History Of Albania And Medieval Strife In Europe
Fragmentary notes recount Albania's ancient and medieval clashes with Rome Byzantium and Turkish powers. It outlines invasions migrations and rulers from the 4th century to the 1920s including Justinian Basil II Zogu and Italian influence amid Balkan politics and the 1925 republic proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart Beng
Italy
Aibeanda
Sythe
Turke
Maly
Europe
United States
Albania
Justinian
Alania
Basil Iiv
Western Roman Empire
Mehmed Bushati
Bushati
Austria-Hungary
Lne
Turkey
Adriatic
Russia
France
Balkan
London
Valona
Jugoslavs
Tugoslave
Zogu
Paris
Tirana
Haly
League Off Nations
Jugoslavia
Lowere
Trees To Plant Eight Elms On Fifth Avenue In New York
The Rockefeller family has secured park approval to plant eight elms each sixty feet tall on the west side of Fifth Avenue from 40th to 53rd Street. The move marks a major urban tree planting beyond Central Park as a notable civic enhancement.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Park Department
Rockefeler
Manhattan
Aqth
S3rd Street
Central Park
Rockefeller
Alice
Canada Faces Subversion and Espionage Threats Across Coast
The Toronto Globe and Mail reports Canada has long hosted foreign spies and subversive activity. It notes coastal defences, naval crews among fishermen, and diplomatic ruptures tied to European republics. The piece urges swift penalties and stronger defense as Canada pledges Lifeguards.
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Canada
British Admiralty
Dominion
United Kingdom
London
Berlin
England
Germany
Cromwell
Richelieu
France
Toronto Globe and
Bfail
Epiphany in the Snows Altar Portrait for Aklavik
Australian artist Violet Teague painted Epiphany in the Snows inspired by a sermon in London and created for All Saints Anglican pro cathedral in Aklavik. Bishop A F Fleming carried the piece back to Canada after a London visit, the work traveling 18000 miles from the Southern Cross to the Arctic outpost.
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Palais
Aklayik
London
Australia
Little All Saints
Aklavik
A. F. Fleming
Arctic
Canada
Southern Cross
Violet Teague
Melbourne
Fleming
Canadian Arctic
Two Way Radio System Tested In South Yorkshire Mine
A new two way radio communication system is being tested in a South Yorkshire colliery to keep miners connected with rescue teams during disasters. A surface transmitter at the pithead can send messages to men trapped behind fallen roof barriers, potentially ending a core mining fear of isolation during emergencies.
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South Yorkshire
BBC
Canadians Top World in Telephone Chatter
Canadians average 236 calls per person in 1937, up from 222, leading the world in conversations per head. New Zealand ranks second by telephones per 100 people, at 11.97, with Canada at 11.90, while the U.S. far surpasses all with 15.09 per 100. The global average is 1.79 per 100.
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Dominion
United States
New Zealand
Canada
U.S
Refugee Composer Weill Amid Nazi Pressure in New York
Leonard Lyons reports that Goebbels pressed Berlin opera officials to produce operas that strengthen German tradition. He demanded more works like Burgschaft, a Kurt Weill piece, noting Weill now lives in New York as a Nazi refugee.
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Germany
Leonard Lyons
New York Post
Goebbels
Berlin
Paradise
Kurt Weill
New York
Dried Apple Pie and Other Old-Time Facts Mentioned
The article reflects on tastes and traditions, noting that younger people may not recall dried apple pie and recounts old culinary debates. It mentions a Penn State College course in ice cream making and cites historical use of yeast in bread in 1634 along with Denmark’s record grain crop worth 100 million dollars last year.
Bible outsells Hitler book in six years in Germany
The Bible remains Germany’s top seller, outselling Hitler’s Mein Kampf by about 200000 copies yearly since 1933. The Prussian Bible Society reports an annual average of 950000 Bibles sold. 4400 German copies of Mein Kampf have sold since 1933.
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Hitler
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Nagi
Prussian Bible Society
Lake
Television For Movies Rapid Development In Britain
Britain moves toward cinema television as Gaumont-British and Baird plan production for 350 cinemas. The Boon Danahar lightweight championship broadcast in London highlighted cinema television as a growing form. Isidore Ostrer positions top artists and sports figures for Britain to attract paying cinema audiences.
