Vision by radio to show home pictures soon says Jenkins
Washington AP veteran inventor C Francis Jenkins previews home radio vision devices that would let people view still photos or moving images on moderately priced receivers within months. He explains the line-by-line TV like process and envisions viewing events and even beach scenes from distant locations as transmission tech develops. The piece also notes a new national voters service radio program launched by the National League of Women Voters to explain political questions ahead of the presidential year with speakers from Barnard College and Ohio Congress member Theodore Burton.
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Washington
C. Francis Jenkins
Oy . R, Jenkins
Atlantic City Beach
Jenkins
Naval Experiment Station
Anacostial Mu
Voters Service
Radio Progam
National League of Women Voters
WAF
WHAT
WAG
WHO
WOR
WRG
WCSH
WOC
Wow
Belle Sherwin
Fe League
Pesgrams
A? i
Virginia C. Cidershreve
Barnard College
Paulist Choir
William Finn
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Army plans anti aircraft defenses around Tokyo and major cities
The defense program funds about 600 thousand dollars for anti aircraft units. Installations with searchlights and sound devices will be deployed around Tokyo and major cities including Osaka Kobe and Nagoya. A special transport for gunners will support the batteries as the war department expands air defense services.
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Piceas
War Department
Osaka
Kobe
Nagoya
Empire
Letting Failing Pupils Advance With Class Plan Proposed
In Columbus Ohio Principal Marshall unveiled a plan to promote students who fail a semester with a second chance in the next term. He cited sixty eight pupils tried since February with fifty eight moving forward, most succeeding on a third attempt while opponents warned of harming morale and weakening standards.
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Columbus
Ohio
ASC
Marshall
Is Marshall
Tadiang
Tlinois
Memorial Ceremony in Lithuania Honors Fallen Soldiers
The article describes a solemn memorial in a park with a rough stone altar and pine branches. A Lithuanian flag and a fire lit cross illuminate the scene as veterans, including Lithuanians in the United States, participate in a moving funeral rite under a gray sky.
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United States
Vel
Lipstick Clubs Formed by London Factory Girls
Lipstick clubs have been formed by East End factory girls to cut beautifier costs. Ten to fifteen workers pool money from three pence to one shilling weekly, with draws granting hairdressing privileges. Clubs also run canteens selling toilet articles about 30 percent under retail. Yellow Cab with new equipment and new management, Ph.
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London
East End
1927 Motor output shows 3.53 million vehicles made in US
New York Jan 14 AP report from the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce notes 3,530,000 vehicles produced in 1927. Cars 3,066,000. trucks 464,000. average car price 053. trucks 1,053. 58% of cars and 5b% of trucks bought on installment. Total taxes 725.3 million. 3.675 million workers in auto and allied industries. Exports valued at 507.54 million. 41, AO0 buses built, 20,000 in use, with 14,400 for schools and 8,600 for street railways.
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New York
Motor Ea
National Automobile Chamber of Comma
United States
Motor Dat
Sourse
Motor
Canada
Consolidated Schools
Diplomats Combine Talent with Out of Hours Arts
Paris AP reports diplomats in the French service include boxers poets novelists painters and entertainers. Maurice Herbette ambassador to Belgium is a famed chef. Aime Joseph de Fleuriau ambassador at London is a rough fighter in the ring. Clau del in Washington Leger at the Quai dOrsay lead poets and historians. Count de Peretti de la Recca dancer in Madrid could turn leisure into pay. Philippe Berthelot Briand's aide is an art connoisseur.
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Paris
Aook
Hic
Maurice Herbette
Belgium
Siler
Aime Joseph de Fleuriau
London
Claudel
Washington
Leger
Quai d'Orsay
Jean Giraudoux
Paul Merand
Charles Chambran
Regulation Rescinded For Japanese Court Ladies
An Imperial Household announcement says court ladies will no longer be confined to seclusion. Future guidance directs women to marry and form families within the palace setting. The change follows years of strict enclosure and rumored romances with no marriages previously. As the new emperor moves to the palace next spring, many court ladies may retire for economic reasons. The empress and emperor currently host twenty two and forty nine ladies in waiting respectively.
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Tokyo
Japan
Imperial Household Department
Euill
Inierial Palace
Sithout
Propellers Drive Sleds in Siberia Winter Route
Reports say air propeller driven sleighs will operate between Omisk and Tara in Siberia this winter, with feasibility of other districts distant from railroads. Officials expect a ten hour ice road trip and note the long New York to San Francisco air mail leg covers 2,669 miles.
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Moscow
Omisk
New York
San Francisco
National Arboretum Planned Near Washington
Congress approves a 200 million dollar deficiency bill enabling a national arboretum on the Washington outskirts. The 800 acre tract could expand to over 2,000 acres, serving as a public education lab for botany, horticulture and agriculture with aims to improve timber trees and crop plants. Dr Frederick V. Coville touts its potential to advance species and provide a bureau of standards for horticulture.
