Oberammergau Passions Play Endures Through Generations
National Geographic notes Oberammergau Germany preserves its Passion Play tradition every decade after the death of Anton Lang. The town blends modern color with sacred ritual as residents, led by Lang relatives, enact the biblical drama for 6 months yearly in a 1940 preview of continued devotion and a massive 6200-seat theater.
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Oberammergau
Germany
Anton Lang
Christus
Montreal
St. Peter
Hubert Mayr
Hugo Rutz
Caiaphas
Jesus
Anton Lechner
Ludwig Lang
Barabbas
Georg Lang
Lang
Mammoth
Maurras Immortalized by Nobel Prize Vote
Charles Maurras, after 250 days in jail for alleged threats and incitement against pro‑sanctions deputies, gains immortality with a Nobel Peace Prize nod by a French committee. His vitriolic democracy hatred, prolific writings, and past imprisonments are noted amid broader world sports and yachtting mentions.
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York
Charles Maurras
Sante
Academy
M. Maurras
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Cafe Des Lilas
Mussolini
Maurras
Interior
Leon Blum
France
Designs for Sheer Cottons Dress Patterns For Girls
Patterns 1505 and 1545 offer shirred dresses for children ages 4 through 20 with puff sleeves full skirts and lace trims. Materials include dimity voile organdy mull and swiss with ricrac edging and belts. Also promotes a sewing book Success in Sewing and Pattern Dept at Chicago address.
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Dimity
Organdy
Batiste
Ricrac
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Uruguay elects 99 deputies and 30 senators in first women’s vote
Women participate in Uruguay's historic election selecting a 99 member parliament and 30 senators. The voting marks the first time women cast ballots in the country’s parliament choosing leadership and policy representation.
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Uruguay
Largest flag record from 1923 Detroit store flag
Collier's notes a New York firm made the largest Stars and Stripes flag for a Detroit department store in 1923. The flag cost 2700 dollars and spans more than 20 700 square feet.
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New York
Detroit
Collier’s
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
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Palace of Annas
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Jerusalem
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Mount of Olives
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Pontius Pilate
Herod
Peter
Pilate
Golgotha
Who’s News
By Lemuel F. Parton
Japan
Avery Brundage
Olympic
Tee
William J. Bingham
Bill
Harvard
Brundage
Bingham
Bill the
Exeter
Texas
Gerard B. Lambert
Mr. Lambert
Stuart McDonald
St. Louis
Lindbergh
Rabbitts
American Mercury
Eastern Yacht Club
Marblehead
Mass
Consolidated News
WNU
Copenhaver
Franklin Remedy CO
Michigan City
Tad
Paris Green
Ziegler Brokerage CO
Houston
Pennsylvania
Quaker State
Quaker State Oil Refining Corp
Oil City
Penna
Quaker Sa Wasaedeo
Wade
Joe Bartlett
Prince Alberts
Prince Albert
ASV Sig
Toner
Paltalk
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