Maimed Piano Player Debuts in America with Symphony
Viennese one armed pianist Faul Wittgenstein, famed for more concerti written for him, makes his North American debut in November with the Eastman Symphony Orchestra. Wounded in 1914, he had his arm amputated after capture by Russians, then rebuilt his technique and now performs with the Cincinnati and Minneapolis Symphonies and in chamber music.
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New York
Faul ‘Wittgenstein
North America
Eostem Symphony Orchestra
Prigon
Siberia
Vienna
Wittengenstein
Rachmaninoff
Richard Strauss
Maurice Ravel
Serge Prokofieff
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Serge Bortkiewiccz
Franz Schmidt
Leopold Godowsky
Moritz Rosenthal
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Flower veses and ash trays fuel Nanking job row
In Nanking on October 26 AP reports growing anger at women taking Chinese government positions. Men call them flower veses implying they are ornamental while women retort by calling men ash trays. The exchange highlights gender tensions in public employment.
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Nanking
Girl Aerialist Flies After Fall At County Fair
Ethel D Arcy of the D Arcy Girls act fell from a high rigging during a 250 foot slide for life at Huston County Fair. She plummeted into a wooden frame but resumed her act four hours later. Spectators recalled safer blows by Leitzel and DePhil. D Arcy previously survived a broken back after a Michigan City fall.
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Lillian Seltzer
Gladys DePhil
Huston County Fair
Ethel D'Arcy
D'Arcy
Leitzel
DePhil
Copenhagen
Denmark
Roxy Theatre
New York
Leo Hamilton
Ethel
Michigan City
Ind
Savant warns life after death may bring idiocy
Toronto, Oct. 26 AP Dr Velgien FE Henderson head of pharmacology at the University of Toronto warns that restoring life to those who have died is only feasible if the patient avoids becoming an idiot. University researchers have revived animals eight minutes after anesthesia overdose and similar attempts with carbon monoxide victims have resulted in mental impairment due to brain cell degeneration from oxygen loss.
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Toronto
Velgien FE. Henderson
Department of Pharmacology
University of Toronto
Henderson
American fliers jailed by Persians lose derby chance
John W. Wright and John Polando, American entrants in the Melbourne derby, were detained for over a day by Persian authorities after an emergency landing near the Persian border. Wright reported poor treatment for Polando, but British intervention led to their release. They then returned to Basra and resumed travel to Karachi, lamenting the impact on their handicap prospects.
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Iraq
John W. Wright
John Polando
Shaiba
Karachi
India
Melbourne
Wright
Associated Press
Persia
Johnnie
Polando
Lega
Basra
America
Marian Casad Faces Stalking and Deceptive Allies
Marian Casad plans to outmaneuver McSwain and his Kanaka agents. She seeks discreet help from Sanderson and Waki to contact detective John King while avoiding Lon. The crafty scheme centers on a town visit, a letter to King, and hiring Waki to watch the ranch, with Marian determined to protect herself and her property.
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Marian
Lon Casad
McSwain
Lon
MaSwain
Grase
Silver Borduste
Lono
Ahey
Sanderson
Green Grocer’s
Lleve
Waki
King
John King
Revenue freight loadings rise in week ending Oct 20
The American Railway Association reported floodings of revenue freight totaling 640 280 cars for the week ended October 20. This is 4 641 more than the prior week and 16 725 fewer than the same week last year, also 1 705 below the 1932 figure.
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Washington
American Railway Association
Spider and centipede fight on Miami sidewalk
A large black spider with a red spot on its back killed a three inch centipede in an all day battle on a sidewalk in Miami Texas.
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Miami
Tex
National Survey Indicates October Business Revival
New York Oct 26 AP reports from nationwide sources say October operations will be the most satisfactory since spring. Dan and Bradstreet notes eight to 12 percent gains in dollar retail trade above 1933 figures and a shift toward private loans as key to revival. Industrial indices varied but upside favored. retail distribution rose with good shopping weather. Wholesale totals and new business rose, inventory depletion spurred unexpected market trips.
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New York
Dan and Bradstreet Weekly Trade Review
Central Bank
Isaac Carroll Funeral Postponed to Allow Texas Brother Attendance
Funeral for Isaac Stewart Carroll, who died Wednesday at his home, is postponed to permit attendance by a brother residing in Texas. The service rescheduled date remains to be announced.
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Isaac Stewart Carroll
Texas
Moute One
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