Rich liquor cargo on captured boat at Savannah port
A two masted schooner named Hyde carrying 9809 quarts of fine liquor including champagne absinthe and German beer was seized near Fernandina and brought to Savannah. Authorities question its British registry and Nassau clearance papers list St Pierre Miquelon as destination.
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Ravannah
Charles Ho Hyde
Savannah
Raciay
Hyde
Fernandina
Nassau
United States
Bahama Fisheries Companys Finet
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Newfoundland
Canary Training Nightingale Song Under Phonograph
Thremerhaven Germany Aug 11 canaries taught to sing nightingales via phonograph records by August Mumme. He raises birds from eight weeks old placing them near real nightingales with no other bird songs allowed. The birds imitate the nightingale and respond to recordings, achieving frequent singing sessions.
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Thremerhaven
Germany
August Mummer
Bremerhaven
Canarias
Mumme
Mumame
Carary Nightinga
Argentin a seeks League join pledge ahead of Geneva assembly
President Alverr units Argenta to join the League of Nations covenant as the Geneva assembly opens September 1. Argentina has been invited to send delegates. The message recalls prior congress tests on June 6 and 23 and states action can proceed without a separate resolution.
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Rivenos Aires
Alverr
Coness
Argentina
League of Nate
League Assembly
Geneva
Argenta
Congress
Michaelson Accepts Lima Appointment
Chicago Aug 21 Prof Albert A Michaelson head of the physics department at the University of Chicago has accepted appointment as a scientific representative of the United States at the Pan American Scientific congress starting December 20 in Lima Peru The State Department in Washington made the appointment regarded as a top government honor Prof Michaelson a winner of the Nobel Prize for physics.
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Chicago
Albert A. Michaelson
University of Chicago
United States
Lima
Peru
State Department
Washington
Michaelson
Auto Covers Route of Exodus in 4 Hours
A small American automobilist today, in four hours, did what the Israelites 40 years to accomplish in their exodus from Egypt to Palestine. He crossed the Sinai desert, the barren stretch between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba, a distance of about 130 miles.
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Jerusalem
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Palestine
Sinai Desert
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Akabah
Bear cub arrives in Berlin after 1200 mile plane flight
A month-old bear cub named Tatjana arrived at Berlin Zoo from Moscow today after a 1200 mile air journey. The bear cub appeared to enjoy the trip and entertained plane passengers with her witty antics.
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Berlin
Fraulein Tatjana
Moscow
Silk Truck Robbery Stuns Madison Square in New York
Six armed men halted a silk truck in Madison Square New York today and escaped with the vehicle and silk worth about 50 600. The chauffeur and helper were forced into a sedan at gunpoint and later pitched from the car. Two robbers fled on the truck while four escaped in the sedan, witnessed by many pedestrians.
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New York
Madison Square
Faur
Harriman seeks cut in alimony in high profile case
D C Harriman, Oliver Harriman's grandson, asks Supreme Court to cut alimony from 6000 to 360 dollars monthly amid divorce. Referee Mills recommends the reduction. Harriman argues he cannot afford more than 60 dollars monthly. Justice Tompkins to decide.
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Nyack
Oliver Carney Harriman
Oliver Harriman
Hisbee Harriman
NL Mills
Mount Vernon
Supreme Court
Pumpkins
Harriman
George W. de- Jace Harriman
Justice Tompkins
Harriet Hewitt
Babe Ruth Makes Hit in Good Samaritan League
New York August 21 Babe Ruth knocks a homer in the Good Samaritan league today. A motor truck driver, Barney Shane, fined 50 dollars for blocking Ruth's car paid only 35, with the judge forcing the remaining 16 via workhouse. Ruth offered to cover but Shane kept his 35. Magistrate Smith quipped batting average 1,000.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Good Samaritan League
Barney Shane
Shane
Ruth
Magistrate Smith
Fraternity Stunt Leads Boys in Burglary Probe
In Chicago on August 21 three boys were held by police after saying they were breaking into a store as part of a college fraternity initiation. One boy, James Riddel, grandson of County Recorder Haas, gave an assumed name. A fourth youth fled after dodging police bullets.
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Chicago
Joseph Haas
James Riddel
Recorder Haas
Joe Kordick
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