Little Known Facts About Japan and Its People
The article notes Japan's vast size relative to England plus a population of about 72.7 million. It highlights farming as a major activity, silk production, and trade with the United States before 1900. It cites compulsory education, literacy, a eugenics law, athletic prowess, and religious tolerance with Shinto and Buddhism prominent. It also mentions foreign born Japanese, mainly along the Pacific coast.
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England
Sukiyaki
Japan
China
United States
Teo
Berlin
Mar — Saeed Oranhd
Pacific Coast
Registration Aims to Mobilize Volunteer Firemen
Richmond reports an appeal to register and train large numbers of volunteer auxiliary firemen for prompt duty as the State Fire Protective Mobilization Committee meets. J Henryse of the State Defense Council urges immediate action while over 30 fire chiefs and officials discuss emergency fire defense plans chaired by Clifton Forge Mayor Frank Wheeler.
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Richmond
State Fire Protective Mobilization Committee
J. Hinryse
State Defense Council
Frank H. Wheeler
Clifton Forge
Philadelphia Pioneered Gridiron Street Plan
Philadelphia was the first modern city laid out on the gridiron plan featuring broad straight streets intersecting at right angles with parks and greenspace placed in suitable intervals.
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Philadelphia
Warmer Weather Expected Across Nation This Weekend
The United States Weather Bureau reports a temperature rise starting Saturday from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic seaboard. Readings ranged from freezing in Oklahoma and Arkansas to near zero in New England while snow fell in the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. By tomorrow night, forecaster A. J. Knorr said the north central region would warm, with milder conditions reaching the Atlantic by Saturday.
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Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Virginia
New England
United States Weather Bureau
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
A. J. Knorr
Chicago Weather Bureau
North Central States
Atlantic
Mrs Baker Reaches Hospital After Car Crash
Ruth O Baker of near Capon Bridge was in an automobile collision Saturday. She returned to Memorial Hospital for X ray examinations and treatment after initial first aid. Her ankle hand and knee injuries prompted the return to Winchester when her condition did not improve.
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Ruth O. Baker
Odf
Capon Bridge
Memorial Hospital
Baker
Winchester
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