Rug sale sparks clash in tight New York apartment
Warren brings home a costly DePuy rug from a late sale provoking Helen’s fury as she despairs over space and color clash. The neighborhood sees neighbors visiting for curtains and more rugs while the couple argues about fitting the bold piece into their five-room home.
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Helen
Warren
Anderson’s
DePuy
Jolen
Persia
Kashmir
Anna
Hélen
McRee
Dr. Rief
Persia angered at the Soviet in border clashes
An official Teheran report describes Soviet violations of Russo Persian treaty terms. It cites border police attacks at Aleppup Koushab and Chat and Russian border posts on Persian soil. The water diversion from the Choragian river harms three villages and worsens local livelihoods.
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Berlin
Ang
Teheran
Ruman
Persia
Aleppup
Koushab
Chat
Moscow
Japan Honors Popular Japanese Cinema Player
A Miyako Shimbun contest in Tokyo drew huge votes for cinema stars with winner Mis Nobuko Batsuki receiving 1 813 553 votes. Both genders competed, noted star Mies Satouki known for vamp roles.
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Japan
Tokio
America
Miyako Shimbun
Tokié
Apapera
Misa Nobuko Batsuki
Mies Satouki
Cam Slip May Cause Engine Overheating
An obscure cause of engine overheating is a cam slip in the distributor shaft due to a worn key. This causes late spark and hard-to-diagnose timing problems. Drivers may feel loss of pep. if advancing the spark doesn’t help, check the breaker box and cooling system.
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Hut
Night balloon tracking aids artillery range tests
Major John H Hood of Fort Kamehameha developed a night tracking method to improve gunfire accuracy. Portable searchlights tracked a 26 inch ascent balloon, calculating speed and direction as at a meteorological station. Despite poor weather, the balloon was tracked 1500 yards with potential to reach 3000 yards.
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Honolulu
John H. Hood
15Th Coastrtillery
Fort Kamehameha
Baloon
Latin Countries Exchange Ideas at Lisbon Congress
The recent congress for the advancement of the sciences in Lisbon drew scientists from Spain and Portugal exchanging ideas and recent research. The Spanish president could not attend due to illness and the cabinet president presided. French and Belgian academies also attended.
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Lisbon
Congress For the Advancement of the Sciences
Spain
Portugal
Academies of Science
Insects Sell For Musical Qualities In Tokyo Streets
In Tokio vendors along the Ginza offer singing insects, mainly crickets and long horned grasshoppers, in bamboo cages with silk ribbons. Prices run from fifty one to twenty five yen each as the insects charm summer evenings.
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Tokio
Ginza
Rural residents hold vast share of U S registered cars
Rural communities with populations under 1,000 contain an unexpectedly large portion of the nation s motor vehicles. Recent figures show total registered cars at 4 25 280 with an estimated 3 821 085 owned on farms.
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United States
Revised Chevrolet Prices Cut On Chevrolets
Detroit August 8 announcement from R H Grant general sales manager Chevrolet Motor Co shows price reductions on closed body models. Coupe drops 40 to 675 sedan 50 to 775 coach 40 to 695. Grant cites high production and sales enabling earlier cuts benefiting more than 8 000 Chevrolet owners.
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Detroit
Mich
R. H. Grant
Chevrolet Motor Company
Coe
Chevrolet
Purchase certificates for future delivery discussed
The notice explains that certificates with interest payments will total a down payment for earlier delivery under a new price schedule. It notes that payments and interest on the certificates now reach the amount of an upfront payment compared with the former terms.
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Ford
Pocatello Auto CO
Studebaker Cuts Prices Across All Models in Push
South Bend Indiana August 8 Studebaker announces reduced prices on all models with cuts from fifty to four hundred five dollars. New prices cover standard six special six and big six with bumper extra tire cover and motometer no longer included on big sixes. Company official cites one profit manufacturing system as key to savings and notes only Studebaker and Ford run own plants and centralized operations.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker
Studebaker Corporation of America
Studebaker Cara
America
Ford
Studebaker One Profit Cars Offer Greater Value
The text explains Studebaker uses a single profit system with no yearly model changes. It claims higher public demand, rising sales, and new low prices across existing identical cars without sacrificing materials or workmanship.
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Gixebaker
Studebaker
Autos Outnumber Phones in Population Centers
A curious fact notes that communities with more telephones tend to have more motor vehicles. The current gap shows about one million more automobiles in use than telephones, with autos leading in 1923 and continuing to outnumber phones today.
Wolves Cause Huge Loss in Livestock to Wolves
Moscow Anglia reports a Year loss of 4 000 000 gold rubles from wolves. During the year 52 000 horses 50 000 cattle and 26 000 other animals were devoured by wolves.
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Moscow
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