Pilotless Army Plane Declared Most Important Postwar Development
Washington reports the army air service says automated piloting devices powered by gyroscopes and pneumatic nerves achieved successful flights beyond ninety miles. The system uses dual gyroscopes for direction and stability, leakage pneumatics for nerve-like control, and power pneumatics linked to the engine, promising steadier performance in bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Army Air Service
Oldest German Now a Pole Celebrates 117th Birthday
Valentin Paluschke of Krella village in Upper Silesia celebrated his 117th birthday after the area was awarded to Poland. Two hundred fifteen of his children and grandchildren attended the ceremony.
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Berlin
Poland
Upper Silesia
Germany
Valentine Paluschke
Krella
Rybnik
Man Boss of Home Promoters Bill of Rights for Husbands
Three New York men formed the Association of Brothers Under the Skin and filed for incorporation to push a bill of rights for married men. The plan seeks to make the husband judge in home life, regulate wife hair and skirt length, and curb wife duties and mother in law access.
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New York
Edward Bonns
East Highty-fourth Street
William St. Ferguson
West Seventy-seventh Street
Hugh J. Connelly
Messrs. Ferguson
Bonns
Connelly
Association of Brothers Under
Third Avenue
Five applicants for Wymore postmaster job
Five applicants seek the Wymore postmaster position. Other items note John Peter Oleson’s 100th birthday in Omaha, and various Nebraska notices including church fire losses in Agnews Lake Doris and bills on local paving in Harvard.
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Wymore
John Peter Oleson
Omaha
State Manufacturers Association
Agnews Lake
Doris
Sargent
Gretna
Harvard
Harold Smith
Plattsmouth
Cheerful Breakfast Room With Vivid Color Accents
A dining room in oak with a silver-gray rubbed finish uses small bright color highlights. A wicker tray with orange poppies, iridescent glass urns, orange lined gray draperies, and gray grass cloth walls create a lively neutral palette. Embroidered needlework on chair backs adds fashion, using soft wool and bold florals.
Discovery of white blood cells' role in longevity
Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute outlined tissue building activities of leucocytes at the National Academy of Sciences. He described experiments showing white blood corpuscles protect against infection and stimulate growth of new tissue, aiding regeneration and healing in advanced age. Hideyo Noguchi announced an anti serum for Rocky Mountain spotted fever with 70 percent mortality, usable if given within four days after bite.
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New York
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
National Academy of Sciences
Cavter Carrel
Doctor Carrel
Hideyo Noguchi
Rocky Mountain
Swindled Mennonites Drift Back From Mexico Land Scheme
Swift Current reports Mennonites who fled Canadian farms for Mexico in protest against schools are returning to Saskatchewan. Lawsuits arise as locals seek to reclaim Canadian holdings. Speculators allegedly offered free land in exchange for Canadian property, basing the move on conferred Mexican concessions.
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Swift Current
Sask
Mexico
Clerk Says Donnelly Smelled Money From Mails
Postal inspectors accuse Edmund F. Donnelly, a Manchester New Hampshire post office clerk, of tampering with envelopes by sniffing and lifting money from two test letters.
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Post Office
Edmund F. Donnelly
Manchester
N. H
Donnelly
Worms Dine on Man’s Buried Bank Savings
Two years after Peter Pulley of Toledo Ohio withdrew his $1,850 savings fearing banks failing he buried it in an earthen jar. Upon digging up the jar worms had chewed the bills into fragments leaving a mass of shredded money.
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Peter Pulley
Toledo
Putlos
Hebrew as Adamic Language: A Debated Topic
Some scholars and readers contend that Hebrew served as the language of Adam, while others view it as a later ancient tongue. The discussion reflects broader questions about linguistic origins and biblical chronology.
Russians Seek Deeper Banking Ties With Sweden
Aron Schbank arrives in Stockholm as head of the Russian State Bank to widen financial cooperation. He says Russia may place foreign assets and clearing funds in Swedish banks if a safeguarding agreement is arranged. Sweden is described as safe for deposits due to its independent position and orderly conditions. The bank claims 36 million gold rubles in assets, with a projected 50 million more by year end.
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Greater Norfolk Association
Norfolk Chamber of Commerce
Royal Arch Masons
Omaha
Laurel American Legion
Hartington American Legion
Nebraska
Central City
Dan Cropsey
Petersburg
Otto Rumstick
J. H. Presson
State House
Lincoln
Aldrich
Agricultural College of the State University
Kansas Industrial Court
M. M. Fogg
Jonas Lueht
Wolbach
Farmers’ Union
Nelson
Congress
University
Notre Dame
State Bar Commission
Pelham A. Barrows
Barrows
R. I. Moran
Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Mina R. Tweed
Basset
Garrows
Grand Island
England
Fremont
Eastern Lines
Maggie Paben
Otoe County
Talmage
Nebraska County Commissioners
Agricultural Committee
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
William Francis Dann
The
State University
Dann
Nebraska Crop Growers Association
Agricultural College
Omaha Poultry Association
Albany
N. Y
MelKelvie
Harding
Ross R. Beams
Chicago
Howard Cross
Norfolk
Ole Buck
Nebraska Press Association
State Senate
Frank P. Carrick
Citizens State Bank
Kimball
Stockholm
Sweden
Aron Schbank
Mn. Scheinman
Russia
Mr. Scheinman
Anti-Picketing Law Passes With Large Majority
The measure earned 186 101 votes in favor and 140 419 against, ~80 percent overall, approved by 45 682. It carried in major cities Omaha Lincoln and others, with large rural counties like Adams Buffalo Dodge Douglas Lancaster and York voting strongly in favor.
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Omaha
Lincoln
Grand Island
Hastings
Beatrice
Fremont
Kearney
Falls City
Fairbury
Scottsbluff
York
Nebraska City
Adams
Buffalo
Burt
Butler
Criss
Cedar
Cherry
Clay
Colfay
Dixon
Dodge
Douglas
Fillmore
Lranklin
Gage
Hamilton
Lancaster
Nanece
Nemaha
Otoe
Pawnee
Polk
Richardson
Saline
Saunders
Seward
Sheridan
Thayer
Thurston
Washington
Wayne
Cheerful Cretonne Bedroom Decor by Elizabeth Trimble
Cretonne with a basket pattern sets the mood for this bedroom. A cretonne valance and pasted basket shapes decorate blue roped side drapes. Blue candles and mahogany candlesticks complement mahogany furniture to carry the piano theme.
Decorative touches in an elegant attic sewing room
An attic space serves as a sewing room and occasional sleeping area. It features a plain or lace trimmed serving table top, a French plate mirror with wrought iron scrollwork, ruffled curtains, a cretonne valance and tie-backs, and gray cretonne with large roses. Braided rugs and slipcovered chairs complete the homey scheme.
Illumination from Popular Novels on Society and Time
Katherine Fullerton Gerould argues in Harper's Magazine that popular novels reveal much about the public, noting that a book selling over a hundred thousand copies reflects contemporary readers. In contrast, obscure works illuminate the peculiarities of their own decade, making "trash" revealing despite low status.
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Katherine Fullerton Gerould
Harper's Magazine
One of the Mysteries of Women
A Brookville Record quips about women who eschew housework for wages yet marry and perform it for nothing, noting society’s contradictory expectations and roles.
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Brookville
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News OF Nebraska
A. L. Caviness
Peru State Normal
John H. Morehead
E.trindle
Oak
Raynham
ER. P. Raynham
A. Fokker
Dr. Carrel
Mennonites
Canada
Papa
Adam
Elizabeth Trimble
Western Newspaper Union
Cretonne
Etrimble
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