Newspaper Men to Sydney for WorldPress Congress
Sydney hosts the largest gathering of newspaper men for the World Press Congress, with delegates from India, China, and Japan expected. Dr Walter Williams of Missouri University presides, Capt J W Niesigh of the premiers' office serves as official secretary, and a ten day program includes NSW excursions and a Melbourne racing carnival visit.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Melbourne
Australia
Walter Willams
University of Missouri
Congress
J. W. Niesigh
Premiers’ Office
Isl
Homeless Poles in Poland and London Sootfall Report
Homeless Poles crowd around shelters and charity sites as refugees seek to return home in freed Polish regions while many remain adrift awaiting winter. Displaced families travel by rail lines across Europe, marked by hardship and uncertain futures. In London, the meteorological office reports the city receives about 60 tons of soot per square mile annually, underscoring dire urban pollution conditions.
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Warsaw
Poland
Russia
West
United States
Latin
America
London
Aus
From Bull Ring Into Polis A Spaniard Named Mazzantini Governor
In Guadalajara on January 19 The Associated Press reports Luis Mazzantini a famed former bullfighter has been appointed governor of the province by King Alfonso III Born in Itesidar he hailed from a well to do family He studied law at Sala Manca University where he also joined student campaigns and first faced the bull His earnings rose quickly with perfs earning 6 000 to 7 000 pesetas each and in 1817 he fought 168 bulls for about 400 000 pesetas Since retiring in 1908 he has been active in local politics remaining a conservative.
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Guadalajara
Spain
I'res
Luis Manzantint
Alphonso
University of Salamanca
Mianzantini
Tle
Fire sweeps Mussel Shoals warehouse in Ada County
Ada Sept 16 A fire last night destroyed Warehouse Humber 4 of the J G White engineering corporation at Mussel Shoals. The government nitrate plant adjacent suffered the loss. Estimated at 100000 dollars, the major portion of the damage was to electrical equipment.
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Shefvtet Ada
Humber 4
J. G. White Longineering Corporations
Mussel Shoals
Movernment Nitrate
Lightning bolt changes fate of Germania monument
A thunderbolt during the late 1970s damaged Germania statue in a public square, shattering the sword, imperial eagle, and war angel. Repairs left scars, while authorities enforced silence on the incident amid superstition and fear of divine fate.
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Stprasber
Hase
Germania
Empire of the Bohengollerns
Wis
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Tralia
China
Japan
FAO Empire Press Union
Canada
Tropics
Queensland
Congres
Toreador
Spanish Province
Morris
Pricea
Beckman
Aeolian
O. W. Minerty
Biddle Upright Piano
Clementa
N. Y
Bolt
Finland
Alaska
Morocco
Columbia Grafonolas
NEW Records
Columbia
Columbia Records
Sunshine Chas
Harrison
Irving
Jack Kaufman
Phi
Bert Williams
Sweatman
van and Sehenck
Billy Murray
Household
Buroma
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