Year of Giving Highlights 1928 Philanthropy Surge
New York reports total charitable gifts for 1928 near 2.3206 billion dollars, boosted by steel and industry wealth. Rockefeller Foundation grants include 12 million to China Medical Board for Peking Union Medical College, 1.4 million to Brussels medical school, plus funds against malaria yellow fever and other diseases worldwide. Foundations also funded preservation of national lands and historic sites.
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Rockefeller Foundation
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Medical School
University of Brussels
Rockefeller
Radio licenses delayed renewal for two stations
Washington Dec 29 AP The radio commission informed stations KWL Seattle and KGA Spokane that their licenses should not be renewed until after a hearing due to repeated deviation from assigned frequencies. The notice adds to a list of stations cited for operating off their frequencies.
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Spokane
Inventors spend years on inventions says Michigan professor
Dr. Lowell Carr of the University of Michigan reports inventors average one year eight months three days on inventions with a weekly income of 37.25 dollars. He notes some earn thirteen times that amount from their work. The finding was shared at the American Sociological Society convention program.
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Chicago
Lowell Carr
University of Michigan
Carr
American Sociological Society
Married to Prima Donna Pavliska Weds Dr Mesirow in Chicago
Mme Pavloska, prima donna of the Chicago Civic Opera, wed Dr Maurice Elias Mesirow after his divorce from Mrs Eda Mesirow. The couple married in Judge Fisher's chambers as Pavloska signed as guarantor for five years alimony. The ceremony was followed by her La Bohème performance. Millikan Heads Science Body in 1929 election. Dr Millikan, California physicist, named president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Mme! Trene
Pavlozka
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Maurice
Elias Mesirow
Eda Mesirow
Mme. Pavioska
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Mesirow
Heritage of honors greatest auto stage mobile built
A description proclaims a remarkable auto stage mobile as the greatest ever built and sold at its price, highlighting exceptional standard of design and value.
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