The Cathedral of the Movies and the Carillon
York describes a grand temple of cinema, a 200 by 115 foot complex seating 6,000 with 4,000 more in foyer. Its organ has three consoles, a 110 musician pit, and cooling systems. theater cost about 8 million dollars weekly operation 480000. The piece also notes the New York Rockefeller carillon with 53 bells weighing over 110000 pounds.
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York
Glm
Europe
America
Park Avenue Baptist Church
New York City
John D. Rockefeller
England
Unilon
Ancient perfumes traced from Arabia to Palestine
The text notes perfumes long enjoyed in early civilizations. It cites Jewish temple incense practices and usage by Egyptian, Roman, and Grecian women. It suggests perfumer's art likely originated in Arabia and spread to Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Palestine.
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Arabia
Egypt
Greece
Rome
Palestine
Midget Coal Mine In Yorkshire Hauls Coal From Hillside
The smallest coal mine in Great Britain sits high in Yorkshire near Tan Tin where workers drive a tunnel two miles long into the hillside. Local coal sells at 8 a ton but must be fetched by cart. Farmers bring in customers and form the mine's best buyers.
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Great Britain
Tantin
Varmerg
Carta
Oife
Iceberg Types Describe Solid Bergs and Drydocks
Observers distinguish two iceberg forms solid bergs and drydocks. The solid type sits low in water with rounded sides and slight tipping. The drydock type has two high sides with a low passage, and it moves through water with a majestic, steplike descent.
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Tee
Proper Time to Cut Hair and Moon Phases
A London seer advises cutting hair just before the new moon to avoid disruption. He claims rain and vegetation sap rise during a full moon, drawing sap away from the head and affecting growth.
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London
barr-Elgin
Great Human Virtue of Self-Denial and Joy
A reflective note extols self-denial as a path to success and nobility. It links restraint with joy and hope, opposing failure, meanness, sorrow, and despair while urging steady acceptance of achievement. The prose frames virtue as disciplined living.
Outpaced Veterans Struggle on Major Tracks This Season
The aging jockeys led by Meyer Luther Robertson and Tazelone fail to match last winter’s form on top circuits. New York Chicago and Canadian tracks see younger riders Keily Doggett Elston Pool Garner and Fator’s eastern stables posting more wins as veterans lag.
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Cece Mere Ren
Sande
Fator
Lang
Pool
G. Meyer
Luther
Robertson
Leonard
Inzelone
Rennie
Woolf
Ind
C. Meyer
Kentucky
Tla Juana
Cuba
New York
le Metropolitan
Oriental Park
Tazelone
G Meyer
Chicago
J. R. Keily
R. Doggett
Awa
H. Elston
B. Pool
W. Garner
Lshneeh
Canada
George Fields
Ambrose
Lavergne Fator
Lars Sande
Safety engineer cites science to back women drivers
Robert Clair, safety engineer and National Safety Council chair, argues for women as safer drivers. He cites polls of 100 men and 100 women, plus 300 commercial drivers, finding 74 percent of men doubt, 84 percent of women support, in favor of women’s careful driving. Dr. B A Moss of George Washington University tested danger signal responses, showing women students as reliable or more so than men and more consistent.
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Robert Clair
National Safety Council
Clair
B. A. Moss
Department of
George Washington University
Moss
Sunny Jim Shines for St Louis Cardinals in NL Spotlight
The St Louis Cardinals praise fielder Sunny Jim a hard hitting star in the National League. Teammates nicknamed him Sunny Jim for his bright play and steady presence in the lineup.
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Dimottomley
St Louis Cardinals
Suny Jim
Different Bats Swung by Stars
The article notes bats used by Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig Tris Speaker Ty Cobb Eddie Roush Paul Waner Al Simmons Eddie Collins and others with weights from 34 to 50 ounces and lengths around 34 37 inches. It describes variations in handle thickness and mentions a 42 inch regulatory limit not used by any star. Collins once used a fungo stick to end a batting slump.
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Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Gehrig
Ruth
Stuth
Ling
Babe
Gelrig
Tris Speaker
Hornsby
Heilman
Chase
Cobb
Harry da
Harry
Davis
Eddie Roush
New York Giants
Paul Waner
Paul
al Simmons
Athletics
Sturdy
St. Louis Browns
Eddie Collins
Chicago White Sox
Kid Gleason
Collins
Secret Radio Speech Device Demonstrated at Wisconsin
At the University of Wisconsin engineering building Sergius P. Grace demonstrated a machine that translates unintelligible speech into clear English for radio secrecy. He showed an artificial larynx, a finger vibration telephone receiver for the deaf, and methods to reduce cost of long distance calls by using finer lines.
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India
University of Wisconsin Engineering
Mailsun Unite
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Sergius P. Grace
Telephone Laboratory
Radio Transmissiu
Grace
Unusual Names Captivate Imagination Across Nations
The piece notes how distinctive names shape fame in sports and public life. It cites Stegers Hornsby and Bebe Stytl as examples influenced by their unusual names, with quotes from James Stussell Lowell on how such syllables appeal and aid recognition.
