North Carolina urged to fund higher education growth
Greensboro reports that the Association for Promotion of Education presents proof of North Carolina’s wealth in farms, forests, and factories and argues the state can and should fund higher education. It cites Liberty bonds and savings income, notes 31 colleges cost 14 million, and urges $18 million for a six year building program to expand colleges and care for the unfortunates.
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Greensboro
Association For Promotion of Education
North Carolina
South
Sinn Feiners Cut Hair of Girls in Ireland Claims Range
In Dublin and other districts Sinn Feiners cut hair of young women who associated with police or soldiers, with claims for malicious injury ranging from 300 to 500 pounds. None of the punished girls by police have filed claims yet.
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Dublin
Sinn
Royals enjoy democratic prize draw at White City fair
King George and Queen Mary join in a lucky dip at the White City advertising exhibition with prizes including a sponge cigarettes crackers and face cream. King Christian of Denmark and Queen Alexandria share in the laughter as royalties pocket their winnings.
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London
San
White City
George
England
Christian
Denmark
Alexandria
Mary
Queen Maud
Norway
Princess Mary
Princess Victoria
Britain
Penn State coach touts forward pass and urges rule change
Philadelphia Jan 4 Coach Bez dek of Penn State lauds the forward pass as a favorite feature of four football games and urges rule makers to enforce a hands off policy. He is less enthusiastic about the goal kick after touchdown.
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Philadelphia
Bezdek
Penn Staite
Pan Pacific educational conference to be held in Honolulu
The Pan Pacific union announces the first Pan Pacific educational conference will run August 11 to 21 in Honolulu. About 75 leading educators from the United States Canada the Pacific region are invited with representation expected from Central and South America and Australia New Zealand.
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Honolulu
T. H
Associated Press
Pan-Pacific Union
Alexander Flume Ford
Union
Frank F. Bunker
Bureau of Education
Washington
Bunker
John Barton Payne
Interior Department
Pacific
United States
Canada
Oriental Nations
Australia
New Zealand
Ford
Blond Eskimos Said to Trade to Nome From Coronation Gulf
Nome traders brought Apuktawana a lone male of the northern “Blond Eskimos” from Coronation gulf. Joe Bernard plans to take him to the United States to show outsiders the strange tribe. Bernard notes copper skin and dark hair though some members have lighter hair and eyes. Stefansson never called the tribe blond and blamed press exaggeration for the name.
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Nome
Apuktawana
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Coronation Gulf
Canada
Joe Bernard
United States
Bernard
Apnuktawana
Stefansson
Chinese Students Rally Against Japanese Aggression in Peking
Several thousand students from 29 schools gathered in central park and marched to the presidential palace and ministries to protest Japanese actions in Manchuria. Dr W W Yen spoke from a foreign office balcony denying any Chinese agreement with Japan. Street orators had been active for days as police kept order.
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Peking
Hungchun
Chientao
Plaia
Central Park
Foreign Office
W. W. Yen
Manchuria
Chang Tso-lin
Japan
Tradik
Lloyd George urges thrift as Europe faces hard times
London Jan 4 Premier Lloyd George echoed President Harding in urging widespread thrift and economy. He warned of a coming period of low mood and urged both government and households to cut expenses, noting Europe’s dependence on imports while calling for shared sacrifice.
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London
Europe
Lloyd George
Yank Soldiers Combat Typhus Expedition Leaves Warsaw
Fifty five soldiers and ten officers of the American typhus expedition to Poland departed Warsaw for Coblenz on a special twelve car train. The group, under Colonel Harry L. Gilchrist, had worked 16 months with Polish health authorities along the eastern frontiers facing refugees from Bolshevik held Russia. The unit saw shell fire in the Soviet Polish border area and one soldier was captured by Bolsheviks. A car carried ten Polish wives of American soldiers en route to the United States.
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Warsaw
Poland
Coblenz
Rhine
Russia
Germany
United States
Harry L. Gilchrist
Cleveland, O
War Department
Japan Deploys Troops to Hungchun Frontier Town
Japanese forces moved to Hungchun in October to protect Japanese subjects after a bandit raid. The incident drew protests from China and Japan’s foreign ministries. E Lenox Simpson warned Hungchun is the closest Chinese point to the Sea of Japan, where Japan seeks to install garrisons.
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Hungchun
Foreign Ministry of
China
Japan
E. Lenox Simpson
Putnam Weale
Hungehun
Sea of Japan
Landmark near Vladivostok Confluence of Borders
A location about 60 miles south of Vladivostok near the tripoint with China and Korea, close to Possiet Bay on the Sea of Japan. It lies near Siberia and marks a notable geographic junction in the region.
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Vladivostok
China
Korea
Siberia
Possiet Bay
Sea of Japan
Food Packages For Germans
The United States delivers holiday food packages to Germany, focused on children. Cocoa milk and sugar are requested in letters from families in need. Berlin relief official M F Murphy notes many requests are genuine, describing pitiful circumstances. White bread is rare, sugar and milk scarce even in prepared forms.
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Bhrlin
Germany
United States
Hamburg
Dresden
Frankfort
M. F. Murphy
Berlin
White Sox Pick Up Young Pitcher Stan King for Tryout
Lexington Kentucky January 4 Chicago White Sox sign Stan ley Bud King a young pitcher to a tryout He pitched 25 games last summer in semi pro baseball and won one of them.
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Lexington
The
Chicago Whie Sox
Stanley
Bud) King
War debt payoff projected over twenty five years
The estimate indicates that under the current plan the United States will take about 25 years to settle the remaining war debt.
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United States
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