American Race Now Forming
A discussion on immigration science featuring Dr Hrdlka and Dr Franz Boas from Columbia University condemns nationality based classifications as unscientific. They emphasize cultural habits and training as crucial alongside heredity and argue current restrictions lack science, driven by intolerance. Professor Russell explains stellar evolution from massive cool stars to hot incandescent bodies and the sun’s remaining lifespan.
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Cestry
Hrdhika
Franz Boas
Columbia University
Boas
Hrdlika
Dr. Hrdlika
Nevers Named Stanford Football 1975 Captain
Ernie Nevers was elected captain of Stanford's 1975 football team at a banquet in Pasadena. The Cardinal star, a line plunging back, will be a senior at Stanford next season and it will be his last intercollegiate year.
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Associated Press
Pasadena
Calif
Ernie Nevers
Notre Dame
Stanford
Nevers
Palo Alto
Zall
Mrs Fads to Take Official Oath Monday
Wyoming governor elect Mrs Nel ie Taylor Ross prepares for inauguration on January 5. She works on budget recommendations for the legislature with help from Attorney General David J Howell and Byron Hue of Douglas. The oath ceremony will be in the senate chambers at noon January 3, administered by Chief Justice C H Potter.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Nellie Taylor Ross
Wyoming
Ross
David J. Howell
Byron 5. Hue
Douglas
State Banking Examiner
Senate
C.H. Potter
State Supreme Court
Utah Elects Governor Dern in Republican Stronghold
George H. Dern is inaugurated as Utah’s new governor, the second Democrat and second non-Mormon to hold the office in this Republican state. The result underscores the unique political balance in Utah’s governance history.
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George H. Dern
Utah
Tie
Postoffice Scandal in Limelight Continues Rearing Allegations
Louisville official Fields admits suspending six postal executives over use of money to influence postal pay legislation. He cites an ordinary business transaction and defends employe McDermott as a Washington correspondent paid $500 for news coverage. Few law violations noted by Justice Department.
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New
Postoffice Department
Coolidge
Department of Justice
Justice Department
Stone
Senate
House
McDermott and
Reldesel
United States
Louisville
Fields
Loulsville
Postal Service
Washington
Field
E. H. McDermott
National Association of Postal Supervisors
McDermott
Motor vehicle registrations rise sharply in 1924 U S
New York reports 1,512,030 total registrations for 1924 with 1,156,300 passenger cars. Nationwide total excluding last ten days of December reaches 17,700,179 cars and trucks, up 16.28 percent from 1923, with passenger cars at 15,320,663 and commercial vehicles 2,179,516. Total invested value in these vehicles is about 10.62 billion dollars. California ranks second, closely behind in passenger car counts.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Motor
California
Mountain climbers usher in new year on Pike's Peak
Five climbers battled a fierce storm to reach Pike's Peak in Colorado Springs as the Adamsan club held its yearly New Year ascent. Flares lit the skies at 9 pm and fireworks at midnight welcomed the arriving year. A new member was initiated shortly after midnight.
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Associated Press
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pikes’ Peak
Adaman Club
Celebra
Arctic Peak
Isk
Agaman Club
Americans Aid Sulgrave Manor Preservation Effort
New York Jan 1 The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America raised 100000 to maintain Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire England. Funds fund ongoing care with permanent trustees, financed largely by Dames and public gifts. Committees across 40 states organized the drive, with Mrs Joseph R Tamar as national president and Mrs William Adams Brown chairing the national committee.