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4 Nation
Stegers Hornsby
Miller Hagging
Bebe Stytl
Joe Smith
Wortune
James Stussell Lowell
Railroads Test Eight-Tube Receiver on Train to England
Experiments aboard a Southern railway train used an eight-tube receiver to England. Two electric phonograph amplifiers aided the setup and reported results as fairly successful.
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Southern Railway
England
Women and men misjudge each other in Howe’s Monthly tone
A reflective aside on marital misperception where men overestimate wives and wives overestimate men. It notes men are often fools about women while women know the truth, highlighting gendered perceptions in Howe’s Monthly.
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Howe
Loop Aerial Not Always Reliable for Directional Use
The directional effect of loop aerials varies by locality and installation. Metal lath wiring steel girders and other factors alter the directed signal, often puzzling new owners who expect precise pointing and thereby miss the chance for best results.
Women drivers judged capable by science, says Clair
Clair argues there is no physical or psychological reason women cannot drive well and notes women log far fewer miles than men. He contends that high mileage and peak traffic hours bias accident statistics against women while asserting science supports equal driving ability.
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Clair
Hogan 2 Real Giant J Francis Hogan Traded by Boston
The giant catcher Francis Hogan, obtained from Boston in the Hornsby trade, faced difficulty finding a uniform large enough to fit his frame. The deal also referenced Rogers Hornsby.
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Francis Hogan
Boston
Ogers Hornsby
Automobiles in Ireland Auction Yield Odd Bids
At an Ireland auction two cars sold for 31 cents each while a wheelbarrow fetched 2.37 dollars. The note mentions cave min and rapid wheels, and observes rising female interest in car education in Italy amid Turkey’s prewar vehicle absence. The current registry lists 6000 passenger cars 1500 motor trucks and buses 3000 tractors and 400 motorcycles.
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Ireland
Turkey
Prize fighters to earn a million per bout eyed
Sports notes report prize fighters are linked to a million dollar per bout deal while 2sco Dora, long skeptical of racketeers, now imagines tennis champions occupy that echelon. Ray Gardner a standout shortstop for New Orleans is celebrated as a top talent.
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Dora
Ray Gardner
New Orleans
Baseball News from 1920s Baseball World
Summary of multiple early 20th century baseball notes including Dane inventing a speedy tractor metaphor, a Tokyo incident where a pedestrian was beaned, Billy Jurges sold to the Chicago Cubs, Larry Benton praised as a top pitcher, Tor Nash assignment to Buffalo for seasoning, Frank Lockhart’s Indy pace note, Boots Fairbrother becoming a trainer in New York, Earnest Orsatti recalled from the Minneapolis option, and Sarazen's turf career earnings with mention of other famous horses Aan o War and Exterminister.
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Sarazen
Zey
Exterminister
Aan O' War
Kangaroo Court Notes Return Convict B0099
A terse item notes the returned convict and mentions the previously seen executioner still lingering. The brief suggests a continuing theme of disorder or mock justice surrounding the convict and figures tied to past proceedings.
Albany Authors Call Murder a Minor Crime in State Crime View
Knight of the Bownean commission states murder is a relatively minor crime in New York, comprising about one percent of felonies. The report notes crime patterns, cites 1926 27 murder figures, and discusses burglary, assault, and the impact of typhecal sentences under Baumes laws.
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Albany
Knight
Xalon
Bownean Commission
New York State
United’ States
Leopold-Loeb
Hall-Ming
Snyder-Gray Caves
New York City
Ensoy
Cy Xi
Ine Teno Nae
Tosca
Knights In Armored Joust Staged In Stockholm
A medieval joust reenactment in Stockholm used authentic armor and weapons with iron relics from the Stockholm museum. Dr. Ernst Klein supervised the event where coats of mail helmets swords and shields were reproduced and fitted to each participant weighing about 110 pounds per fighter. Young Stockholm garrison members served as the combatants and horses wore ornamental saddle cloths.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ernst Klein
Divers Hunt 10 Million in Gems From Torpedoed Ship
Italian divers seek ten million dollars in uncut diamonds aboard the Belgian steamer Num Wer which was torpedoed off St Nazaire in September 1917. The Congo state output is aboard and the Belgian government hired the salvage ship Artiglio to recover the gems.
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St. Nazaire
France
Congo
Om Safe
Boa Artiglio
Ls 9 Pn
Chinese Printer Wins 56955 in Semiannual Race
Fractured OCR reports a Chinese printer from Menteln winning a race prize of 56 966 dollars with $10 sweep tickets. The piece mentions a monthly wage around $40 and a long wartime context, noting the prize impact on his independence for life, while suggesting the wartime setting affected perceptions.
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Peking
Menteln
Black
He's Worth It New York
The highest paid phone operator is reported at $8,500 a year from a Fifth Avenue jewelry firm. Gustine W. Hanley, forty-one, is noted for long service and consistent performance in the role.
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New York
W. Hanley
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