Immigrant Sculptor Chases Roosevelt Dream Since 1898
Immigrant Italian sculptor Vincenzo Miserendino devoted his career to Theodore Roosevelt, tracing a quest to cast a statue matching Venus de Milo and Winged Victory. He studied Roosevelt’s expressions, earned attention from secret service during a Madison Square Garden speech, and created models for Mount Vernon and an herbic figure, aiming to honor the former president on his birth date October 27.
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New York
America
Vincenzo Miserendino
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Cuba
Teddy
Roosevelt
Carnegie Hall
Miserendino
Madison Square Garden
Secret Service
Mount Vernon
City Hall Plaza
University for the Laboring Masses of China in Moscow
Article describes a Moscow based "University for the Laboring Masses of China in the Name of Sun Yat Sen" opened in 1925. It details student admission, funding from Russian unions and international groups, free tuition and room and board, a two year program, and student governance through commissions and a six-member council. It notes women’s representation, mixed social origins, and a focus on teaching Communist principles and proletarian revolution.
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Moscow
China
Sun Yat Sen
America
Communist Internationale
Central Committee
People’s Revolutionary Party of China
The
Nationalists
Canton
Communistic
East
Stalin
Sun Yat Sen University
Chinese Students Train in Moscow Rest-Home Camp
An observer describes a Kalinin-named summer rest camp near Moscow housing 2000 Moscow union workers and serving as a language and cultural bridge for Chinese students and workers. About half the residents are non Communist, while others study at institutions like Sun Yat Sen University and the Communist University.
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Kalinin
Republic
Moscow
Lincolnton Man Builds Fast Home Corn Shucker
Lincolnton resident M. L. Finger invented a home made corn shucker and sheller. County Agent J. G. Morrison notes the contraption shells at about a bushel per minute of clean grain, using an old threshing machine adapted by removing half its teeth and slowing the pulleys.
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Lincolnton
M. L. Finger
J. G. Morrison
Morrison
Mrs. Rebec a Vestal Laid To Rest In Mechanicsville
Funeral services for Mrs. Rebecca M. Vestal were held at the Missionary Baptist church in Mechanicsville. Rev. J. M. Hilliard and Rev. J. H. Moton officiated. The service featured the choir selections and a Florence Welborn solo. Flowers were arranged by the Eastern Star members. pallbearers included John Holdbrooks and Dan Michael. Burial followed at Lebanon cemetery in Mechanicsville.
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Rebecca M. Vestal
State Street
Missionary Baptist Church
Mechanicsville
J. M. Hilliard
J. H. Moton
English Street
M. P
Florence Welborn
Isle of Somewhere
Fastern Star
G. C. Kellam
Geo. Brown
H. G. Ingram
A. C. Muser
H. C. Massey
Paul Williamson
Reese Williamson
C. E. Harbinson
H. B. Creiger
J. W. Jamison
Geo. R. Henderson
Elizabeth Wall
John Holdbrooks
J. W. Montgomery
Sam Hines
George +. Michael
William Michael
Dan Michael
Lebanon Cemetery
Supreme Court to rule on colored children school ban
The case asks whether states may bar children of other races from white public schools. Originating from Rosedale school district in Bolivar county Mississippi, Martha Lum's attorney argues the child was unlawfully excluded from a white school.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Rosedale
Bolivar County
Mississippi
Martha Lum
Gong Lum
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Dino
By Hampton Smith, Jr
NEA Service
Chicago
University
Jerome Davis
Yale University Divinity School
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PSS Ss
Old Va
No. 2
North Main St
Russia
R. M. Vestal
Eastern Stars
Coffield Furniture Co
N. Main St
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