Mickie Demands Timely Work Delivery
A brusque message from Mickie orders Fritz to speed up the print run. He emphasizes on time delivery and cash payment for all work, noting there are strict monetary terms and a boss’s instruction to bring back the money.
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Fritz
Huns Return Flemish Masterpieces Under Peace Terms
Belgium and Ghent are to receive back two major artworks from German possession. The Last Supper by Dierick Bouts, once in St Pierre church at Louvain, was preserved by invaders. The Adoration of the Lamb by Hubert and Jan van Eyck is to be reunified as parts return from Brussels Berlin and Germany.
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Belgium
Ghent
Louvain
Kaiser Friedrich Museum
Berlin
Dierick Bouts
St. Pierre
Hag
Flanders
Hubert van Eyck
Jan van Eyck
J. Bayon
Brussels
Germany
Admirable Landing Sparks Laughs At Ladies Day
A veteran pilot botched a landing during a wartime ladies day at an English airfield. After a display of aerobatics he touched down hard and bounced across the field before stopping near a fence. A large woman among the guests praised the captain for a “superb” landing, likening it to a bird hop.
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England
Housing in Great Britain designs prize schemes proposed
The London Daily Mail offered 10000 for designs that reflect regional architectural traditions. Four areas northern midland Welsh rural southern and midland each awarded 2500. Over 8500 designs submitted. Emphasis on economy in models. Shoreditch Technical Institute exhibited cottage furniture designed and built by its students to fit new homes.
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United Kingdom
London Daily Mail
Midland Counties
Shoreditch Technical Institute
London
Ancient rock drawings reveal grand animals in Algeria
Mysterious prehistoric art in Algeria features a huge buffalo with oversized horns and a prominent African elephant. Other depicted animals include a lion, leopard, gazelle, and domestic goats and sheep, revealing rich fauna in ancient rock carvings.
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Algeria
Archdeacon Carson Guided Canal Zone Spiritual Mission
Rev Henry Roberts Carson archdeacon of the Protestant Episcopal church in the canal zone speaks on decades of spiritual aid to workers. He notes churches established as camps moved along the canal and recalls fevers that struck workers, with frequent services for lepers at the Holy Comfort mission on the west coast.
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Canal
Henry Roberts Carson
Protestant Episcopal Church
Carson
Archdeacon Carson
New York
Canal Zone
British West Indies
Lovely Women to Be Lovelier
Howard Chandler Christy, famed artist, marks twenty two years studying American women by declaring they are growing more beautiful and will reach a new level of loveliness. He credits progress to women mastering beauty as an art and notes Americans lead foreign rivals in arts and business.
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Howard Chandler Christy
Christy
America
New Stamps From Several New Republics Delight Collectors
The Detroit News notes a boom in philately as new stamps appear from the Czechoslovakia republic and other nations. Jugo Slavia, Hungary, Estonia, Livonia, Ukrainia, and Poland have issued multiple varieties, expanding the hobby amid regional upheavals and wartime changes.
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Republic
Czecho- Slovakia
Austria-Hungary
Jugo-Slavia
Hungarian Republic
Esthenia
Livonia
Ukrainia
Republic of Poland
Detroit News
Up-to-Date Youngster and the War Tax Joke
Leroy borrows 10 cents from his brother Earl who has money left after spending his allowance on fireworks. Leroy plans to repay 11 cents. he explains the extra cent is for a war tax.
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Leroy
Earl
Tie
Chicago Tribune
A Gentle Reminder Quotations from a Woman's Resolved Defiance
A Birmingham Age-Herald snippet presents a dialogue where a wife recalls marrying against her parents and friends' wishes. The exchange highlights social pressure and the satisfaction others derive from predicting outcomes.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
PLACE CHILDREN ABOVE ALL IN SERBIA'S WARTIME CRISIS
The article extols Serbia’s reverence for the child, arguing that the home is sacred and the child the monarch of the household. It emphasizes that Serbian mothers guide the home, but the child is treated as state property, with education and welfare prioritized above all else amid hardship.
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Serbia
Miss Wagoner
A Hoosier Haircut Folly Spurs State Pride
Richmond businessman Demas Coe recalls an Indiana Chicago haircut mix up after a Chicago barber mistakes his recent cut for an Indiana style. He says the incident stirred his loyalty to Indiana and sparked a heated reaction when recounted to his Richmond barber.
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Demas Coe
Richmond
Wayne County
Indiana
Chicago
Coe
Indianaapolis News
Educating Greek Farmers Survey Aids Crete Soil Study
American scientific agriculturists complete a survey of Crete soil prospects mirroring their Greek mainland work. The effort aims to train Greek and Cretan farmers in modern methods and machinery to boost crop yields, led by Major C. G. Hopkins and Lieut Bouyoucos under the American Red Cross agricultural survey.
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Crete
Greece
C. G. Hopkins
Timois Agricultural Department
J. Bouyoucos
America
Michigan Agricultural College
American Red Cross Agricultural Survey
Greece and
Pleasing Trait of Household Help in Palestine
Miss Evangeline Metheny recalls Palestinian servants as personal and proud of their work, contrasting with American staff. She notes better cooperation for guests, fewer resentments at extra meals, and explains cultural differences with Arab wives often swearing at servants.
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Palestine
Evangeline Metheny
Beaver Falls
Red Cross
Holy Land
Miss Metheny
America
Kipling
Mecca
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