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Washington
ATP
Congress
Frederick V. Coville
Federal Bureau of Plant, Industry
Asia Livinje
United States
Bureau of Standards
Coville
Tharboreiu
Secretar Agriculture
Arboreum
Frederic A. Delano
Regents
Smithsbuian Institution
Arboretum Advisory Council
Nk B. Noyes
District of Columbia
Garden Club, of America
Amane Tose Wrost
Arboretum
National Arboretum
Forestry, Agriculture and Allied Sciences
Frank B. Noyes Cupper
England Seeks Self Sufficiency in Cider Orchard Growth
Beistol Eng AP reports England pushes to become independent in cider by planting new orchards and rejuvenating old ones. Expert Prof Barker notes long lead time of 25 years for new orchards to impact production as experts trim thousands of cider types to 30 or 40 species. Farmers and manufacturers show interest in trebling cider output.
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Beistol
Eng
England
Frofl Barker
National
Long. Ashton
Tingland
Barker
Amundsen honored by Japanese royalty in Oslo visit
In Oslo, Roald Amundsen received a silver chest from Prince Chin Ri and Princess Masaku of Japan as a souvenir of their royal tour. They toured the University of Oslo museum to view Amundsen’s voyages and the Fam vessel model, while recalling his Arctic and Antarctic feats. Also noted is the 1919 transatlantic flight by Alcock and Brown, covering nearly 1900 miles in 16 hours 12 minutes.
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Orlo
Norway
Roald Amundsen
Arctic
Antarctic
Chin Ri
Prins
Masaku
Japan
Oslo
Europe
Amundsen
Historical Museum
University of Oslo
South Pole
John Alcock
Arthur Brown
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Clifden
Ireland
Woman admits shoplifting in Shanghai court with infant present
A Russian woman faced Judge C. C. Chan in the Visional court charged with showlifting. She confessed to stealing a pall of serge from a department store. The judge sentenced her to five days, but allowed her to keep her five-month-old baby.
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Shanghai
C. C. Chan
Sam
Ube
Pyorrhea Remedy Hints From Manhattan Dentist
A 21 year search for a pyorrhea cure draws near end says Dr. De N. L. Roberts of Manhattan Kansas. The dentist plans to present a formula soon to the profession and submit it to scientific testing. Roberts began work in 1906 and now reports progress in his laboratory research toward conquering the disease.
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Manhattan
de N. L. Roberts
Roberts
Hig
Tel v. Roberts
Midland Grange Dinner Brightens Despite Illness
A Friday dinner at Midland Grange drew a smaller crowd due to sickness but attendees enjoyed a noon meal with two long tables filled. George Ott j of Eudora installed new officers for 1928 as state lecturer from Cogswell, Kingman, is expected to visit. Local clubs and families were noted visiting the sick and hosting gatherings, with several residents visiting relatives in Kaw Valley and Leavenworth.
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Midland
George Ott.j
Eudora
Cogswell
Kingman
Frank. Toms
Midland Rural Club
J. Pirotte
Katieche
Fred Harmon
Mayeus
Ruby Fairbairn
Fay Porcell
Helen Shirar
Cliford Lehoff
Milford Miller
M. c
John Strong
Wayne
Kaw Valley
Charlie Wonil
Leavenworth
Harry
Thomas van Nice
Diehl
Grant Gideon
Altronome
J. C. Heviott Salle Toul Nm Turner
Lawrence Thursth Gan
Noted Kansans recalled in Oak Ridge club notices
A collage of social notes lists visitors and greetings at Walnut Grove Ot tawa and Lawrence. Guests include Mr and Mrs Charlie Shirear, Mr and Mrs W A Colmar, Mr and Mrs Willis Colman and Vaneta, plus families visiting others. Events mention race device installation, business trips, birthday honors, and church meetings amid community ties across Ottawa, Lawrence, Nowata and Ozawkie.
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Charlie Shirear
Walnut Grove
W. A. Colmar
Willis Colman
Vaneta
I G. van Neste
A. Mginnis
Eugene Brone
Lawrence
Vic
van Neste
Fred Harmon
James Dwyer
Kansas City
Kansans
Rank Toms
Chester, Toms
Howard Ervin
Rep. Morgan
Arkansas
Ruth Ermonds
Es Mildred
Ruby Leonhard
A.P. Lynch
Charles, Howard
Nannie. Howard
Paul Laveen
Frank McGrade
Fairbairn
William Tice
Billy Gene
Na’ Martin
Na’ Martin Were Puasts ‘At Tthe If. Jahns
Miss Martin
Marguerite Jahns
Johnnie, Morgan
Rep
Willard -Morgan
Ozarks
George Lamb
Mrs. Green
George Toms
Arlington
Ottawa
Frank
Alfred
Heck
Otto
Sitz
Mr. Sitz
Nowata
Okla
O. J. Lane
Mrs. McAuliff
Oak Ridge School
Rouge
Geisha Utako Hanazono and Her Vast Library
Tokyo AP reports Miss Utako Hanazono, famed geisha star of singing and dancing, owns about 5,000 volumes in a large library and authored five books including Sea Anemone and The Woman Cry. The piece notes she is venerated among peers and defends the geisha profession.
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Tokyo
California Fig Syrup praised for child stomach relief
A mother writes praising California Fig Syrup as a gentle first treatment for a sick child. She claims it cleanses the liver and bowels, eases stomach ache and sour breath, and leaves kids playful and rested after use. Directions fit babies to adults, warns against counterfeits, and urges asking a local druggist for this syrup.
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California
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Metzler
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