Italy Seeks to Develop Cotton Crops and Industry
Italian scientists pursue new textile fibers while agriculturists expand domestic cotton. Mussolini directs land allocations in Salerno and Matera as trials date back to 1927. Officials forecast 1945-36 crop supplying a quarter of prior imports.
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Rome
Mussolini
Flute Speaker
Salerno
Matera
Ermo
United States
Italy
Italian Cotton Institute
Sicily
Dr. B. F. Schwartz Speaks on The Great Refusal
Dr. B. F. Schwartz will discuss The Great Refusal Tuesday evening at the Methodist Church. The event is sponsored by church Missionary Societies and aims to emphasize service to others. Special music precedes services at 7 30 with an invitation to bring neighbors.
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B. F. Schwartz
The
Methodist Church
Missionary Societies of the Church
Island Vanishes Amid Prophecy Legend of Mutineer
Boston observers recount the sinking of Nix Mate and Bird Island Flats as erosion and harbor dredging erase the two small islands once used by early settlers. Historians label the mutineer prophecy legend as improbable while locals cling to coastal lore.
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Boston
INS
Boston Harbor
Nix
Little Harbor Island
Edward B. Snow
Winthrop
Commonwealth
Bird Island
Teachers of Cedar Township Meet at B. Johnson's Home
The Cedar Township teachers met at Mrs. Beulah Johnson’s home for the regular meeting. Mr and Mrs. Cloyd Cornice live at the Walter Smith home while the Smiths travel south for six to eight weeks seeking a healthier climate. Their daughters Ruth and Patricia stay with grandmother Mae Jay in Washington and attend school.
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Martha Thrasher
Prairie Flower
Cedar Two
Beulah Johnson
Cloyd Cornice
Walter FE
Iowa
Ruth
Patricia
Mae Jay
Washington
Henry Witthoff
Louise Witthoft
Martha Turtipseed
Merle and
Jueior
Shirley Temple
Mt Pleasant
Emma Shalle
Shalla
Katona
Whi Matucha
Elmer Horning
McCormick Deering
Merle Mitchell
Walter Horning
Declamatory Contest Selections and Local Notices
Columbus High announces declamatory speakers for February from Oratorical to humorous categories. Also notes sermons at Cotter Church, visits by Mrs. George, moves by the Bollenbachs, sale lunch plans for Hereford cattle, and obituaries with funeral details for Christian Weber and Frank Rock plus community events and visits in Columbus City and Mortis Run.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Columbus High School
Jack Huston
Billie Gilkey
Billie Luckey
Paul Shearer
Merna Bozman
Elizabeth Boulton
Bonnadelle Fullerton
Dorothy Weber
Ruth Weber
Ruth Moran
Craig Huston
Hillie Green
Marie Rees
L. Myron Boozer
Cotter Presbyterian Church
Lydia George
Columbus City
Gay Herkshire
Birmingham
C. J. Bollenbach
Laurene Gilkey
Cox
Bollenbach
Sale
Philathea
Letts Methodist Sunday School
Letts and Turkington
Concord Township
Lulu Williams
Denver
Frank Rock
Army Air Chief Promoted as Westover Takes Command
President Roosevelt promoted eight senior officers elevating Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover to full command of the Army Air Corps. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Benjamin Foulois whose resignation was demanded by a congressional committee over aircraft purchase methods.
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Army
Roosevelt
Oscar Westover
Army Air Corps
Benjamin Foulois
The Bride Comes Home opens at State theater
Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray star in a refreshing modern comedy romance. The film follows a bickering couple who cannot spend time apart yet cannot stay together, a tale praised as lively and smart.
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Claudette Colbert
Fred MacMurray
Neutrality bill faces obstacle in Congress
Washington, Jan 18 The administration's neutrality act faced a major hurdle as a discretionary embargo provision remained. Secretary Hull told the Senate committee the U S would not join with the League of Nations on sanctions, while Vandenberg warned the clause could let Roosevelt delay action until war ends.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
State Department
League of Nations
Hull
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
League
Senate Munitions Committee
America
Vandenberg
Vandenberg i
Michigan
Senate
What Kind of Interpretation What Kind of Interpretation
Atlantic Iowa January 13 A Democratic blast rebukes Governor Clyde Herring’s call for a liberalized constitution. E P Chase argues changes must come by orderly amendment not executive interpretation. He warns against eroding constitutional limits for favored policies and stresses protection of rights for all citizens.
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Atlantic
Iowa
INS
AAA
E. P. Chase
Clyde Herring
Omaha
Chase
Clyde
Herring
United States
Unmasked by a Kiss in The Great Impersonation
Vera Engels weighs in on a plot point in The Great Impersonation noting that a stranger might fool a lover through resemblance but a kiss would reveal the lie. The film shows Ed mouth Lowe pursuing identity deception at the Fox theater.
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Vera Engels
Edmund Lowe
Miss Engels
Fox Theater
Giant cactus of desert reaches towering heights
The giant cactus of southern Arizona and southeastern California grows to heights up to 70 feet, a remarkable desert landmark noted for its size and prominence in the region.
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Arizona
California
Tapioca From Cassava Roots
Tapioca is prepared from cassava starch the product of the tuberous roots of the manioc plant.
Tomato ranked high as crop and canning product
The tomato, introduced from the American tropics around 1800 and once deemed poisonous, now ranks third among vegetables as a crop and first for vegetable canning.
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American Tropics
Blida's Fame for Orchards Appeals to Wanderer
Blida, a small walled town renowned for its orchards and gardens, lured Abdel Kebir to seek earthly paradise after fleeing Spain in the Fifteenth century.
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Blida the Beautiful
Abdel Kebir
Spain
Blida
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