Overpopulation in Germany Seen as Serious Problem
AP reports Germany faces a surplus population of about 20 million. Birth rates rise to prewar levels, emigration slow, mainly male workers leave for the United States, sending funds home. Laborers total around 25 million with 15.6 million organized. Six months to date show emigration near 41,000, four times 1922 and triple 1929's first half. Refugees from Russia worsen the demographic strain.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Russia
United States
Rat pulls twenty pound trap in Adirondack barn
Saranac Lake New York December 22 The man killing sewer rats in cities has nothing on Adirondack barn rats Fred Sheldon of Elizabethtown set a fox trap in his hen house with a twenty pound weight attached The next morning he found that a rat had escaped with both trap and weight The tracks showed a rat not a fox Sheldon says he recently shot a rat in his barn that measured two feet one inch from tip to tip
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Adirondacks
Fred Sheldon
Elizabethtown
Sheldon
New Lamp Burns 94 Percent Air In Tests
A new oil lamp claims to emit a brighter, cleaner white light than gas or electricity. Tested by the U.S. Government and 25 top universities, it reportedly burns 94 percent air with no odor or smoke. Inventor H. F. Johnson offers a free 10 day trial or a free lamp to one in each locality who helps promote it. He promises agencies and earnings of 250 to 500 dollars monthly with no prior experience.
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U.S
H. 4. Johnson
Lake St
Chicago
Normal Physical Abilities of Freshman Girls Revealed
New York December 22 Tests of 1 000 students in women colleges show expected normal ranges for freshman women. Agnes Wayman Barnard College cites specific metrics for lung capacity chest and rib expansion grip jump distance run time vault height balance and overall scores totaling 180 points on a 265 point scale. The report labels the typical freshman as normal and highlights precise measurements for physique motor ability and overall physical efficiency.
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New York
Agnes R. Wayman
Department of Physical Education
Barnard College
Shaker Community Dwindles to Five in Enfield NH
Five remaining Shakers in Enfield, established 1782, will move this winter to Canterbury to join a similar colony. Death reduced the group from about 150 to five, with barns to be closed for the last time. Celibacy was once obligatory as membership dwindled since 1886.
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Enfield
N. H
Canterbury
Carolina Dawsons Celebrate Fifty Second Wedding Anniversary
Kinston North Carolina December 22 Johnn J. Dawson aged 75 long time treasurer of Lenoir county and Mrs Dawson recently marked the fifty second anniversary of their marriage. The Dawsons head an unusual family as their sons and daughters include an.
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Kinston
N. C
Johnn J. Dawson
Lenoir County
Dawson Dominant NC Democrat State Chairman Faces Long Remain
Episco pal ian Disciple Catholic Hebrew Presbyterian and other faiths mingle in a family where John G. Dawson stands out as the most influential figure wielding political power in North Carolina as Democratic state chairman. He has long held office with no re election campaign in over a decade and attracts Republican votes as well.
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Disses
John G. Dawson
North Carolina
Tho Ha
Dawson
Tobacco trade falters as Turkish export tax bites
In Kavala on December 22, observers say the tobacco market weakened in November due to a 20 percent foreign currency export tax. American buyers were notably absent, with Macedonia and Thrace seeing virtually no sales to the United States in October. Total sales last month amounted to about 500,000 cokes, while October shipments reached 29,387 cokes.
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Kavala
Greek Macedonia
Macedonia
Thrace
America
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