British to charge admission to view championship golf
London reports Britain may adopt the American practice of charging spectators to watch golf championships to curb rising crowds. Attendance swells from a few hundred before the war to 18 000 at Hoylake and up to 30 000 at Prestwick, with critics blaming mass viewing for misfortune of players like MacDonald Smith.
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London
England
Hagen
Hoylake
Prestwick
MacDonald Smith
Japan's population rising fast at national exhibit
Osaka dispatch reports that Japan's population grows about three persons every two minutes based on births 34.88 per minute and deaths 24 per minute, yielding a 1.48 per minute net gain. The exhibit also notes Germany and Britain, France birth rates, and Osaka luxury consumption rising from 1.2 million yen in 1913 to 7.3 million in 1923.
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Osaka
Japan
Germany
Britain
France
Sharks Patrol Cold Northern Waters Raise Beach Warnings
The heat brings many sharks into northern waters near Korney Skagerak Christiansand and Torsgund. Sightings off southern coasts prompt warnings for bathers as sharks come close to shore.
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Korney
Skagerak
Christiansand
Torsgund
Ex-Crown Prince Defends German War Policy in New Volume
Berlin dispatch notes the former crown prince has written To Seek the Truth to counter claims of German war guilt. He argues that Germany pursued expansion while rival powers did the same, citing Britain France and Russia, and contends conservatives were not solely responsible for imperial excesses.
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Berlin
Germany
Ebert Recounts Feeling Prison Like In Palace
Berlin reports reveal President Ebert told Minna Cauer he felt trapped by his role. He said he could not follow his own inclinations, citing circumspection and restraint as duties of his high office. He described his surroundings, the executive mansion and park, as resembling a prison in tone.
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Berlin
Friedrich Ebert
German Republic
Minna Cauer
Minna Cauver
Notable Claims on Wars and Versailles in Historic Critique
The text argues England's opposition to colonial acquisitions and rebukes stone throwing over Belgian neutrality. It recounts Copenhagen 1807 British bombardment and Danish fleet looting without war declaration. It notes the Crown Prince seeking nullification of the June 16 1919 Clemenceau note tied to Germany's war guilt and Versailles spirit.
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Ngland
Ens
Copenhagen
Clemenceau
Germany
Versailles
Europe
Queensland Gov Offers Aid To Young English Settlers
London Aug 29 AP The Queensland government seeks to attract young English settlers by offering inducements to public school boys and others with some capital. An Australian Farms college will operate at Lynford Hall Norfolk under H V Potts. Training costs 875 dollars for six months. Students must have 1250 dollars capital plus passage and pocket money totaling 2500 dollars. The state will advance 1250 dollars to each trainee, bringing total to 3750 dollars. Training and building a fully equipped farm could reach 6250 dollars.
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London
Queensland
Lynford Hall
Norfolk
H. V. Potts
Hawkesbury
Australia
Spitzbergen welcomes first ships after long ice season
In Barentsburg Spitzbergen Aug 29 AP describes the rare arrival of the season’s first ship drawing crowds to the waterfront. Locals greet captains and crews by name, share home letters, and miners returning from winter seek brief furloughs, while employers face scheduling strains as freach forces may arrive with the next boat.
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Barentsburg
Green Harbor
Spitzbergen
Spitzigen
Bank Building Sets Palestine Construction Speed Record
A Tel Aviv bank organized by American residents quickly erected a three story building to replace an expiring lease. Three work shifts operated under electric arc lights, making it the tallest structure in Tel Aviv with banking quarters, clubrooms, and a roof garden offering views of the Mediterranean and Judean hills.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Mediterranean Sea
Judea
Long-distance fast ends as Bela Vicsey begins tour
Bela Vicsey in Budapest completed a 70 day fast with only minimal water intake then launched a lecture tour to recruit followers for his sect. Authorities and doctors noted the extreme fasting while Vicsey promotes his religious movement to converts.
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Budapest
Bela Vicsey
Bavaria Population Rises to 7,808,677 in Census
Munich reports Bavaria’s population at 7,808,677 in the latest census. The figure marks an increase since 1919 and 516,440 since 1910, reflecting regional demographic growth.
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Munich
Bavaria
Winnipeg Street Named Valor Road for Victoria Cross Heroes
Winnipeg residents honor three local Victoria Cross recipients by renaming their street Valor Road. A memorial lamp was unveiled at Portage Avenue intersection by the Women's Canadian Club. Of the three, only Lieut. Col Robert Shankland survived. FP W Hall and Leo Clark died in the war.
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Winnipeg, Man
Winnipeg
Valor Road
Women’s Canadian Club
Portage Avenue
Robert Shankland
FP. W. Hall
Leo Clark
Prince of Wales to visit Chile with grand royal program
Preparations for the Prince of Wales September visit to Santiago include a fete filled with British and Chilean emblems. He will review the Chilean fleet at Valparaiso, attend polo and rodeo events, view horseman ship displays, and attend two grand balls.
