Apples All Year Under New Plan
Louisville report on the International Apple Shippers Association 32nd convention describes a year round apple market. Twelve hundred firms across the US Canada Britain and Europe belong to the association with Rochester NY headquarters providing crop estimates storage data and monthly movement reports to stabilize supply.
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Louisville
International Apple Shippers’ Association
Samuel Fraser
Geneseo
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Scandinavian Countries
Germany
Spain
Finland
Italy
Tasmania
Australia
Rochester
N. Y
London
Phillips
Van Dyck Murillo Treasures Reappear in Lima Estate
In Lima Peru three major artworks emerge from seclusion in the estate of Senor J I Irivarran de la Puente descendant of Marquis de Villafuerte y de la Puente. A Murillo Saint Joseph and the Infant Jesus valued at 1000000 anchors the collection alongside two Van Dycks valued at 150000 and 100000. The owner plans to sell all three and has offered them to the British Museum.
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Lima
Peru
van Dyck
Murillo
Senor J. I. Irivarren de la Puente
Marquis de Villafuerte Y de la Puente
Magdelen
British Museum
Psychic Phenomenon Debunked by Photographic Test
Dr Julius von Ries reports experiments with a Geneva woman claiming animal magnetism. A covered plate captured a hand shaped light print, then a rubber glove with water and a clock produced the same effect, suggesting a physico chemical explanation rather than psychic power.
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Berlin
Julius von Ries
Geneva
von Ries
Crimea Palace Repair Shop for Worn-Out Revolutionists
Bolshevik authorities set up a Lenin described repair shop in the former Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevitch palace at Yalta Crimea. Communists from around the world visit the palace to escape the grim dungeons and persecutions of imperialist countries while wandering the halls and resting on cushions and Persian rugs.
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Crimea
Yalta
Lenin
Bolishevik
Peter Nikolaevitch
Welshman Speaks Only Welsh in London Court
David Jones of Triael Blaenpennal Simnilar Cardiganshire appeared in the king's bench division in London and testified in Welsh. He could not understand the judge's questions, prompting the use of a Welsh interpreter. The case highlights a rare instance of a Welsh speaker who knows no English amid a Welsh language revival.
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London
David Jones
Triael Blaenpennal
Simnilar
Cardiganshire
Jones
King’s Bench
Wales
Largest telescope found oversized by Mount Wilson team
Pasadena scientists conclude the 100 foot dome housing the 101 inch Mount Wilson reflector could have been built for a much smaller telescope. Dr G W Ritchie says a 40 foot dome would suffice for an instrument about 660 percent smaller, with the aplanatic model showing mirrors cut to 16 1/2 inches and total length under four feet. plans for an 800 inch mirror telescope estimate a $12 million cost.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mount Wilson Observatory
G. W. Ritchie
Mount Wilson
F. G. Pease
Ritchie
Pease
Doctor Pease
White Tino race in Japan sparks scientific interest
Tokyo delegates at a scientific congress express notable curiosity about the Tino people living on Hokkaido. Described as primitive whites who predate the yellow race, they are shorter than Japanese, heavier, with white swarthy skin, thick wavy hair, and non Mongol eyes.
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Jap Island
Tokyo
Japan
Hokkaido
Tino
Fire Chief Wins Medal in Bathing Beauty Contest
Wilmington Delaware Fire Chief Lutz won a medal for being the prettiest and most shapely of 125 husky firemen who appeared on the reviewing stand in bathing suits staged by the Second Alarmers' association.
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Wilmington
Del
Lutz
Second Alarmers’ Association
Record Pace 880 Yard Run Possible Break Soon
Dr. Earle R. Fadrick of the University of California argues in Popular Science Monthly that the 880 record of one minute forty two seconds could drop by about five seconds as human endurance charts predict. Sweden’s crown prince awarded Mrs Lydia Bungener a gold medal for cooking after visiting Kellogg, with the medal presented in Washington. The American dye industry, only a decade old, now supplies dyes at nearly half prewar costs. Adversity sometimes transforms coward into a hero.
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Earle R. Fadrick
University of California
Popular Science Monthly
Sweden
Kellogg
Washington
Lydia Bungener
Bungener
Capper
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Corn Products Refining CO
Illinois Street
Chicago, Ill
Rex
Buick
Cadillac
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Flint
Ford
Hupmobile
Maxwell
Nash
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