Mechanical Life Imposes Strain On Eyes of Man
Detroit report on Dr. Walter F. Kimball of St. Joseph outlining how modern civilization creates near-point vision strain. He cites artificial lighting, traffic, and motion pictures as key factors, noting rising eye defects among motorists such as night blindness double vision and tunnel vision, which contribute to more accidents.
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Detroit
Walter F. Kimball
St. Joseph
American Optometric Association
Kimball
Dr. Kimball
Greater Reserve Army Need, General Says at Dallas
Major General Frank Parker urged a larger reserve force at a Dallas Reserve Officers gathering during the Centennial AEF reunion. He called for boosting ROTC outputs to 120,000, said half of reserves may not endure combat, and praised the division's loyalty while noting the role of motorization and roads in national defense. General Buck added that a motorized, efficient army could concentrate ready for action within a week.
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Dallas
America
Frank Parker
Reserve Officers’ Association
American Expeditionary Force
College of the Nation
Parker
Regular Army
National Guard
Gen
Beaumont B. Buck
Buck
San Antonio
United States
Custer staff recalls General as stubborn figure in history
Detroit dispatch recalls Gen George A Custer through Sgt Frank Pentney 86 once schoolmate in Monroe Michigan. Pentney calls Custer the stubborn durn man who wanted glory and led 700 men against Sitting Bull with thousands of Sioux, delaying the relief that could not save his troops. Pentney notes Custer’s hair and looks, and says he would have stood beside them if fate differed.
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Detroit
George A. Custer
Little Big Horn
Frank Pentney
Pontney
Monroe
Mich
George Custer
Pentney
Custer
Miles
Sitting Bull
McKenize
Bull
Saint Jo Boy Aims for School and Linotype Work
Saint Jo Tribune reports 15 year old Flades Powell works as a linotype operator while continuing schooling. Superintendent C C Redman arranged a special schedule to accommodate both, Powell believed to be the youngest linotype operator in Texas.
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Saint JO
Flades
Spec) Powell
Saint Jo Tribune
C. C. Redman
Texas
Conference on Salary Fund Shows State Share Pending
District Judge R M Carter met with the state comptroller in Austin to discuss payment of the state's portion of the officers salary fund. Grayson County Auditor B M Whiteacre said the county has received only 2000 of the 10000 due and expects a small year end cash balance. He noted many counties have written seeking more legislative appropriations to relieve the delay.
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Sherman
R. M. Carter
Fifteenth District Court
Austin
B. M. Whiteacre
Grayson County
Milestone cites kissing scenes to boost Chinese film market
New York the director of The General Died at Dawn says American kissing in movies could unlock a vast Chinese audience. He cites consulting Chinese scholars to avoid cultural missteps but notes the love scenes still challenged cross cultural acceptance despite rising Western film interest in the East.
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New York
China
Lewis Milestone
Paramount
United States
Hollywood
Orient
Canada Refuses Mrs Hauptmann Entry at Border
ROUSES POINT New York Mrs Anna Hauptmann barred from Canada for failing to prove US citizenship sought to appeal to the Dominion government to overturn immigration inspectors. US Inspector Emile Levin said Hauptmann likely remains in the vicinity incognito while her appeal proceeds. Her companion, who identified himself as attorney, said she would proceed to Montreal to learn about the Lindbergh kidnapping and Hauptmann's guilt or innocence.
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Rouses Point
N. Y
Anna Hauptmann
Canada
United States
Montreal
Emile Levin
United States Immigration Service
Hauptmann
Cantic
Que
Gold Found in Sulphur River Bed in Texas
J A Webster of Twin Oaks Cass County Texas reports discovery of gold in the Sulphur River bed on land owned by Congressman Wright Patman. He says ore assay results were received but the details are not shown in the available fragment.
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Shreveport
J. A. Webster
Twin Oaks
Cass County
Texas
Wright Patman
Ore discovery near Sulphur River reported by Webster
Webster disclosed gold and silver bearing ore with copper traces found while walking the river’s low banks. He brought several ore pieces to show, noting the find along Sulphur River, now at its lowest stage in history. Eight million dollars in rare books and manuscripts reside in a vault on East Fifty-first Street, New York, owned by A S W Rosenbach, who also has three other vaults.
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Webster
Sul
East Fifty-first Street
New York
A. S. W. Rosenbach
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