Mond Says Britain Suffering From Mental Torpor Hurting Trade
Sir Alfred Mond, Liberal figure and former Cabinet Minister, blames Britain’s trade slump on national mental torpor among industry leaders. He urges bold policy and wider world marketing to revitalize commerce, noting Germany and America outpace Britain in credit and overseas sales. Mond is a prominent Zionist supporter and Lloyd George ally.
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New York World News Service
London
Britain
Sir Alfred Mond
Sir Alfred
Mond
Liberal Party
Lloyd George
Asquith
House of Lords
Asquithian
Sir John Simon
Sir John Brunner
Near East
England
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
World Organization
World Salesmanship
Alfred Mond
Palestine Zionist Movement
Gorgas Destined for War on Yellow Fever and Panama
New York May 23. The life of General William Crawford Gorgas appears guided by destiny. Born in the South to a military family he faced yellow fever early and survived, later leading the Havana cleanup and the Panama Canal effort. Roosevelt praised his work, and Gorgas endured opposition to win vital funding. He later served as Surgeon General in World War I and died in London in 1920, celebrated as a premier sanitarian.
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New York World News Service
New York
William Crawford Gorgas
Panama Canal
Gorgas
South
Josiah Gorgas
University of the South
Sewanee
Tenn
Ft. Brown
Tex
Havana
Destiny
United States
Cuba
Panama
Calvin Coolidge
W. P. G. Harding
Bernard Baruch
John Bassett Moore
Dawes
William Mayo
Charles Mayo
M. W. Ireland
Hugh S. Cummings
Frank Billings
Edward R. Stitt
Gilbert Fitz-Patrick
Adolph Ochs
George M. Reynolds
Franklin Martin
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Edward L. Doheny
Martinet
Canal
Roosevelt
Panama Canal Commission
A. J. Orenstein
Rand Mines
Africa
James R. Mann
Illinois
Mann
Congressional
Panama Committee
Wickliffe Rose
International Educational Board
Rose
Peru
Bricklayers’ Association
America
Secretary of War
France
London
West Africa
International Health Board
William J. R. Simpson
Today’s anniversaries highlight key events from history
A roster of dates includes 1776 John Hancock as president of the Continental Congress, 1850 Grinnell expedition departing for Franklin search, 1861 Confederate capital move to Richmond, 1864 Montana motto Gold and Silver adopted, 1871 Paris fires and Archibishop Darboy killed, 1875 Brussels sugar export talks, 891 Trans Siberian railway construction, and 1892 Arkansas floods affecting 40 000 farmers.
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John Hancock
Continental Congress
Grinnell
New York
Sir John Franklin
Arctic
Confederate States of America
Montgomery
Richmond
Montana
Palais Royal
Paris
Darboy
Brussels
Arkansas
City council voids street widening ordinances
Mayor Carrel will return five ordinances repealing widening measures for Sycamore Walnut Main Elm and Plum streets between Third and Fourth streets without his signature. City Solicitor Bowman says the ordinances narrow the streets and should have gone to the City Planning Commission, with a two thirds vote needed to pass if the commission disapproves. Similar action affects Vine street. traffic-line extension near Coney Island race track awaits council approval after planning commission review.
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Sycamore
Walnut
Main
Elm
Plum
Third
Carrel
Frank Bowman
City Planning Commission
Bowman
Vine Street
Planning Commission
Council
Cincinnati
Georgetown
Irwin Krohn
Krohn
American women praised for uplift by former ambassador
Berlin report of Dr Wiedfeldt, former U S ambassador to Germany, describing American women as having a passion for uplift. He notes American idealism and readiness to help, contrasted with a high rate of lawmaking and new laws, and comments on Americans’ perceived materialism.
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Berlin
Dr. Wiedfeldt
United States
America
Altar of Good Will to Swarthmore by World War Friends
An international effort to build the Altar of Good Will as a carved library desk for Swarthmore College. It honors Quaker relief workers, features race type figures, Gates of Interpreters, and inscriptions from Corinthians and Sophocles, funded by diverse donors worldwide.
