Ancient Indian library rumored to head to United States
Calcutta hosts a rare Palmyra manuscript collection valued as India's oldest library. It reportedly contains writings on embalming wireless telegraphy cotton coloring geology and methods to alter climate or transform metals. Efforts in Calcutta seek funds to buy and move the library to the United States.
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Palmyra
HW. K. Reynolds
International News Service
London
India
Calcutta
Syed Mohammed Kassim
Rajapur
America
Toto
United States
Prodigy Of Five Awed Burmah Crowd With His Eloquence
In Rangoon a five year old Burmese fish dealer’s son Tun Kyine astonishes crowds, addressed by special trains to hear him speak. He commands hours of fluent Burmese on Buddhist ethics and moral philosophy, with rumored reincarnation status among locals.
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Rangoon
India
Burmah
A la Follette
Briand
Lloyd George
Tun Kyine
Tan Kyine
British Admiralty to Sell 26 Ships for Economy Sake
The British Admiralty plans immediate sale and breaking up of twenty six vessels including eighteen destroyers and five submarines as part of a broad economy drive. Fifteen more destroyers will be scrapped early next year, with depot ships harbor craft and other craft also transferred to ship-breakers.
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International News Service
LNDON
British Admiralty
Britain Plans Tax on Hearty Eaters
London December 23. The proposal by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to levy a luxury tax on restaurant checks above a set amount has British restaurant proprietors alarmed. Churchill first floated the idea, and critics say the tax would be ruinous to trade and dining culture.
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London
England
Winston Churchill
Tax Burden on Wine Draws Cafés and Patrons
Café managers and patrons argue the wine trade bears triple taxes: import duty, restaurant tax, and a luxury tax. They claim wine drinkers will suffer most as taxes stack on each bottle consumed.
Radio Station Schedules Across Three Cities for Christmas Eve
WCAE Pittsburgh hosts a 6 30 p m binner concert and 7 30 p m children period with late events through 10 p m. WGY Schenectady airs Santa Claus at 6 30 p m and Christmas music including The Messiah with a twelve voice chorus. WHO Des Moines features The Raleigh Quintette 7 30 to 9 p m followed by a special Christmas Eve program and a midnight Little Symphonic Orchestra finale.
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WCAE
Pittsburgh
Binner
Larkin
WGY
Schensctady
N. Y
WHO
Des Moines
Iowa
Raleigh Quintette
Little Symphonic Orchestra
Christmas Eve Radio Schedule Notes Readings and Concerts
Listings from EDKA EYW and WBZ outline December 24 programs with times for readings from A Christmas Carol, bedtime stories, speeches, musical programs, classical concerts and late-night events. Weather reports and market notes appear alongside holiday programming across three stations.
Radio Features Today and Evening Schedule
Eastern Standard Time listings show Shenandoah concert at 8 p m with the Pullman Porter Quartet. Pittsburgh program includes the musical comedy Fortune presented this evening.
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Eastern Standard Time
EFMY
Shenandoah
P. m. Pullman Porter Quartet
EDEA
Pittsburgh
Old Time Barn Dance Returns With Fiddle Contest
Old Time Fiddlers gather for a three night event at the Penn theatre in Lawrence County next week. Fiddlers split into three groups with audience judging and nightly prizes. finalists to perform December 31 with $20, $15, and $10 gold prizes. Also listed are other performances in Pittsburgh and New York venues by WCAB JAS BAF and related acts.
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Debussy
Lief
Penn
Lawrence County
New Castle Night program praised on WCAE in 1925 letter
A New Castle reader hails Station WCAE’s New Castle Night as the best yet praising Henry Bryson the Lawrence County fiddler and the local talent. The letter notes joyful old time fiddling, dances, and compares New Castle to Henry Ford's fiddler as a challenge to perform.
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New Castle
WCAE
Henry Bryson
Lawrence County
Henry
Henry Ford
A. T. Kissinger
State Street
On The Air Tonight Musical Programs Across Cities
Multiple radio listings note Princeton Triangle Club musical comedy at Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh on WDKA 8 30 profiling Night Hawk frolic in Kansas City on WDAF 12 45 and Specht's orchestra in New York on WJR 10 30 plus S o Or chestra and carolers in Newark on WOR 9 and piano duets elsewhere in Detroit and related stations.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
KDKA
Princeton University
Triangle Club
Syria Mosque
Kansas City
WDAF
Night Hawk
New York
WJR
Specht
Detroit
WWJ
S—oOrchestra
Newark
WOR
Million Dollar Plan Cures Ulcerated Stomach Claim
Mrs W J Brant of Youngstown says a million dollars would be shared with Carroll as she recovers from a severe ulcerated stomach after taking six boxes of Gold and Seal Capsules. The ad urges preventing dyspepsia and promises capsules mailed for 65 cents if not available locally.
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Carroll
W. J. Brant
Woodland Ave
Youngstown
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Judy King
Tony
Wonder Horse
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FOX
Mix
FOX News
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Britain
EDKA
Arlington
EYW
Chicago
WBZ
New England
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Princeton University Triangle Club
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Davis
Floridans
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Jas
BAF
Toxy
His
Bart
WBAP
WOI
CGCF
WMBF
WTAM
WHB
WHT
WBBM
WBAL
KSO
WGBB
WRVA
WMAK
WWT
KFGX
Wsaiti
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WGR
KOA
KFQA
WDOD
WGCP
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WJZ
WEAF
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WOAW
WSM
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WHN
Wccco
WLW
WSB
Freeport
N. J
St. Louis
KGCP
Washington, D. C
George O'Brien
Madge Bellamy
Leslie Fenton
Margaret Livingston
Walter M'Grail
Eualie Jensen
Henry Wall
Edmund Gould
Rowland V. Lee
France
Joseph M. Carroll
Ohio
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