Finland monument honors early settlers in Chester
Pa June 20 4 licitor General Robert H Jackson received a shaft from Finland and a Finnish delegation led by Dr EF Rudolf W Holsti to celebrate Finnish American friendship and the 300th anniversary of the first white settlements in the Delaware river valley. The event linked Prince Bertil and Swedish travelers with colonial roots called Finland while Jackson praised America's mosaic of minorities and democracy.
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Robert H. Jackson
Republic of Finland
Rudolf W. Holsti
Finland
Holsti
America
Delaware River Valley
Prince Bertil
Chester
Jackson
Roosevelt
Prince Bertil Leads Pennsylvania New Jersey Tercentenary Tribute
In Philadelphia the Swedish prince Bertil takes a major role as Pennsylvania honors three centuries of Swedish and Finnish settlers. Crown Prince Gustaf Adelph lies ill in New York, while Crown Princess Louise stays by his side. Aides say Bertil will be a formidable royal figure upon return as his speaking talents emerge in America.
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Philadelphia
Prince Bertil
Sweden
Pennsylvania
Crown Prince
Gustaf Adelph
New York
Louise
Delaware
New Jersey
America
United States
Job Responsibility Placed On Schools
United States Education Commissioner Dr John W Studebaker told the National Education association adult education group that schools share blame for graduate unemployment and hand out diplomas the job market won t pay for He urged schools to train students for work the world values. The article notes Mercury completes a sun orbit in 83 days.
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New York
John W. Studebaker
United States
Commissioner of Education
Studebaker
Adult Education Department
National Education Association
Justice of the Peace suspects marriage under false pretenses
In St. Charles Missouri Justice of the Peace George R Hart doubts a couple’s marriage is genuine after he cashed a $60 check and declined a $1 tip The check bounced and he ruefully remarked he should have taken the tip Meanwhile in Winona Lake Indiana Jerry the Second a 450 pound lion caused a summer resort to empty out as panic struck beachgoers when the animal escaped and wandered along the lake shore before being recaptured by Paul Lowman and returned to its cage
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ST. Charles
Justice of the Peace
George R. Hart
Hart
Winona Larf
Ind
Jerry
Paul Lowman
Lowman
Triplets Enter Miss Idaho Contest As A Unit
In Pocatello Idaho judges face a dilemma as Elsie Ethel and Edna Seeios blonde 16 year old triplets enter the Miss Idaho contest as a unified entry. The unusual bid challenges standard pageant rules and raises questions about eligibility and format.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Elsie
Ethel
Edna Seeios
Milwaukee alderman explains Bornstein liquor license ruling
Milwaukee officials renewed Joseph Bornstein’s liquor license after an alderman explained his prior conviction for selling liquor to two minors. The alderman said the tavern owner misjudged the ages of the youths who wore rabbit fur moustaches.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Joseph Bornstein
Bornstein
Duckling Born From Nest Near Glen Flora Club
In Waukegan a mother duck nested by a water hole at Glen Flora Country Club. She left with all but one egg hatched. Austie Claeyssens found the remaining egg and kept it warm until Ripley the duckling hatched, naming it Ripley.
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Waukegan, I
Glen Flora Country Club
Austie Claeyssens
Ripley
Babe Ruth Involved in Auto Accident Near Ridgewood
Babe Ruth driving alone returning to New York from a visit near Ridgewood collided with another car on West Saddle River road. His car toppled after striking a stone wall but Ruth escaped unharmed. the other driver Miss Rose Beck also remained uninjured.
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New York
Here
West Saddle River
Ruth
Miss Rose Beck
Upper Saddle River
Heredity Map Constructed at Caltech Reveals Fly Markers
Pasadena June 29. The first map of heredity is under construction at Caltech. It marks 5060 determinants for traits in the fruit fly, from eye colors to joint count, using tape line cross marks and magnified chromosomes. The work, led by Dr. Calvin B. Bridges, compares fly heredity to human patterns, suggesting shared mechanisms and promising clues about human nature.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Calvin B. Bridges
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Mendel
First Jew hanged under Holy Land emergency rule
In Acre, 19 year old Benjamin Joseph of Polish origin was executed after being convicted by a military tribunal for bombing an Arab bus on April 21. Jewish pleas for clemency failed as protests erupted in Jerusalem and police dispersed mourners. Burial was planned by Revisionist comrades at Rosh Pina.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Acre
Benjamin Joseph
Harold Alfred McMichael
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Joseph
Wnrfors
Nevi
Rosh Pina
Pershing Hopes to Visit France Again
General John J. Pershing, convalescing at Walter Reed after serious illness, hopes to make another inspection tour of American World War monuments in France. He may stay two more months, then visit battlefield cemeteries and landscaping improvements if his condition allows. He was 78 on September 13.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Tucson
Ariz
Walter Reed Military Hospital
France
General Pershing
New York
Warren
Mrs Feinstein Rites Planned For Local Resident
Mrs. Fannie Stern Feinstein 46 died at her North Eighth Street home after a short illness Wednesday at 10 m. Funeral at Davis-Lawhead Wednesday at 5 p.m. Body to Little Rock for Thursday noon interment. Native of Louisville, Ky, she lived in Monroe ten years, husband died about a year ago. Active in Temple B Nai Israel affairs and taught in religious school. Survived by daughters Joyce at LSU and Emma J Feinstein, brothers Ben Stern Oklahoma City Arthur Stern Chicago Chester Louisville Edwin Stern Dallas.
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Fannie Stern Feinstein
North Eighth Street
Davis-Lawhead Funeral Home
P.m
Little Rock
Ark
Louisville
Monroe
Arkansas
Ben Ste
Oklahoma City
Arthur Stern
Chicago
Chester
Edwin Stern
Dallas
Tex
Orleans officer fires on Negroes in labor strike clashes
New Orleans police opened fire as a guard, Patrolman Harold Gerhardt, said he arrested four Black protesters who halted a truck. A later group bombarded the vehicle with bricks amid a tense C. S. strike against AFL signatories. Officials prepared for a federal court hearing to curb intimidation in the organizing drive.
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New Orleans
C. SO
American Federation of Labor
Harold Gerhardt
C. S
C. S 0
Severe storms kill seventeen in Warsaw and injure scores
Seventeen people were killed by lightning and more than 100 hurt as severe thunderstorms swept across Poland, ending a near wave of downpours. Automobiles provide employment for more people than any other commodity.
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Warsaw
Poland
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