College Students More Promising
Ex Prince Joachim, William Lyon Mackenzie and other notable figures are noted as turning age today in a decade memory brief. Viscount Bryce speaks at Manchester noting rising college enrollment postwar and urges study of economic problems and global understanding.
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William Lyon MacKenzie
Canadian Libers Party
Kitchener
Ont
Pierre Roux
Pasteur Institute of Paris
Richard
Fighting Dick) Wainwright
Washington, C
Viscount Bryce
Ellis Island Sees Three Tiny Islands Hide Big Detention Use
Report notes Ellis Island comprises three small New York harbor islets housing nineteen brick and stone buildings serving as an immigration station. From July to December nearly 80,000 aliens passed through, many later detained as “dangerous” radicals, with 372 workers employed and 900 immigrants fed in a large dining hall.
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United States
Land of
Opportunity
Freedom
Andreda
Ef “Wadestrabies
Immigration Service
Ellis
Allis Island
Securdte
Isaac Siegel
House Immigration ‘Ommmittee
New York
Byron G. Uhl
Frederic C. Host
Associate Press
Ellis Island
Uhl
Washington
Immigrant Dining and Detention at Ellis Island Unveiled
A report details meals for immigrants with varied menus and low prices, the kosher table, and the processing at Ellis Island. It describes reception halls, bunks for 72, and the separation of radicals, with guards patrolling and open-air exercise for all prisoners.
Courts award prize to photograph subject in Spain beauty contest
In Madrid on December 17 courts ruled the prize in a beauty contest goes to the subject of the photograph, not the photographer. The photographer who took the winning image challenged the outcome, but the court decision upheld the subject’s entitlement.
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Madrid
Spain
Clothes Higher Next Spring Says Retailers
Chicago December 19 Clothing prices are rising says Charles E Wry secretary of the national association of retail clothiers Suits that sold before the war for 25 now bring 50 and the price next spring will be 66 He cites union aggressiveness and immigration limits as factors Some Chicago garment piece workers earn as high as 135 a week and all workers make over 50 a week The rise marks a 175 percent increase since 1914.
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Chicago
Charles E. Wry
National Association of Retail Clothiers
Pardon Application for Osker Robbins Considered
Application will be made to the Governor of North Carolina for the pardon of Osker Robbins at the December 1912 term of Guilford County Superior Court for manslaughter. He was sentenced to State Prison for 15 years. Opponents are invited to forward protests to the governor without delay. The notice is dated December 17, 1919.
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North Carolina
Osker Robbins
Guilford County
The Miracle Man at Broadway Next Week
A big photoplay at the Broadway theater titled The Miracle Man from Paramount Artcraft adaptation of George M. Cohan Broadway play stars Thomas Meighan Elinor Fair and Betty Compson in an unusual cast delivering a smashing impression for next week.
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Paramount Artcraft
George Mr. Cohan
Thomas Meighan
Elinor Fairy
Betty Compson
Giants and Red Sox Set for Spring Training Games Tour
The New York Giants and Boston Red Sox will play multiple games on their route back from spring training. The schedule includes several matchups as both teams travel to their home bases, offering fans a chance to see key players in casual game action.
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New York Giants
Boston Red Sox
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Joachin
Gerfoand Waiser
Potsdam
Clinton Rogers Woodruff
Philadelphia
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Cambridge
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Island No. 1
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Juneau
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