Bamboo Is Worlds Best Timber Grass
Washington highlights bamboo as a versatile timber grass with vast uses from food to industry. The piece traces bamboo’s rise in Japan and China, notes its growth potential up to 120 feet, and lists countrymen and makers relying on bamboo for products from airplanes to household items. It emphasizes bamboo’s cultural beauty and economic value and imagines the impact if shipments to the United States stopped.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Japan
China
National Geographic Society
United States
Honshu
Kiangsu
Nebraska
South Sea Islands
Powerful Hexyl Resorcinol Shown Harmless to Humans
Johns Hopkins researchers report hexyl resorcinol an antiseptic far stronger than carbolic acid yet nonpoisonous to people. Fatty acids added to resorcinol reduce toxicity while boosting germ destruction. Dr Vendor Leonard even drank a dose to prove safety.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Laboratories
Vendor Leonard
National Research Council
Mosquito Warfare Study Aims at Poison Gas Tactics
General Amos A. Fries head of the Chemical Warfare service discusses efforts to develop gas methods to exterminate mosquitoes as part of military science research.
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Washington
Amos A. Fries
Chemical Warfare Service
Vet Repays His Debt To Canine
Horace Love, a Northwestern University student and World War I veteran, reunites with Bolivar the dog after years apart. Bolivar once led surgeons to Love in the Argonne, later saved by Love in the U S. Now rescued from possible execution, Bolivar is embraced by his savior.
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Vet
Canine
Chicago
Horace Love
No Man's Land
Love
Northwestern University
Argonne
Bolivar
Red Cross
Skokie Valley
Beck Land
Unemployed Poles Gained State Insurance Coverage
A new law in Poland insures manual workers against unemployment while excluding non manual, seasonal, and small firm workers. Workers contribute 2 percent of wages, split as one quarter by the employee and three quarters by the employer. Benefits vary by family size, with eligibility requiring at least twenty weeks of work and four weeks notice to the labor exchange.
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Polish Republic
Sweden Plans Large Reduction in Army Size
Sweden proposes sweeping army cuts as part of a broader economy drive. Parliament may see a bill to shrink the army from six to four corps while infantry regiments fall from 30 to 18 and artillery from six to three. Training days drop for infantry to 140 and 240 for artillery and other troops. The government argues Sweden’s position is stronger than in 1914 and borders Russia are not shared.
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Stockholm
Navy
Alaa
Belles of a Century Ago Notable for Small Feet
Berlin A controversy over foot size arises from a 1925 shoe exhibition showing styles of famous actresses from 50 to 100 years ago. Many shoes are so small that today’s women question if they were worn by ordinary people, with most old toeboxes under modern No 8 sizes.
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Berlin
English Engineer Scales 23 290 Foot Peak Aconcagua
Mount Aconcagua, the highest Andes peak at about 23 280 feet, is reportedly climbed by M F Ryan, an English railway engineer after two prior attempts. Only two other climbers are known to have reached the summit.
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Buenos Aires
Aconcagus
Andes
M. F. Ryan
Court Rules Teeth Not Part of Body
Potsdam court rules that eight teeth knocked out in a cabaret incident are not bodily injury. A piano player clipped a guest hard enough to lose teeth, and the judge said teeth are not part of the body, noting store replacements exist.
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Potsdam
Germany
Fochs War Car Creates Puzzle at Invalides
Paris authorities struggle to preserve Marshal Fochs wartime sleeping car headquarters at the Invalides. A shed over it is blocked by museum custodians. Compiegne offers to shelter it elsewhere, but war ministry opposes moving the exhibit as it will affect archway clearance and admission plans.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
the Invalides
Murlaux
Military Museum of the Invalides
Munsard
Land Investors Strike It Rich From 60 Dollar Plot
In Pottsville Pennsylvania Olivia Hilsler of Philadelphia and Erma Flisler of Pottsville share near 1 million in proceeds from a Miami Florida land sale. The tract bought for 60 by Miss Elisier’s mother in 1894 and nicknamed Princess Park sold for 74500000 through a local firm.
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Pottsville
Miami
Fla
Olivia Hilsler
Philadelphia
Erma Flisler
Elisler
John Elisier
California
Elisier
United States
Cleveland
Florida
Princess Park
Joseph M. Smith
James J. Moran
Klister
East Coast
Fisster
James J Moran
Elister
Fillsler
Famous Brittany Church Destroyed by Lightning
A fifteenth century church of St Jean du Mont near Monnaix Brittany was wrecked by a storm as lightning struck an adjoining house and fire spread to the steeple. Villagers formed a bucket brigade but failed to save the shrine. The reliquary containing John the Baptist’s finger was saved.
