Clean Up as You Go Motion Aims at Scenic Preservation
A national campaign urges motorists to pledge to keep American scenery pristine as a responsibility movement led by the Motors League for Countrywide Preservation. Washington groups and leaders including President Harding endorse the effort to reduce litter at picnic and camp sites and protect natural beauty nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Heyl
America
Motors League
United States
National Motorists’ Association of Washington
Ita
Eit
Harding
League
Luther Burbank
Watlave
Jana
Substitutes Expand Wood Use Amid Rising Demand
The United States forest service notes substitutes for wood are growing, increasing about 30 million cubic feet annually, with half as firewood. Substitutes often replace wood due to shortages or cost, while creating new wood uses. pulp wood for paper, fiber containers, wallboard, artificial boards, and evolving chemical applications point to an expanding wood era.
Women to join Republican National Committee as associate members
The Republican National Committee plans to appoint a woman in each state as an associate member to the committee, a move urged by Chairman John T. Adams and endorsed by President Harding. The action aims to recognize women in party councils with broader participation slated for next year and the national convention.
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G. O. P. National Committee
Republican Nation
al Committee
Republican National Committee
Adams
John T. Adams
National Committee
Remid- Ucan
Harding
Adams. Airs
Haniel Taylor Dyson
Republican National Executive Committee
White House
Forests Enduring Role in Nation's Industrial Future
Charles Lathrop Pack urges Britain’s forestry findings inform U S planning. He notes a looming world timber famine per the British forestry commission and argues forest products are the cornerstone of industry. Pack cites vast idle lands, rising demand, and high freight costs, urging policy to protect forests and support American lumber and manufacturing.
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Beeing Forrest
Mars Charles Lathrop Pack
American Tree Association
Julius H. Barnes
Chamber of Commerce
United States
International Chamber of Commerce
Pack
British Forestry Commission
Lord Lovat
Canada
Great Britain
North America
Commission
France
Barnce
Barace
Indosing
Greel
Sasity
Pacite
Alaska
New Diseases Threaten Natives of Alaska and South Seas
A Washington bulletin from the National Geographic Society warns that influenza and other diseases brought by civilization have devastated native populations in Alaska and across the South Pacific. It describes crowded native homes, poor sanitation, and high death rates from measles, smallpox, and tuberculosis, noting significant declines among Alaska natives and grim future projections for the Marquesas.
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Washington, D. C
Akaska
Washington
Nation Geographic Society
Starken
Alaska
Nike
United States Public Health Service
South Sea Isles
South Sea
Hawaiian Islands
Marquesas
Two Motorists Hurt by Exploding Pavement in Chicago
Two motorists were injured when brick pavement exploded under intense heat in Chicago. Sir and Mrs Bark Rachel of Muris were among those hurt as bystanders reported a heavy plume of smoke from a cracked concrete foundation torn open by the blast.
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Chicago Trad
Bark Rachel of
Muris
More Motor Touring in Central States
The Chicago Automobile Club reports about 14 percent more touring car travel through the Central states in the first five months of this year versus last year. Registrations at the Chicago club rose from 15,153 in 1922 to 17,448 in 1923 for the same period.
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Chicago
Central States
Chicago Automoblé Club
Tourist Registrations Jump Through Early Year
January openings saw 1,060 visitors, a 50 percent rise from 1982. February figures show 1,276 tourists versus 1,000 the prior year, with May reaching 268 compared to 7,350 in 1922. Mirell figures record 2,083 to 1,923 and 1,594 for 1928.
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SKN
Turtle Tows Lazy Fisherman To River Tug
Cap Gorkey of this village fished a hot river bank and slept a couple hours. He awoke to find his boat drifting downstream with a fish on the line. A giant turtle attached to the hook towed him three miles to a sheltered bend before he recovered the catch.
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Caughienoy
Cap Gorkey
Cap
Cap Tives
Odd Finds At Hen's Gizzard Hayward Wisconsin
A hen found in Hayward Wisconsin contained 61 copper shells and a pin in its gizzard. The discovery occurred when the gizzard was opened for display. Meanwhile in Scandia Kansas Dorothy Foreman, a Scandia freshman, claims the long distance scholarship after traveling 5,760 miles and spending 12% days on trains to attend school there.
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Gizzard
Hayward
Wis
Olaf Cook
Vizazard
Scandia
Kan
Dorothy Foreman
Jewell County
Dorothy
Penknife Used to Save Life at Hotel Dieu
In New Orleans a young man carried an older man into Hotel Dieu as he choked. Dr Joseph Danna performed a rapid tracheotomy with his pocket knife, inserting a tube to reopen the airway. The patient later recovered. the surgeon noted such portable aid was unprecedented for him.
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New Orleans
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Joseph Danna
Oreats
Danna
Jenger
Rotegelot
Rengelot
Sima
Eeortor Danna
Bogus Antiques Flood America Parisian Says Bogus Antiques
Paris court hears Jean Vigoureux claim bogus antiques flood museums. He accuses Parisian dealer Georges Joseph DeMotte of diverting funds and jewelry while alleging the Louvre and Metropolitan Museum bought fake objects for millions of francs. Vigoureux claims a 20 year pattern of fakery.
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America
Paris
Louvre
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Jean Vigonroux
Charces
Georce Joseph DeMotte
Vireuron
France
Iater
M. DeMotte
Viecuroux
Vigvarows Douird Eny
DeMotte
Tines
Twelfth
Louvre Morgeum
Metropolitan Museum
Woman Sets High Altitude Record at 16300 Feet
An aviator, identified as a professional flyer from Ran som, established a record altitude of 16300 feet. Details about the event, location, and organizers are unclear in the fragment but indicate a notable achievement in air travel and aviation records.
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Air & Logix
Mrx
Record Flight Dashes To 37,000 Feet
Mrs Horchem set a record by reaching 37,000 feet above St Louis in a flight authorized by the National Aeronautical Association. The journey lasted two hours and eight minutes, ending with frost bite to hands and feet as she was lifted to the cockpit. Maj William B. Robertson of the Missouri National Guard Air Service accompanied her.
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St. Louis Aviation Reid
Andre FL Peyre
California
National Aeronautical Association
Horchem
William B. Robertson
Missouri Nationa Guard Air Service
Horchers
Berlin bananas panic as street vendor sells rare fruit
A Berlin fresher exhibited two complete branches on Potsdamer street causing a crowd to gather and seek the price. The bananas sold for 5 000 marks each, a high sum given the exchange rate, with fears of a market panic among Germans.
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Berlin
Potsdamer Street
Babies Cry For Gastoria As Harmless Ointment Offered
A vintage ad notes Fletcher's Gastoria as a thirty year long soothing remedy for babies. It claims to be a pleasant substitute for Paregoric and Teething Drops with no narcotics and directions on each package. Physicians allegedly recommend it and the genuine bottle bears a signature.
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Fletcher
Havie
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Medill McCormick
J. O. Hocker
St. Louis
J. C. Pearson
Marshall, Okita
Harriet Taylor Upton
Ohio
Aif
National Lutheran Council of America
Evangel- Kal Lutheran Church of France
J. Eade Reid
Jagean Hills
Charles Barret
J. A. Morehead
National Lutheran Council
F. H. Koubel
United Lutheran Church In America
New York Museum
Prague
Cara
Infanta
Judga
Jam & Ely
Maki
Borse Meade Boukler
Dougls-Peain Corporation
Gennixe Bldg
Rochester
N.Y
Cerro
Surejell
Jama
Toa
SAINT
Ea Neson Aes Py Ae
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