German US peace note and ambassador departure reports
Berlin dispatches say Germany and the United States exchange a note through the Swiss embassy proposing a settlement to ease submarine danger. The Swiss embassy declines to discuss the note and its arrival in the U.S. remains uncertain. A cablegram confirms Ambassador Gerard's departure from Berlin to Bern will occur, with 202 Americans leaving Berlin for Berne, exact timings not fixed.
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Washington
America
Germany
United States
Gerard
Berlin
Department of State
Aar
Gerard Ig
von Bernstorff
State Department
Hague
Berne
Trade Commission to Probe High Cost of Living
Washington February 10 President Wilson directed the Federal Trade Commission to begin an immediate investigation into the high cost of living. The move aims to uncover causes and suggest remedies as public concern grows.
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Washington
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Journalism professor to write for New York magazine
Bruce Bliven, professor of journalism at the University of Southern California, travels to New York on leave to write a six month series for printers Ink magazine.
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Bruce Bliven
University of Southern California
New York
Ink” Magazine
East
Frame High School Course Aligns With College Work
President G F Bovard of the University of Southern California urges students to tailor high school study to their intended college major. He notes engineering and other departments require specific groundwork and recommends contacting the university early to plan suitable subjects.
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Bdvard
G. F. Bovard
University of ‘Southern Californias
Dr. Bovard
U S C Professor to Teach Peace Lectures in Ohio This Summer
Dr. Frank J. Klingberg of the University of Southern California has been chosen by the Carnegie Foundation to deliver a course of lectures on International Peace at Ohio State University this summer. The foundation funds such lectures at American institutions and seeks highly competent scholars. Klingberg is an expert on contemporary European politics and has conducted research in Washington for the Carnegie Foundation. Mrs. M J Suydam visits the Crane ranch for a weekend stay.
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Frank J. Klingberg
University of Southern California
Carnegie Foundation
Valentine gifts evolve with wealth and wit
A UPI column observes Cupid saddled by munitions era spending as Valentine gifts shift from ornate hand painted hearts to 14 to 22 karat tokens. It notes luxury token trends, new heart shaped purses and bags, jeweled boxes, fragrance vials, and bespoke heart motifs across purses, frames, and sachets.
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William Winter
Switchmen's Union Strike Averted In Chicago
Eighteen railroads serving Chicago granted the union demands after a late-night conference. A strike vote was annulled by Jan Murdock of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Four grievances were settled but the eight-hour day and overtime pay remained sticking points, resolved only with a satisfactory agreement. The manager committee chair George Hinauer stated the strike danger is now passed, preventing paralysis of trans continental shipping through Chicago.
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Chicago
Jan. Murdock
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Board of Managers
George Hinauer
College Teacher In Bad Auto Accident
Dr. August Hund professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California lies in Sisters' hospital Los Angeles after a collision between his car and a street car. He suffers a badly fractured collar bone and his left leg broken in three places.
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August Hund
University of Southern California
Sisters’ Hospital
Los Angeles
Pioneers Frazier Trade Corona Ranch for Ideal Apple Ranch
Mr and Mrs W H Frazier trade sixty three acres of their west Corona ranch for 120 acres in the Julian apple district fifty five miles north of San Diego. They receive 400 dollars an acre and plan to move this week to their new holdings with sixty five acres of apples cider plant and jelly evaporator.
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Mars
W. H.frazier
Corona
Julian Apple District
San Diego
Mr. Frazier
Frazier
South Riverside Land and Water Company
del Rey
Baptists Oppose A Trip to China Event at First Baptist
The Ladies Missionary Society staged A Trip to China at the First Baptist Church with the Tenyo Maru steamer theme. Captain Rev Geo H Holt Purser Walter M Dean and Joy G Jameson led shipboard services amid music by the Corona high school orchestra and a male quartet.
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First Baptist Church
China
Ladies’ Missionary Society
H. H. Case
T. C. Jameson
Geo. H. Holt
W. H. Jameson
Corona High School
Walter M. Dean
Geo
H. Holt
Joy G. Jameson
V. A. Gleason
Paul Gleason
James Taylor, Jr
Cecil Stewart
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Bulletin
NEW York Magazine
U.S. C
Ohio
Mrs. M. J. Suydam
Mrs. Crane
Aittle
Corona Mutual -Building & Loan Assn
John P. Key
First National Bank
Miss Mason
Valentine
Postal Carda
The
United Press
Margaret Mason
Dan Cupid
Cupid
Grant
Switchmen’s Union
Murdock
Railway Union
San Diego CO
Shipboard
Holt
Schilling
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