Moton Installed as Tuskegee Head
Major Russa Moton was installed yesterday as principal of the Tuskegee school founded by Booker T. Washington. He said the outlook for the Negro race was hopeful, but acknowledged ongoing problems of ignorance and shiftlessness. He pledged to follow Washington’s policy and address the race problem with responsibility and opportunity.
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Storrs Hens Set Pace In Hen Week In May Contest
At Storrs the hen contest marked the twenty-ninth week with 4 533 eggs laid, about 200 below last week yet 420 more than the same week last May. Albert T. Levenzen from North Attleboro led with 59 eggs, followed by two Rhode Island Bridgstones tied at 58, and Brun’s Leghorns from Groton, Conn and Oregon State’s pen tied at 57. The report also notes productivity differences among heavy breeds and lists top pens and breeders, alongside a bulletin on lice and mite control from the State Agricultural Station.
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Albert T. Levenzen
Sussex
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Uae
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Bar- Bench
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Katonah
Liston
Hilt . Paul ‘Arm
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Ciiitte
Chatham
Ontario
Gromn
Rumery
Danville
Pothemus
New NW
Will Barron
Bartle
Preston
England
Tom Barron
Catforth
Freucais F. Lincoln
Mt. Carmel
Conn
Oregon Agricultural College
Oregons
Corvallis
J. Collinson
Barnacre
Garee
Minister Did Not Know He Wed Evelyn Nesbit
The Rev. minister who conducted the wedding learned afterward that the bride used the alias Florence Nesbit while the groom was Virgil James Montant. He had no divorce papers but trusted a New York associate’s word that a decree existed. The minister noted she was the innocent party and expressed surprise at the revelation.
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Virgil James Montant
Ireltner
van Ness Harwood
New York
Sub sinks Spanish ship near Bilbao in May clash
The Spanish steamer Aurrera of 2445 tons was sunk by a submarine off Bilbao on May 1, with reports noting the vessel hailed from an unspecified port. The incident follows wartime attacks in the area, with limited further details available.
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Scribner's Magazine June issue features rowing at American universities
The June Scribner opens with Lawremce Perry on rowing spirit and discipline, plus War-Time Sketches in France and By-Ways in Hawaii by Mrs. Gerould. It includes Nicholas Murray Butler on German universities, and pieces on Two Collaborators of General Joffre, Bonnie May’s romance, The Gold-Hunters true story, His Code of Honor aboard a Yale crew, and a tale of a man returning after death. An U-boat sinks the Italian ship Ercole in the Mediterranean.
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Ralph D. Paine
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Fred C. Smale
Gerald Chittenden
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