Japan Could Defeat U S in Naval War Expert Warns
Milton Bronner reports from London that naval expert Co Bywater warns a Pacific war with Japan could favor Japan from now until 1923. He cites US neglect of base development and cruiser emphasis, plus Hawaii and Guam vulnerabilities, as Japan builds strength for potential quick strikes.
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Japan
U.S
London
Pacific
Co. Bywater
Je & Co
Institute of Naval Archs
United States
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Philippines
She Picks Men for Jobs Has System All Her Own
Chicago July. Florence Schee Robnett, a vocational expert, screens job seekers to place them in high paying roles. She distinguishes two abilities: personality and capability, classifying candidates as darkroom men for low-contact roles. Applicants answer questions on cleanliness, enthusiasm, initiative, and observation. Robnett scores and either places or rejects, rarely sending more than two men to the same position.
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Chicago
the Eagle
B. R. J. Gibbons Eye
Florence Schee Robnett
Portland Doctor Identified After River Discovery
The body found in the Willamette River near Portland is identified as Dr. J. D. Fenton, a Portland physician who disappeared March 19. Relatives had requested probate administration as hopes for his survival faded. The death followed a long, nationwide search.
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Portland
Ore
Willamette River
Here
J. D. Fenton
Fenton
Probate Court
Prudish Teachers Face Sex Awareness Debate at NAS Convention
Des Moines report notes Benjamin Gruening of Washington DC argues teachers’ modesty fuels pupil sex consciousness. He urges English teachers to treat sex and human relations openly. Cuban education official Sina warns of kultur influence in education. Funeral services announced for W. Preston in Fremont after death in Edmonton.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Benjamin Gruening
Wash
Ington
D. C
Gruening
National Educational Association
Pugenia Siia
Congress
Germany
South America
Sina
W. ¥. Preston
Edmonton
Masonic Temple
Fremont
Lemon Lotion Promises Soft White Complexion
A beauty ad promotes a lemon based lotion made by mixing two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White, sold at drug stores for a few cents. The page claims daily massage will brighten skin on face neck arms and hands, reducing freckles sunburn and tan without irritation. It cites famous stage beauties as users.
Finger Prints by Phone New Terror for the Criminals
Paris July 8 Professor Belin unveils a telephonic system to transmit photographic records for justice. Professor Ottolenghi of Italy promotes using the instrument to send fingerprints of suspects to European capitals for cross city police details on the arrestee.
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Paris
Belin
Ottolenghi
Flies Invade Paris Amid Unprecedented Summer Heat
Paris reports a new pest as an unusually warm summer brings a fly plague. Residents of the Villette quarter blame nearby slaughterhouses for the outbreak, noting screens and flypaper are uncommon in the area.
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Paris
Villette
Will Leaves Maid $20 500 From Malden Silk Magnate
Catherine Hallesey, a Saugus maid for nine years in the household of the late Henry W. Poor, is named principal beneficiary of his $70,000 estate. She receives $20,500 as gratitude for long faithful service and plans to save the money and continue working. She hails from Kerry Ireland, born 50 years ago.
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Boston
Catherine Hallesey
Saugus
Henry W. Poor
Malden
Poor
Tlallesey
Hallesey
Kerry
Ireland
IRS Bulletin Details Revenue From Washington Idaho and Oregon
The Internal Revenue Department bulletin reports that Washington Idaho and Oregon together paid 68 795 519 dollars or 4 593 933 246 dollars collected from American people in the last fiscal year.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Department
Idaho
Oregon
Had to Throw Away Sod and Shamrocks
Mrs EB A Shanks returned from Ireland with a bit of old sod and shamrocks. Customs officials called shamrock a dangerous plant fungus and she was forced to discard it into the Atlantic.
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New York
Ireland
Mra. EB. A. Shanks
Mra. Shanks
Atlantic
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E. Robert Schmitz
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