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Brittany
Monnaix
France
John the Baptist
Proclaims Sea Lion Is Man s Ideal Pet
The Amateur Menagerie club says the sea lion is the ideal pet and man s best friend. They note its intelligence adaptability and affection but cite yearly upkeep costs from 500 to 700 dollars making it unlikely to supplant cats and dogs.
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London
L R. Brightwell
Mr. Brightweill
Beloit to Launch Expedition on Cradle of Civilization
Beloit College will send an six month expedition to North Africa funded by Frank G. Logan. Alonzo Pond will lead with M Maurice Reygasse, traveling from Algiers to Tebessa by camel to study Aurignacian and Neolithic remains in Algeria and Morocco.
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Beloit
Wis
North Africa
Beloit College
George L. Collie
Logan Museum
Alonzo Pond
United States
Frank G. Logan
Chicago
Pond
M. Maurice Reygrasse
Algiers
France
French
Africa
Europe
Sahara
Oran
Mediterranean
Ani Sefra
Colomb Beshan
Morocco
Insalah
Oned Mya
Inifek
Obargla
Biskra
Tebessa
M. Reygasse
Strange Finds in City Dry Cleaning Plants
Miss Elizabeth Santry of a San Francisco dry cleaning business reports revealing manners in garments. She says men hide love letters in clothes while women ship items with jewelry attached. Wives often receive the letters with cleaned garments, sparking trouble. One hotel call reveals a diamond sunburst missing value.
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San Francisco
Elizabeth Santry
Miss Santry
Sahara desert to host world’s largest power station
Eminent geographer William H. Barker told scientists the Sahara will become the greatest power source by heat from sand. He said Africa will play a key role in the future. He also noted France plans to turn Sudan into an Argentine cattle zone and Egypt for cotton.
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London
William H. Barker
Sahara Desert
Africa
France
Sudan
Egypt
U. S. Party to Watch Eclipse in Sumatra
The United States Naval Observatory plans an eclipse expedition to Sumatra for the January 14 1928 eclipse. The article notes past expeditions, published results, and plans for further international collaborations including Swarthmore College Sproul expedition and other European observatories.
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Isabel M. Lewis
United States Naval Observatory
Washington
Sumatra
Navy Department
Navy Dirigible
Los Angeles
Observatory
Edwin T. Pollock
Naval Observated
Colby M. Chester
Naval Observatory
Africa
Spain
Congress
U. S. Naval Observatory
Howard Russell Butler
Baker, Ore
North Carolina
Georgia
Indian Ocean
Borneo
Mindanao
Philippines
United States
Sproul Observatory
Swarthmore College
John A. Miller
Hog Buried in Hay Survives Six Weeks Without Food
In Greenview the Dirk family found a sow alive after six weeks buried in hay used to shield the barn area. Initially thought dead, the 400 pound hog had withstood cold and hunger and is now weak but recovering after warming feed.
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Greenview
John F. Dirks
London's Grime Destroys Grim Westminster < 70?
London's soot clogged Big Ben and accelerated decay at the House of Parliament. Sir Frank Baines notes the problem is external stone erosion, not subsidence, with pinnacles noses gargoyles and crowns eroding as restoration plans are considered to preserve Gothic exterior features.
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London
House of Parliament
His Majesty’s Office of Works
Peers
House of Lords
Victoria Tower
Frank Baines
Office of Works
St. Paul's Cathedral
Sir Frank
Pig’s Offspring Help Boy With School Expenses
A South Carolina pig club story describes a purebred sow that has funded a boy’s schooling from eighth grade through college. The pig’s owner promotes better stock under a national campaign to improve domestic animals and keep advantages of quality breeding in public view.
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Washington
la Pig-Club
South Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Californian Says Girls in West Marry Young
Sacramento reports that Lee Ross of the state bureau of vital statistics cites three year data showing California brides marry younger than national norms. Average California daughters wed between fifteen and twenty, while national average is twenty to twenty four. In 1924 over 39 percent of California brides were under twenty.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Lee Ross
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Cross Words Crowding Gum Chewing Habit
The United States shows a decline in gum chewing as imports of chicle fall by about half a million dollars from the prior year. Mexico Honduras and the British West Indies supplied $4 123 000 worth of chicle while Europe including France bought nearly 3 000 000 pounds of American gum valued at $1 385 000.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Honduras
British West Indies
Department of Commerce
Europe
France
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