Soviet Version of Moscow’s Modernization Underway
Moscow is being rebuilt after a 1931 decision to modernize. The subway opened May 15, 1935, carrying 85 million passengers in 13 months. Thousands of apartment blocks and public buildings rise while streets and river banks are upgraded, with 3,000,000 square meters of asphalt laid since 1931 and plans for ten million more. Transportation remains a challenge, with pedestrians dominating and mass transit expansion ongoing.
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Moscow
Subway
Moscow- Volga Canal
D. Froloff
Central Bureau of the
City Planning Commission
Mystery of Crater and Missing Archduke Mystery
A long-disputed tale links Justice Crater to the mythic missing Archduke Johann Salvator. Accounts trace him from Austria to England and Terra del Fuego, with impostors claiming Royalties in America. The piece notes official Austrian declarations of death and decades of sensational sightings.
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New York
Justice Crater
Hollywood
America
Justice
John Orth
Archduke Johann Salvator Balthazar
Tuscany
Blackiet
Judge Crater
Johann Orth
Terra del Fuego
Marquesas
Yamagata
Bolivia
Prince
Bellevue Hospital
Hungary
Nevada
Hapsburg
Austria
Franz Joseph
Austro- Hungary
Johann
Rudolph
Catalonia's History and the Sovereign Flag Narrative
The article surveys Catalonia's past rulers from Romans to Spain and notes its economic heft, including Barcelona's import share. It describes Catalonia as a geographic saddle over the Pyrenees and cites an ancient yellow flag with four red diagonal stripes tied to a legendary hero.
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Barcelona
Spain
Catalonia
Kingdom of
Aragon
France
Mediterranean
Pyrenees
4000 Passengers Flown Over City In Two Weeks
Four thousand passengers were flown over Cedar Rapids in two weeks by a 14 passenger Ford tri motor from the municipal airport. Pilot Ben F. Gregory said most riders were adults over 50 or children. All flights operated at about 1500 feet with no flights after 11:15 p.m. end times averaged 10:30 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Ben F. Gregory
Quincy
Ill
Gregory
Ford
Jokes Enthusiast Clipper-Outer Keeps Scraps Silent
Temple insurance man J A McCelvey collects jokes as a hobby. He describes himself as a clipper-outer, started clipping 20 years ago in high school, and treasures Scotch jokes and epigrams. He never tells jokes publicly, keeps a personal scrapbook, and only recently shared it at a service club luncheon.
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Temple, Tex
J. A. McCelvey
McCelvey
Temple
Weatherstrip
Father Abraham
Father Isaac
Father Jacob
Good Samaritan
Service Club
Recovery for Rheumatic Ailments Promised by Post Card
An unsolicited advertisement claims a post card can reveal a free method to ease arthritis neuritis sciatica and other rheumatic conditions without cost or obligation. The sender is listed as Benatorium from Colfax, with unclear department and address details.
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Benatorium
Westin
Sehoe
Dept. C
Colfax
Evecare
Persichini Fights Sunday Opening Laws With Fines
Glasgow cafe owner Frank Persichini defies Sunday closing laws by operating during forbidden hours. He appears in court each Monday, pays 32 shillings in fines, and has sent an agent with funds. He has paid over 250 dollars and continues to run his cafe.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Frank Persichini
Coe College expects enrollment gain for freshman year
Coe College awaits its fifty sixth freshman class on campus Thursday with new faculty additions and extensive campus repairs completed. Admissions director William V. Burger projects at least a ten percent enrollment rise driven by better business conditions and growing desire for higher education. Students from ten states and two foreign countries will be represented, including a Norwegian woman and a student from Shanghai. Faculty additions include Dr L Myron Boozer as dean of men and Dr L N Steck in science, with Major Arthur W Penrose as professor of military science and Major DeWitt C Smith transferring from wartime duty.
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Coe College
William V. Burger
Coe
Burger
Norway
Shanghai
China
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Missouri
Wyoming
Montana
New Jersey
Michigan
Mary Bell
Voorhees Quadrangle
L. Myron Boozer
Board of Trustees
Presbyterian Church In
L. N. Steck
Steck
North Dakota State College
Arthur W. Penrose
DeWitt C. Smith
War Department
Smith
23Rd Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
C. W. Perkins
Frederick Schwartz
Iowa University
Alice Mae Ottilie
Manchester
Miss Ottilie
Earlville
Six Boys Clubs Of St Pauls Church Meet This Week
The Mohawks meet Sept 8 at 4 p.m. Clyde Sanborn's class at 7 p.m. Blackclouds meet Sept 9 at 4 p.m. James Gregory's class at 7 p.m. Rough Riders meet Sept 10 at 4 p.m. Blackhawks meet Sept 11 at 7 p.m. all in Buddy's Roost at the church.
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St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Buddy
Mohawks
Clyde Sanborn
Blackclouds
James Gregory
Rough Riders
Thurseee
Blackhawks
Fourth deep sea lantern fish found with wildcat head
Capetown report notes the Astronesthes boulengeri, only the fourth of its species known, with illuminated port holes along its body. It has a wildcatlike head, huge needle teeth, and two extra rows of external teeth.
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Capetown
South Africa
Istanbul residents face road tax or digging duty
Istanbul must pay a road tax or perform public digging as a civic obligation. About 60,000 residents, roughly 8 percent of the city's population, will be required to contribute.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Tax enforcement tightens for non payment targets
The plan spans from now to April 15 for non payment of the road tax and promises similar action next year against women tax dodgers. The road tax of about $5 yearly remains compulsory for all inhabitants except fathers of five or more children and men over sixty.
Tailteann Games to Honor Irish Heritage in Dublin
Dublin plans for the Tailteann cultural and athletic festival next July foresees arts music and literature alongside sports. The Tailteann committee may invite Americans of Irish descent, with names like Henry Ford Eugene O Neill Father Coughlin and Gov Curley of Massachusetts among those mentioned.
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Dublin
Henry Ford
Eugene O’neill
Father Coughlin
Gov. Curley
Massachusetts
Millions of Mail Pieces Go Missing in India
Three and a half million letters and packets went astray in the Indian mail system during the first six months of this year, ending up in the dead letter office. The total number of letters and packets handled in the period was 585 million.
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Bombay
Average life of an automobile is seven percent years
The sentence states that an automobile has a modeled average life of seven percent of years. This phrasing blends percentage with time, making the meaning unclear.
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