Cooperation Between Schools and the Home Endorsed by Boston Official
Franklin D. Dyer, superintendent of Boston Public Schools, urges strong home school cooperation in a memorandum to the U S Bureau of Education. He promotes citizen advisory councils with parent and teacher associations and plans to organize home and school links in every district to aid character, habit formation, and vocational guidance.
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Parent ‘Teachers’ Association
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Dyer
Public Schools
Mass
States Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
Military expert refuses to reveal views on Germany war threat
A military expert in a shop declined to predict U S involvement after Germany announced unrestricted submarine warfare. He cited a potential leak and stated that troops were being brought home from the border, resisting further comment.
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Germany
Kress
Woolworth
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Georg Brandes to Celebrate 75th Birthday in Copenhagen
Georg Brandes, Denmark’s leading man of letters, will celebrate his 75th birthday tomorrow. A Copenhagen native of Jewish parentage, he studied law philosophy and the arts at the University of Copenhagen. He has published for over fifty years covering poetry essays novels history and philosophy and recently engaged in polemics with Clemenceau drawing French accusations of unfairness.
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Georg Brandes
Copenhagen
Denmark
University of
Clemenceau
France
New Lines for Spring Gowns In Chicago Show
Thirty girl models practice for the semi annual style show opening Monday at the Strand theater under the Chicago Garment Manufacturers association. Spring gowns and suits trend vertical while sport clothes gain prominence with vivid checked and striped rajah silks expected at venues including the country club.
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Chicago
Strand Theater
Chicago Garment Manufacturers’ Association
BnaiBrith Convention Arrives in Buffalo for War Relief Plans
Hebrews arriving from across the country gather in Buffalo for the Independent Order of Bnai Brith general convention. The meeting will focus on relief efforts for Jewish war sufferers in Europe and emphasize the order's stature among fraternal and charitable organizations.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Independent Order of B'nai Brith
Europe
New One Pound Treasury Notes Described as Fraud Proof
London reports detail the upcoming one pound treasury notes which will be issued soon. The notes are white and thicker, feature the king’s head in pale greenish brown with imperial titles, and show St George and the dragon on the left. Green ink is used for lettering and the reverse includes a faint ink outline of Parliament with watermarks and royal cipher. A new ten shilling note will follow later.
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London
Treasury
Poster Preserves 1914 War Poster In Paris Wall
In Paris at No 1 Rue Royale a glass plate covers a mobilization poster from August 1 1914. The plate keeps the poster in place as a souvenir of the war outbreak days. The anonymous initiators and workers remain unidentified.
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Paris
Rue Royale
Reckoning Dangers
London reports show infant deaths are high at home compared with frontline service in France. Of 100 births, ten die before birth, fifteen more die by year one, leaving 75 surviving past the first birthday.
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London
Great Britain
France
New York Prepares Unmatched Church Census Tomorrow
A religious census will be conducted in Greater New York with 65,000 canvassers from Hebrew Catholic and Protestant groups surveying every residence to determine religious affiliations and preferences. They will also distribute invitations to churches synagogues and Sunday schools.
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New York
Marguerite Clark Stars in Snow White on Broadway
Marguerite Clark arrives as Snow White in the Broadway production hailed as a stage success. The silent screen favorite headlines the show drawing theatergoers and early praise for the adaptation and performance.
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Marguerite Clark
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money
An old advertisement urges readers to mail a slip to Foley & Co in Chicago for a trial package of Foley products including Honey and Tar Compound and Kidney Pills. The offer requests name and address to receive the package.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Mann Drug Ce
Pool Salary Pool Under Lloyd George Government
London reports that ministers in the Lloyd George administration will draw from a shared salary pool, with the prime minister unaffected. The pool amounts to about 3000 pounds per year per minister, down from over 4000 pounds under Asquith due to more ministers and new departments. In Beaune and Auxerre France towns move to curb immoral moving pictures after a spate of robberies by youths inspired by a detective firm.
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Asquith
Lloyd-George
Beaune
Burgundy
Auxerre
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