Eccentrics flood Washington with “inventions” for Navy defense
Eccentric inventors flood the capital with plans for torpedoes from wire stretched between aircraft and other devices to defeat submarines and air threats. Officials report 38,000 letters offering devices in weeks, with many impractical schemes and a few serious proposals for a naval advisory board.
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Washington
United States
War and
Neavy
Interior Department
Daniels
Naval Advisory Board
Joseph A. Steinmetz
Pennsylvania Aero Club
J. H. Brickenstein
Patent Law Association
Steinmetz
Navy Department
Sam
Germans Test New Foods For Poor Children
Schoeneberg near Berlin experiments with a corn dried vegetables dried fish and meat extract mixture intended to provide a square meal. The municipal commission for feeding poor school children conducts the trials with other German cities following Berlin's lead. All ingredients are imported with no strain on home production.
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Schoeneberg
Berlin
Municipal Commission
Single Men in England Could Shape a Big Army
Census figures for England and Wales show 11,100,000 married and 12,056,000 unmarried people aged 15 to 65. Among military age groups there are 5 5d prime single men 18 to 35 and 35 to 40 counts. the data feed into conscription discussions.
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England and
Wales
Pimete
Cretececses
Mien
German prisoner hides in refuse tub to flee Leigh
A German prisoner at Leigh attempted an escape by concealing himself in a refuse tub under cabbage leaves. He was discovered when tubs were moved as the receptacle proved heavier than the others.
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Leigh
Bulldog Hero Saves Man From Frenzied Bull
Tarentum Pa businessman F O Spotts narrowly escaped a goring when his bulldog Ben grabbed the bull by the nose as the animal charged near Bull Creek after escaping from stables. Spotts, pursued by onlookers, dodged the attack and escaped while Ben held the bull in place. The bull was killed.
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Mr. Spotts
Spotts
F. O. Spotts
Tarentum
Ben
H. A. Frey
Bull Creek
Old Pilot Turns Farmer Plans Move to California
Captain P C Fuller, a former Island sea pilot between Kobe and Moi for 22 years, arrived in Portland from Kobe aboard the John Ena as second mate. Born German, he left at 15 and now 64, plans to settle in California with his family if a suitable farm is found.
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Japan
Kobe
Moi
P. C. Fullert
United States
Portland
Ore
John Ena
Capt. Fuller
California
Tom the Peeper Beaten Then Ordered Out of Town
Howard Levan a Blodgett restaurant owner was assaulted on a public square by masked men and banished from the town after cashier M W Harris filed a complaint that Levan had been peeping through Harris home windows late at night. Bloodhounds traced the scent to Levan’s home but he fled.
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Howard Levan
Blodgett
Benton
M. W. Harris
Blodgett Bank
Levan
Harris
Sikeston
Bee Causes Wreck That Injures Two On Allentown Trip
George G. Sykes secretary of Lehigh Portland Cement in Allentown loses new touring car after bee lands on chauffeur’s shirt and then on a passenger. The driver swats the bee causing a crash at a bridge abutment. Mrs Sykes and Mrs Ruhe are injured by glass. Schultz is confined to bed.
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George G. Sykes
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Allentown
Edward Ruhe
Schultz
Patches Skull Cures Idiot Boy After Trephining
Matt Bryan of Athol Kentucky, now 18, was described as mentally a child after a four year old skull fracture. A trephining operation at Jackson repaired the skull and restored his mind and eye alignment, ending years of feeble mindedness.
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Matt Bryan
Athol
Bryan
Jackson
Gambling houses blocked as Saratoga DA halts plan
Saratoga New York July 28 1930s district attorney Mellvey halted plans to open gambling houses next week at the race meeting after conferring with city and town officials. He said he has proof certain leased venues were prepared to begin operations, though he did not name them.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Mellvey
Remarkable Oddities From Bizarre News Snippets
Worthington Indiana celebrates 105th birthday for Mrs Sarah Hayden who arrived in Greene county when Indiana was a wilderness. She walks unaided, works in the garden, and assists at home. In Horatio Arkansas Alsto Poole grows a freak ear of corn with 36 small ears on one stalk. In Carneria Kansas Roy Harris amputated his right hand at the wrist at midnight claiming devil influence. Tuberculosis expert suggests couples greet with a cheek slap rather than embrace or kiss, doctors endorse the joke rule.
