Germany's ex kings still able to keep wolf away from door
Berlin reports German royal ex rulers remain financially comfortable after 1918. The ex king of Prussia led with an annual income near 18 million marks plus 3 million for running expenses, funded partly by the Prussian civil list. After abdication, William II received millions from the state and Reich, with the biggest gain from selling Wilhelmstrasse palace. The Hohenzollern clan still collects 600,000 marks yearly until final settlement. Other sovereigns also prosper, living as millionaires despite republican rule.
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Berliner Morgenpost
Prussia
Imperial Court
Royal Household
Morgenpost
William II
State
Wilhelm Strasse
Hohenzollern
Americans Seek Gold in Dutch Guiana Attract Admiration
The Hague reports Baron A J van Heemstra governor of Dutch Guiana praises American efforts in Surinam. Engineers seek a rich lode inland, while locals applaud Americans for swift air transport cutting slow river travel.
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The
Hague
A. J. van Heemstra
Dutch Guiana
Govenor
Surinam
Buenos Aires Buses Travel Bad Roads
Buenos Aires faces rising motor bus accidents as hundreds of buses operate in crowded streets. Officials rush safety measures amid collisions and upsets blamed on light bus construction overloading rivalry with taxis and weak regulations. Motormen and taxi drivers clash over speed and routes, while passengers oppose speed limits.
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Buenos Aires
Wall Papers Take Saner Arrangement
London. May 2. Professor Henry G. Dowling urged the Royal Society of Arts to shift from futuristic wallpaper patterns to more sensible designs. He said walls dominate a home's look and rooms risk a boarding house feel if wall treatment is ignored.
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London
Henry G. Dowling Speaki
Royal Society
Dowling
British Women Go Back to the Farm
London May 2 AP reports a new back to the land movement by the Women s Farm and Garden association led by Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll to supply women farm workers during peak seasons. The drive aims to help farmers with picking fruit milking horse and pig care and other chores when male labor is scarce. The group already furnishes skilled women and now plans to provide feminine workers for general farm tasks due to rising demand.
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London
Women’’s
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Arden Association
Frem Saar
Foreign banks may get funds under Finnish war reserve plan
A Finnish report recommends a 100000 marks state cash reserve to be deposited with foreign banks under the exchequer. It also proposes a 100000000 marks reserve to replace the old foreign bond holdings. The plan envisions future emergency funds in bonds but held as cash deposits abroad. Action awaits government and possible legislature approval.
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Helingsfors
Finland
State Exchequer Department
Statskontoret
Sopot Sricame
Air power threat urged to curb civilization ruin
British writer J M Spaight warns in his new book Air Power and War Rights that without regulating air power nations risk catastrophic civilian destruction in a future European war. He cites Hague rules and argues bombing should target only war property to prevent total civilization collapse.
Singing Moro Wins Chess Championship
Datu Alip, a Moro from Lanao Mindanao, won the Philippine islands chess championship in a 16-player event. He finished with 32 wins, one loss, and one draw from 34 games, learning the game from his father as a boy of 14 who also placed fourth.
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Manila
Datu Alip
Philippine Islands
Datu
Alip
Lanao
Mindanao
Artists Now Paging Old King’s Barber
Malmesbury Wiltshire May 2 The city authorities seek the color and cut of Old King Athelstan whiskers who died in 925 They have studied books statues and archives without result yet they press on A fund is raised for a stained glass portrait of King Athelstan in the town hall to honor his drive out of the Danes 1000 years ago
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Malmesbury
Wiltshire
England
Athelstan
American buys costly Britwell library collection
London May 2 AP reports another portion of the Britwell library was sold totaling 75 830 pounds. Dr. Rosenbach of Philadelphia paid 50 454 dollars for items including Anone and Paris a 1594 Elizabethan quarto. He bought The Song of Songs 1621 and other notable works for substantial sums raising Britwell sales to 2 460 330 dollars across nineteen sections.
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London
Britwell Court
Rosenbach
Philadelphia
Paris
Shakespear
Robert Avylett
Solomon
Roger Breston
Thomas Lodge
Sir David Lindsay
Meriea
John Robinson
Pilgrim Fathers
Britwell
Giant stainless steel airship R 101 planned for India link
London May 2 AP England's large airship the R 101 will be built with stainless steel and two decks for 100 passengers. It will use heavy gas oil instead of gasoline reducing fire risk. Keel laid July plans foresee 720 feet length 140 feet diameter with flights to India via the great western airway starting in 1926.
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London
England
India
Air Ministry
Great Western Airway
Poor Pay Homage to Lisbon Actress
Lisbon crowds obstructed streets as Angela Pinto the popular actress lay in state her last resting place drew a massive turnout. The idol of the people she spanned comic opera to tragedy with roles of the women of the people beggars and elderly poor who had been aided by her watched as her bier passed.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Angela Pinto
Onur
Angela
Street sweeper joins Glasgow school board
Glasgow May 2 AP James Brownlie a street sweeper who has served five years on the city education authority was elected again to the board He will keep his street job as his union brothers will fill in during meetings He is a voracious reader with no interest in sports and devotes spare time to books for learning
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Glasgow
James Brownie
City Education Authority
Brownlie
Independent Art Salon shows grim view of modern art
London reports that educators debate girls' practical skills versus career aims while Paris reviewers describe a revolutionary Independent Art Salon featuring Lenine in smithy garb, anarchic portraits, bold nude studies, and cacophonous machine imagery.
Hawaiian Monarch Honored St. Patrick
In Honolulu on May 2 AP reports a tale of a wandering Irishman influencing King Kamehameha III to celebrate his birthday on March 17. The king kept that date for life, while some records still claim August 11.
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Honolulu
Hawaian Islands
Hawaii
Kamehameha III
Amehamela
St. Patrick
Ex-officers of Britain face long unemployment
London May 2 AP There are more than 18 000 British ex officers who served in the war and have not found work since the armistice The appointments department of the ministry of labor says they are nearly all highly skilled men Baronets pre war directors and barristers seek jobs daily employers urged to aid in finding positions for the remaining men on the unemployed list since 1918 the department has placed about 80 000 former officers and men
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London
J. M. Spaight
Mr. Spaight
Spaight
Ministry of Labor
Japan enacts drastic law to curb Bolshevist activity
Tokio May 2 AP The new maintenance of public order act targets communist influence in peacetime Japan. It imposes up to ten years for forming or joining groups seeking constitutional change or property harm, seven years for discussing such matters, five years for receiving or contributing funds, and aims to curb Red propaganda amid labor clashes and turbulent diet debates.
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Japan
Pigs to be tattooed for identification in England
London May 2 AP Pigs in England will be tattooed for identification. The Large Black Pig Society invites ink makers to develop a reliable tattoo system as ear notches and numbered ribbons prove unsatisfactory for black and blonde pigs and even cattle.
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London
England
Black Pig Society
Berkshire
Fashion shows on for working girls in London
Special displays of business suits by mannequins for shop girls and office workers in London are held at convenient hours after work. The shows start around five o'clock with music and tea. Each model is clearly priced for cash and installment purchases.
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London
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