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Santiago
Chile
Prince of Wales
Arntine
Valpariso
Valparaiso
Republic
Andes
Gaelic town names face popularity test in Ireland
Dublin notes a shift back from Gaelic titles as Bray returns to Bri Chualann, and Dun Laoghaire keeps its Gaelic form while Kingstown reverts to Dunleary. The public resists many Gaelic spellings despite official sanction, with Dublin still known as Dublin and few using its Gaelic name.
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Dublin
Bray
Kingstown
Dun Laoghaire
Kingatown
Dunleary
Pan American roads congress set for Buenos Aires
The first Pan American roads congress will meet in Buenos Aires from October 3 to 13 with U S and most Central and South American republics represented. Officials and road promotion groups including automobile clubs and engineering societies will attend. US delegates include H H Rice of General Motors Thomas M MacDonald of the Bureau of Public Roads William A Sherwell Frank Page Charles M Babcock Frank J Bishop and William F E Hill.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Central
South America
H. H. Rice
General Motors Company
Thomas M
Amundsen Receives Warm Welcome in Spitzbergen
At Kingsbay on Aug 29 the Amundsen expedition met a hearty greeting from Knudsen director of Kings Bay Coal Co. The American backer Lincoln Ellsworth was initiated into a blood brotherhood rite by Knudsen who shed tears of joy and embraced the explorers in a ceremonial wine toast.
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Ny Aalesund
Kingsbay
Spitabergen
Polar
Pole
Knudsen
Kingsbay Coal Company
Swaya
Amundsen
Tern
Spitzbergen
Nail
Seattle
Wash
Klondyke
Lincoln Ellsworth
Mummified Woman Found Preserved at Vatella
Naples reports a local resident Rosa Scarpa who died in 1912 was found mummified at Vatella in Salerno province. Clothes remained petrified yet colored, prompting authorities to open a neighboring grave whose corpse had decayed. Locals view the preservation as a miracle.
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Naples
Vatella
Salerno
Rosa Scarpa
Italian trade slumps as deficit rises in 1925 reports
Rome reports a deteriorating trade balance with a deficit of 1,257,251,187 lire in April 1925 following a peak in early 1924 and a brief improvement in February. The department statistics trace the slump from 873,964,006 lire in April 1924 to 708,446,218 lire in January 1925 before the sharp rise in April 1925.
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Rome
Peagury Department
Farm Machinery Imports in Argentina Reach 1924 Total
Buenos Aires reports that farm machinery imports from the United States in 1924 totaled nearly 17 million dollars, up four million from 1923. Included were 4,086 threshers, 46,497 plows, 4,874 harvesters and reapers, and tractors.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Spitbergen Law Sparks Norwegian Debate Across Islands
Oslo Aug 29 AP Norwegians split over the new Spitzbergen law integrating the Svalbard archipelago into Norway. Supporters tout national prestige and Arctic access. critics warn of new administration costs and increased government oversight of coal, production, exports, and private wireless stations. Initial 1925 26 estimates set 240000 crowns for administration with 80000 crowns from export duties.
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Oslo
Norway
New Svalbard
Spitzbergen
Kingdom of Norway
Paris
Perforvid
Iceland
Greenland
Arctic Ocean
Denmark
Svalbard
London Night Population Falls Behind Day Count
London census figures show the city’s day population at 436,715 versus 13,709 at night. Suburban districts Hornsey Leyton Fast Ham Hanwell and Walthamstow host the largest daytime populations as workers commute to the financial center akin to Wall Street.
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London
Hornsey
Leyton
Fast Ham
Hanwell
Walthamstow
New York
Wall Street
Scientific Deep Sea Expedition Sails From Hamburg
A private funded expedition led by Dr. Merz of the Berlin Institute of Oceanography completed an Atlantic crossing 14 times between America and Africa. The cruise mapped deep warm currents, found nutrients for marine life, and plans to head to Bouvet Island then the southern polar regions.
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Hamburg
Cape Town
Atlantic
America
Africa
North Atlantic
Equator
Merz
Berlin Institute of Oceanography
Polar
Bouvet Island
Mikasa To Become Floating Naval Museum Off Tokosuka
The warship Mikasa will not be scrapped but converted into a floating museum near Tokosuka. It will be reconstructed into a showcase for relics and papers from the Russo Japanese War, honoring the vessel's service in the Japan Sea battle.
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Tokio
Mikasa
Tokosuka
Americans excel in Oxford final exams say AP report
The Oxford honor list shows Americans at the university outperforming the average English student and nearly equaling college scholarship holders. Americans have long led law school first classes and medical exam tops, with Rhodes scholars noting Latin unneeded as they master Roman law.
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Oxford
Eng
America
Rhodes
New England
Missouri
Idaho
Michigan
New York State
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