New Radio Era To Join London With New York
National Broadcasting Company plans a trans Atlantic broadcasting service linking London and New York. The project aims to let American listeners hear European stars from London and European audiences hear US programs, pending technical and scheduling coordination with the BBC. Merlins Aylesworth forecasts a broader era of international broadcasting once plans are finalized.
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London
New York
International
National Broadcasting Company
John Reith
British Broadcasting Corporation
Merlin Hall Aylesworth
British Broadcasting System
Aylesworth
Chicago
San Francisco
Associated Radio
United States
Europe
Colonel Lindbergh
Washington
Rich New Yorker Pays 450000 for Apartment
Dr. Preston Pope Satterwhite bought for 450000 a twenty room suite in a Fifth Avenue apartment house under construction. The complex costs about 6500000 with twelve tenants. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt bought a 27 room three floor unit for 185000. A quadruplex listed at 210000.
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International News Service
New York
Preston Pope Satterwhite
Fifth Avenue
Dr. Satterwhite
William K. Vanderbilt
Fur of Jack Rabbits Brings Cash in Dakota
A Denver fur company paid hunters in South Dakota over 800000 for jack rabbit skins in the last winter season. The firm plans to expand buying across nearly the entire state next winter, using eastern buyers via local produce companies. Many young jack rabbits spotted in the east promise easy money for hunters this coming season.
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International News Service
Pierre
S. D
Denver Fur Company
Missouri
Monte Carlo records 306 suicides in last year
At Monte Carlo the Casind official told James Douglas that 306 people have died by self harm in the principality over the past year. Douglas witnessed a red haired Italian man shoot himself at the private gaming rooms, his body dragged through a wall panel to a hidden stair, attendants aiding the evacuation.
Murder Map Reveals 200 Child Kills By Street Vehicles
The City Club bulletin spreads a map of Manhattan with two hundred black dots marking where a New York child was killed by a street vehicle in 1926. Captioned Municipal Murder Map for the Year 1926, the display urges city leaders to build playgrounds.
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International News Service
New York
City Fathers
City Club
Manhattan Island
Belgian coast resort bans late night dancing
The Le Cor-sur-mer authorities ordered all fox-trots, Charlestons and Black Bottoms to cease by nine at night, requiring all residents and visitors to return home. The move contrasts Belgian sociability with American habits as nightlife winds down at the seaside resort.
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International News Service
Brussels
le Cor-sur-mer
Run-Down to Ready: Mrs Alven Jesee’s Health Turnaround
In Shelbyville Kentucky Mrs Jesee recalls years of weakness and fatigue that left her unable to do housework. She reports rapid improvement after using a remedy sold at all drug stores, restoring strength and energy for daily tasks.
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Shelbyville
Leonde
Eest
Unnamed Official Reports Third Hundred Sixth Self-Inflicted Death
An official, inspecting a wounded person, notes the 306th death by self-harm in 18 months and expresses fear of publicity. After clothes are cleaned of blood stains, the individual is allowed to depart.
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Sino
Flashes of Life in Paris and New York
In Paris at a Byrd banquet Marshal Foch reacts with alarm to a small radio mike on stage. In New York Augustin F Massa once blinded in childhood by dynamite caps becomes a lawyer after earning funds at Columbia University by performing at summer amusements for a few cents.
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Associated Press
Paris
Marshal Foch
Mike
Byrd
New York
Augustin F. Massa
Columbia
Deas
Wings of flies aid heat measurement in radiometer test
Dr. Charles G. Abbott of the Smithsonian uses insect wings among radiometer materials to gauge stellar heat. The device could measure heat from a distant match if Earth were flat and air clear, with California as the target in a Mississippi heat example. Lieutenant Carlton G. Champion Jr. reportedly reached nearly seven miles in a seaplane, potentially breaking the record. A pipe burst at Texas Guinean’s Greenwich Village home ruined clothes and furniture.
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Washington
Charles G. Abbott
Smithsonian Institution
Mount Wilson
California
Mississippi
Carlton G. Champion, Jr
New York
Greenwich Village
Texas Guinean
Filling In Social Guests in Washington Society
In Washington on July 4 a common feature is the last minute substitution of guests by husbands or wives after other invitees cancel. The practice highlights social expectations and the flexible roles within political and social circles.
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Washington
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