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New York
Associated Press
England
George Washington
Sulgrave Manor
Northamptonshire
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Nce
Joseph Or. Tamar
United States
States
District of Columbia
National Committee
William Adams Brown
Washington
Baritone Feodor Chaliapin Faces Injunction Suit
Chicago civic opera files injunction to bar Feodor Chaliapin from public appearances in Washington before February 10 1925 including Faust arguing breach of contract and risk to ticket sales. Petition notes Chaliapin scheduled for Boris Godunov in capital on February 10 with thirty appearances this winter and a ten week tour after Chicago, at 3500 dollars per performance.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Feodor Chaliapin
Washington, D. C
Washington
Boris Goudonoff
Chaliapin
Capital
Heroic lineman to be duly honored
C E Rider of Guthrie Oklahoma won the Vail gold medal of the Southwestern Telephone company for the most outstanding heroic deed of 1924. Rider, a lineman, rowed a boat miles against a current through blazing gasoline on the Cim- maron river to restore broken wires between Chicago and Galveston.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
National Committee of Award
American Telephone and Telegraph Company of
New York
C. E. Rider
Gutherie
Chicago
Galveston
Auto Wreck Sees Youth Near Head-On Collision With Locomotive
Sioux Falls report details Homer Thompson, a local youth, braking at a downtown crossing as a train approached. The car skidded into the engine, yet Thompson drove home under its own power while the locomotive required towing to the roundhouse. The crash left a damaged fender on the auto and cracked a wheel on the locomotive. trains travel slowly through the residential district until beyond city limits. The incident underscores the hazards near the crossing and the engine’s forced return to shops.
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Associated Press
Sioux Falls
S. D
Homer Thompson
Thompson
Suits Seek Damages Over Infernal Machine Deaths
Four suits totaling 715000 filed in the twenty eighth district court by Mrs. Minnie Barnes and her children against the American Railway Express Company and the International Travelers Association of Dallas. The action stems from the death of J A Barnes and son Jesse in an explosion of a bomb sent by express from San Antonio over a year ago. The International Travelers Association is said to owe a 7000 policy never paid.
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Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Texas
Twenty-Eighth
Minnie Barnes
American Railway Express Company
International Travelers’ Association of Dallas
J. A. Barnes
Jesse Barnes
Barnes
Express
San Antonio
International Travelers’ Association
Raid on Penn Alumni Banquet Hits Latin Quarter
In San Francisco authorities raided a banquet in the Latin Quarter believed to be hosted by University of Pennsylvania alumni. One man, John Allen, was arrested on a federal city law charge and posted bail. The event honored the Berkeley Ba missy Basin California football game.
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San Francisco
University of Pennsylvania
John Allen
Pennsylvania
Bemisy Basin
Wanta Fight Challenge in 105 Pound Class
Miss Helen Brundige of Kansas City issues a challenge to all feminine pugilists in the 105 pound class. The 19 year old fighter has appeared in matches before several clubs.
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Helen Brundige
Kansas City
Slattery Beats Eagan In 30 Seconds In Buffalo Bout
Tim Slathery of Buffalo knocked out Joe Eagan of Boston in the first round of a six round bout. The fight ended after 30 seconds. Patterson Pas sallag High School nets 150th straight win defeating Arlington Mass high school.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
Tim Slathery
Joe Eagan
Boston
Patterson, N. J, Jan. L
Passiag
Lington, Mass
Uses Radio To Halt Divorce Proceedings in Spokane
A radio message from Berne Switzerland intercepted by RCA and sent to Spokane prompted by Mrs Madeline Wurstenberger in Berne to seek local legal counsel. Her husband Werner Wurstenberger filed for divorce in Spokane Superior Court. the radio act aimed to find an attorney quickly to oppose the action.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Berne
Switzerland
Leavy
Madeline Wurstenberger
Werner Wurstenberger
Radio Corporation For America
New York
Wurstenberger
Canadian Army officer dies in what is ruled accidental shooting
Halifax N S January 1 Lieutenant William Montague Hartley Holmes twenty four of Victoria British Columbia an officer of the Royal Canadian artillery was found shot dead in his room in the officers mess A fellow officer Lieutenant Creighton, hearing a shot, found Holmes on the floor shot through the head with his rifle nearby A doctor declared the shooting accidental Holmes, a crack shot, is believed to have been examining his rifle when the accident occurred.
