Profiteers In Rome And A Buffalo Jaywalking Stunt
The piece notes Italian middle classes resisting wartime price surges with shop prices rising and a shopkeeper compare to burglars. It cites examples of high prices for shoes and hats and mentions in Rome the practice of price marking to curb inflation. A Buffalo safety exhibit features a jaywalking stunt with a punishment sign. It advertises Rose Theatre coupon night offering $1 tickets and a drawing.
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Erie Beach
Buffalo
N. Y
Hell
Demand for Simplified Passport Rules Across Continents
Frei W. King of the American Chamber of Commerce in Berlin reports strong demand from European and American businesses for longer lasting passports and easier frontier checks. Proposals aim to issue passports for years and remove repeated visa inspections to cut delays harming commerce and contracts. South American chambers push the plan, with Buenos Aires leading the movement.
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Berlin
Europe
Frei W. King
American Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Mhembers
Ecommerce
King
Chamber of Commerce
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Chambers of Commerce
Mexican Duels Also Are Jokes
In Mexico City on January 13 the piece notes that dueling as a sport is harmless and mostly talked about. Deputies threaten each other inside the chambers over public measures and rivals vent hostile claims. The cycle ends with calls for government intervention and promises of frowning authorities, then the incident fades from memory.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Chapultepec
War reaches to cats and dogs in Central Europe
In Budapest on January 13 Professor Balkanyi, head of the local veterinary school, reports war driven changes in pets. Cats refuse milk due to wartime shortages while dogs roam in packs with increased vagrancy. He warns of rising nervous illnesses and hydrophobia and calls for replenishing stock from overseas.
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Budapest
Central
Europe
Balkanyi
World Wrestling Title Bout Signed in Rochester Date Set
Ed Strangler Lewis and Dick Daviscourt signed articles for a finish wrestling match to be held in Rochester on January 21. Daviscourt, a young Texan also known as Becourt, defeated Lewis last night in a handicap bout by outpointing the champion and breaking Lewis headlock fourteen times.
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Rochester
N. Y
Strangler) Lewis
Dick Daviscourt
Daviscourt
Becourt
Lewis
Farmer” Bailey
Vermont
London Unemployment Leaders Warn of Direct Action
Labor leaders in London press urgent Britain unemployment legislation. About 100000 idle Britons in London homeless, seizing libraries and halls as police ejects some. Delegates plan independent direct action, aiming to shift capital labor relations and place workers in enterprise control amid looming upheaval.
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London
Great Britain
J. R. Clydes
Macnamara
Central Council
Labor Party
Trades
Dennis Jennett
Associated Press
Jennett
Moon Changes Boost Radio Communications in Adriatic
Moon phase shifts measured by American fleet radio officers in the Adriatic show predictable effects on atmospheric conditions for radio transmission. They built curves and diagrams from months of data to forecast future conditions, aiding local operations near Admiral Andrews. Large land wireless stations like the Lafayette near Bordeaux can compensate with power, reducing relevance of moon phase.
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Paris
Adriatic Sea
Adriatic
Admiral Andrews
Mayflower Masts Said to Rest in Thames Schoolhouse
The original masts of the Mayflower, piloted by the Pilgrims, are believed to lie in a Thames bank schoolhouse. Dr Rendell Harris told members of the English Mayflower that the masts have occupied the school for many years.
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London
Spoon Bluffs Thief in Apartment Break In
In New York on January 12 Miss Bertha A. Miller threatened the intruder Michael Amio with a shiny silver spoon, ordering him to behave as he surrendered. Police arrived and took Amio into custody.
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Spoon Bluffs
New York
Bertha A. Miller
Michael Amio
Amio
Venice Bans Motor Vehicles Amid Citywide Quiet
In Venice Italy authorities restrict motor vehicles to protect canals and historic streets. Officials emphasize pedestrian safety and preservation goals as residents and visitors adjust to the unusual traffic rules.
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Venice
Italy
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England
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