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New York World News Service
New York
United
Swarthmore College
Society of Friends
Aydelotte
France
Poland
Serbia
Austria
Herbert Hoover
Henry T. Allen
Egypt
Greece
Judéa
Asia
North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Knowledge
Edward Lippincott Tilton
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Page
Belgium
Italy
Germany
China
Japan
United States
Corinthians
Sophocles
Antigone
Toouna
America
Anton Lang
Oberammergau
Christus
Scudder
India
England
Bavaria
California
Pacific Northwest
Swarthmore
Clement M. Biddle
Friends
Hindenburg's dog Rolf named successor to Tyras
Berlin May 23 With the arrival of President von Hindenburg's sheep dog Rolf at the executive palace Berlin gains a successor to Bismarck's famous great Dane Tyras The public compares von Hindenburg to the Iron Chancellor as the president shows his fondness for a large canine Rolf will dash in a 200 foot square garden behind the palace as Tyras did in his time
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Associated Press
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Rolf
Bismarck
Tyras
von Hindenberg
von Buelow
Fred Dearness Heads Juvenile Protectors
Fred Dearness principal of Sands School was elected President of the Juvenile Protective Association at the annual election. Offiers elected include Mrs. John Malick as Vice President and Lester Rothschild as Second Vice President with John J. O'Donnell as Secretary and Treasurer. Directors named include Homer D. Broyles Edith Campbell Dearness Ebbert Eubank Tyler Field Henry Irving John Malick Frank Nelson O'Donnell Edmund Ozley Sidney Pritz Charles Taft Ir Lawrence Witten.
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Fred Dearness
Sands School
Juvenile Protective Association
Social Agencies
John Malick
Lester Rothschild
John J. O’donnell
Homer D. Broyles
M. Edith Campbell
Dearness
Edwards. Ebbert
Earle Edward Eubank
Tyler Field
Henry W. Irving
Henry W. Irving, Mrs. Malick, Frank. H. Nelson
Mr. O’donnell
Edmund H. Ozley
Sidney E. Pritz
Charles P. Taft Ir
Lawrence C. Witten
Law to shield husbands from wives debts debated
In London on May 23 the Lords hear Lord Cave state Baldwin government will propose legislation to relieve husbands of legal responsibility for their wives debts or crimes. Lord Danesfort and Lord Darling urge reform. discussion notes old practices of shared liability and calls for women to bear burdens and seek damages. The government promises a measure to amend the law.
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New York World News Service
London
Viscount Cave
House of Lords
Cave
Baldwin
Lord Danesfort
J.G. Butcher
Lord Darling
Darling
Women’s Suffrage Societies
Suit Begun In Charlemagne Era Now On Trial In France
A long running land dispute from Charlemagne times is being heard in Andorra’s little republic in Perpignan France. The case concerns land grants totaling about 150 square miles once given to soldiers guarding the Pyrenees. Costs have reportedly exceeded ten times the land value after centuries of litigation.
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Charlemagne
France
Paris
Republic
Andorra
Perpignian
Pyrenees
Berlin Critics Warm to American Musical Brilliance
Berlin critics, astonished by American talent, praise Anna Case for beauty and artistry, Dusolina Giannini for destined fame, and Sascha Jacobson for multiple encores. Mme Giannini to perform at State Opera from September, Fisk Jubilee Singers receive high praise for conveying deep emotional history.
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Berlin
United States
Anna Case
Dusolina Giannini
Adolf
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Coolidge Invites Reporters on May Flower Cruise
President Coolidge invites White House newspaper correspondents to join a May flower cruise down the Potomac. The date to be set by the reporters. Last Sunday Mrs. Coolidge was hostess aboard the Mayflower for women correspondents.
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Coolidge
New York World News Service
Washington
President Coolidge
White House
Potomac
Red Eye Antiseptic Foot Care Advertisement
An old advertisement promotes Red Eye Antiseptic products for feet including pads for corns and calluses, foot wash, foot cream, antiseptic powder, and a Ventilating Feet Form Cushion by Kappner Mfg Co at 1419 Main Street. It claims relief for sore feet, offers a free examination, and lists hours from 9 to 6.
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Kappner
Kappner Mfg. CO
Main Street
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