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Ford Named as Backer of Trans-Polar Flight; Stefansson Plans Non-Stop Airplane Trip
December 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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RED POET PICTURES US AS DOLLAR MAD Money Determines Our Art, Love, Morals and Justice, He Tells Moscow Futurists. MENTALLY A HODGE-PODGE Fanciful "Impressions" Are Cheered by Long-Haired, Wild-Eyed, Latter-Day Immortals.
December 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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MUSSOLINI PLANS NEW ROMAN EMPIRE TO BE MIGHTY POWER King Is Said to Approve His Scheme to Revive Italy's Ancient Glory. VATICAN ALSO FAVORABLE Move Is Expected to Coincide With Establishment of Peace With the Pope. ADVOCATED BY D'ANNUNZIO Poet Told of His Hopes in Famo's War-Time Speech—Change Expected in Coming Year.
December 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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DRY AGENTS LIVED AS WEALTHY MEN Spent $1,000 at Washington Hotel to Get Evidence and Then Lost the Case. $279 BILL FOR ONE DINNER Report of the House Hearings Shows Dry Unit Used $200,000 to Buy Evidence.
December 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Navy Flier Claims 1925 Record Of 700 1/2 Hours, 98,000 Miles
December 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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GERMANY'S FUTURE BRIGHT, WHILE PAST WEIGHS ON FRANCE Seventh Year After War Finds a Marked Contrast Between Conquered and Victor. BERLIN'S PROBLEMS SOLVED But France Still Has Declining Currency, Budget Deficit and Crushing Debt. NO DANGER NOW OF WAR Germans Welcome Locarno Compact for Business, While the French Hail Its Protection.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Baker Makes Christmas Cake Weighing More Than a Ton
December 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Klan Watches Florida Hotels, Seeking Mrs. Kip Rhinelander
December 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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AVIATION SITUATION DECLARED ALARMING IN REPORT TO HOUSE Special Committee Says We Do Not Realize Importance of Air Power. FOR DEFENSE DEPARTMENT Annual Expenditure: of $10,000,000 by Each Service for Next Five Years Advised. OUR RANK NOT ABOVE THIRD Congress Is Urged to Determine Respective Fields of Operation of Services.
December 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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BIG POWER PROJECT FOR THE TENNESSEE EXCEEDS NIAGARA Army Survey Chief Discloses Plan for 100 Dams to Develop 4,000,000 Horse-power: 4 CONCERNS SEEK RIGHTS Applications for First 24 Dams to Generate 1,441,000 Horsepower to Be Heard Tuesday. MUSCLE SHOALS TO BENEFIT Greater Hydroelectric Resources Will Be Stored, River and Lake Navigation Made Possible.
December 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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STAGE ROOF FALLS ON COMPANY OF 60 Three Persons, Including a Principal, In 'Song of the Flame,' Badly Hurt at Wilmington. PANIC NARROWLY AVERTED Chorus Continues to Sing and Jack Haskell Calms the Puzzled Audience.
December 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Leather From Author's Skin Used in Binding of His Book
December 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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POLICEMEN'S PLEAS END ROW IN CHURCH Calm Brooklyn Baptists in a Heated Quarrel Over Ousting Minister. NOT THE PLACE FOR A FIGHT After Patrolman So Advises Them, Members of the Congregation Postpone Action.
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Scopes Conviction Stands; Defense Fails to File Bill
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Millions Hear Tolstoy by Air From Old Phonograph Record
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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British Discover the Turkey; In Big Demand for Christmas
December 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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DRAMATISTS FIGHT FILM GRIP ON STAGE Propose Defensive Alliance With Equity Against "Corner" by Fox Plan. FEAR LOSS OF SALE RIGHTS Movie Producers Would Sacrifice Stage Run, They Say—Hope to Avoid Joining A. F. of L.
December 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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600,000 IN TENIS CROWD ALL FLORIDA, MENACING HEALTH Authorities Are Struggling With the Serious Problem of Preventing Epidemic. CITIES GUARD CAMPS WELL But Rural Communities Pay Little Attention to Sanitation or Water Supply. CAMPS STEADILY INCREASING State and City Governments Handicapped by Sudden Enormous Population Increase.
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Universe May Have No Beginning or End, Renewing Itself, Says Sir Oliver Lodge
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Armenian Orphans Make Rug For White House Christmas
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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JEWELED SKELETON IS FOUND BY PROROK IN TOMB OF GODDESS Bones of Tim Hinan, the Inspiration of Tuareg Mythology, Is Unearthed in Hoggar. 15 BRACELETS ON ARMS Beads, Garnets, Carbuncles and Clothing of Variegated Colors Are Also Discovered. GOLD AND SILVER ALLOYED Antimony Was Probably Used to Harden It, Which Would Link Civilization to Carthage,
December 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Women Sell Wine at Cost To Reform Swiss Villagers
December 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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New Hats Deafen and Blind Women in London Traffic
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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TIDAL WAVE SWEEPS TWO ITALIAN TOWNS Bagnara, in Calabria, Is Devastated and Monteleone Suffers Heavily—Casualties Unknown. COLD WAVE STRIKES EUROPE England and France Are Buried in Snow—7 Bretons Drown—Floods in Portugal.
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Electric Signals Will Protect Tobogganists in the Alps
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM