Word: ruralization
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Died. Ellis Parker Butler, 67, famed U. S. humorist; in Housatonic, Mass. Author of 32 books, Mr. Butler was best known for Pigs is Pigs, a slim volume about two guinea pigs whose tribe increases while a rural postmaster argues over their shipping fee. Pigs is Pigs was published in 1906, went into 31 editions...
...their experiences did not end on the Cuban beach. Down to the water's edge came Cuban rural policemen, hastily summoned by the fishermen. One look at the small arsenal in the boat, rifles, pistols, gas bombs, rounds of ammunition, and the suspicious local police rushed the refugees off to jail, suspected them of being a revolutionary expedition to Cuba's shores. This week Cuban authorities released them, arranged to ship them back to Great Inagua...
...Foundation must inevitably bring dismay to its trustees. Nankai University, whose Rockefeller-aided science building was destroyed by Japanese shells a month ago, was given $45,000 (Mex.) last year. Besides aid to a handful of universities. Rockefeller projects in North China included mass education, public health, rural reconstruction...
Near Holmquist, S. D., more than 50 residents of a rural mail route took down their mailboxes, causing service to be suspended. They were protesting the appointment of Tom Coin as carrier. He does not live in the post office district to which he has been appointed...
...only one thing: how much damage would the Senate do to his bill before finally passing it? He had been on his feet less than an hour when sniping began. George of Georgia wanted to know what was in it for the farmers. Bob Wagner, instead of appealing to rural magnanimity, claimed that his bill benefited everybody. This palpable dodge angered the Southerner into damning the bill as "a fraud because it cannot be administered in rural areas." Snapped Senator Wagner: "I'll compare my character with that of the Senator from Georgia...