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May 18, 1924

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AMONG THE NEW PLAYS; Mixed Marriages: a Word to the Unco Guid -- Lew Fields as a Classic Composer -A Not Too Wonderful Visit

By John Corbin

All God's Chillun Got Wings, Melody Man and Wonderful Visit

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AMERICAN FLIERS REACHED JAPAN IN TWO LONG HOPS; Jumped From Attu to Komandorski, Russian Island, and Thence to Paramashiru.

By Unknown Author

details of flight to Japan; success in crossing Pacific Ocean; plans for further flight

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SAFETY LESSON TOLD BY 12,000 MARCHERS; Picturesque Parade in Fifth Avenue Emphasizes the Need to "Watch Your Step."

By Unknown Author

New York tried to "sell" the idea of safety in the streets yesterday to all her people, and every industry and activity in the city that touches on the problem joined in a parade up Fifth Avenue to show how it could be done. The prime mover in the Safety Day Parade was the Bureau of Public Safety in the Police Department, of which Barron Collier, Special Deputy Police Commissioner, is the head.

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Brown to Confer New Chemistry Degree.

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new chemistry degree will be conferred

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YANKS BEAT BROWNS BEFORE 40,000 FANS; Drive Danforth From Mound in Fifth and Keep League Lead With 7 to 2 Victory.

By Unknown Author

The great battle for first place at the Yankee Stadium yesterday was not a battle at all, as had been advertised, but a rout. When the last returns were in, the Yanks were still at the top. The Browns were somewhere below the top and the country was safe. Some 40,000 fans watched the Yanks score a 7-to-2 victory with unconcealed pleasure.

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