Anglo-American friendship highlighted by Northwestern president
Chicago Northwestern University President Lynn Hough, back from England, says serious Englishmen view Anglo-American friendship as world’s hope. He notes Britain's debt to America, trade imbalance, and possible policy shifts including prohibition and debt forgiveness as factors shaping postwar ties.
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Lynn Harold Hough
Northwestern University
England
America
Hough
Fisher
English Board of Education
Britain
France
Lord Beaverbrook
Mauretania
Sea yields up evidence in Alameda dog collar case
Charles Elias of Oakland finds a dog collar stamped with J. J. Bliss Alameda 1894 that ties to a missing Black person from Alameda 24 years ago. A visitor once offered to buy the man bound for Alaska. the collar may point to the chain of events, possibly tied to shipwrecks along the coast.
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Cal
California
Oregon
Charles Elias
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J. J. Bliss
Bliss
Alaska
Toilers Spend Lavishly in London Villages
London reports a rise in living standards as extra wages raise spending. Bicycles and motorcycles spark garage growth. dancing and whist clubs proliferate with costly prizes. Sociologists say the trend reflects a lasting social change and greater comfort.
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London
England
Mosquito Menace Emerges on Murmansk Front
Allied troops on the Murmansk front report Arctic mosquitoes as a tougher foe than Bolsheviks. A U.S. soldier jokes that after the war he will organize an expedition to hunt them for their ivory, noting the insects bite and then vanish into the trees.
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Kem
Lapland
Murmansk
Skeletons Found In Ulster Farm Area Unearths Second Find
Towanda Pa Paul Scott who found the skeleton of an Indian in the road in front of his Ulster home has unearthed another and larger skeleton near the same spot. The Scott farm area is rich in Indian lore with numerous relics and arrowheads tracked nearby.
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Towanda
Paul Scott
Ulster
Scott
Plan to Reclaim Disabled Yanks From War Injuries
The federal government pursues a four year program to rehabilitate up to 50,000 disabled veterans through vocational training and education. About 110,135 injured servicemen have been surveyed with 14,876 approved for training and 7,356 placed. A central Washington board reviews roughly 1,000 cases daily, with many rejected under current law.
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Federal Board For
Federal Board
Congress
War Risk Bureau
Vocational Education Board
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Army
Ruling Defines Cider Vinegar and Apple Product Labels
The U.S. Department of Agriculture bureau of chemistry rejects labeling dried apple product vinegar as cider vinegar. It requires clear designation that the product comes from dried apples, not fresh juice, to protect buyers.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department In Food Inspection
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Department
Edith the Nifty One in a Family Tale
A slender young woman named Edith earns the nickname nifty after a playful postal joke. Virginia, six, begins using the word, prompting a humorous family moment when the Bishop and minister visit and receive the same compliment about Edith.
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Edith
Virginia
Roaches Replace Fairies In Childs Tale
A kindergarten lesson about fairies becomes a reveal of daily life when Marie speaks of nightly fairies on the lawn and Jerry adds that their “fairies” enter the home and carpet the floor, though their dad calls them roaches.
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Marie
Jerry
Fearful Sister Narrows Path in Street Collision Scene
An older sister and her young brother Don, aged two and four respectively, walk along a street where a lamp post has been snapped by an automobile. She pleads with him to move on, acting as a mother figure to curb his willful insistence on delaying.
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Don
Another Cousin A Little Angeleno Boy Visits Kin
A short reminiscence from Los Angeles about a young boy who spent weeks with multiple cousin families in the Fast. Upon returning home his mother recalls Goc’s kindness and the boy asks about a cousin named Gola.
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Sey
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