Globe Circles World in 5 Minutes by Cablegram
The National Electric Light Association transmitted a thirty two word cablegram around the world in 5 minutes 32 seconds breaking a prior United Press record. The message paid tribute to retiring President Matthew B Sloan and crossed from Honolulu to Shanghai then London before finishing in New York and San Francisco.
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United Presse
San Francisco
Columbia
United Press
National Electric Light Association
Preston A. Arkwright
Matthew 8S. Sloan
Association
Pacific
Honolulu
Midway Island
Guam
Manila
Shanghai
Irkutsk
Siberia
Ekaterinburg
Lake Baikal
Russia
Leningrad
London
New York
Chicago
Rockies
Darrow Praises Hubbard For Refusal To Conform
In East Aurora New York Clarence Darrow salutes Elbert Hubbard on his birth anniversary calling him a nonconformist who did not join groups and spoke as he wished. He contrasts Hubbard with standardizers like Henry Ford and President Hoover. In Berlin Will Hays will lead a conference on film industry patent rights.
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United Preas
East Aurora
N. Y
Elbert Hubbard
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
United
Sttes
Phiosopher
Darrow
Masons
Knights of Columbus
The
Elks
Eagles
Hubbard
Henry Ford
Hoover
Berlin
Will Hays
Moving Picture Industry
Talking Picture Industries
Photo radio lets Fried read Byrd reception front pages
United Press reports from Cherbourg France describes Captain George Fried aboard the liner America using photo radio wireless gear to view New York newspaper fronts about Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s reception. Fried, noted for sea rescues, even saw a photo of himself flashed from New York.
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United Press
Cherbourg
France
United States
America
George Fried
New York
Richard E. Byrd
Fried
Parents of New Tariff Boy, 7, Hurts with Sharp Object
A 14 year old Black boy is in serious condition after being stabbed in the back with a knife wielded by Prez Dicks, 7, in East Chicago Indiana. The incident followed a confrontation after a contest involving a brother and the Dicks boy.
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Chicago
Ind
Prez Dicks
Willis C. Hawley
Oregon
Reed Smoot
Utah
Capitol
Washington
Congress
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GLOBE
Cablegram
Hays
Parents of
Charles Mayer and Company
W. Wash. St. Qur
E. Maple Road
Kinney’s
Oxford
Goodyear-West
Avery
Sport Oxford
Goodyear-Wwest
Pennsylvania St
Strap
Wasington
White Furniture Co
Cage
Martha Washington
White, J Furniture CO
Richman
E. Washington ST
Njoy
Richman Brothers
U. S
Richman Brothers CO
East Washington Street
Washington Hotel
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