Auto industry poised to hit four million cars in year
The trade outlook for 1924 shows production and sales near a record pace. Major manufacturers plan large output amid strong dealer positions and robust financing. Prices may ease further with two high priced models on course for reductions. A giant Brazilian topaz at Fell Museum draws attention in Chicago.
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National Automobile Dealers’ Association
Treas
Ing
Thia Company
Plana
Chicago
Brazil
Oliver ©. Farrington
H. W. Nichols
Doctor Nichols
Thousands of Women Reported Missing in 1923 Losses Across Cities
New York and other U S cities logged more than 11 000 disappearances in 1922 37 cities reported 31 688 missing persons of all ages with about 2500 not found by year end Travelers Aid service aided travelers at stations and piers and helped over 2 000 000 people last year Capt John H Ayers notes many disappearances go unreported and suggests the true total may reach around 60 000 women and girls missing annually in the United States
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New York
National Association of Travelers and Societies
New York City
Chicago
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
St. Louis
San Francisco
Detroit
John H. Ayers
Bireau of
Captain Ayers
National Association
United States
Man-Eating Savage of Samoa Finally Captured
In Pago Pago Samoa the last of four wild man eaters who fled New Hebrides in 1890 was captured near Tutuila. A prisoner, filled with r ig and ashamed, confessed they planned escape as the tribes hunted the savage. The scene drew Samoan onlookers as the captive and hunter confronted the danger under the stars and stripes.
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Samoa
Meo Pago
New Hebrides
Tutuila
Ahe
Apee Mel
Stara and Stripes
Robert Youls Stevenson
Stevenson
Tutulla
Pago Pago
Needs Million to End New Jersey Mosquito War
Atlantic City officials report it will take $1,000,000 to end the New Jersey mosquito threat. Nine county mosquito extermination commissions met and urged the next legislature to provide funds. About 200,000 acres were breeding grounds ten years ago, with half drained at a cost of $1,000,000.
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Atlantic City
N. J
New Jersey
Portrait of Mrs C A Ingram Widow of Caruso
An up to date portrait of Mrs C A Ingram formerly Dorothy Benjamin of New York and widow of famed tenor Caruso. Married in London they planned a New York visit. Her husband, an engineer and wartime officer, served until demobilized in 1918 and left a large estate in Italy and the U S. Their daughter Gloria is four.
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C. A. Ingram
Batleo Caruso
Dorothy Benjamin
New York
London
West Yorkshire
Air Force
Caruso
Alnger
Park Benjamin
Naples
Gloria
Italy
America
Shaw's Plays and Shaw as World Figure
An international observer notes Shaw's influence as he presents excerpts from his preface to a new play, urging reconsideration of Joan of Arc through modern science and psychology. The piece describes Shaw as a controversial, prophetic figure whose works are performed globally as a brisk box office phenomenon.
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George Berhard Shaw
Shaw
Joan of Arc
Socrates
Jesus Christ
George Bernard Shaw
Europe
Woman watches baby die in flames at home barn fire
Mrs. Marvin Ford, 16, was forced to witness her baby daughter burn to death as a Greyhound bus barn blaze destroyed a barn on her property. Four men restrained her to stop her from fleeing the fire, in which she was seriously hurt.
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Yinton
Marvin Ford
Harris Honored as Rotary Founder in Wisconsin Ceremony
Chicago lawyer Paul P. Harris founder and president emeritus of Rotary International was honored in Racine Wisconsin with a bronze tablet at Horlick park. Rotarians from across the country attended a ceremony marking the founder and the organization’s expansion to 28 countries since its Chicago beginnings in 1905.
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Chicago
Paul P. Harris
Ufe
Racine
Wis
Horlick Park
Paul P. Harvis
Rotary International
Rotary Club of Chicago
Mr. Harris
Mississippi
Arit Rotary
Osborn Declares Separation After Forty-Two Years
Former Michigan governor Osborn announces a separation contract amid marital strife. He cites his wife’s fondness for civilization and his own craving for freedom, leaving a financially strained household with two sons and two daughters aged over thirty.
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Chaga S. Osborn
Ilfe
Michigan
Osborn
Mr.Osborn
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Margenson
Indttewil
Istry
Oregon
Travelers Aid Societies
Travelers Aid Service
John RB. Shillady
The
Atlantic
William Fortralt
Bun) McCoy
Walretore
Harris
Rotarians
Baker's Breakfast
Baker's
Aei
Walter Baker & Co
Dorchester
Mast
Ned
Sun
Globe
Eleons
Bellans
Pecs
California
Blue Line Storage Co
3Rd & Elm
Des Moines
Iowa
Leeven Guanty
Garfield
WV. N.U
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