Speejacks Finish World Cruise In Tiny 9.8 Foot Yacht
Norfolk dispatch details A Y Gowen and Mrs Gowen completing a global voyage aboard the 9.8 foot Speejacks. Begun August 11, 1921 in New York the voyage visited Miami Samoa Fiji New Caledonia Sydney and many ports before reaching Miami. The trip included 100000 feet of film and 700 reels of film amid storms monsoons and reef impacts. Mrs Gowen is noted as the first woman to cruise such a small boat.
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Norfolk
New York
A. Y. Gowen
Miami
Ocean
Cleveland Yacht Club
Samoa
Fiji Islands
New Caledonia
Sydne
Australia
Cook Town
Solomon Islands
New Britain
New Guinea
Amboyna
Cerebise
Singapore
India Ocean
Aden
Suez Canal
Athens
Sicily
Italy
France
Barcelona
Gibraltar
Verde Islands
Porto Rico
Miam
Fisher opposes film growth at Miami Beach
Miami Beach magnate Carl G. Fisher denounces movies at the Beach calling tourists preferable to motion picture people and proposes taxes on producers. His stance provokes a clash with Miami officials and a brewing exodus worry among Rex Ingram Alice Terry Montague Loy J. R. McGowan Helen Holmes and other cinema figures who have invested here.
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Miami
Carl G. Fisher
Miami Beach
Fla
Fisher
Biscayne Bay
Niy
South
Florida
Hollywood
Rex Ingram
St. John’s Casino
Misimi Chamber of Commerce
Alice Terry
Alice Kady
Montague Loy J. R. McGowan
Helen Holmes
Bulgarian Premier’s aide named secretary to legation in Washington
Lausanne November 28. Mademoiselle Nadyda Stancoff, chief advisor to Premier Stanboulisky of Bulgaria, was named secretary to the Bulgarian legation in Washington months ago but remains in the prime minister’s office. Fluent in Bulgarian English French German and Italian, she is a key link in Central and Southern European politics. Her father is the Bulgarian minister in London and her mother is French. At Genoa she acted as interpreter for Stamboulisky and translated his addresses.
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Lausanne
Mademoiselle Nadyda Stancoff
Stanboulisky
Bulgaria
Washington
United States
Stamboulisky
Mademoiselle Standoff
Europe
London
Genoa
Mademff
Saving Clothing Relief for Russians in Cold Winter
Americans rush aid through the American Relief Administration with textile packages led by Col. William N. Haskell. Each 20 dollar package outfits a small family with wool cloth lining muslin flannel and basics. banks accept remittance funds to forward the clothing.
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Russia
Ukraine
American Relief Administration
United States
Col
William N. Haskell
Herbert Hoover
Isale
Broadway
New York City
A. R
Mussolini Finds Time for Morning Fencing Duel
Rome reports Premier Mussolini, despite heavy duties, spends an hour after breakfast fencing with a renowned professor. The Italian leader is described as one of Italy’s best amateur swordsmen with a long record of duels and no known defeats.
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Mussolini
Rome
Musolini
Iisk
Italy
Whale swims at twelve miles per hour
A whale can reach speeds of 12 miles per hour in the water, demonstrating strong propulsion and endurance for long migrations and foraging across vast ocean regions.
Nobel Prize Awards Debate Sparks Public Interest
The Nobel Institute announced the 1922 prizes in physics and literature with notable selections. Jacinto Benavente wins for literature, while Niels Bohr secures the physics award for atom structure methods. Einstein’s previous physics prize is noted. No medicine or peace results yet. Americans have claimed three peace prizes in history.
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Stockhidm
Nobel Institute
Thomas Hardy
Hac
Jacinto Benavente
Spain
Bernard Shaw
Albert Einstein
Aerminry
Niels Bohr
Denmark
Bohr
Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Woodrow Wilson
Alfred Nobel
Evening of Loot in Historic Relief Heist Uncovered
A note details a historic theft where J Weathed amassed 30 9 million kronor about 8 million dollars to fund relief loot. Prizes began in 1901 at an old graveyard used to hide pilfered railroad car supplies. The stash included 15 tons of sugar and large amounts of cocoa and flour, buried overnight and later recovered by police.
Thieves Hide Loot in Moscow Cemetery
In Moscow on November 15 thieves devised an ingenious ruse to conceal loot in a local cemetery. Police are investigating the scheme and have not released further details on the items or suspects involved.
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Moscow
Salem Masons vote to build temple in Salem
Taylor Lodge No. 23 F. and A. M. votes in favor of constructing a Masonic temple in Salem. A desirable East Main street lot will be purchased and a temple erected thereon at an estimated cost of 25000 dollars.
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Taylor Lodge No
East Main St
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Eastman Kodaks
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