Treasury to issue new thrift bonds with small denominations
Washington December 13 Treasury Secretary Mellon won President Hardings approval for a new series of thrift bonds unlimited in total and sold in small denominations up to 1000. The 25 denomination will sell at 20 and mature at 25 in five years. Other denominations redeemable by the government any time at par plus 3 percent interest. War time stamps discontinued December 31 but accepted at face value for new securities or redeemed at face value.
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Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Harding
Treasury Securities
O Connor Plans 1925 Campaign Headquarters Opened
Candidate O Connor announced immediate campaign start for 1925 and a first meeting of the O Connor for Mayor in 1925 Club set for Sunday December 18. Campaign Manager Carr leads the group with Harry Curry as secretary, meeting location to be announced. Miss Pearl Cartmill serves as Illinois state examiner of small loan agencies.
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O'Connor
O’connor
Carr
Harry Curry
Finest municipal gymnasium planned for South Boston
South Boston will get a modern municipal gymnasium baths and swimming pool designed by Newhall and Blevins. The two story complex at C Street and Broadway includes a 7 by 110 foot gym with a glass tile roof running track large locker rooms basketball and handball courts a 25 by 75 foot fully tiled pool with filtered water and spectator balconies. Separate public entrances and a mezzanine bath area insulate swimmers from spectators with full ventilation and fireproof Indiana limestone frontage and gray brick sides.
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Boston
Newhall
Blevins
C Street
Broadway
Harvard Glee Club Concert Stuns with Braslau Soloists
Sophie Braslau, contralto of the Metropolitan Opera, joined the Harvard Glee Club under Dr Archibald Davison for the season’s second concert in Symphony Hall. The choir performed works by Bach Palestrina Pergolesi Bassani Cornelius Brahms Florent Schmitt Morley Sibelius Handel.
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Sophie Braslau
Metropolitan Opera Company
Harvard Glee Club
Archibald Davison
Symphony Hall
Glee Club
Bach
Palestrina
Pergolesi
Bassani
Cornelius
Brahms
Florent
Schmitt
Thomas Morley
Jean Sibelius
Handel
Miss Braslau
Furi
Jordan Marsh Stores Highlight New Selections and Accessories
The Jordan Marsh Company touts morning shopping for less crowded service and showcases new French Stationery with colored linings, Gobelin Tapestry Silk Scarves at 3.50, linen Handkerchiefs, brown kid Romeos with elastic insert sides at 4.75, woolen hose, and heavy grain leather Skating Boots at 7.00 in black or brown.
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Dad
Braslau Sings Moussorgsky Handel in Noted Concert
The review praises Miss Braslau for singing Moussorgsky songs The Classicist The Orphan One the Dweiper Berceuse and The Storm with strong individuality and modern sensibility She also impresses with Handel style arias The Glee Club performs with sincerity and musicianly understanding The large audience responds enthusiastically
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Bondo
Achmaninoff
Moussorgsky
Russia
Glee Club
Two Men Die in Tenement Gas Asphyxiation
FALL RIVER December 13 George L Macomber a street department employee and Lyman Manley a weaver were found dead in Macomber s tenement 461 Montana street from asphyxiation due to illuminating gas escaping from a partly opened cooking range They had not been seen since Saturday night Police found an empty moonshine bottle a second moonshine bottle half full a pitcher of home brewed beer glasses bottoms showing beer and two empty beer kegs Also a line about the observation that women on average have broader heads is included in the report.
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Fall River
George L. Macomber
Lyman Manley
Macomber
Montana Street
World Wide Weather Eye For Aviators Aims At Ocean routes
United News reports the navy plans a systematic exchange of Atlantic weather reports with the United States Weather Bureau and naval communications bureau. Aviators could know local conditions at departure and destination and anticipate Yokohama or Miami weather. The navy’s annual aeronautics report highlights helium use in dirigible balloons a seaplane catapult and over 2 500 000 flying miles as key feats.
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Washington
United News
International Communication Conference
Mineola
L. I
Miami
Fla
United States Weather Bureau
Naval Communications Bureau
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Minneola
Yokohama
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
China and Japan at Odds Over Railway Question
At Washington on December 13 the Chinese and Japanese delegates exchanged tensions during talks on restoring the Kiao Chow Tsun Fu railway as part of efforts to resolve the Shantung dispute by conversation. The Chinese side left the room in an apparent dispute over the issue.
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China
Japan
Washington
Associated Press
Kiao-Chow-Tsin-Fu
Shantung
Fragmentary World War II briefing quote on Japanese position
A partial wartime note quotes officials lamenting slow progress and uncertainty about the Japanese stance. The fragment hints at strategic frustration and unclear aims in the Pacific theater.
No Close Contests in Attleboro Election
In Attleboro six at large City Councillors were elected with no close race. N N Gollins beat Edward MacKinnon for assessor. Council members chosen were Harlan A Allen Chester A Smith Frank Mossberg Fred E Briggs Howard G Smith and Millard F Ashley. Ward 2 unexpired term went to Leonard I Lamb over James Kerfoot. School Board members Joseph Finberg Mrs Mary C Ford and Edwin F Thayer were elected. The city voted against licenses 1220 to 1007.
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Attleboro
N. N. Gollins
Edward MacKinnon
Harlan A. Allen
Chester A. Smith
Frank Mossberg
Fred E. Briggs
Howard G. Smith
Millard F. Ashley
Gabriel A. Desmarais
Harrison C. Swift
Charles A. Pierce
Parents Chase Bride Tradition Fades In Japan
The old custom of the parent chasing the bride and groom, once common in Japan, is described as a relic. Now couples marry for love and personal choice, ending the traditional ritual.
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Japan
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