New Law in India Aims to Curb Child Marriage
International News Service reports Bombay statistics on child marriages and widows as ex-minister Jadhav prepares a bill to raise the age of consent and curb infant marriages. The piece notes Hindu customs, social ostracism, and reform efforts, including remarriage limits for widows and adoption rules under Hindu law.
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International News Service
Bombay
Dee
Miss Mayo
India
Jadhav
Bombay Presidency
Central Legislative Assembly
All India Legal Authority
Judhav
West
Modernist Sculptor Hails U S As New Art Cradle
Paris dispatch reports Romanian sculptor Brancusi praising the United States as the future of art. He credits New York skyscrapers for defining modern art and says American life, energy, and urban movement inspire freedom and originality, while European routine stifles invention.
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United States
Associated Press
Paris
Constantine Brancusi
Roumania
America
Brancusi
New York
Europe
Pris
U. S
England Sees Worst Horse Racing Season Since War
London reports the 1927 English horse racing season as the poorest yet, with plunging attendance and low betting. The betting tax, high admission charges, wet weather, and greyhound competition are blamed for a threatened decline in the Sport of Kings.
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Hy International News Service
London
England
Vienna to house Broadcasting Theater and archives
Vienna plans a Broadcasting Theater with superior acoustics and a large station, the Austrian Broadcasting Company will run it with a tax supported monopoly. It will also launch an international phonograph archive to record lectures from global broadcasting stations with Geneva as a probable archive site.
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Vienna
Yadio
Austrian Broadcasting Company
Austria
Phonograph Archives
Geneva
Bavaria Gifts Castle Wart tersdorf to Rebuilders
Munich offers Castle Wart tersdorf to any buyer who will repair and maintain the medieval fortress. The immense square stone building with corner towers includes a thirty room main edifice and a chapel, perched romantically on a ridge between Weyarn and Groa Seeham along the Leitzach river.
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Anteiger
Warttersdorf
Weyarn
Groae Seeham
Leltzach
Castle Le Deemed One of Germany's Architectural Treasures
Dating from the late sixteenth century the castle is described as a premier architectural treasure of Germany.
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Germany
Tortoise Grill Myth Ends With Cautionary Note
A garbled advisory warns against handling real tortoise shell and suggests avoiding water. It mentions cleansing with aleghot and chamoin dipped in dry borns as a dubious method, reflecting a precautionary tale rather than clear instructions.
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Britain
Stork
the Oriental Shop
Seventh
East 7Th
Khoury Bros
West 7Th St
Atwater
Kent
RADIO
Amarillo
Atwater Kent House
A.C
Atwater Kent
E. E. Finkler
Tolzien
Polk Street
Bavaria
Porrigner
Munich
Tortoise Grill
Ciated
DAY & Pala Inc
Dad
Willard
Elim
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