Broker Gives Clerk Chair in Exchange Gift
Clarence J. Houseman a New York broker presented his confidential clerk John H. McManus with a seat on the New York Stock Exchange as a Christmas gift. The exchange board approved the transfer after noting the clerk’s good and faithful work. The clerk paid a nominal sum for the seat.
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Houseman
John H. McManus
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
McManus
Exchange Board of Governors
Missionary Work to Be Explained by Rev. D. J. O'Sullivan
Catholic missionary work in the Orient and Egypt will be explained and illustrated by Rev. D. J. O'Sullivan of Lyons France at Cathedral hall Ninth and Columbia Friday at p m. O'Sullivan a Cork native campaigns in America for funds to support the Society of African Missions.
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Orient
Egypt
D. J. O'Sullivan
Lyons
France
Cathedral Hall
Ninth
Columbia
New Nation Plans Education Push Across Czechoslovakia
Prague dispatch quotes Gustav Habrman on drastic postwar schooling efforts. 533 new schools opened in Bohemia Moravia Silesia 190 teachers sent to Slovakia to combat illiteracy. Adult education planned. textbooks purged of Austro-Hungarian influence. Ruthenia and Moravia face literacy gaps amid Magyarization.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Gustav Habrman
Bohemia
Moravia
Silesia
Slovakia
Ruthenia
Hiohemia
New Republic
Republic
Prague University
Europe
Habrman
Slovakian
Senators Hold Peace Meeting In Washington And London Rumors
Senators Lodge and Hitchcock led talks on reopening treaty discussions with Monday's Senate meeting to discuss compromise proposals. King urged acceptance of mild reservations, while Hitchcock consulted with Swanson and King on proposed reservations. A Berlin dispatch claimed peace would be signed in Paris on January 6 at 4 p.m.
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Washington
Lodge
Hitchcock
Senate
United States
British Empire
Swansor
King
London
Berlin
Paris
New York May Buy Car Lines
New York City considers municipal takeover of traction lines after private firms fail to provide adequate service. Plan by Transit Commissioner Delaney and PSC Commissioner Nixon calls for transfer of company titles, city guarantees on interest, 1 percent set aside after 38 years, and fare adjustments to cover costs. Board approval needed from the involved companies.
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New York
New York City
Traction Lines
John H. Delaney
Public Service
Lewis Nixon
Poison Hills of Prieska May End World Famine Threat
South Africa’s Prieska region hosts nitrate of potash and extensive asbestos near the Asbestos mountains. Mineralogists from the Smithsonian-Universal African expedition report potential to end reliance on German and Chilean nitrates and boost global fertilizer supply, reshaping regional economy away from gold and diamonds.
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Prieska
South Africa
Polson Hills
Here
Griquatown
Germany
Smithsonian-Universal African
Chile
W. L. Calder
Nitrate and Potash Corporation
Calder
Ence
Literary Argonauts Begin World Tour
In San Francisco two young writers set out to travel the world in search of experience and local color. Miss Stella Benson English author and poet who has lived in the city a year and Miss Mariquita de Laguna UC student and Oakland family daughter travel with limited funds to reach Hongkong and begin their journey.
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San Francisco
Stella Benson
Mariquita de Laguna
University of California
Oakland
Hongkong
Sand Digger Uncovers 3350 in First Haul
In Pittsburg on January 2 a sand digger named Dilke working near Neville Island pulled up a wallet from the Ohio River containing 2350 in wet greenbacks. He shared a reward with a helper and rowed ashore excited at the windfall.
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Pittsburg
Dilke
McKees Rocks
Ohio River
Neville Island
Pair Plans Faith Fueled Journey Across Continents
A duo plans travel on faith and luck, relying on resourcefulness to traverse Japan, Russia, India, England and finally return to California. They pursue a bold, improvised voyage without formal arrangements.
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Japan
Russia
India
England
California
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