Arctic Explorers Seek Rubber Plants in West
Icebound explorers Storkerson and Stefansson aim for rubber plants as currents push their ships toward Siberia and Alaska. Amundsen plans to reach the North Pole by air, while Storkerson and his five men drift and search coastal routes, with hopes of landing near Lena next summer. In California, rubber plant research supports wartime needs as a chemist reports a larger than expected rubber supply potential across eight western states.
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Seattle
Heald Vinaridees
Wexian
Storkerson
Stefanssen Canatian
Pacific
Siberia
Arctic
Storkkerson
Amundsen
Nouth Pole
North Pole
Storkersen
Arctic Bath
Sberian Islands
Gobe Storkerson
Siberian
Alask
Lena
Stefarsson
Forth
Stefanson
Storkeson
Herschel Island
Stefanse
Wrangel I Island
New Siberian Islands
Karluk
Stefansson
Alaska
Oftl
Leuschner
Puthe
M. Hail
Sugar Allowance Raised to Three Pounds a Month
Washington November The sugar allowance for householders rises from two pounds to three pounds per person per month effective today. Families may also buy the entire month’s supply at one time. Hoover cites beet and cane sugar production, lower manufacturing use, better transport, and public conservation as factors.
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Washington
Hoover
Finest Street in Prague Renamed Wilson Street
Prague records a naming change for Graben the city’s finest business street to Wilson Street. The dispatch also notes currency rates with the American dollar at 1.17 silver per unit in Amoy China.
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Finest
Prague
Wilson
Amsterdam
Paol
Berlin
Graben
China
Amoy
Hira
Open-air election to foil influenza germs
Tuesday’s election in Tuenn will be outdoors to prevent influenza spread. Polls set at courthouse lawn fire house vacant lots and street corners with quarantines possibly lifted by midweek according to the supervisors.
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Tuenen
Board of Supervisors
Sixth Avenue
Fifth and Broadway
Street
Tyndall and
University Avenues
South Sixth Avenue
Court House
Labor stance on Amendment 100 raises charges and denials
Tucson labor leaders clash over the compensation Amendment 100 as the Tucson Trades Council and executive committee dispute unauthorized endorsements and alleged motives. McCoy Parker and others deny a star chamber session and accuse opponents of suppressing debate while noting division within the council.
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Tucson
Tucson Trades’ Council
Central Trades Counci T” R. H. Southgate
O. FE
Council
Star Chamber
MceCoy
Parker
Southgate
Comstock
All Day Saturday Specials on Towels and Apparel
Weekend sale showcases Turkish Towels 18x36 inches and 36 inch Scout Percale by the yard. Men’s linen collars and hair ribbon priced per yard. Infants’ shoes, women’s handkerchiefs and flannelette night gowns, petticoats, and bungalow aprons. Boys’ ribbed hose and children’s wool sweaters. Women’s colored hose and children’s gingham dresses offered with pricing 1 and 2 percent.
Saturday Night Specials in Local Store Catalog
Colorful sale list shows women’s stockings at 25c, children's rompers at 35c, stationery boxes, men’s dress shirts at $1.00, black hose 19c, carpet slippers, blue chambray overalls, toilet soap six cakes, boys pants, men’s sweaters, silk neckwear, infants sweaters, children’s union suits, and assorted 10c to 15c items with a final price of 2.95.
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Albert Steinfeld & Co
Bess
Sam
Tommy Atkins
Hatch Union
Ecru
American Knitting Mills
Lize
Uncle Sam
S& So
SOO Eyotte
Albert Steinfeld
Arctic Explorers
West
San Francisco
Oct
Pacific Coast
Colorado
New Mexico
California State Council Defense
California
United States
Chester W Rewell
Freens
Cal
Brazil
Hart Schaffner & Marx
J. Ivancovich
N. ‘Tyndall Ave
Conversational Mathog
Florence Anneste Wim
ER Barro
Lois G. Whisler
Roy B. Gill
Blissel Paso
Lustchman
Horder
Mexico
Fort Biss Stockade
Wisconsin
Hartford
Siti
Magny Hospital
Buffalo
Fort Porter
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