Speed Drives 1924 French Aviation Salon Shifts Toward Fast Monoplanes
Paris January 10 The Ninth French Aviation Salon displays a fast plane trend with monoplanes and all metal thick wings. Governments order 300 fast planes for 1925 from DeWoitine, Nieuport shows compact sesquiplanes with 450 hp engines capable of 300 kph for three hours. Potez Spimson Breguet Caudron unveil pursuit planes near 250 to 300 kph. Ferman exhibits a bombing biplane with 500 hp, capable of carrying 32 bombs and a seven to ten bomb load, crew of seven, and a Salmson 480 hp engine draws attention.
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Associated ‘Press
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Grand Palais
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Dewoitine
Dewoitiine
Jugoslavia
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Japan
Nieuport
Potez
Spimson
Breguet
Caudron
Ferman
Winter Carnival Plans Invite Nation to Sioux Falls Ski Meet
Amateur skiers from across the United States will gather February 11 and 12 for the 1925 National Ski Association tournament in Canton S T. The Sioux Valley Ski club hosts with top champions and Olympic contestants slated to compete. A new 650 foot slope with a 276 foot drop anchors the event on the Sioux river hillside. If weather allows a cross country race of ten to twelve miles may be added over varied terrain. Fifty member clubs and several colleges from Vermont New Hampshire Maine Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota are expected to participate.
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National Ski Association of ‘America
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Sioux Valley Ski Club
Larsi Haugen
Brattleboro
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Maine
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnego
Ski competition to feature college entrants and Fort Snelling unit
Colleges plan to enter men in the skiing contest marking a shift toward the sport as a college activity. A ski battalion from federal troops stationed at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, will also participate. The host club aims to exceed the 229 competitors record set at the national tournament in Minneapolis in 1922.
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Fort Snelling
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Minneapolis
Swedish Inventor Claims Crude Oil Powered Car
Stockholm January 10 The Associated Press reports Swedish inventor Nils Anderson has developed an engine attachment that allows ordinary cars to run on crude oil kerosene wood alcohol or gasoline at about one third the cost of gasoline The system includes a super heater a specialized carburetor and exhaust and requires starting with gasoline The inventor says crude oil cannot be vaporized without treatment but heating converts it into a combustible fluid that burns in the cylinder Benefits cited include lower oil consumption less lubrication engine overheating and about 70 percent saving on fuel costs
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Stockholm
Associated Press
Nils Anderson
Anderson
Australian Population Reaches Six Million Milestone
The Australian population stands at about six million and grows around two percent each year. Sydney remains the largest city with a population near one million, while Melbourne houses important activity as a major center. Rankin's Drug Store at 1101 Mass offers combination hot water bottles.
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Australia
Melbourne
Associated Press
Sydney
Rankin’s Drug Store
North of 36 at Varsity and North of 36 film details
Monday through Thursday Lois Wilson and Jack Holt star in North of 36 at the Orpheum and Varsity theatres features Florence Vidor in Barbara Pritchie on Friday and Saturday. North of 36 charts the pioneer trek from the Gulf to the railroads as Irvin Willat’s Paramount picture follows the first caravan with star Jack Holt and Ernest Torrance amid a rugged tale of courage and peril.
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Lois Wilson
Jack Holt
Florence Vidor
Barbara Pritchie
Varsity Theatre
Pauline Frederick
Conrad Nagel
Ellnor Boardman
Columbus
Atlantic
Texas
Kansas
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Emerson Hough
Irvin Willatt
Paramount
Ernest Tor
Married Flirts at Varsity Theatre Sparks Love Triangle Talk
Lois Wilson and Robert G. Vignola comment on changing romance themes as Married Flirts, directed by Vignola and featuring Pauline Frederick Rex Gordon and Mae Busch, opens at the Varsity Theatre with the love triangle idea evolving into a quadrangle on screen.
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Robert G. Vignola
Metro-Goldwyn
Varsity
Quadrangle
Vignola
Pauline
Frederick
Perley
Rex “ Gordon
Pen
Wayne
Mae Busch
Jill Wétherell
Cea Bar
Winter merrymaking to sweep Berlin in 1914 season
Expect Berlin to burst with social events from now through spring. Hotels theaters and private halls are booked nightly. New Year’s Eve promises record crowds at halls and gaieties. Berlin Press Club ball slated for late January with leading stage art music and political figures in attendance. Additional balls announced include Metropole Theater and Austrians living in Berlin.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Metropole Theater
Royal decree elevates Confucius to god status in Japan
Disjointed items note socialists, actors, and nobles amid a ball by a leading fashion house. Confucius is raised to divine rank by royal decree in Japan. Also mentions coal, early Christians, and a Dublin police reorganization plan under a police force amalgamation bill. US pensions for 33 war widows referenced.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Civic
The Round Corner Druggists Offer Seasonal Remedies
The ad boasts Borealine for climate discomforts and quick relief with Roco Cold Tablets. It pitches Varnums White Pine Tar with Cod Liver Extract and Eucalyptus, plus seasonable dry goods. The New Year resolution urges buying all drugs and sundries locally.
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