English Women Embrace Racehorse Ownership Widely
Newmarket May 16 AP Women in England take a larger role in horse racing with nearly 300 women owning flat or straight horses and many more involved in steeplechasing and national hunt events. Notable entries include Mrs. J B Brunel Cohen who bought Hideaway after its win and plans further purchases. Women have yet to win the Derby or license riding under Jockey Club rules, though progress in ownership and breeding is evident with record creators like Mrs C Sofer Whitburn and Lady Torrington.
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Newmarket
England
Fedt
British Isles
J. B. Brunel Cohen
Kempton
Ashford
Hadeaway
James Douglas
Gainsborough
Lady Douglas
Lady Nelson
Henry Peel
C. Sofer Whitburn
Eleanor
Torrington
A. Jeffrey
Royal Hunt
J. Rudd
Ebor
Lady Sykes
Lord Derby
Jockeylab
Generous Tourists Welcomed Brazil
Rio de Janeiro May 16 AP Rare tourists leave Brazil with souvenirs such as aquamarines butterfly wings and green beetles. A local jeweler sold about 4000 aquamarines for 20000 to 385 American travelers aboard a tour steamer. Mospho blue butterfly wings fetch about 10000 pairs annually, with wings supplied by interior poor residents.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Danish critic Brandes deems European culture a thing of the past
Berlin lecture by 84 year old Danish critic George Brandes argues Europe is unprepared for a world war aftermath. He cites fires of conflagration in 1913 and notes press influence on cultural development since the war. He discusses France and Russia as examples of shifting culture.
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Berlin
George Brandes
Europe
Brandes
Paris
France
Es Randes
Russia
China
New Theory Challenges Septuagint Origins in Bible Study
Professor Franz Wutz of Eichstatt argues that the Septuaginta largely reproduces Hebrew words written in Greek letters. He claims Greek-Hebrew texts were used as early as 206 B C for translations, offering new insight into biblical literature and the original Hebrew text of the Old Testament. Rudolf Kittel notes the potential impact of these discoveries.
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Rudolf Kittel
Wutz
Kittel
Rhodesia Sees New Epoch as Cotton Grows
London reports former Southern Rhodesia agriculture director Eric A Nobles predicts a cotton era in Rhodesia with experimental plantings in 1923 proving favorable. He notes some districts show promise, forecasts 60 000 acres for 1925, and cites poor odds for a local spinning industry due to climate and labor commitments.
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London
Rhodesia
Eric A. Nobles
Southern Rhodesia
Tourists Head for American Shores
Swedish travelers surge toward the United States while immigration limits curb emigration to 9 561 in 1925. Canadian authorities welcome North country farmers and cooperate in distribution. Swedes also plan regular guided tours through eastern and central states with all expenses paid.
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Gothenburg
United States
Canada
Atlantic
Middle Western
Vienna sees 7129 entertainments despite crisis
Vienna city councillor Herr Breitner says the city hosted 7,129 entertainments between January 1 and March 20, all paying amusement taxes, denying claims Vienna is dead socially amid Austria’s economic crisis.
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Vienna
Herr Breitner
Austria
Channel Wrecks Hobble English Fishing Fleet
Brixham fishermen report severe losses of trawling gear due to war wrecks in the English Channel. A council meeting proposed a government compensation scheme funded by German reparations, with owners bearing part of the risk and premiums for insurance. One owner said he lost five sets of trawling gear over two years as wrecks crowd coastal waters within 39 miles of shore.
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Brixham, Eng
English Channel
Brixham
Reuben King
Sonal Bye
Aa Sealee Etyes
Painted Lady butterflies migrate from Africa to Iceland
London May 16 AP reports that the Painted Lady butterfly travels vast distances from North Africa through the Middle East to southern Europe and even Iceland. Entomologist Co B Williams notes descendants of deserts reach Iceland in July, with many factors about nocturnal overwater flight and return journeys still unknown.
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London
Turkey
England
Co. B. Williams
Ministry of Agriculture
Nature
North
Africa
Asia Minor
Mediterranean
Palestine
Syria
Balkan States
Egypt
Tripoli
Algeria
Europe
Scotland
Iceland
Movie in the Sky Aboard Paris London Air Express
An experimental Paris London airliner installed a cabin movie projector and showed a film to twelve passengers during a trial flight, signaling future in-flight entertainment for bored travelers.
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London
Shippers Grieved by American Immigration Restrictions
Rotterdam May 16 AP European transatlantic lines blame American immigration limits for poor year. Oil and America line says labor shortages will press American industries to compete with Europe as immigration policy persists. Polish emigrant service from Danzig to Rotterdam ended, but wealthy American travel grows, guiding future strategy.
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Rotterdam
Holland
oiland-America Line
Salls
United States
Europe
Danzig
Population of Cuba Rises by 225713 in 1924
Havana May 16 AR The population of Cuba increased 225713 during 1924, says F V Preval head of the census office. The 1924 total is 8,568,925 compared with 18,143,219 for 1928.
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Havana
Cuba
F. V. Preval
National Census Office
Europeans brains smaller today say Sir Arthur Keith
London May 16 AP Sir Arthur Keith conservator of the Royal College of Surgeons Museum and noted anthropologist says Europeans of today have smaller brains than their Ice Age predecessors from limited data Western Europe late ice age people stood taller and brains larger. He added that the mean height of modern English men is five feet six inches not five feet eight inches as once believed.
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London
Arthur Keith
Royal College of Surgeons’ Museum
Royal Institution
Arthur
Western
Europe
Dole System a Social Crime in London Debate
London May 16 AP George Landsbury, editor and socialist MP, denounced the dole system as wrecking youth character. He urged removing 18 to 25 year olds from city settlements, sending them to the country to learn work under decent conditions. Figures show unemployment benefits totaling 1.5059 billion dollars paid since the armistice.
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London
George Landsbury
House of Commons
Northing,’’ Mr. Landsbury
T. Thompson
Life extended to 150 years for sixpence per head
London may 16 AP Sir Ronald Ross argues that if Britain spends sixpence per person on scientific research, new medical knowledge could keep germs and old age at bay for centuries. He cites life expectancy gains over 80 years and predicts laboratories in every major city to hunt unseen diseases and extend human life dramatically.
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London
Sir Ronald Ross
Ronald
Sir Ronald
Britain
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Mechnikoff
Ross Institute
Donaldavers
Rainbow footwear trends brighten London streets this spring
London fashion focuses on short skirts and rainbow colored shoes as modistes cafe proprietors and shop owners push for a brighter city. Patent leather beetle wing shoes aim for street wear with iridescent greens blues and pinks, challenging white buckskin slippers though concern rises about heat comfort.
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London
Paris
Why Dogwood Got Its Name Tells A Seattle Folklore
May 16 AP Professor T C Frye of the University of Washington botany department explains the dogwood tree nameOrigin traces to old butcher practices when hot sticks of dagger wood were used to keep meat intact, later shortened to dogwood.
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Seattle
T. C. Frye
Botany Department
University of Washington
Frye
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