Stockholm Host for National Geographic Clergy Conference
Washington announce Stockholm, Sweden hosts a summer church representatives conference. The piece highlights Stockholm’s fjord scenery, the Royal Palace, Staden island core, Norrbro bridge, Riddarsholms-Kyrka, and Storkyrka, noting public palace access, city sprawl from islands, and its status as an industrial hub with 107,979 telephones and open harbor yearround due to icebreakers.
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Washington
Stockholm
National Geographic Society
Baltic Sea
Venice
Cattegat
North Sea
Royal Palace
Staden
Ile de la Cite
Europe
Brooklyn Bridge
London Bridge
Riddarholmen
Buckingham Palace
Cape Farewell
Greenland
Hand Painted Knees Latest Beauty Stunt in Chicago
Beauty experts promote painted knees as a new trend for exposed legs with rolled stockings. Ruth Maurer says designs range from simple flowers to portraits and landscapes. The piece notes large consumer spending on cosmetics, rouge, and hair dye in the United States.
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Chicago
Ruth Maurer
United States
Barkless Dog Evolves From Surgeon Clinic
Portland demonstrations by the American Veterinary Medical association show two goats losing their throats and a dog losing its bark. Dr. Frederick R. Whipple of Peoria describes a method to apply the same operation to other animals as easily as tonsil removal is done in humans. Humane societies study the results hoping to save lives of dogs that have troubled communities with unwanted barking.
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Portland
Ore
American Veterinary Medical Association
Frederick R. Whipple
Peoria
Ill
Humane Societies
Honors for Anna Jordan End in White Cemetery Rest
The body of Anna Jordan, an antebellum Black woman, lies in an exclusive white cemetery after a funeral from Mrs. R. H. Smith’s home. Jordan had lived as a "Black woman" in Smith’s residence for 38 years and received full honors.
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Macon
Anna Jordan
R. H. Smith
Anna
Ancient Agrippan Wall Unearthed Near Jerusalem Site
Jerusalem archaeologists uncover 60 yards of the third wall built by Agrippa around 40 44 A D. The find raises fresh questions about the Holy Sepulcher location though Dr W F Albright says archaeology rarely settles sacred site debates. A late Byzantine mosaic and tomb of a nun with a small chapel are also found.
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Jerusalem
Agrippa
Titus
Jewish Exploration Society
Herod Agrippa
Syria
Third Wall
Doctor Albright
Undersea Microphones Shielding New York Coast Forts
New York debuts a sound ranging device using submarine microphones to locate ships by underwater noise. The system enables firing on moving targets spotted by sound, with large ear like sensors at Long Island’s eastern end for constant listening. It promises protection against night fog and smoke screens that hide enemy vessels.
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New York
New York City
Coast Defense
Fisher’s Island
Long Island
Millions of Aliens in U S Could Be Deported under Strict Law
Washington announces that if immigration rules were enforced fully about two million foreign born residents could face deportation. Commissioner Harry B. Hull reports the service has found a vast, legally uncertain population here many having lived in the U S for decades and some as prominent business figures. The article outlines records gaps, consular delays, and the risk to families while Hull urges measured policy and individual case consideration.
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Washington
United States
Harry B. Hull
Immigration
Hull
Immigration Service of the
America
Immigration Service
Congress
Mgr. Hull
618 Homes Afire Daily Blaze Every Three Minutes
The National Board of Fire Underwriters reports 618 homes burn daily in the U S and a residential fire occurs about every three minutes. Total losses from 1919 to 1928 amount to 322 million dollars, with 1928 losses roughly double 1919, highlighting rising fire costs and housing destruction.
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New York
America
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Actuarial Bureau
Bridgeport
Conn
New Bridge Opens at Waverly Spanning Missouri River
A new hard road bridge near Waverly Missouri opens crossing the Missouri River forming a key link in transcontinental traffic between northern states and the South. The bridge extends 1969 feet with five piers and cost about $600000.
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Missouri River
Waverly
Lni
Natives Trade Sacred Relics for Movie Tickets
A Bishop Museum worker reports Chamorro children in Guam exchange ancient Marianas relics for free cinema admission at Agana. The artifacts, tied to the Taotao Mona, may shed light on early inhabitants and the origin of Polynesian peoples as the museum studies them.
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Honolulu
South Seas
Bishop Museum
Guam
America
Agana
Taotao-Mona
Marianas
Agana Motion-Picture Theater
Fatal vat accident at New Albany leather plant
Three men died after being overcome by fumes in a leather tanning vat at George Moser Leather Co. in New Albany Indiana. Foreman Frank Ang aged 46 and two African American workers Horace Russ 60 and James Russell 38 perished in the incident.
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New Albany
Ind
George Moser Leather Company
Frank Ang
Horace Russ
James Russell
Heat Wave Draws Stocking-Free Streets Girls
London endures the first heat wave of the year with many girls walking streets without stockings. The unusual sight drew little attention after a few hours as the hot day continued.
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London
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Myr
McClain
U. S
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Great Britain
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