Spring rains raise forest fire hazard in West
San Francisco report notes heavy spring rains increase fire hazard as lush grass grows in California and Oregon. Federal forester Paul Dedington cites last year’s record fires and $991,000 spent on prevention, with 50 percent man made. New equipment includes airplane use, portable pumps, flame throwers, 90 lookout stations, and cross state air cooperation with Army.
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San Francisco
Paul G. Dedington
United States
California
Dedington
Forest Service
Oregon
Montana
Air Service
Army
Horses Wear Snow Shoes to Cross Rocky Mountains
Missoula May 20 Weather in northern Montana mountains prompts unusual crossing method. G B Hinkle, Lolo pass project superintendent, plans to shoe 30 horses with boards on their hooves to traverse deep snow near the Montana Idaho border. Fred Morrell notes similar expedients at the summit of the ranges.
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Missoula
Mona
Montana
Hinkle
Lolo Pass
Idaho
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Fred Morrell
Tange
Alabama Day Honors Nine Alabama Figures at Southern Exposition
A New York banquet for Alabama Day honored nine living Alabamians including Octavus Roy Cohen and Helen Keller. Gov. Brandon and Oscar Underwood spoke on Alabama's leadership in education and industry with Tuskegee Institute highlighted. Louisiana Day events follow tomorrow chaired by Mrs. Patrick Justin White.
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New York City
New York
Alabama
Octavus Roy Cohen
George Denny
Roderick D. Mackenzie
Robert L. Bullard
Oscar W. Underwood
Joe Sewell
Cleveland Baseball Club
George Jordan Crawford
Lois Wilson
Helen Keller
California
Miss Keller
Pacific Coast
W. W .Brandon
Victor Hanson
Birmingham News
Harry S. Hartwell
Mobile
G. W. Denny
University of Alabama
Guy Snavely
Birmingham Southern College
Tuskegee
South
George W. Carver
Institute
Charles Winter Wood
Booker T. Washington
R. Moton
Carver
Thad Holt
Birmingham
Butterfly Flight Tricks Birds by Zigzag Path
The article notes that butterflies use a zigzag flight through the air to hinder birds from catching them in flight. This evasive movement creates a challenging chase for predators, highlighting the insect’s adaptive behavior.
Means to Begin Two Year Sentence in Liquor Case
Gaston B. Means, noted investigator, seeks refuge in Atlanta federal penitentiary after surrendering in Washington. He faces a two year sentence for conspiracy to remove whiskey from a Brownsville distillery and a forgery charge involving Senator Brookhart's name. He will be brought to New York first before serving in Atlanta.
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New York
United States Court of Appeals
Gaston B. Means
Brownsville
Buckner
Means
Washington, D.C
Peyton Gordon
Pfistritt of Columbia
Bondsman
Brookhart
Washington
Atlanta
Notice to bidders for Georgia-Florida line cattle fence
Public notice invites bids by 6 pm May 25 for a double barbed wire cattle fence on the Georgia Florida line in Thomas County. Specs include 5 strand 12 gauge wire, posts every 12 feet, cross sections 1-2 per mile. Bond $500 required. payment per completed mile with 15 percent retainage. County may reject bids and let informally.
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Georgia-Florida
Thomas County
J. F. Pittman
Chm
S. L. Heald
Clerk County Commissioners
Subway Inferno in New York Traps Passengers
A smoke filled tunnel near Grand Central trapped about 100 riders as an electrical short circuit ignited a Bronx Park bound six car train. Passengers rushed to exits amid flames and smoke while 86 received aid at on site stations and others went home.
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St. Vincent’s Hospital
Bronx
Lower Manhattan
Forty-first Street
Grand Central Terminal Station
Harry Post
Post
Tyalin
Two Die and Three Wounded in West Virginia School Election Shooting
In Williamson near Kermit a gun battle at a school district election left two men dead Sherman Parsley and Buck Kirk both of Kermit and three others wounded. Wounded include Ken Chapman and Ken Kirk and John Choppen. Victims were transported to Huntington Hospital as investigators probe whether voting qualifications sparked the clash at the proposed independent district vote. Police reported 160 to 200 shots fired amid years of debate.
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Sherman Parsley
Buck Kirk
District Board of Education
Kermit
Ken Chapman
Ken Kirk
Matewan
John Choppen
Huntington
Quarre
Gherite
Alex Bishop Hore
Tate
Dire
Macon Man Charged with Embezzlement
James H. Rigdon former head bookkeeper at the Fourth National Bank in Macon Ga is charged with embezzling 7000 dollars and making false ledger entries. He was arrested at the navy yard where he served as a seaman after recent enlistment. Rigdon pleads not guilty and waives bail but is held for removal to Georgia by federal authorities.
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James H. Rigdon
Department of Justice
Navy Yard
United States
Georgia
Rigdon
Macon
Picnic at Unity May 29 Draws Local Attention
The community looks forward to Unity's picnic on May 29 with a call to bring well filled baskets and enjoy the day. Farmers set out potatoes this week and crops benefit from fine rain. People report recovering health and local social visits continue among residents.
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Unity
N. C. Lewis
I. F. Duncan
Knights
George Correll
Dick English
Boston
J. F. Clark
Knight
Alex Smith
Florida
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Grand Central Terminal
Washington, D. C
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H. Goldstein & Son
Thomasville
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