Coal Firms' Heads Rule Spitzbergen
Spitzbergen is run by autocratic coal company leaders Chief Engineer Sigurd Westby Director H Dresselhuys and Director Knudsen wielding strict control. Smuggling and unauthorized drink traffic are punished severely with fines and possible deportation, while a fatal roof collapse in the Empire colliery is linked to rat warnings and miner caution.
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Longyear City
Pitzbergen
Europe
Spitzbergen
Sigurd Westby
Advent Bay
H. Dresselhuys
Green Harbor
Knudsen
Kings Bay
Haakon
Svalbard
Empire
Anthony Kopinski
Kopaski
Rats Warn Miners of Impending Roof Cave In
Rats in anthracite coal mines have shown they warn miners of approaching roof caves in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. The animals’ behavior has been cited as a recurring safety signal in mine workings.
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Wilkesbarre
Blue Laws for All California Co Eds
Berkeley women freshmen at the University of California face a summer campaign by the women's executive committee. The code targets dances after one, hosting male guests after 10 30 p m, hose length, cosmetics, dress, cigarettes, petting, and drinking. Violations will trigger trials before the women’s committee.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Bishop Brings Saint Christina Bones to New York Route
In a drain oak box the bones of St Christina, third century virgin martyr, rest in New York before shipment to Cleveland. Gift of Pope Pius XI to Bishop Joseph Schrembs for the Cleveland diocese in appreciation of 200000 dollars donated for Rome’s house of catacombs. Bishop Schrembs, Bishop Michael Gallagher of Detroit and others return from a four months Holy Year pilgrimage aboard the Homeric and are greeted by western clergy and laity. The pope’s message: America has been the hand of Providence for the world’s impoverished nations.
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New York
Christina
Cleveland
Ohio
Pius XI
Joseph Schrembs
Rome
Schrembs
Michael Gallagher
Detroit
America
Rockefeller Meets Oil Drivers on Road
On a hilly New Jersey road between Riverdale and Bloomingdale Harold Riley of Standard Oil and Charley Stout of Tidal Oil meet while assisting a passing old man who turns out to be John D. Rockefeller. He jokes with the drivers and gives each a dime for their wives and a baby gift, praising the oil trade.
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New York
Harold Riley
Riverdale
Bloomingdale
N. J
Tidal Oil Company
Charley Stout
Dundee Lakes
Charley
Standard of Man
Oakland- Suffern Road
Mr. Rockefeller
Riley
Stout
Aged Woman Praises Change in Girls Swimming
Cohasset resident Mrs. Ezra Brown, nearing ninety two, notes the rise of girls bathing publicly at Nantasket and other beaches. She recalls her youth when women swam only with men present and says today’s girls show a striking shift in manners and openness.
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Boston
Nantasket
Ezra Brown
Cohasset
Forest Fires Reach Record Loss Across U S in 1924
The 1924 forest fire year saw nearly 92 000 fires burning 29 000 000 acres of land with an estimated 38 900 000 dollars in damage not counting losses to young growth wildlife and recreation. Incendiary fires led at about 21 000 incidents while smoke sparked 13 000 fires and brush burning 16 000. Public opinion urged as key weapon to fight blazes.
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Washington
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
California
William B. Greeley
Gulf States
Forester Greeley
Uist
Greeley
United States
Restoration Plan For Lee Mansion In Arlington Cemetery
The War department will supervise a restoration of the Lee mansion at Arlington Cemetery at an estimated cost of 225000 dollars. A quartermaster survey directed by Congress found extensive work needed to restore it to near its Civil War splendor and to provide suitable offices for cemetery staff. The property, seized by Union troops when Lee joined the Confederacy, was bought by the government for 150000 dollars in 1884 from the Custis and Lee estates, who had earlier acquired it after trading tobacco hogsheads.
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Lee
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
War Department
Quartermaster Corps
Congress
Robert B. Lee
Custis
Lake Vanishes Into Cave In Tennessee Farm
Reports from Mayfield Kentucky say a lake on GC Warfield’s farm collapsed its cave roof and sank unseen into subterranean depths. W L Warfield witnessed the event, noting a roaring descent like a locomotive, with fish and turtles swept away. The lake left only a small pool as water found a new underground outlet about five hundred yards away.
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Mayfield
Idaho Springs
Kentucky
Tennessee
GC. P. Warfield
W. L. Warfield
Trades Valuable Violin for Cheap Saxophone
William P. Schwartz of Beechview bought a dust-covered violin in a second-hand store after a youth traded it for a cheap saxophone. A connoisseur verified it as a genuine Peter Guarnieri made before 1700, with a value exceeding $10,000.
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Pittsburgh
Thal
William P. Schwartz
Beechview
Peter Guarnieri
Cities of the Future to Be Large Trade Centers
Chicago report outlines a vision of future cities with a central business district and widespread suburbs for married residents. D R McKenzie from the University of Washington says transportation shapes city ecology from circular cores to star patterns and networks via streetcars and subways.
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Chicago
D. R. McKenzie
University of Washington
University of Chicago
McKenzie
Texas Cowboy, 95, Still Active on the Range
H. R. Mangum, ninety-five, works as a cowhand on the Smith brothers ranch near Childress Texas. He is described as the oldest active cowboy in the country, having ridden the Chisholm Trail and worked across southern and western Texas from the frontier days.
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Texas
Mangum
Tom Watson Memorial Plan Launched in Atlanta Georgia
The Tom Watson Memorial Association has been launched to erect a memorial or statue to the distinguished Georgian. The statue is to be placed either in the state capitol or on the capitol grounds in Atlanta.
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Tom Watson
Avlanta
Tom Watson Memorial
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