British Troops Prepare to Evacuate Constantinople After Lausanne
British General Harrington orders orderly withdrawal of about 12 000 troops from Constantinople six weeks after peace ratification. He urges restraint to avoid incidents and maintains security in Gallipoli Chanak and Thrace during the delicate postwar period.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Lausanne
Harrington
Golden Horn
Angola
Bosphorus
Chanak
Gallipoli
Thrace
Charles Harrington
Turkey
Circassian Lovers No More May Steal Their Brides Away
A Circassian man in Transjordania seized a Damascus widow from her sheltering group and took her to Kerak proposing marriage by capture. King Abdullah ordered the arrest and ended the custom, halting the practice among the Circas sians recruited by the British for police duty.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Santerce
Damascus
Transjordania
Kerak
Indy
Abdullah
Waterloo Veterans to Attend State Legion Convention
About 100 Becker- Chapman post American Legion members from Waterloo will represent the city at the state convention in Mason City August 16 and 17. Fourteen delegates named with 85 alternates. many will stay through August 18 for the La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux promenade. The post golf team will compete for cups, and plans to travel by motor or rail are under way with rail certificates offered for discounted fare.
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Becker- Chapman Post
American Legion
Waterloo
Mason City
la Societe Des 40 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux
Post
K. L
Douglas Bragdon
C. K. Cropper
Russell Lamson
Karl V. West
Becker-Chapman Post
Vast linguistic diversity in British empire Prof Jones states
Prof Daniel Jones, language authority, estimates 800 to 1000 distinct languages across the British empire with India alone housing about 600. He cites the era of Babel as a backdrop for the abundance of tongues spoken today.
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London
Tower of Babel
Daniel Jones
India
Love Adventure of Leopold's Daughter Ends by Poverty
Postwar poverty erodes fortunes of nobles as Princess Louise of Belgium and Capt Geza von Matta s ich face losses. Once living in Vienna palaces they move to a village after divorce, fighting her father’s will and seeking aid from Princess Stephanie Lonyay.
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Leopold
London
Louise
Belgium
Leopold II
Philip of Coburg
Capt
Geza von Mattasich
von Mattasich
Vienna
Vaughan
Ainter
Stephanie Lonyay
Austria
Stephanie
Penni less Captain Granted New Home Amid Castle Offer
The aged Toulse, now 64, agreed to depart from the castle of Oressiar in Hungary to secure the penurious captain's future. Friends found him a new residence as a result. Building permits issued for Henry F. Redincon to build a one story dwelling at 842 Kern for 1000 dollars, M. G Bald win for a garage at 607 Seventh atreet enet for 200 dollars, W. G. Miller for a garage at 1802 Mulberry for 100 dollars, and George Walton for a garage at 714 Salisbury for 100 dollars.
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Low Toulse
Oressiar
Hungary
von Mattasich
Henry F. Redincon
Kern
M. G Baldwin
Atreat Enet
W. G. Miller
Mulberry
George. Walton
Salisbury
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Japan
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Easte Fourth
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Davenport
Simmons
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Leath
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