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...Johann Gensfleisch, called Gutenberg from the birthplace of his mother, Elsgen Wyrich, is thought to have printed this Bible. But Peter Schoffer and Johann Fust were also commercializing this newly devised method at that time (the middle of the 15th Century), and may possibly have done the work. Gutenberg never put his imprint on anything. But certainly in 1454 he printed and dated Pope Nicholas V's letter of indulgence on behalf of the King of Cyprus, the first dated piece of separate-type printing and the forerunner of this Bible...
...followed by Herr Johann Schober, the Viennese Chief. After relating how he once became Premier of Austria for a year, he reported...
Died. Dr. Johann Palisa, 77, Austrian astronomer, director of the Vienna University Observatory; in Vienna. He discovered 124 minor planets without photographic...
Last week was "Colonial Week"−a reminder that 60,000,000 Germans living in an overpopulated country still have colonial aspirations. At a semi-scientific meeting, at which Reichsbank President Schacht and Explorer Duke Johann von Mecklenburg were present, the "Bayer 205" serum against sleeping sickness was discussed in relation to its possible utility in Africa. The right for Germany to coöperate in exterminating that dread disease was claimed. Underneath this talk was the conviction that Germany's lost African colonies should be restored, since German scientists can make Africa healthy and safe for humanity...
...Music, written by Conductor Ignatz Waghalter, smacks more of Puccini than of Sullivan, