British Move to Admit American Motor Vehicles in Britain
London report says up to 5000 American vehicles may be admitted in coming months including passenger, commercial cars and motorcycles. Importers are rationed on 60 percent of 1913 imports until September 1 1919, with a temporary distribution scheme favoring long established firms and early entrants. The plan seeks equity and will be revisited after September 1.
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London
Great Britain
American Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
America
Act of Trade
Germany
Calotabs Promises Comforting Calomel Purge
Calomel now sold as Calotabs promises no taste no nausea and no griping. One tab at bedtime with water cleanses the liver and purifies the system leaving you awake rested and ready for breakfast. Packaged sealed with a thirty five cent price and pharmacist guarantee.
Larger Hospital for Winston-Salem Expansion Planned
Winston-Salem plans to expand city hospital facilities aided by a $24,000 bequest from the late R. J. Reynolds and a $5,060 contribution from Mrs. Reynolds. A construction contract will be let soon and the additions should be completed early next year, aiming to elevate the hospital to a leading southern institution.
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Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds
Renal Remedy Promises Relief After Benign Claims
An advertisement extols a simple preparation called Mayr Wonderful Remedy as a cure for long standing ailments. It claims to remove catarhil mucus from the intestinal tract and ease stomach and liver issues. The maker asserts one dose convinces and offers money back. Hart Drug Co. and druggists nationwide carry it.
Hotel fire rescue earns bellboy belated tip
A guest trapped in a hotel fire on the tenth floor was saved by a bellboy who, after the incident, received a playful offer of ten dollars for saving the guest’s teeth. The exchange shows quick action amid the blaze in Chicago.
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Chicago
Germany’s Food Deficit Signals Prolonged Hard Times
Berlin reports a severe food deficit with 3.6 million tons of wheat 1 million tons of meat and 1 million tons of fats lacking. The Imperial Food Ministry says inland resources cannot quickly cover deficits and long term credits are needed only if Germany works.
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Germany
Imperial Food Ministry
South African Government Un appoints veterinary surgeon
The South African government appoints a veterinary surgeon to study diseases affecting livestock and wildlife, aiming to bolster animal health research and disease surveillance across the region.
Pacific Coast Trade Urged to Enlarge Ports and Shipping
Benno Schoch of the American Finance and Commerce Co calls for expanded Pacific coast shipping to South America and stronger federal tonnage to hold western markets. In Los Angeles an international ad campaign for California manufacturing links the Pan American Trade Conference plans with broad industry support from chambers of commerce and foreign trade groups.
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Centrail
South America
Pacific Coast
Benno Schoch
American Finance and Commerce
San Francisco
Schoch
Los Angeles
California
Chamber of Commerce
Foreign Trade Club
King's Vine 150 Years Old Bears 500 Grape Bunches
The king's vine at Cumberland Lodge Windsor Great Park, 150 years old, bears nearly 500 bunches of black Hamburg grapes. Cutting starts about the second week in August and bunches will be sent to the king's table. The vine is 120 feet long and covers over 2,400 square feet of roof space.
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London
Cumberland
Windsor Great Park
Hamburg
Europe
American Talent Will Aid Japan to Americanize Honolulu
A 45-teacher conference in Honolulu set reforms for Hawaii Japanese language schools. Plans include Americanizing instruction while preserving language and culture study, establishing a Japanese teacher normal with some American staff, and emphasizing American history and English. Consul Moroi urged schools to satisfy Americans to keep their language privileges. Previous territorial bills regulating foreign language schools were killed.
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Japan
Honolulu
T. H
Hawaii
R. Moroi
United States
Advertising clubs of the world to debate women’s equality
The Associated Advertising Clubs of the World will meet in New Orleans next month to consider admitting women on an equal basis with men. The Nile floods have in hundreds of years not varied more than ten days in arrival.
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Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
New Orleans
Why Girl Left Home Father’s Honeymoon Causes Shift
In Jersey City Anna Manslage, 14, ran away after learning her father married and left on a honeymoon. Evelyn Larsen, 13, also ran away and was placed with her sister by Judge Bleakley. The Manslage girl was held pending Children’s Society inquiry.
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Jersey City
N. J
Anna Manslage
Yonkers
Evelyn Larsen
Boorean Avenue
Try Again the Motto of the Divorced Actress
New York news reports Gertrude Hamilton the actress who wed Lt Bruce Higginbotham after a short courtship last November has remarried real estate man David Harvey in Detroit and at the Marriage License Bureau. She previously appeared in Maytime and resides with sister Betty at 370 Central Park West.
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New York
Gertrude Hamilton
Bruce Higginbotham
Detroit
David Har
Vey
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