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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1924
Page
7
A historic bell, transported around Cape Horn in the early 1960s, has been recast into a church bell to summon worshipers at the Norwegian Lutheran church in Vancouver Washington. The bell’s careful casting is noted to be more musical than ordinary church bells.
A Mexican man arrested for attempted murder said he fired at the wrong person. He was released and intends to correct the matter as the case prompts debate over accountability.
James Cruze directs a Paramount epic of 1848 wagon trains from Westport to Oregon and California. With Kit Carson and Jim Bridger featured, the cast includes J Warren Kerrigan Lois Wilson Alan Hale and others as a sweeping screen adaptation of Emerson Hough novel praised as a major prewar literary achievement.
Dr. E Francis Warren of Hervyard University demonstrates a sand based invention at Bollingfield Washington claimed to shoot down clouds and fogs. The apparatus uses sand sprayed under aircraft wings with Lieut W H Melville shown pouring sand beneath a wing into a spray nozzle.
Albert Bailey George of Chicago, a 51 year old colored Republican attorney with 26 years practice, has been elected judge of the municipal court. This marks the first time a Negro has been elected a judge of a court of record in American civic affairs.
A rainbow is a common sight in Hawaii though the text notes it is not seen in the sky over Honolulu suggesting a day fiasco or unusual condition affecting visibility. The piece highlights the contrast between expected color arcs and local sky observations.
Architect’s drawing showcases the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at Washington nearing completion. The crypt and nave feature marble columns porcelain tiles and mosaic depictions of saintly women as the 18 altars draw attention.
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