Smuts Felt Ousted Yet Eyes Open to Future
General Jan Christian Smuts, South Africa's premier since 1919, faces ouster but shows no will to retire. Though his party suffered defeat, supporters say the 54 year old leader, famed by British universities, begins a new public phase. South Africa's postwar slump, droughts, locusts, and worker strikes shaped his fall, with mining labor defending the color bar in 1922.
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Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
British Empire
Smut i
Chamber of Mine
Mussolini's Iron Hand Eases as Premier Gains Backing
Mussolini is described as premier rather than dictator as Italy shifts toward parliamentary confidence. The article recounts Mussolini’s rise from October 1922 with Black Shirts to June 10 1924, then notes the Matteotti murder and his choice to accept the premier role amid shifting public opinion and Fascist leadership arrests.
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Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini
Eternal City
Matteotti
Marinelli
Rossi
Filippelli
Mahogany King Schwartz Names General Edwards in Will
Joseph Schwartz of Boston, a timber magnate with 50,000 acres of mahogany and tobacco wood in San Domingo, says he has left all his worldly goods to General Clarence R. Edwards in his will in gratitude for the general’s wartime service.
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Clarence R. Edwards
Edwards
Philippines
Joseph 9. Schwartz
Schwartz
Joseph Schwartz
San Domingo
Boston
General Edwards
Chemin-des-Dames
Toul
Champagne-Marne
Aisne- Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Mr. Schwartz
Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman Visits California For Redwoods Park
Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, new president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, tours northern California to inspect the Redwoods National Park proposal. The federation, with 2,800,000 members, champions conservation and national resource preservation.
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John Dickinson Sherman
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
California
Redwoods National Park
General Federation
Conservation of Natural Resources
Sherman
Washington
National Park
Tahos
Congress
Upper
Slain Wife Intervening Moment Tells Tik of Killer
Edward Lake 82 claims he shot his wife Mrs. Mathy Lake 31 and wounded Mrs. Mary A. Smith 34 before turning the gun on himself in Louisville Kentucky. Police note a possible third party, but Lake says he acted alone. He remains hospitalized with four bullet wounds and insists he fired only two shots into his chest. Emergency crews recovered the weapon at the scene.
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Louisville
Edward Lake
Mathy Lake
Mary A. Smith
Lake
E. B. Smith
Henry Lalast
Louis Link
Falast
Mrs. Smith
Three Batt Children Die In New Albany Fire
Three children Leorene nine Ruth Leone seven and George Frederick three died in a bedroom fire caused by a coal oil stove explosion at a farm two miles south of New Albany Indiana. Mr and Mrs Batt were in a barn nearby and heard cries from a neighboring farmer who notified officials. Efforts to reach the children aboard the second floor room failed as flames enveloped the space despite frantic rescue attempts.
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New Albany
Ind
Louis Batt
Here
Leorene
Ruth Leone
George Frederick
Muncie
Tax Case Is Appealed In Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Casualty Company fights state tax on reserve and unearned premiums. Long, county auditor, tried to list the fund for taxation, but the company appealed to the State Tax Commission.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Casualty Company
Supreme Court
Long
Butler County
State Tax Commission
Sao Paulo Revolt Seen Doomed in U.S. Dispatch
U S officials in Santos report July 17 that revolutionary activity in Sao Paulo is doomed and local conditions have improved. Brazilian authorities are hopeful to quell the revolt within several days.
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Washington
Sao Paulo
Brazil
State Department
Santos
Catholic Women Launch Modesty Campaign To 700000 Members
New York based National Council of Catholic Women acts on Pope Pius XI sentiments by distributing pledge cards to about 700000 members urging modest dress.
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New York
Pius XI
National Council of Catholic Women
Beaten With Staves Alleged At Lucas County Children's Home
In Toledo Ohio a juvenile court investigates a charge that barrel staves were used to punish children at the Lucas County Children's Home. A mother says her 11 year old son was whipped for running upstairs, and the boy says others were beaten as well, including an incident about a week earlier.
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Toledo
Ohio
Lucas County
Dita
Picturesque peasant garb informs modern dress designs
In a 1944 Western Newspaper Union feature, the article surveys global influences on summer fashion centering on felt hats and peasant blouses. It notes gypsy colorings, two-fabric costumes, boleros, sleeveless jacquettes, and linings of contrasting felts and ribbons.
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League of Nations
Remarkable Recovery of Mrs Spink
A testimonial from Mrs George Spink of Minnesota Junction Wisconsin praising Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for her long illness. She credits six bottles with letting her do her own work again and caring for a new baby, stating she feels greatly improved and recommends the remedy bought from druggists nationwide.
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Perth
Dangers of Definition: Young Alexander Figures Meaning
A child asks what consume means and learns it can mean to burn. He cites a London incident where nearly five million pounds of ice were burned last summer, prompting puzzled questions from Mamma.
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Alexander
London
Edinburgh Scotsman
Forgery Arrest Hints at Learning Curbs
An old schoolmate who wrote Honesty is the best policy repeatedly in his copy book was arrested for forgery, while Jud Tunkins remarks that some people simply cannot learn.
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Jud Tunkins
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Modesty
Paris
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Middle
Europe
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Dr. Grierz
Penn
Rspir
Say
Bayer
Lumbago
Aoa
Mane
Price Boat Druggists
Dees
ALB Bichards Co
Sherman, Tex
Turnlo, Jr
Miz
Scranton
Cleveland
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