New Race Found in United States Says Embree
Chicago October 1. Julius Rosenwald fund head P Edwin R Embree reports in a new book that a mixed race of brown skinned people has formed in the United States. The group of 421000000 is described as a fusion of blacks whites and yellow browns with roots older than Mayflower descendants and a century of evolution. He claims over half of American negros have some white or Indian ancestry and cites Jamestown 1619 as an early mingling point. The author notes white and Indian blood bred with black during slavery making a distinct new race.
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Edwin R. Embree
Julius Rosenwald Fund
United States
America
Embree
New World
John Smith
Jamestown
Mia
Plymouth
Africa
Paris theater owners fix pay for stars at twenty dollars a day
Paris theater directors reach an agreement setting a maximum star salary of 20 dollars daily, effective October, with potential box office bonuses and staged by drawing power. Union des Artistes members oppose, fearing wage cuts as producers decide drawing power. Oil pipeline coverage reaches nearly 100000 miles across the United States.
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Paris
Theaters of Man
Union Des Artistes
Sue Returns Home From Storm as Jack Closes In
Sue escapes a rainstorm and seeks shelter at a rooming house where Dr. Barnes and a waiting Jack bring tension. She clings to a platinum ring as autumn shadows loom, wondering what winter may bring and who truly waits for her.
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Grace
Jimmy
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Dr. Barnes
Duke Medical School Expands to Four Classes This Autumn
Duke university school of medicine begins autumn quarter with 145 students registered, marking the first time all four classes are operating. Last year had 70 in the first and third years. Sixty incoming first-year students join upperclassmen, with students from 53 colleges nationwide and 41 from North Carolina.
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Durham
Duke University School of Medicine
Studen
W. C. Davison
United States
North Carolina
German rifle cartridge used to start airplane motors
A cartridge designed to handle high gas pressure in rifles is repurposed in Germany to start aircraft engines highlighting cross use of munitions technology for aviation power.
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Germany
Addison's Disease Explained By Dr Morris Fishbein
Addison's disease stems from defective adrenal glands above the kidneys. Symptoms include bronzing of the skin, extreme fatigue, weak digestion, emaciation, low blood pressure, and fainting spells. Causes include tuberculosis spread from elsewhere, cancer destroying tissue, or nerve disruption. early detection now extends life though cure remains rare.
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Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygeia
Air Raid on London Marks 34th German Raid
On October 1 1917 German aircraft carried out their 34th raid on London killing 10 and wounding 38. Over the course of 34 raids the enemy killed 65 and wounded more than 2500. The attack was repulsed by barrage fire before further damage. Rail stations churches and public buildings were targeted but opened doors and staff offered safety to evacuees.
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London
Panama Sets Liquor Sale Limits Around Madden Dam Site
Panama officials, at Governor Ty Burgess request and via U S Minister Roy T Davis, announce liquor sales will be prohibited within a certain radius of the Madden Dam construction area. Work on Madden Dam is expected to start soon.
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Ty Burgess
Canal Zone
United States
Roy T. Davis
Madden Dem
Madden Dam
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