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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1936
Page
4
The piece reflects on six years of hardship from the 1920s and highlights remarkable advances. It notes improved trains and air travel, better cars and roads, home and food innovations, new materials, clothing fabrics, expanded telephone and radio services, and increased scientific knowledge guiding doctors and dentists.
Rodney Dutcher reports on West Virginia silicosis cases at Gauley Bridge where workers inhaled fatal dust. Rep. Vito Marcantonio aims to spur a three member Labor Department board study, seek state laws, and press prevention amid reports of bountiful contractor practices and dire living conditions.
Fire department reports 15 degrees below zero sun through a window focused on a whisky bottle igniting a wall in a Boston liquor store. In London, W Hughes subjects a Wanstead golf lap as a crow steals his ball from the 16th lake in an Essex pro event.
In a New York to Pacific drive through the Southwest the narrator and companions encounter a desert prospector near Phoenix. A tense bid escalates over a walnut six shooter with two notches, bought for fifty five dollars. The gun becomes a prized relic as the group reflects on the old miner and the desert frontier.
The scene ends with a terse farewell as a speaker recalls a shipment of frontier guns waiting at the freight house. The man plans to cut notches in the handles before leaving, while Joe responds with a final goodbye.
Federal plant breeders cut the breeding cycle for peas and beans to about one year. Four generations of beans and peas were produced in 1934, versus the usual 15 to 20. Off season seed production explored in Mexico, Argentina, New Zealand, and California.
In Fifeshire Scotland wildcats have sparked a dispute as sightings contradict claims of extinction. Some scientists argue the animals are former domestic cats now feral while others contend their size and ferocity refute this.
A tooth about two and a half inches long, likely around one million years old, was discovered near San Pedro, California by CCC workers. A California Institute of Technology geologist estimates its age and notes the enamel remains nearly perfect.
Bakersfield California reports Elmer Houchin of the state fish and game commission protests the sardine issue by abstaining on a vote to raise Pacific Coast sardine fishing by 100 600 tons annually and causes a deadlock. Times Want Ads offers furniture pieces for sale.
The American Road Builders Association released a survey from 35 cities urging federal leadership to set drivers licenses and mandatory vehicle inspections. It cites alcohol as the leading cause of 1935 traffic deaths and calls for uniform signals, stricter licensing, frequent inspections, expanded education, and better highways. Cities mentioned include Cleveland and Charleston.
Mary Helen Warren 18, niece of Gen. John J. Pershing and granddaughter of the late Senator Francis E Warren, will reign as Miss Frontier during the Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration in Cheyenne Wyoming from July 22 to 25. She is the daughter of Fred Warren, owner of a great Wyoming ranch.
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