Swapping Professors Returns as War Ends
Frederick J. Haskin reports on renewed international exchanges of professors and students after World War I. An Institute of International Education in New York, backed by the Carnegie Endowment, organizes formal exchanges with Britain France and Italy. The Rhodes scholarships and Boxer Indemnity funds remain key avenues, while the war’s disruption gave rise to broader cross border study and cultural understanding among nations.
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New York
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Tengland
South Africa
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British Africa
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China
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Defense Against Soviet Discussed by Baltic States
Representatives of Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Poland arrived in Helsinki to join Finland in a conference aimed at forming a defensive alliance against Soviet Russia and a second against Germany. Finland plans to stay out of the second alliance, citing its geographic position and gratitude to Germany for aid in 1938.
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Associated Press
Helsingfors
Isthonia
Letvia
Lithuania
Poland
Finland
Russia
Germany
Baltic
Smallpox Spreading In Ontario Provinces Alert
Toronto January 16 The provincial health officer reports a steady decrease in treated smallpox cases in Toronto yet 26 new outbreaks have appeared across Ontario. The province remains under quarantine and entrants to neighboring provinces and the United States may travel without a vaccination certificate.
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Toronto
Ontario
United States
Delegation Sets for France to Begin Repatriating Remains
A party of 75 former service members and officers sails on the Powhatan from New York to Antwerp to visit battlefields and commence the work of returning American soldier dead to the United States.
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New. York
Antwerp
Belgium
Forest Seeds for Europe Reforestation Effort Launched
In Boston on January 15, the American Forestry Association presented 35 million tree seeds to France Belgium and Great Britain. The consuls accepted the seeds for use in reforestation of Belgium and France and in restoring woodlands cleared in the British Isles for war purposes.
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Boston
France
Belgium
Great Britain
American Forestry Association
British Isles
Freighter Kickapoo Loses Propeller Off Virginia Capes
The American freight steamer Kickapoo, arriving from Smyrna with cargo for New York, was reported by wireless to have lost one propeller and be leaking about 200 miles east of the Virginia capes.
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New York
Smyrna
Wireless Today
Virginia Capes
Polish Falcons Launch Americanization Drive in Western PA
Under direction of the Polish Falcons, several hundred Polish organizations across western Pennsylvania began an Americanization campaign today. Officials announced the plan to naturalize every Pole resident of the region, with religious educational social and benevolent bodies joining forces.
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Intosburgh
Polish Falcons
Pennsylvania
Sage and Sulphur Hair Darkener Advertisement
An old Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound ad touts restoring natural hair color. It promises even, glossy darkness, with simple application by dampened sponge or brush to a strand at a time. The copy claims gray hair disappears after one or two uses and notes improved formula with small added ingredients.
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Wyeth
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