Diary of Kawaji Records May Change Hands in Japan
The diary and financial records of Saemomajo Kawaji from the late Tokugawa era are up for government purchase. The documents detail Japan’s early diplomacy and Meiji Restoration era finances, and the negotiations come as Kawaji’s great grandson and imperial officials fear loss or theft of these letters to his father.
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United Press
Saemomajo Kawaji
Japan
Imperial Ld
Toku
Meiji
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Sickness Insurance Sold for Pets and Barnyard Animals in Germany
AP reports Germany offers sickness insurance for pets and barnyard animals. A dog's health policy costs 3.75 dollars while a pig's premium is 1.50 dollars. The animal must first be judged a good risk by the veterinary authority.
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Associated Press
Serlin
Germany
New Soviet Rail Link Opens as Cogswell Delivers Vanity Gifts
May Van Renssalaer Cogswell, a New York society figure, gave vanity cases with small mirrors to Native girls of Kazakstan during the opening ceremony of a 1,700 mile Soviet railway line.
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Kazakstan
Soviet Union
May van Renssalaer Cogswell
New York
Clockmaker’s skill lets him tell time to half a minute
London clockmaker B Jenney has wound 1050 clocks in 32 years and can tell the time within 30 seconds at any hour. He has never varied more than three quarters of a minute in his estimates, demonstrating remarkable consistency in timekeeping.
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London
B. Jenney
Budget Cuts Hamper Kansas City Police Efforts
Kansas City Missouri faces crime pressures as a shrunken police force operates under a reduced budget. The city council trimmed funds to 1.25 million for the current year though the state police board urged 1.478 million. Officers went unpaid in March and April with no back wages planned.
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United Press
Kansas City
State Board of Police Commissioners
State Supreme Court
Police Board
August Vollmer
Berkeley
Calif
H. F. McElroy
Electricity Brings Change In Music World
Paris dispatch notes that in coming years the symphony orchestra may evolve with quarter tone pianos electrically amplified strings and other new technologies transforming orchestral sound and performance.
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Paris
Good Old Symphony Orchestra
New Electrified Violin Debuts With Phonograph Tone
A city notes the premiere of an innovative violin that lacks a traditional sound box and uses a diaphragm in a phonograph like box. Bow vibrations on four strings become electro magnetic signals, sent through transformers to an amplifier for its novel tone.
Varicose Veins Ad Promises Quick Comfort for Legs
An old advertisement extols a potion to relieve varicose and bulging veins, claiming swift relief from soreness and swelling. It promises leg comfort, enabling sheer stockings and beachwear without visible varicose veins, and cites a “drugstore” bottle as the remedy.
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