New National Arts Commission Member Named
William Adams Delang has been appointed by President Coolidge to the National Commission of Fine Arts, filling the vacancy caused by Henry Bacon's death. Delang, a prominent New York architect, Beaux Arts graduate, and former design professor at Colgate University, joins a seven member body guiding federal district projects. The commission reviews all proposed federal structures and related cart matters in Washington before final action.
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Coal-idge
National Commission of Fine Arts
Henry Bacon
New York
American Institute ‘of Architects
Architectural League
New York City
Yale
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Paris
Colon University
de Jane
Congress
District of Columbia
Cart
Commission
Ken
Today’s Events Across Nations and States
Nebwaska observes Arbor Day today while Germany begins a bicentennial celebration for Kant. Maryland holds a Democratic state convention in Baltimore. Delaware Republicans meet in Dover to elect delegates. Presidential primaries selected in New Jersey for national convention delegates. Louisiana ballots seen as formality. A French Industrial Exposition opens in New York City at Grand Central Palace under French Government patronage to boost Franco American industrial ties.
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Nebwaska
Germany
Emmanuel Kant
Maryland
Baltimore
Rome
Delaware
Dover
Cleveland
New Jersey
Louisiana
America
Grand Central Palace
New York City
France
Hypnotic influence of doctor linked to temporary blindness
Potsdam reports Dr Archilles of Stettin was arrested for keeping a young man under hypnotic influence for an extended period, causing temporary blindness. The case arose after clergyman Herr Grunwaldt noticed the youth’s glassy eyes and nervous eye movements during a service, then involved the doctor who arranged treatment and later released the patient. The patient has since begun to recover sight.
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Potsdam
Associated Press
Archilles
Stettin
Clereyman
Herr Grunwaldt Knot
Achilles
Seal
Seal Makes Escape On Rhine While Occupation Sparks Chase
A neutral seal cruising the Rhine stirred tension between French occupation troops and German fishermen. The seal evaded nets as boats and troops clashed over ownership, with locals near Lorelei noting no prior sighting of such a sea mammal on the river. The incident centered on who would claim the seal for reparations, while the animal swam toward safer waters.
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Couilenz
Rhine
Franch Sal“Iers
Army of Occupation
Loreleil
Girls at Kansas Industrial School Embrace Farm Labor
Beloit April report from Mrs. Eula Ritchey shows 150 girls at the State Industrial School for Girls preferring outdoor farm duties to housework. They run dairying, poultry, and crop work with 33 cows 45 hogs and about 1,200 chickens.
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Beloit
Associated, Press
Kansas ‘State
Eula .M Ritchey
Ritchey
Uncle Joe Cannon Hosts Luncheon at Danville Home
United Press reports at Danville Illinois April luncheon at the home of former House speaker Joseph Cannon. A tramp guest dines with Cannon and talks Washington days as the radio and orchestra play. Cannon’s life of retirement is noted alongside reminiscences and a cigar toast.
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Uncle Joe” Cannon
Danville, TH
Danville
United Press
Joe” Cannon
House of Representatives
Washington
Cannon
E. X. le Seure
Tuntheon
Doox
Sass
Joe
William Hewart Taft
Henry
Cabot Lodge
Warren G. Harding
William McKinsey
Benjamin Harrison
Ambassador Jusserard
Jamcheon
Joe Hite
Congress
GO AFTER HEALTH MORA L: A LESSON ON PREVENTION AND SELF-INVESTMENT
A quoted exchange compares pursuing health to chasing a profitable brig order, stressing that health is more than freedom from disease. It urges quick action on any warning signs, recommends self inventory, and emphasizes prevention as key to lasting vigor and happiness.
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Mann
Roth
Beale
Kansas Cyclones Arouse Inquiries
Topeka April 22 Kansas officials and the department of agriculture respond to eastern inquiries about conditions in the state. J B Graham says reports of grasshoppers floods cyclones and heat are exaggerated and recalls historic events. He notes Kansas ranks high in agricultural output and hosts major meat packing flour milling zinc and salt industries with substantial oil production.
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Kan
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Therm
Dreath
Exelones
J. B.graham
Coun
Texas
United States
Alaska
CCM
W C T U Budget and Mission in Depth Review
The W C T U budget outlines per member dues and fund allocations. It details Frances Willard Memorial fund Lillian Sevens Campaign fund State Missionary department and international aid, plus field work and department operations across more than 18 counties and 90 districts.
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Yever
Frances Willard
Lillian Sevens
Lena Lowé
Drisco
Washineiin
Congress
Union Signal
Lf. U
We. T
State Missionary Department
Plincy Keys
Baldwin Boy
Africa
W.C. T
Kansas
City
Grandview
Carry Nation
Associated Charities
Without a Home and Shelter Needs in Douglas County
Narrative notes women left without kin or home, seeking shelter from hunger and cold as the community discusses a building fund. Douglas County reports a budget over 460 dollars and a persistent waiting list for the home, with Sabine not far from the area. The text shifts to a furniture feature on Sheraton designs, highlighting simple lines, inlay, and typical legs and forms.
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Douglas County
Sabbeane
Native Son Still Lives First California Births 77th Birthday
Ben Haines, the first child born in California to American parents, recently celebrated his seventy seventh birthday at his King City home. Born Sacramento April 9, 1847, he has witnessed much of California's growth. His New Yorker father sailed as a ship's carpenter, arriving in California in 1843, six years before the gold rush, while his mother crossed the plains from Arkansas in 1843.
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King City
Cal
Associated Press
Ben Haines
California
Sacramento
Hames
Ler
Plains
Arkansas
John Hasies
German Gliders Compete Admit Foreigners in Race
Gliders with assisting malure join the first time in the Rhone Mountains competition from August 15. Foreigners and Germans will be admitted. Flights must last 69 seconds without motor or 10 minutes with motor. delays and details to be announced. Plymouth beer ship news reports North German Lloyd ship Stuttgart brewing 1 in 800 quarts during voyage.
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Frankfort on-the-Main
Associated Press
Malure
Rhone
Plymouth
Americans Told To Carry Cash Or Drafts In Germany
Americans planning travel to Germany this summer should keep a low wallet and secure American banknotes travelers checks and letters of credit to avoid high fees and exchange costs Banks may not dispense actual dollars or issue drafts without steep markups Many foreigners already mail English or American money home due to currency advantages and discounts on marks in neighboring countries
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Hamburg
Associated Press
Germany
Ancient canal search near pyramids in Egypt
In Alexandria on April 21 the Associated Press reports borings will probe for a subterranean canal near the pyramids. Archaeologists cite evidence supporting exploration of a canal possibly linked to Herodotus accounts of Cheops burial near a water channel formed by an aqueduct from the Nile.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Associated Press
Herodotus
Cheops
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