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Worthington
Ind
Sarah Hayden
Greene County
Indiana
Horatio
Ark
Carneria
Kan
Roy Harris
Chinese student invents three-key Chinese type writer
A young Chinese student in New York has created a Chinese type writer with three keys a back-spacer a spacer and a key that strikes 4 200 Chinese characters mounted on a cylinder the writer turns to choose the character and then presses the key claiming a rate of about forty words a minute.
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New York, N. Y
Train Strikes Colt. Carried Three Miles Without Injury
A Sterling Colorado train struck a young colt near town and dragged it about three miles on the locomotive pilot without injuring the animal.
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Sterling, Col
West Virginia Prohibition Officers Accused of River Whiskey Dump
Deputy Game Warden Frank Glenn threatens legal action against state prohibition officers over alleged dumping of illegal whiskey into the Kanawha river at Parsons. He says the whiskey pollutes water and kills fish, challenging authorities to stop the practice.
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Charleston
W. Va
Frank Glenn
Prohibition Enforcement
Kanawha
Parsons
West Virginia
Pleasant Valley Cow Changes Color With the Seasons
George Kennedy of Pleasant Valley, Pa., reports a cow that changes color each season, a curious farmyard item drawing local attention and amusement.
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Pleasant Valley
George Kennedy
Cleveland Theater Fires Blonde Ushers for Brunette Hiring
The theater manager in Cleveland fired all blonde ushers and replaced them with brunettes after complaints that the blonde staff spoke with patrons and caused delays in seating patrons.
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Cleveland
Brunnettes
Bangor man found mired in mud near Stillwater
Bangor resident missing for days located waist deep in mud near Stillwater. He was exhausted from hunger and fatigue and unable to move.
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Bangor
Lissenbinn
Stillwater
McKleduff Sisters Hold Georgia Stay-at-Home Record
Winder Georgia. The McKleduff sisters hold the state record for staying at home. With their father they settled on land now part of Winder in 1835 and they have never traveled ten miles from that place nor have either sister ever ridden in a railroad coach.
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Winder
McKleduff
Oklahoma girl drives field teams to fortune in oil
In Muskogee Oklahoma Frankie Lily aged 20 earns a tidy income as a team driver in local oil field operations. Despite the heavy lifting done by cranes she is regarded as one of the best horsemen in the region.
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Muskogee
Okla
Frankie Lily
Pan American Medical Congress Seeks to End Kissing
In San Francisco physicians of the Pan American Medical Congress vow to stop kissing as part of a health reform effort. Dr. E. F. Otis from Santa Domingo comments on the initiative.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pan American Medical Congress
E. F. Otis
Santa Domingo
Woman Dies After Swallowing Wooden Stick
Towanda Pennsylvania Mrs. Luella J Packard aged 64 died after swallowing a nearly ten inch wood stick. Doctors found the object during surgery for appendicitis and the woman had no recollection of swallowing it.
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Towanda
Luella J. Packard
Oldest Schoolboy Joseph Gillett Turns Seventy-Two
Milwaukee youth teacher notes Joseph Gillett the continuation school engineering student has just reached seventy two and is regarded as among the top scholars in the program.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Joseph Gillett
Ground Collapse Destroys Home in Bessemer Shaft
Andrew Lappi and family arrived home from a neighbor call to find their house swallowed by ground collapse. The home fell into a 200 foot deep shaft, leaving a gaping hole where the residence stood.
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Bessemer, Mich
Andrew Lappi
State Insurance Department Plans Liability Firms Under Workmen’s Comp
Harrisburg Pa Aug forms are being prepared by the state insurance department for organizing liability insurance companies under the year’s workmen’s compensation legislation. Deputy Insurance Commissioner S W McCulloch is detailing how to form these companies and handling numerous inquiries.
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Harrisburg
State Insurance Department
S. W. McCulloch
State Insurance Fund to Be Established by Treasurer
The state treasurer will establish an insurance fund for employers not joining private insurers. The fund, administered by the treasurer, begins with a substantial legislative appropriation to provide protection.
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Ry Insurance
Stocking thief sentenced in New Jersey case
In Plainfield, Ludwig Ruskie was found guilty of stealing $120 from Miss Rosa Wanda’s stocking. Judge Peter Francis Daly sentenced him to a prison term of between two and seven years.
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New York
New Jersey
Peter Francis Daly
Plainfield
Ludwig Ruskie
Middlesex Court of Common Pleas
Rosa Wanda
Kuskie
Daly
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