Thyssen Sees America Busy Yet Lacking Leisure
August Thyssen, visiting American industrial centers, praises U S efficiency and production while noting Americans rush work with little time for art or leisure. He contrasts wage levels and industrial output with Germany and calls Russia a European blight under Soviet rule. Thyssen travels with Oppersorff and Ruspoli on an American tour.
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Thyssen
Germany
United States
Ishbor
Russia
America
Europe
Edward Oppersorf
Berlin
Paris
Francisco Ruspoli
Rome
New York
Tax on bobbed hair lands in Schoenau avaria
A local council in Schoenau avaria imposes a hair tax once past 16, with the levy rising by age. Freshman quips about education contrast with this unusual rule as seniors comment on life and taxation.
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Schoenau
Avaria
Americans Bring New York Voice To London Society
London observers note the American voice catching on in elite circles as American actors appear on stage. The Oxford drawl and public school intonation yield to faster vowels with a slangy pronunciation. The trend, started last year among West End clubgoers, spreads as social elites adopt the new accent.
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United Press
London
West End
Flashes of Life: Dictator's Tea Invitation Sparks Scene
In Madrid Primo de Rivera sends word to Ambassador Hammond that business prevents him from a tea for Ruth Elder. Ruth calls and the general attends. In Bucharest King Michael receives an American airplane for kite flying. Mecca pilgrims arrive by motor car as Arabia gains 300 plus cars.
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Madrid
Primo de Rivera
Hammond
Ruth Elder
Ruth
Bucharest
Michael
Fred I. Albee
New York
Mecca
Arabia
Hollywood
DAR selects Austin woman as president in Texas
Mrs. Forrest H. Farley of Austin was reelected head of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the three day convention in Wichita Falls. Waco chosen as 1928 convention city with officers named for many posts across the state.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Forrest H. Farley
Austin
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Waco
G. A. Gray
Belton
B. B. Knolle
Houston
C. D. Shamburger
Young Yates
Fort Worth
J. Carter Bardin
Dallas
F.B. Lacy
W. T. Wroe
The
Texas Museum
Ellas. Watson
Hillsboro
Whit Boyd
FE. Kruewer
G. A. Pfaeffler
Greenville
Crosses
C. F. Harris
Joe Rowe
Oscar Barthold
Weatherford
Texas
Richmond Museum
World Peanut Exhibit Opens December Fifth
Plans near completion for the world’s second annual peanut exposition to be held in Ahoskie North Carolina on December 5 and extending a week. Eastern Carolina and Tidewater Virginia will visit the event honoring the peanut. The first expo was held at Windsor North Carolina last year with a goal to make it an annual affair.
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International News Service
Ahoskie, N
Carolina
Tidewater
Virginia
Windsor
N. C
Ahoskie
Plane fragment may be evidence of sea tragedy
Authorities in Los Angeles seek to identify a fragment of an airplane found on Rendondo Beach. The Aileron piece bears the number 42449-10 and was taken to USC for dating. Some believe it could be from a missing trans oceanic plane that vanished over the summer.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Rendondo Beach
University of Southern
California
Appreciation. PAPA and SUITOR Exchange in a Short Scene
A young man urged to leave early when he visits Dorothy. The suitor asks if he can rely on others to help him escape after the encounter, indicating a tense, possibly evasive meeting and a plan forming amidst family pressure.
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Papa
Dorothy
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