Wages Rise Across Industries Depress Costs, Says Board
The National Industrial Conference Board reports real wages rising as power use and efficiency cut unit production costs. Iron and steel show wages up 140 percent since WWI with prices only 34 percent higher. autos up 122 percent but prices down 29 percent since 1914. Public utilities and other sectors follow similar patterns. Since 1899 production rose 185 percent while wage-earner growth lagged, boosting workers’ real purchasing power into 1920.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Conference Board
Chimps Outsmart Some Children in Yale Tests
Yale university researchers led by Robert M. Yerkes report chimpanzees can solve problems that intelligent children fail to solve. Tests often yield negative results, but some positive outcomes emerge, with even bright children sometimes unable to solve certain tasks.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Robert M. Yerkes
Institute of Psychology
Yerkes
Science Finds Super X Rays in Cosmic Rays
Prof. R A Millikan reported at the National Academy of Sciences that a ray with energy higher than any known and a frequency far above ultra X rays is cosmic in origin. Balloons and water tests helped show ions rise with altitude and sun plays no role. rays bombard Earth from all directions with ten million volt energy and may involve atoms changing to other atoms.
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Madison, Wis
R. A. Millikan
California Institute of Technology
National Academy of Sciences
Millikan
Kelly Aviation Field
Lake Muir
Mount Whitney
Arrowhead Lake
Earth
Ruins of Great Antiquity Found on Mariana Islands
Scientists from the Bishop Museum Yale affiliated team report discovery of ancient ruins on the Marianas between Hawaii and the Philippines. Hundreds of tall stone columns with carved caps form long colonnades and circles. Skeletons at column bases hint at early inhabitants related to Ainus of Japan and early Polynesians.
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Mariana Islands
New Haven, Conn
Bishop Museum of
Japan
Pacific Islands
Gregory
New Zealand
Bishop Museum
Yale University
Mongolia
Marianas
Samoa
Hawaii
Rome Buys Convent for College Purposes Near Santa Maria Maggiore
The Holy See purchased the former convent of Saint Antonia near Santa Maria Maggiore for 5 million lire to house Lombard college the Oriental Institute and the new Russian seminary. The pope donated 1 million lire for expenses. The Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith will likely manage the other institutions.
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Rome
Holy See
Saint Antonia
Santa Maria Maggiore
Lombard College
Oriental Institute
Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith
Indians Increase Washington PopulationRise 1925
The Indian population in the United States excluding Alaska rose by 2698 in the fiscal year ending June 30 1925 over the prior year The total native population stood at 349595 reflecting an 18976 gain over the past twelve years according to Interior Department figures
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Washington
United States
Alaska
Indian Bureau of the Interior Department
2300 Year Old Cedar Protected as State Park
Seattle residents and the Washington Natural Parks association raised $2,000 to preserve a 2300 year old cedar and 20 companions 85 miles away. The 200 foot high grove will become a state park with land set aside for preservation.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Washington Natural Parks Association
Cannibals Rule Australia Wilds
A sensational report from northwest Australia describes a brutal clash between white pearlers and native tribes. A blood feud erupts after two white men are killed by Warrawerrie and allied tribes, with Horrie the mission boy killed and the friendly tribe driven deep into the bush as officials scramble for relief and calm.
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Newcastle
Australia
Northwest
Commonwealth
Texas
New Guinea
Solomons
New Hebrides
Indian Ocean
Cape Voltairé
Montague Sound
Western Australia
Boogin
Cape Leveque
Montague
Hunter River
Warrawerrie
Horrie
Broome
Glenelg
New Harmony Opened to Tourists After a Century of Isolation
New Harmony Indiana plans opening to visitors to showcase a reformist legacy. The village, once home to Harmonie founded by George Rapp and later led by Robert Owen, pioneered universal compulsory education and abolitionist ideals, shaping Indiana and the West.
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New Harmony
Ind
America
Thomas Say
John Audubon
John Chapplesmith
Gerard Troost
Wabash
Indiana
George Rapp
Pennsylvania
Harmonie
Robert Owen
Scotland
Owen
Francis Wright
Owens
Middle West
West
Prince Boris Golitzine Fined in Paris Incident
Prince Boris Golitzine of Russia now running a kitchen was fined about $1 after an incident in a Paris restaurant. A gendarme tried to stop an actress from collecting money, and the prince spoke out.
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Paris
Boris Golitzine
Russia
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