Chaplin Films and Cannibals Prompts Ocean Voyage Experiment
Explorer Martin Johnson plans a two year journey with his wife Osa to film South Sea Islanders and test if Chaplin comedies entertain them. They will tour New Hebrides Solomon Islands New Guinea Borneo Sumatra Sulu Sea India Africa Suez Egypt Arabia Italy Spain England and New York.
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Martin Johnson
South Sea Island
Chaplin
Hollywood Garden
Borneo
Johnson
Islands
South Sea
Jack London
Osa
Independence
Kan
Nogapote
South Sea Islands
Johnsons
San Francisco
Ventura
Sydney
Australia
New Hebrides Islands
Pacific
Vila
New Hebrides
Solomon Islands
New
Guinea
Celebes Islands
Sumatra
Sulu Sea
India
Indian Ocean
Africa
Suez Canal
Egypt
Arabia
Italy
Spain
England
New York
Mr. Johnson
Nagapate
South Seas
Sunday Post
Hermit William Pester Charms Chicago Park Kiddies
Palm Springs hermit William Pester attracted crowds in Chicago when he played a homemade guitar in a city park. He distains city life yet shows a human side as children gather and enjoy his music. He rejects transplant claims and asserts he stays in his desert home unless he chooses otherwise.
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Maine Woods
Boston Common
William Pester
Palm Springs
California
Chicago
Chicago Loop
Prester
South Station
Popular Mechanics
Yosemite Valley
Camp Curry
Yosemite
Urs
Int. Film Service
Cher Ami the Pigeon Wins Distinguished Service Cross
The carrier pigeon Cher Ami, famed for guiding and saving Whittlesey's lost battalion, is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. General Pershing ordered honors, and Cher Ami will be attached for life to the Signal Corps office in Washington with unlimited rations and voluntary duty.
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Cher Ami
Whittlesey
John L. Carney
New York World
John J. Pershing
France
War Department
Washington
E. E. Russell
Carney
Tith Division
Whittdley
Rembrandt
Army
Wheckler
C. O
Black Jack
Pershing
America
The
Signal Corps
Fat man seeks job in celebrity interview
A stout man meets a celebrity and claims prior service as a page. The star fails to recognize him, noting the man has become a volume rather than a face, prompting a humorous exchange about memory and rank.
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Charlie Chaplin
Mrs. Martin Johnson
Ora
Douglas Fairbanks
Charlie Chaplin and
Mrs. Johnson
General Pershing
United States