English as World Language Favored Over German and Esperanto
Paris reports English likely to be the world language of the future with French second and German third. French and British scholars argue two languages, English and French, suffice for international discourse, while Germans promoted artificial tongues like Esperanto to dilute the status of English and French.
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Lloyd Allen
Union
Paris
America
Paul Mieilic
Lycee
France
England
Germa
Mieille
League of Nations
Germany
Miss Margaret McBride Denies Room Companion Claim
In New York a hotel floorwalker testified that Miss Margaret McBride had a man visit her room, a claim she disputes. She says no man was in the room and values the alleged peep at 50 000 in her suit against the Vanderbilt hotel management.
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New York
Margaret McBride
Vanderbilt Hotel
Explosives Found At New York Medical Institute Office
Police raid on West 45th Street offices of Charles L. Pichel uncovered enough high explosives to blow up a city block. The cache included shells cyanide dynamite and TNT. Pichel, a discharged soldier, claimed the materials were left by a friend.
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New York
Charles L. Pichel
45Th Street
Pichel
Messenger Day Promotes Athens Newspaper Plant Operations
A detailed look at Messenger and Messenger Printing in Athens shows a 40 person payroll with 18 heads of families and weekly payroll over $700. The paper highlights United Press leased wire access, multiple news bureaus, 64 carriers, and in-house production steps from linotypes to press plates.
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Athens
Messenger
Messenger Printery
The
United Press
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
World News
Thens
Meigs
Nelsonville
Glouster
Pomeroy
Paris
Hockingport
More Youths Join Good Clubs Than Ever Before
Over 8,500 boys and girls this year entered crop livestock home economics and related clubs run by the Agricultural College Extension Service. This surpasses last year's May 1 enrollment by more than double. About half are in canning and food preparation. 1,200 in pig clubs and a similar number in poultry. Additional youths garden, raise calves, sheep, and corn, sew clothing, and judge livestock.
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Agricultural College Extension Service
Lighting Safety Islands Warned By Mines Bureau
The United States Bureau of Mines recommends a heavy bell shaped iron casting with slotted sides for street intersection safety islands using white pass rays from an electric lamp.
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Por
United States Bureau of Mines
High School Commencement Sells Out In Advance
Within 30 minutes after opening, every ticket for the high school commencement was sold. This year’s exercises include a class play to be performed at the opera house Thursday night. Forty one graduates will receive diplomas at the end of the play. The Moosehear Legion ladies plan a bazaar Friday at Red Men hall starting 6 PM with aprons bonnets ice cream cake and candy for sale. Mrs Isaac Mohler reports her husband has arrived at Camp Sherman and expects to be home soon. he is a member of the 165th Rainbow Division.
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Opera House
Moosehear Legion
Red Men
Isaac Mohler
Camp Sherman
Mohler
165Th Rainbow Division
Civil Service Exam Set for Hollister Post Office Vacancy
A civil service examination will be held in Athens on June 14 to verify and fill a contemplated vacancy for fourth class postmaster at Hollister. The postmaster’s compensation was $199 last fiscal year. Application blanks and full exam requirements are available from the Hollister postmaster or the U S Civil Service Commission in Washington DC.
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Athens
Hollister
Unite States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. Cc
Local restaurant changes hands in Trimble
W. OH Stahl of this city has purchased the John Curtin restaurant beside the post office at Trimble and has taken possession. Mr Stahl and family will move to Trimble soon. Local men returning from overseas include Rodney Sorrell Wil Shaner Howard Elliott Lon Dulaney Ray Roberts Carl Marko James Richards. Mr and Mrs James Williamson and children of Columbus visit relatives here. Mrs Ben Turner of Corning was here with her parents. Mrs Louis Weber of Zanesville spent the past week with Sam D Spero family.
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W. OH. Stahl
John Curtin
Trimble
Mr. Stahl
Rodney Sorrell
Wil Shaner
Howard Elliott
Lon Dulaney
Ray Roberts
Carl Marko
James Richards
James Williamson
Columbus
Ben Turner
Corning
Mrs. C
Jona
Buckeye State Building and Loan seeks farm and home loans
The Buckeye State Building and Loan Co of Columbus invites homeowners in Columbus and Central Ohio to apply for loans on homes farms doubles and apartments. They tout ample funds assets over 16.7 million and promise the best terms and privileges while inviting calls or letters for business.
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Buckeye State Building & Loan Co
West Gay St
Columbus
Ohio
Republican leaders urge swift action on appropriations for extra session
Senate and House leaders called committee chairmen to Washington to speed appropriation bills for the May 19 extra session. Senator Lodge and Senator Curtis planned for all Republican senators to attend the opening day, with a caucus set for May 4.
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United Pres
Washington
House
Senate
Capitol
Lodge
Curtis
Sage and Sulphur Hair Darkener Promises Natural Color
Advert shows Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound revived as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur. It claims to restore natural hair color, darken evenly, and leave a glossy look after a few applications, with easy use and low cost.
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Wyeth
Postwar Terms Redraw East Prussia and German Boundaries
The accord cedes areas to Poland including most of East Prussia, Posen, West Prussia, and Memel. France gains Alsace Lorraine and Alsace-Lorraine assets. Belgium becomes neutral. Saar coal rights go to France. Germany renounces various concessions, demobilizes within two months, closes munitions plants in three months, and faces a reparations regime led by an inter allied commission with initial 20 billion marks payable in gold goods and ships.
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East Prussia
Germany
Poland
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Belgium
Luxemburg
Posen
West Prussia
Danzig
Brest-Litovnsk
Russia
China
Kiao Chu
Morrocco
Egypt
Japan
Shantung Peninsula
Inter-Allied Commission
Inter Allied
Saar Basin
Denmark
Upper Silesia
Europe
Siam
Siberia
Shantung
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Rhine
Baltic
Heligoland
Kiel Canal
Holland
Kaiser
Sherman A. Sprankel
New Straitsville
Marguerite
Hawkins
Nelsonville
League of Nations
Framework for Germany's Postwar Treaty Terms and League Vision
The document outlines Germanys surrender of Alsace Lorraine to France and territorial shifts to Belgium Denmark and Poland with major losses including Silesia. It calls for disarmament loss of naval strength and reparations, and accepts the League of Nations with a permanent office and plebiscite provisions for Saar Danzig and East Prussia.
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Germany
League of Nations
Saar Basin
High Commission
Danzig
League
Malmedy
Schlesweig
East Prussia
United States
British Empire
France
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
China
Cuba
Ecuador
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Hedjaz
Honduras
Liberia
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Portugal
Roumania
Serbia
Siam
Czecho-Slovakia
Uruguay
Austria-Hungary
Russia
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Lash
N. Y. “Medical Institute
Asti
Louus L. Weber
Zanevsill
Sam D. Spero
U.S. Railway
E, Marvin, Underwood
U. S. Gov’t
National Instruction Bureau
Bop
L. C. Martin
U. S. Department OF Labor
Merchant
Mr. Manufacturer
Department of Labor
W. B. Wilson
Roger W. Babson
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