FDA report on fraud and safety in food and drug imports
The United States Department of Agriculture reports analyzing 25 833 samples of foods and drugs offered for import and 76 468 shipments examined. Of the imported goods 6 253 were found to violate the law in some way and either excluded or relabeled. Domestic products showing false labeling totaled 3 625 with many cases leading to court action or voluntary recalls. The report highlights strengthened enforcement, cooperative inspections, and prosecutions, plus improvements in labeling and tamper prevention across interstate shipments of oysters, drugs, and adulterated foods.
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United Wtaten Department of Agriculture
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Department of Jus
Department of Justice
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Bureau of Chemistry
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Lie Courke
Nostruma
Princip
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Negedska
New England
Paul ‘Tryrand
Pers
Goethe Bureau of Chemistry
Imagine Co-Operative
Jalalig
Milford Church Feud Spurs Two Century Split
In Milford Connecticut a dispute over church governance has dragged for two hundred years. The older First Church voted to consolidate with a branch, while Plymorth Church resisted. The quarrel traces to 1737 over Rev Samuel Whittelsey’s pastorate, with members once clashing openly and a minister jailed for disturbances. The recent move aims at reunion, led by the parent body.
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Conn
Fire
Plyworth
Samuel Whittlesey
First Church
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Church
Samuel Finay
Prince Fb College
Jonathan Law
Yankee salesman tries royal bid with wooden leg tale
Rome report recounts an American vendor from Washington DC seeking favors from Italian officials by wowing a Red Cross nurse with a theatrical wooden leg demonstration. He paraded his sample, claimed links to papal authority, and offered a gold plated leg joke, only to be rebuffed by the royal audience and press.
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Italy
C. C. Swain
Za Artifoin
Timbmaker
Washington, D. C
Ifation
Swain
Red Cross
Mysterians
St. Peter's
Ani J
Jandi
Cubls Stants
Elena
Traly
Brainless Mule Adapted For Frontline Use In Paris
In Paris dec 39 a French wartime report reveals mules imported from America caused braying fits at critical moments. Veterinary experts tested a simple operatic nostril sight and found it silences the beasts, allowing steady mule service at the front.
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Paris
America
Georgia Plans to Put Rum in Luxury Glass
Georgia debates prohibition effects as liquor shipments rise and prices spike. An Atlanta man buys whiskey in Macon while statewide concerns grow over enforcement and calls for new taxes or tighter limits on interstate liquor moves.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Macon
Oather Elise
Honoi
Billy
Wohlwender
Muskogee
Samawhera
Wohlwonder
Wollwonder
Atithey
Gatlig
Maes
Wabklwender
Bil Asks Judge To Give Her A Mother
In San Francisco on December 20 Helen Kihn appeared before Judge Graham seeking to be reunited with her mother and six year old brother. The girl, hatless and coatless, said her home had been broken up after a divorce decree two years earlier sent her and her family to the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum. The courtroom paused as the judge checked identities and recalled the case but concluded he could not locate her mother and advised Helen to return to stable care.
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San Francisco
Graham
Recoveilor
Helen’ Kihn
J. Tiwan
Helen
Ghei
Lia Binuan
Andi
Cleveland hotel hires women as bellboys in novelty shift
Cleveland December 23 report says a hotel replaced male bellpersons with women guests acting as bellhops. The front desk clerk explains the idea aims to be more attentive and create a lively, helpful welcome for visitors.
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Cleveland
Denis
Clondé
Dellpoya
Xayn
War captives in Italy have a good time
Austrian prisoners in Italy enjoy comfortable quarters with hot baths reading rooms and symbasiums. They avoid hard labor and can visit theaters and churches while families of combatants endure air raids. Guards of honor march with Neapolitan songs as locals react to enemy presence.
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Roms
Merghey
Abeitze
Bidignia
Chagos
Ford
Taly
Tibbeys
Monreale
Paxtuln
Ufa
Orvieto
Norbaod
Forli
Milan
Venice
Ancona
Talian
Jessy Hyes
Austria
Turi
Mort
Child’s custody case over lost mother sparks courtroom chase
A girl calls for her mother during a custody dispute in Judge Graham’s court. The judge telephoned the asylum to locate the missing child, Helen, who was found an hour later and returned to the courtroom amid protests about her future guardians in Los Angeles. The girl is the daughter of Rose and Eugene Kuho, whose divorce earlier gave Mrs. Kahn custody.
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Uy Vin
Batt
Waedle
Helen
Grahams
Los Angeles
Rose
Eugene Kuho
Kahn
Tidge Gratam
Iny
Prisoners' Daylife and Food Customs in Occupied City
Amid occupation, inmates cease music with the band stopped by authorities and walk among townspeople. Austrian guards show leniency while Italian officers face humiliation. Prisoners celebrate with a national tricolor procession, yet are barred from visiting abodes. Italian cuisine is replaced by Hungarian and Styrian fare, sparking complaints among Hungarians, Styrians, and other inmates. A group of French artists plans to sign future works with thumbprints to deter fraud.
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Garzia
Italy
Tricolaria
Fossil Tooth Unearthed Near Elm Dale Kansas
A three pound fossil tooth from a prehistoric carnivorous animal was found by T B Nichols during a Diamond Creek dig near Elm Dale. The tooth, weighing over three pounds, measures 1 foot 3 inches tall and has a three inch width at its base. It emerged from a trench through gravel and soapstone layers, described as well preserved and oblong with raised flanges and sharp points.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kans
Soma Toasiodon
T.B. Nichols
Clreu
Philadelphia
Project to nationalize all insurance in Chile
Santiago December 1930 finance committee of the Chilean chamber of deputies reports a plan to nationalize all insurance business in Chile to prevent profits from leaving the country. The proposal aims to centralize regulation and ensure profits stay domestically.
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Chile
Santiago
Finance Committee
Chilean Chamber of Deputies
Compulsory Military Service in Roumania Expanded
Buchardst Dec. 30. Military service in Roumania now compulsory for all men aged 21 to 42. Infantry men face two years of service while other arms require three years, with draftees placed in the first and second reserve lines.
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Buchardst
Toumania
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