England 25 Years Behind U.S. in Industry Says Briton
Sir Geoffrey Buller, a British MP and former Penn professor, says Britain is about 25 years behind the United States in industrial science. He urges rapid overhauls from mine to factory, cites underused machinery and heavy coal export declines in early 1925, and notes large import surpluses. He praises American adaptability and warns Britain must copy modern methods.
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Harry FR. Lory
International
Star
London
Great Britain
Gaetfrey Buller
United States
University of Pennsylvania
Goetfrey
Grea
America
Britain
Gooffrey
Goeffrey
Home Solicitor Gathers Money On Paper Plans
In Warren county a man claiming to be S Donald Rogers solicits funds for starting an industrial home for boys at Fernelis. He has no option on Yenglo farm property. locals say Wattep contributors donate through books. Police confirm limited power to stop as funds are said for religious purposes. Rogers has registered at the Exchange hotel for ten days.
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Warren, G
Warren County
Fernelis
Exchange Hotel
S. Donald Rogers
Yenglo
Ferneli
Mian
Wattep
St.ix
Dempsey Says He Won't Fight in New York
Tex Rickard told the New York boxing commission that Jack Dempsey informed him by telephone from the Pacific coast that he would not fight in New York and preferred fighting Floyd Willis or Harry Wills instead. The report cites Rickard relaying Dempsey's stance against a New York bout.
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Davis
Walsh
Internatal News Service
New York
Tex Rickard
Boxing Prompt
Jack Dempsey
Harry
Rickard
New York States Boxing Commission Today
Dempsey
Pacific Coast
Michigan
Floyd Wilysimmons
Three English Schools Teaching American History
London reports that only three English schools teach American history, says Morison, Harmsworth professor of American history at Oxford. He notes English history has shaped American youth for generations, while films distort American life for Britons. He warns American cinema mirrors its big U S market and may mislead British audiences.
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International News Service
London
United States
Movison
Harmsworth
Oxford
Morison
England
America
Main Street
Winnipeg Bandits Grab Payroll In Cow City Robbery
Five bandits slugged Richard Shaw, cashier for the Winnipeg Electric Railway, near the busiest corner in Winnipeg. They escaped with a payroll of 87,000 dollars after commandeering high powered cars driven by Shaw from the bank.
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International News Service
Winnipeg
Man
Richard Shaw
Winnipeg Electric Railway Company
Shaw
Lewis Refuses To Talk Strike In Anthracite Row
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, refused to discuss the anthracite coal strike matter. He said he would confer with anthracite union leaders during a stay at Bellevue Stratford hotel and would not comment on any linkage to the bituminous miners.
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International News Service
Hiladelehta
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Bellevue Stravord
Lewis
Jail Prisoner Is On Nude Strike
Mandusky Aug. 14 Spe session of police court may here to be held in jail here but cause Charles Schneider Cleveland prisoner insists on stalking about in his call stripped to the skin. Schneider a sailor was jailed for contempt when he went wild in court assaulting Judie Claude Miller and spraining Police Chief Weingates hand. He went in on hunger strike immediately and has not eaten since and then he took his clothes off to prevent arraignment in court.
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Mandusky
Speeg
Charles Schneider
Cleveland
Schneider
Judie
Claude Miller
Weingate
Man Afraid Conquers Wife By Marrying Mother In Law
In Tuhsibity Arizona Aug 14 a Navajo tale describes Man Afraid who, after years of mockery, wins honor by marrying his wife’s mother Kah Tu Nah to humiliate Gentle Sheep. The community references Navajo laws and spirits as Man Afraid gains status by this controversial union.
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Ariz
Wea
Man
Kah-Tu-Nah
War Eagle
Burt Man
Berries Reported Scarce This Year in Woods
The berry gathering season yields a below normal blackberry crop due to early season moisture shortages. Reduced bush numbers and dense underbrush crowd out plants, with many traditional harvesting grounds converted to pasture lands.
Modern Dances Are Not Really New
Grace Hopkins, Cleveland delegate to the thirty-second annual convention of the International Association of Masters of Dancing, says modern ballroom dances are largely variations of stage dances. An attempt is being made by a group to redefine them as entirely new.
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Cleveland, O
Grace Hopkins
Cleveland
International Association of Masters of Dancing
Merger Talks Among Dance Masters Groups
A committee of the International Society seeks to merge the organization with the American National Association of Masters of Dancing and the American Society of Dancing Masters. Each of the three bodies counts about 300 members.
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The
International Society
American Naional Association of Masters of Dancing
American Society of Dancing Masters
Heiress To Estate Found At Salem
Salem Aug. 14. Mayor G E Russell ordered police to locate Clara Hessel, once an inmate of Belmont Children's Home, and heir to Mrs Edna Urbans estate. Adopted as Ethel C Ghold May 24 1893 by Mr and Mrs John C Ghold of Salem she later married George Gilson. Estate details unclear.
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Salem
Braucher and Sterling
Canton
G. E. Russell
Clara Hessel
Belmont
Edna Urban
John C. Ghold
Ethel C
Injured Farmer in Grave Condition After Fall
Mercer Pa Aug 14 The condition of Charles Vorous a Mill Creek township farmer who fell from a barn loft Wednesday morning is grave An X ray at Mercer Cottage Hospital shows a base skull fracture a broken collar bone several broken ribs and an eye socket fracture expected to be serious Save for the injuries the victim is reported to be in a precarious state awaiting further treatment and observation
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Mercer
Pas
Charles Vorous
Mill Creel
Mercer Cottage Hospital
Voraus
Fishing for coins from church box ends in arrest
FITTSBURGH Pa Aug 14 Fishing for money from a churchs poor box by a steel cage with a gummed tip netted John Phillips about $60 temporarily Rev J J McDonough assistant pastor of St James Roman Catholic church saw Phillips lingering in the vestibule He later examined the box found it empty and Phillips was arrested The man was found with gummed money in his pocket
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Fittsburgh
John Phillips
J. J. McDonough
St. James
Phillips
Phillip
Tractor Topples. Farmer Killed In Virginia Crash
Vernon C. Bays died when the tractor he drove overturned and crushed him. The incident occurred near Charlestown, with details released from South Charleston in a contemporary report.
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International News Service
Crarleston
Vernon C. Bays
South Charleston
Changes Pending In Thiel College Faculty
Greenville Pa Aug 14 Four changes are to be made in the Thiel College faculty. Charles W Saunders, Missouri graduate and noted lecturer, is named head of the Chemistry Department succeeding the recently resigned Prof Rudisell. New faces will appear on the athletic roster this year with Harry Stoeber to succeed B E Pennock as an, M C ds to succeed BE W Pennock as.
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Greenville
Thiel College
Charles W Saunders
University of Missouri
Jodueater
Rudisell
Wow
Hary Stoeber
Springfald ¥. M. C. Ca
BE. W. Pennock
College coaches eyed for Brown staff changes
Director of athletics Mr. Pennock will depart for Springfield before September 1. Officials discuss Jimmy Black a former Philadelphia pro and Tom Needham of Yale as directors for basketball and swimming but no action taken on Brown and Needhat. Seventy five Ohio visitors and many Erie county growers plan a tour August 24 and 25 amid good prospects for a normal crop.
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Pennock
Springfield
Mass
Jimmy’ Black
Philadelphia
Tom Needham
Yale
Brown and
Needhat
International News Service
North East
Ohio
Erie County
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