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Associated Press
Halifax
N.S
Wiliam Montague Hartley Holmes
Victoria
B. C
Royal Canadian Artillery
Creighton
Holmes
Enough Is Too Much Even in a Courtroom
Denver police magistrate Qra Hood tolerates chilly crowds and the occasional nap in his courtroom but bans snoozing. When snorers row grew loud, the bailiff woke them and escorted them out. They moved to an upstairs room and resumed napping.
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Associated Press
Denver
Qra Hood
Catholics Rally Against Government on Church Separation
Paris reports a new national Catholic federation led by General de Castelnau, with protest meetings nationwide opposing government proposals on church state relations. Cardinal Dubois denounces communism, while Catholics in Tours and Lille push for full recognition of Catholic rights in schools, family life, and society.
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Paris
Associated
Radical-Socialist Party
Cardinal Dubois
Catholic Party
France
Tours
Bergey
Nord
Pas-de- Calais
Lille
Perplexities of Parents Traced by National Movement
A nationwide effort to train for parenthood was launched by the National Congress of Parents and Teachers and the Childrens Foundation in Valparaiso Indiana. Mrs M W Reeve and Lewis B Myers announced plans to organize classes via Parent Teacher groups to study the bodies minds and morals of children using the foundation's materials and survey findings.
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Y Associated Press
Valparaiso
Ind
Parenthood
National Congress of Parent and Teachers’ Association
Childrens’ Foundation
M. W. Reeve
Philadelphia
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Famous nurse Anna C Maxwell returns to lead nursing school drive
Internationally famed nurse Anna Cr. Maxwell returns to America after a long Swiss vacation. She plans active involvement in a campaign to build a new Presbyterian School of Nursing she founded in 1893. In San Jose California Mrs Sara J Dorr dies at 63, former president emeritus of the WCTU in California.
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Anna Cr. Maxwell
America
Switzerland
Presbyterian School of Nursing
San Jose
Calif
Jan
Sara J. Dorr
The
Women's Christian Temperance Union
California
West
Women In Britain Dominate Many Occupations In New Census
London reports a census showing 5,065,332 women among 17,177,050 workers in 1921. Women lead in many fields from factories to professional roles while dynamo motor attendants show only two women. Personal service employs 1,676,425, with 339,944 women. Agriculture still uses more men than women, with 1,161,298 men and 835,062 women.
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Associated Press
London
England
Railway chiefs favor voluntary rail consolidation
Chicago December 30 The consensus of presidents of several large railroads as reported by Railway Age backs government encouraged consolidation but not compulsory. They deem it undesirable for all lines to merge into a few vast systems noting about 22 natural systems already handle roughly 83 percent of business. Samuel Rea of the Pennsylvania Railroad says remaining lines should be folded into these major systems.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Railway Age
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Converting Liberty Bonds Privilege Withdrawn Next June
Secretary Mellon announced that the option to convert first Liberty loan bonds of 1932 47 and second Liberty loan bonds of 1927 42 into four and one half percent bonds will end June 30. After that date holders may only keep the original bonds at their lower rate and cannot exchange them for higher yielding securities. The move aligns with the low rate bond provisions requiring a six month notice prior to expiration.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mellon
Treasury
Trinity College Becomes Duke University in Durham
The Trinity College board of trustees voted unanimously to rename the institution Duke University in gratitude for James B. Duke’s forty million dollar trust. The change honors Washington Duke, with legal steps to follow and a plan to keep Trinity College as a college within the new university.
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Associated Press
Durham
N. C
Trinity College Today
Duke University
Janes B. Duke
Trinity College
Tiger Flowers stops Lohman in Brooklyn bout in third round
New York report says Tiger Flowers of Atlanta defeated Toledo middleweight Joe Lohman by stoppage in the third round. Lohman was knocked down in the first and again in the second as Flowers pressured with relentless attack, securing an easy victory.
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Associated Press
New York
Joe Lohman
Toledo
Tiger Flowers
Atlanta
Brooklyn
Lohman
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