Cooperative engineering at University of North Carolina
In Chapel Hill on Dec 20 B Herman of Southern Railway studied UNC students’ cooperative engineering program. Engineering students split time between classrooms and outside jobs as draughtsmen surveyors electricians and mechanics. Juniors work on real projects while freshmen and sophomores gain groundwork. The system rotates eight weeks on site four weeks off with vacations in August and September. Employers report 16 to 20 dollars weekly and satisfaction with the trainees.
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Chapel Hill
B. Herman
Henry Miller
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Southern Railway
University School of Engineering
Braune
School of Engineering
Town Crier Again Heard During Perth Newspaper Strike
In Perth Nova Scotia the town bellman resumed duties after a forty year gap during a five week newspaper strike. Printers walked out over wages, forming picket lines that blocked access to offices. Public craving for news drove inns and stalls to post cable and telegraph updates and ads.
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Sidney
Perth
Iole
New York Cotton Opens Steady After Preholiday Realizing
Pec 21 opening in the cotton market shows renewed liquidating and a generally steady tone. January slips slightly to around 25.67 while March climbs to about 26.06, with December near 26.70 and March at 25.88.
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New York
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Liverpool
Record of 1921 UK Bankruptcies Outpace 1920 Totals
London reports 1921 as a record year for bankruptcies in England and Wales with 2 824 more failures than 1920. The inspector general notes the magnitude exceeds any year since 1883. Employment and wage shifts are noted across industries and unions, with wages down for many workers and slight gains for some.
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England
London
Wales
Scotland
Christmas Day Cantata at Community House by Sundese School
Members of High and Sunday school plan a Christmas daylight program at the community house featuring a cantata titled A Real bantu liane by Sundese school children. Saint Nick will greet all and distribute goodies from his pack, while a glittering Christmas tree adds festive charm.
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Secretary of State Grants Multiple Charters and Amendments
Raleigh NC December 20 The secretary of state has granted charters and amendments to several companies including Kirkman Cobb Inc Greensboro to buy and drive automobiles and operate a garage capital stock 50000 paid in 8000 incorporators B W Kirkitan B F Cobb L 14 Glascock all of Greensboro J D Heath Meto Co Inc Charter to buy and sell automobiles capital stock 50000 paid in 300 Heath Ruth Heath incorporators Morgan Furniture Co Albemarle to run general furniture business including undertak ing and embalming capital 19000 paid in 10000 incorporators Morgan J F Bird B J P Hairdy all of Albemarle Snow Lumber Co High Point to increase capital stock from 300000 to 900000 Griesen overlon Motor Co Asheville to conduct general automobile business capital stock 7000 paid in 25609 incorporators J Caine W J Black FR L Alexander Comer Brothers Co Winston Salem Boscoagener Whalscale and fetan Agricole Meas stock 3190 paid in 75 0 Comer C G Comer C F Comer Winston Salem incorporators
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Egyptian Boys to Study in United States for Training
Cairo reports thirty three Egyptian students selected by the Minister of Communications to study manufacturing processes abroad. One student will be sent to the United States under an agreement with the American Senate of Commerce for two years training in the locomotive department.
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Cairo
Beypt
Minister of Communications
United States
American Seement of Commerce
Ekeypian
Locomotive Department
Egypt Funds Student Study Program to Strengthen Ties
An Egyptian government program will send ten youths to study various industries in the United States. Planned tracks include two years in internal combustion engines, four years in naval shipbuilding, two years in telephone service, and three years in automobile factories. The initiative aims to deepen economic and industrial links between Egypt and the U.S.
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Egypt
United States
Berlin schools suspend boxing in public buildings
Berlin authorities ban boxing in public school buildings and gyms with no stated reason. Boxing clubs face restricted access while some groups switch to alternative activities. The Berlin Boxing Union seeks reversal as measures roll out across schools and clubs.
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Fordbid
Berlin
Municipal Board of Education
Berlin Boxing Union
State moves on state owned slipping line plan
The commission holds hearings on December 13 and plans to meet with Governor Morrison to discuss a state owned slipping line and the fish and oyster industry development. Members include Senators Verner Lushton McCain Venderson Dewar and Doughton with W. N. Everett, who will hear petitions from department officials and state institutions before making recommendations to the General Assembly.
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Hanging men demand high rate of pay in county jail
Welland county officials fret over a double execution set for January 12 in the county jail. Advertisements drew several applicants but asking fees from 209 to 300 stunned officials who recall 500 was once paid to secure a willing executioner. The condemned are Fatv Ruka and Nick Themes after a fatal dispute over a neighbor's estate.
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Welland
HogemMan
Fatv
Ruka
Nick
Weather forecast and a fire incident in headlines
Weather forecast from the weather bureau for the South Atlantic states calls for rain at the start of the week followed by fair weather and a rainy trend near week end. temperatures expected below normal except in Florida. A fire in Wellesley prompted comments about a man wanting girls' schools burned.
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Washinton
Weather Bureau
South Atlantic
Florida
Wellesley
A. B. Lee
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