollywood
In Tollywood California a man believed to be a bandit shot while trying to enter a store. He then forced his way into two physicians offices and forced one to dress a bullet wound before fleeing in a waiting car. Earlier a radio store owner fired at two men attempting entry. they fled leaving a blood trail.
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Tollywood
Calif
Bingham Clip Sold For 33 Cents
Blackfeet June 18 report 44 000 to 34 000 fleeces from fifteen growers sold in Bingham County to EB Harris Wool Co of St Louis Mo at 33 cents per pound. Last clip in the county and brought the season’s best price.
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Tribune
Bingham County
EB. Harris Wool Company
St. Lewg's Mo
President Withdraws Nomination for Georgia Federal Judge
Washington June 18 President Swolidge withdrew his nomination of William J. Tilson brother of the Republican leader of the house to be a federal judge in Georgia. A senate committee had reported unfavorably and senate leaders had said the confirmation would be denied by the Senate.
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Washington
Swolidge
William J. Tilson
House
Georgia
Senate
Steady Advance of Civilization in Pacific Islands
The Rockefeller Foundation outlines a push to study primitive Pacific peoples to aid international public health and medical education. It notes opportunities to observe societies in isolation but warns some groups are vanishing or modernizing quickly and time is limited. The foundation plans research in Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and funds cooperation with Australian authorities on Melanesian and Polynesian natives.
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New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Pacific
Foundation
Hawaii
New Zealand
Australia
Melanesian Islands
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Bingham
Men's Athletic Unions
Chambray
Enn
Pacific Islands
Minetonka
Indian Springs
Natatorium
Focatello
American Falls
Krause
Krauses
Ohio
Tara
Great
Pacific Northwest
Spokane
Portland
Seattle
Antes
Opex
Duco, Marcote
Vitraloid
Idaho Lacquering CO
Joel N. Cobia
Gove Motor Building
Pocatello
Idaho
Ellen Houtz
Kryptok
W. B. Kennedy
Optometrist
Monarch Range
Simmons
Stratford Furniture, Co
Utah
Alameda
Donicht and M’donald Coal Company
Herb CO
S. Center St
Pocatello, Idaho
Business Ottean
Renduring Duco
Dupont Duco
Trist Auto Company
West Center
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