Europe customs men seek currency on frontier travels
William Shirer recounts how European border guards now focus on money rather than luggage. Through Bucharest, Berlin, and Vienna, he describes repeated frontiers demanding purses and cash, the need for special stamps, and the weary routine of declaring money before continuing toward the next capital.
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Vienna
Neck of the Woods
William Shirer
Chicago. Tribune
Germany
Europe
Balkans
Czech
Bucharest
Berlin
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Orient Express
Budapest
New Ambassadors Appointed Amid European Travel Warnings
Augusto Hicosso, twice attache to the Italian embassy in Washington, is named ambassador to succeed Nobile Giacomo di Martino. Signor Rosso, age forty seven, brings broad diplomatic experience and a wary mindset amid Vienna’s beggars and rising smuggling risks.
Powers of Gases Compare Helium and Hydrogen Lifting
The article states hydrogen provides greater lift than helium with 0.071 pounds per cubic foot versus 0.066 pounds per cubic foot under ordinary conditions. It notes helium is preferred for being non flammable and inert.
Long hunted gold is bare by chance
Spokane report of Idaho's Crawford vein uncovered after 17 years of search. J R Crawford, land owner and veteran prospector, opened the vein while inspecting a hydraulic wash on a hillside. State mine inspectors and engineers say the vein is valuable enough to be developed, drawing crowds to the site.
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Spokane
Wash
Crawford
Idaho
J. R. Crawford
Orofino
Stewart Campbell
Daho
Hig Conservatism
F. W. Callaway
Kellogg
World War I Dog Hero Receives Lifetime License
Goldberg the Irish terrier, overseas mascot of the One Hundred Twenty second field artillery, earned a lifetime dog license after service in World War I. He traveled to Europe in 1917, endured gas, shell shock, and a leg wound, and returned with his regiment.
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Wilmette
Goldberg
One Hundred and Twenty-second -Field Artillery
Army
Milton J. Foreman
One Hundred and Twenty-second
America
Ivory panels from Samaria shed light on biblical house of ivory
Unearthed 800 B C ivory panels at Samaria reveal lotus buds flowers animals and celestial beings from Egyptian pantheon. One panel shows bull and lion combat and others depict cherubs sphinxes and eternity. Joint British American diginals tie to Hazel king of Damascus inscription.
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Samaria
Kingdom of Israel
Hazel
Damascus
Doumergue Reflects On France Presidency
M Doumergue says he is glad to be done with the presidency noting the worst prisoner is the ruler himself. He complains that even doors and clothing are chosen by his bodyguard and every move is staged. He adds I never argue and my motto is never fight negotiate.
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M. Doumergue
France
Platitudes True-So True Echoes Unspoken
A reflective note suggests that some platitudes carry inherent truth beyond repetition, implying their value persists without explicit repetition. The piece contemplates how common sayings resonate in daily life, shaping attitudes and expectations.
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