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Britain
London
Eric Boon
Arthur Danahar
Gaumont
Baird
Sydenham
Kent
Isidore Ostrer
Gaumont-British
New York
Mail by Parachute in Soviet Arctic Service
A new regular air mail service will drop letters and papers from the air to a landmark and use parachutes to deliver parcels. Propeller driven sleds will speed across snow at 60 mph to reach remote villages and settlements in the Soviet Arctic and eastern Siberia.
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Soviet Arctic
Siberia
Yale Tops Early Football Championship Run
Rugby rules prevailed as Yale won the first football championship in 1876 by defeating Harvard Columbia and Princeton in a decisive series.
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Yale
Harvard
Columbia
Princeton
Maps The Brain Map Device Invented For Nerve Centre
W Grey Walter, physiologist, has invented a brain mapping apparatus to show brain activity. It will be part of England's Burden Neurological Institute opening soon. The device, using radio amplifiers and a cathode ray tube, records electrical impulses as a patient thinks and relaxes aiding diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
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W. Grey Walter
England
Burden Neurological Institute
Life Plant Fu Tieng Said To Extend Human Life
English scientists will study Fu Tieng a Chinese herb touted to lengthen life. Legend cites Chang Li un who thrived on it during Charles I era and allegedly lived to 206. Fu Tieng grows in specific soils across China India and Ceylon and is linked to super vitamin G. Government allows Dutch bakers to use up to 10 percent unmixed foreign wheat, double prior limit.
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Chang Li-un
Charles 1
China
India
Ceylon
Netherland
Noisy Entry Sparks Nightfall Daybreak Exchange
A couple quips about a noise on entering home and the night breaking. The text notes that over 1,600 languages are spoken in the Americas and that England spends 1 645 000 on weather reports with 61 staff. It also mentions snail shells spiraling outward rather than coiling.
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Amerca
England
Parachutes In War by Irvin Sparks Debate On Planes
Parachute designer Irvin from England advocates cautious use of troop transport by air, noting Allied and Axis trials and questioning feasibility in wartime. He recalls his own perilous first parachute jump in Day ton Ohio twenty years ago and warns against overconfidence in parachute pumping skills.
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Lester
Irvin
England
Buffsiga
France
Germany
Masa
Dwo
Brance
Trvin
Levin
Dayton
T Am
Harvest Months Show Global Wheat Seasons Across Regions
The article lists wheat harvest timing by country and region, noting India as the first major producer and March as peak cutting time there. It covers months from January to December with nations such as New Zealand, Egypt, Texas, California, Europe, and Australia, outlining seasonal patterns worldwide.
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India
Europe
United States
New Zealand
Chile
Upper
Egypt
Lower Egypt
Syria
Cyprus
Persia
Asia Minor
Mexic
Cuba
Texas
Algeria
Central Asia
China
Japan
Morocco
California
Mississippi
Alaama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Kingsas
Arkansis
Utah
Colorado
Missouri
Turkey
Greece
Italy
Spain
Portugal
France
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Tiingis
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Romania
Bulgaria
Austria
Hungary
Russia
Germany
Switzerland
England
Oregon
Washington
Dakota
Canada
Columbia
Belgium
Holland
Great Rusin
Denmark
Poland
Scotland
Syidlen
Merway
Norto
Sour Africa
Santa Fe
Manchuria
Argentina
Australia
Mayan Civilization and Joseph T Goodman Link
The note traces Maya civilization in Guatemala and Yucatan with cities and a calendar. It credits Joseph T Goodman a San Francisco journalist who studied Mayan hieroglyphics and sent notes to the French Academy of Science seeking 350 000 francs. It also mentions Goodman hiring Mark Twain at the Virginia City Enterprise.
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Guatemala
Yucatian
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Owen Sound Sun-Times
White House
Lebrun
Mme, Lebrun
Gramdchildren
Telephones
Pennsylvania State College
Chicago
Earth
Wifey
Hubby
Saskatchewan
Flintoft
Drouth
Moose Jaw
The
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Gom
Christ
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