Motor cars open Near East linking cities with roads
Beirut dispatch notes American automobiles expanding travel and commerce across Syria Palestine Mesopotamia Transjordania and Arabia. The report cites 90 percent of regional cars being American made and highlights Beirut to Jerusalem trips reduced from four days to ten hours. It details new motor routes Beirut Haifa Damascus Baghdad and a desert water source at Rutba Wells.
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Beirut
Syria
Near East
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Transjordania
Arabia
Mediterranean
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Holy City
Nazareth
Bagdad
India
Haifa
Damascus
Derenete
Nadje
Ais
Damadje
Rutba Wells
Federation to Consider Pay, Vacation and Delegation Reforms
Delegates from all states will attend the National Federation of East Office Corks convention in May. Proposals include higher pay for post office clerks amid cost of living, night shift credit, double time for Sundays, and 30 days vacation. Federation plans to add four to eight vice presidents as growth continues. Large cities seek representation reform differing from current delegate and vote rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Gibbons Heads to Dempsey Bout Carrying Untouched Record
St Paul boxer Tommy Gibbons sails to Shelby Montana for a July 4 15 round decision fight with Jack Dempsey. He has never been knocked off his feet in ten years and has racked 36 knockouts in his last 34 bouts. His career highlights include a 20 straight knockout streak before a narrow 1922 loss to Harry Greb.
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St. Paul
Associated Press
Tommy Gibbons
Shelby
Mont
Jack Dempsey
Tommy
Johnny Shaw
Gibbons
Harry Greb
New - York
Greb
Marriage boom as Germany pins hopes on postwar life
Berlin reports a postwar surge in marriages despite lower birth and death rates. Hamburg leads in weddings with about 15 per 1,000 inhabitants, while Waldeck shows the fewest. Germany’s overall marriage rate reaches 10.9 per 1,000. births run 238 per 1,000 in reported states, deaths 12.5 per 1,000.
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Berlin
Germany
Hamburg
Republic
Schaumburg-Lippe
Steinhuder
Saxony
Waldeck
Weser
Wuerttemburg
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Upper Silesa
Upper Silesia
Gibbons Faces Dempsey After Stiff Ring Run
Gibbons has knocked out and defeated rivals since facing Greb with notable wins over Chuck Wiggins and others. He seeks a world title for three years while aiming to surpass $300,000 in paid attendance for the Shelby bout, with Dempsey guaranteed $300,000 irrespective of turnout.
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Greb
al Reich
Tony Melcher
Clay Turner
Jack Herman
Willie Meehan
Paul Sampson
Jack Clifford
Gibbons
Alon
Chuck Wiggins
Dempsey
Shelby
Students Stage Prank to Deter Geneva Protest
Geneva students organized a humor driven ruse to disrupt a Communist protest at the Apollo Theatre. A student impersonating police warned the crowd of an hour to finish the meeting or face jail, prompting the protesters to disperse quietly.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Vorowa
Lausanne
Apollo Theatre
Biloxi Shrimp Canning Center Records Giant Season Output
Biloxi on the Mississippi Gulf Coast stands as the world’s leading shrimp canning center. In a normal season the city packs 50 000 barrels of seafood or 162 000 cases, highlighting its dominant industry and production scale.
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Biloxi
Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Two Million Dollar Cigarette Warning Spreads in Sweden
Stockholm June 15 A P The Wire Prevention Society spearheads a national drive to curb fires from discarded cigarettes in Sweden The plan enlists the Swedish Tobacco Monopoly to print the warning Kill your cigarette when you are through with it on every package Executives agreed and the slogan will appear on about 100 000 000 wrappers within a year
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Stockholm
A. P
Sweden
Wire Trevention Society
Fire Prevention
Swedish Tobacco Monopoly
Kgil
Trade Union Federation reports vast global membership
The International Federation of Trade Unions issues statistics showing nearly 50 million people organized in the global union movement. The figure highlights wide labor solidarity and rising collective action across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Federation of Trade Unions
Zeppelin service to link Seville and Buenos Aires proposed
London reports details of an Atlantic airship service between Spain and Argentina to begin next summer. Seville to Buenos Aires would host two weekly round trips at 82 mph with nine engines, 40 passengers, 11 tons mail and merchandise.
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London
Associated Press
Spain
Argentina
London Daily Chronicle
Seville
Buenos Aires
Canary Islands
Cordoba
Atlantic
Africa
America
Cape Verde
Fernando Noronha and Ships at Sea
A brief note references Fernando Noronha and ships at sea highlighting maritime activity and navigation context.
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Fernando
Noronha
Local social notes from Eudora and area residents
Mrs Ben Bartz and daughters Elmer Agnes and Benizet attend ed Ladies Aid of the M E church last Wednesday afternoon at her mother's Jacob Capp s home. Kansas City shoppers Clarence Capp and wife also travel. Several locals visit relatives in Eudora and Belleview school graduates Ruby Gerstenberger Oliver Wolmes and Pearl Bartz with teacher Miss Esther Pfleger plan Saturday graduation in Lawrence. Various visits include Mrs Sophia Shirley Elsie with Miss Minnie Hammer in Eudora and Emery Redbird a Haskell graduate with father Joahn Redbird aiding C C Gerstenberger on the farm. Arthur Ott hauling corn from Eudora while Leland Kendall of Tulsa visits family. Others include Mrs Kendall sister and family Wm Smith and Wayne Wilcox of Tulsa visiting in area. Lena Couch Emporia and Ruth Davis Wichita spend weeks with parents S H Davis. Ralph Wotan family Eva and Lelia Fay host at Amos Westerhouse Sunday. Frances Page helps Mrs Roger Stanley this summer and Mrs Fred Bartz is on the sick list.
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Ben Bartz
Elmer
Agnes
Benizet
Ladies Aid
M. E. Church
Jacob Capp
Clarence Capp
Kansas City
Fields Holmes
Eudora
Ruby Gerstenberger
Oliver Wolmes
Pearl Bartz
Belleview School
Esther. Pfleger
Lawrence
Sophia Shirley
Elsie
Shirley
Minnie Hammer
Emery Redbird
Jessie Marley
Lena Couch
Emporia
Kan
Ruth Davis
Wichita
H. Davis
Ralph Wotan
Eva
Lelia Fay
Amos Westerhouse
Frances Page
Roger Stanley
Fred Bartz
Berlin Theater Fails to Carry Shakespearian Word to Crowd
Max Reinhardt’s dream theater in Berlin, the Grosses Schauspielhaus, intended for classics before five thousand, fails to let spoken lines reach the audience. King Lear closes early, while Julius Caesar and Danton survive with mob scenes, but overall acoustics and cavernous design mute dialogue for many productions.
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Berlin
A. P
Max Reinhardt
Werner Krauss
Grosses Schauspeilhaus
Reinhardt
Roland
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Edwin Booth
Hamlet
Jenny Lindsang
Community Notes From St Pauls Church and Local Meetings
Reports from a recent church and civic calendar include a postponed Children's Day at St. Pauls Church due to muddy roads, Mutual Telephone officers meeting, Farmers Union gathering at Lawrence courthouse with Senator Capper speaking, and plans for the next meeting at Franklin school house in September. Local families in Chicago and St. Pauls area are mentioned with summer visits and social ties. The International Molders Union has spent nearly $4.5 million on sick benefits since 1895.
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St. Paul’s
Mutual
Joe Vitt
Jessie Marley
Seb Holmes
C. Gerstenberger
W. W. Gerstenberger
Philip “Gabriel
Otto Spitzli
Gus
Gabriel
Levi Woodward
The
Farmers Union
International Molders’ Union
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