Needs of Schools Must Come First in Budget Hearings
The board of education finance committee holds today’s public hearings to press for a $1,7340 appropriation for school improvements. President Guinn and Chairman Green outline needs for four high schools, requiring 29 new teachers, new equipment, annexes, and added classrooms to prevent large numbers of students from being left out next fall.
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Figures Tell The Story In 19M Chicago Stores Ad
Figures show 19M Chicago stores spent 294,425,043 on newspaper advertising with gross business over 160,009,000. Advertising costs about 2 percent, offset by reduced rent through increased business. The year was not expected to be good, yet promoter optimism remains high.
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Buckmaster Promoted to Lord Chancellor With High Salary
The press censor Sir Stanley Buckmaster is set for promotion from director of the press bureau to lord high chancellor with a salary of 95000 a year and a 26000 pension. The change follows coalition politics and a precedent by Viscount Houlden. Sir John Simon emerges as potential prime minister, while Buckmaster’s move draws criticism. Buckmaster will oversee the press bureau with assistants Sir Frank Sweetenham and Sir Edward T Cook retained.
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Chorus Girls Transform for Charity at Baptist Tabernacle
Down on their luck chorus girls turn Salvation Army volunteers after Lyric Company closes. They perform hymns at street meetings and a charity show at the Baptist Tabernacle to raise funds to return to Broadway fate and support.
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Georgia Adopts New State Seal as Old One Is Defaced
The Georgia governor formalized the adoption of a new state seal Wednesday morning while the old seal was defaced to prevent further use. Engraver W Kreeger created the seal for Maier & Berkele, the firm chosen for the job with the bid of 50 cents. The design features Georgia’s coat of arms and scenes of agriculture, commerce, and industry. The old seal had served for 115 years and was worn beyond usable condition.
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Clemency protest filed over Frank case in Georgia
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Prison Commission received a clemency protest from Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey opposing a commutation to life for Leo Frank. Dorsey outlined reasons against clemency in a long letter to Chairman Davison. The petition includes a lengthy brief citing Judge Roan’s death, Supreme Court dissents, and U.S. Supreme Court dissenters as grounds for mercy.
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Interest Barred on State College Accounts
Attorney General Warren Grice issued an opinion barring creditors from collecting interest on past due accounts with state colleges. He held that the State Agricultural School is an agency of the state and therefore not subject to interest charges.
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Nebraskan attack escalates tense wartime stance
Amid conflicting reports on the Nebraskan damage off the Irish coast the United States weighs whether the ship was torpedoed or hit by a mine. Officials note the danger to neutrality and await port investigations while Germany faces calls for clear responsibility.
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Italians Press Front At Austro Italian Border For Mile Upon Mile
London reports King Victor Emmanuel has assumed supreme command and joined troops at the Austro Italian frontier. Italian forces push into Austrian territory along a fifty mile front toward Trieste, claiming advances across Lombardy to the Isonzo line and occupation of several towns. Vienna says Austrians repulsed and retreating with losses as Italians seize Carcella, Monte Pasubia and other positions in the Trentino and Val Ghudicaria.
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British Triumph Sinks After Submarine Attack At Gallipoli
Official notes say the battleship Triumph was torpedoed by a submarine off Gallipoli and sank soon after, with most officers and crew saved. The submarine, likely German, fled battle-destroyers and patrols until nightfall. The loss raises Allied casualties in the Dardanelles, as several other ships have fallen to Turkish and German forces. Captain Maurice Fitemurice commanded the Triumph during these actions.
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Local Weather Report Shows Showers and Cooler Friday
The report notes local showers with a chance of thundershowers on Thursday and likely Friday. Cooler temperatures expected Friday. Temperature highs and lows are near normal, with rainfall totals over the past 74 hours and since the first of the month presented.
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