Hoover to Review Fleet Off Virginia Capes
Washington May 15 The battle fleet of the United States sails down the Atlantic coast as President Hoover plans to review it off Cape Henry. He travels with Secretary Adams and Admiral Hughes to Norfolk and will board the cruiser Salt Lake City for the inspection with 65 vessels, aircraft from Lexington and Saratoga, and a daring carrier to dirigible maneuver.
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Atlantic Seaboard
President Hoover
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Charles F. Hughes
Hoover
Norfolk
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Cape Henry
Lexington
Saratoga
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George Akerson
Lan Buchanan
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Campbell Hodges
Sharks Use Obsolete Battleships as Prison Quarters
In Sydney Harbor the two old Australian battleships are anchored in Hawkesbury river to house hundreds of short term prisoners. They will build roads through the Kuring gai Chase National Park. Sharks guard the vessels to deter escape plots.
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Sydney
Hawkesbury River
Kuringgai Chase
Russians Open Mails Thru Trans-Siberian Route
Businessmen in Shanghai accuse Russia of tampering with mail bags shipped by the trans-Siberian route to Europe. They claim registered packages have been opened and some contents removed.
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Shanghai
Russia
Europe
Seminole population in Florida shows small rise
Jacksonville May 19 The remnants of the Seminole Indians in Florida number 468 persons an increase of 14 or .08 percent since 1920 according to a special commissioner. The tribe traces to Creeks along the Chattahoochee then migrating to Florida around 1750 growing to over 4 000 by 1858 based on Seminole war warrior counts.
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Jacksonville
Fla
United States
Florida Everglades
Florida
Chattahoochee River
Georgia
Century Too Long To Live Says Aged Dane
Miss Pauline Hjort dies at 105 in Copenhagen and reflects on old age as an enviable lot she rejects. She lived nearly fifty years in Boston, left Copenhagen in 1854 aboard a sailing ship, and disliked radio, saying it made her feel like peering through a keyhole.
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Copenhagen
Pauline Hjort
Miss Hjorrt
Boston
America
Talkies Driving Silent Films From German Studios
The March Berlin Chamber of Commerce report notes a rise in tone film production while silent films decline. The study cites 461 talkie cinemas in Germany now, with projections to exceed 900 by fall as theater owners convert to sound. A commission to London and Paris seeks a pan European agreement to raise talkie admission fees.
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Berlin
Germany
London
Paris
Tests Youthful Notions of Bible
Northwestern University professor reports a survey of over 20 000 students from grades five through twelve across nineteen states and 43 denominations. Sixty scripture selections exposed legible misinterpretations with many adopting un Christian views. Girls surpassed boys in comprehension. ten percent thought one must keep a record of all actions and twenty percent believed one should confess all sins to God.
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Evanston, Ill
Milton George Geil
School of Education
Northwestern University
Geil
North Carolina Plants Record Forest Seedlings This Season
North Carolina landowners and agencies planted 308787 forest seedlings from the state nursery this season, the largest since operation began. E H Claridge, assistant forester, notes distribution to 140 individuals and groups, with schools and Boy Scouts active in reforestation efforts.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
E. H. Claridge
Forester
Claridge
Pigeons Beat Oslo to Jessheim Air Race
Five carrier pigeons outpaced a Norwegian air force plane over a 70 mile course from Oslo to Jessheim. The aircraft traveled at 105 miles per hour, while a sixth pigeon arrived exactly as the plane did. Pigeons were selected from Norway’s fastest entrants.
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Oslo
Norway
Jesshim
Air Force
Mostly Short Words and Rites for the Dead
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Thirty Thousand Year Old Fire Found in American Continent
Los Angeles May 19 Dr James A B Scherer of the Southwest Museum cites camp fire ashes found 21 miles from Las Vegas Nevada as the earliest proof that humans lived in North America 20 000 or 30 000 years ago. Field party led by Dr Mark Harrington uncovered real charcoal under Pleistocene strata with early basket maker and pueblo artifacts. Scherer says the discovery shifts belief from a late arrival to people with high intelligence existed here long ago and suggests initial American discovery by wandering Mongoloids from eastern Asia via the Bering Sea.
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Los Angeles
James A. B. Scherer
Southwest Museum
Mark R. Harrington
Las Vegas
Nevada
Scherer
Stock
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North America
Harrington
America
Asia
Bering Sea
Portuguese Opera OPORTO premiere conducted by Rui Coelho
The Portuguese opera Cristial in four acts premiered in this city with Rui Coelho conducting. A movement seeks to revive native operas after the National Opera House in Lisbon closed, leaving languishing works.
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Cristial
Rui Coelho
National Opera House
Lisbon
Cat Hunt Triggers Uproar in Lisbon Slum
In Alfama Lisbon slum women clash with cat catchers enforcing a stray cat demolition decree. They rescue pets not deemed strays and protest grows. Government weighs amending the law requiring collars and licenses for all cats.
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Lisbon
Alfama
Orpheum Theater Opens with Sound Films and New Policy
The Orpheum Theater opens today as home of singing and talking pictures. Ed ward Everett Horton stars in Wide Open while Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appear in They Go Boom. Sound equipment praised. Manager A W Barber touts future runs and popular replays. Schedule 2 to 11 daily first five days, noon to 11 Saturdays, with each picture shown two days. Wednesday and Thursday feature Hollywood Review.
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Orpheum Theater
Singing and
Talking Pictures
Edward Everett Horton
Oliver Hardy
A. W. Barber
Hollywood Review
Bride’s wedding gown becomes court dress for nuptials
Miss Anne Tyrrell daughter of the British ambassador married Adrian Holman at Notre Dame Cathedral on April 30. The couple plans a June presentation at Buckingham Palace with Mrs Holman wearing her wedding dress.
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Paris
Anne Tyrrell
Notre Dame Cathedral
Adrian Holman
Asheville to require paper cups at soda fountains
Asheville city commissioners ordered the corporation counsel to draft an ordinance mandating paper cups in drug stores soda fountains and all public drinking places, affecting residents who prefer reusable containers.
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Asheville
City Commissioners of
Corporation Counsel
Gaston County Bargers Back Extend Barber License Law
The Gaston County Bargers association adopted a resolution urging that North Carolina’s barber license law, enacted in 1929, be extended to towns with populations under 2,000. Belmont May 19.
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Belmont
Gaston County Bargers Association
North Carolina
Book launch with champagne at Paris store
In Paris on May 19 the boulevard book store promotes sales by breaking a champagne bottle over the first sale copy. The author leads the toast with friends and admirers present and each buyer then receives a glass of champagne to celebrate the book’s release.
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Paris
Boulevard
Garden Clubs Meet In Asheville Convention Tuesday
The Garden Clubs of North Carolina, 20 local clubs, will hold its annual convention in Asheville on Tuesday May 20. State officers include Mrs S H Tomlinson of High Point president Mrs John A Lindsay High Point first vice president Mrs John H Hamilton Wilmington second vice president Mrs Fred Bahnson Winston-Salem recording secretary James Adderton Lexington corresponding secretary and Mrs Hubert Royster Raleigh treasurer.
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Asheville
Garden Clubs of
North Carolina
State Club
S. H. Tomlinson
High Point
John A. Lindsay
John H. Hamilton
Wilmington
Fred Bahnson
Winston-Salem
James Adderton
Lexington
Hubert Royster
Raleigh
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin A Then And Now
An old advertisement recounts Dr. Caldwell helping with constipation through a herbal laxative named Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It claims the 1885 prescription corrected the cause of sluggish bowels and became a widely used remedy for adults and children.
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Dr. Caldwell
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