Lost Boy Reunited After Portland Reading Frenzy
Kenneth Gray, 13, vanished after leaving home Wednesday. Mrs. Gray, worried and skeptical the police would find him, traced him to the public library where he read woodworking volumes and St. Nicholas magazine. He slept in the plaza, then returned home to a chastening but loving mother.
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Mra Gray
Kenneth Gray
Kenneth
Associated Newspapers
Ken Gray
Plaza
St. Nich
Las
Johannes ‘Durg
Shanghai
Bombay
Nome
Seven Seas
Orchestra of 45 In Family at Waltham Cross
In Waltham Cross England a family of five sons, four nephews, 33 grandchildren and great grandchildren forms an orchestra of 45 instruments. The Heathcotes head the family with seven granddaughters playing piano and violin, and two great grandchildren on the organ.
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Waltham Cross
Eng
G. C. Heathcote
Idea of shipping whisky in eggs leads to accidental reveal
Washington dispatch reports a whisky smuggling method where crates of eggs break and reveal the contraband. Prohibition inspectors found the eggs cemented shut and filled with whisky, causing an illegal odor to fill the air.
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Swashington
West Virginia
Germany Plans National Athletics Department
Berlin reports Germany will create a special government department of athletics and sports to build up the young generation devastated by privations during the war, aiming for scientific and systematic development.
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Berlin
Germany
Athletics and Sports
British Americans Changed Nickname in London Market
Britishers now call Americans goods pricers as London shopkeepers see a shift in spending. The piece recalls Americans once praised for opening wallets while London retailers note a new habit of keeping hands on pockets in Burlington Arcade amid changing attitudes toward purchases.
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London
Burlington Arcade
Eternity Junction Note Found With Walworth Man
A Walworth man was found dead in his bedroom with a gas tube in his mouth. A note mentions planning a booking to Eternity Junction and asks the station master which line would dispatch him to H or H. The incident is treated as a probable suicide.
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London
Eternity Junction
Walworth
Crown Prince Carol of Romania Engaged to Mafalda
Rome reports crown prince Carol after a U S tour is engaged to Princess Mafalda of Savoy. In France field oxen are regularly sung to as encouragement to work.
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Rome
Carol
Romania
America
Mafalda
Savoy
France
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Washington
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Eternity
CYPER
Oxford
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Biarritz
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Sumner
Seattle
Fountain
Sterling
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