Lighted airways number over ten thousand miles in use
Clarence B. Young of the Commerce Department reports more than 30,180 miles of lighted airways are active in the United States with 1,065 miles under construction. The system includes 263 intermediate landing fields, 1,406 airway beacons, 164 weather stations, 27 communications stations, and seven radio range beacons, with further projects in progress.
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Two Derelict Schooners Sighted At Sea Off Canadian Coast
Reports from Houston dated August 29 describe two derelict schooners spotted by passing ships. The Quaco Queen, abandoned since February off the Canadian coast, drifted 107 miles southward after being seen recently by the Montague near Kingston. The second vessel, unnamed, was seen by the Eros at 15.27 N 65.50 W with about ten feet of rigging protruding, and its hull remained submerged.
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Rat Exterminator Known as Pied Piper of Houston Dies
Andrew Schroeder, 54, longtime Houston rat killer famed during the New Orleans bubonic plague scare, died with his secret method unsolved. He used a drive-from-buildings-to-street technique but never disclosed the details, leaving his fame lingering in public memory.
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Dry Capitol of the World Backs Prohibition Enforcement
Terre Haute Indiana Aug 29 AP The Anti-Saloon League capital votes 500 to aid local officials enforce the Eighteenth Amendment for the coming year Dr Howard Fiyde Russell chair of the Committee of One Hundred on Lake Observance cites surveys investigations of liquor violations and evidence gathering to enforce liquor laws
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Woman in Bath Hears Theft at Rear of Restaurant
Mrs John Newport, in a bath behind her restaurant, heard a noise and saw a young man rifling the cash register through a door crack. She could not pursue due to undressed state. The bath reportedly cost seven dollars.
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Washington
John Newport
Beauty costs surge as 1927 cosmetics imports rise
A Commerce Department survey shows American women used cosmetics totaling 62.29 million dollars in 1927 with the United States supplying most products. France leads perfume exports while Britain and Canada are major buyers. Exports to Latavia and the Virgin Islands are modest, with Japan a close importer.
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Fifty swimmers set for annual Mississippi River swim
About fifty participants will swim a 20 mile course from Quincy to Canton on August 2. The event is sponsored by the YMCA. Governor Lewis Ha Emmerson will present medals to the winner.
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Phoenix Plans New Spanish English Weekly Newspaper
A Phoenix project outlines a new bilingual weekly paper to be established here and named to serve both Spanish and English readers. The initiative aims to fill a local information gap with a concise, community focused format.
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Doughboys to Get Horns Replacing Rattle Alarms
The War Department abolishes the poison gas alarm rattle used by doughboys in World War I and replaces it with an alarm horn to reduce confusion with machine gun noises. Infantry and chemical warfare experts approved the change due to potential misidentification of sounds.
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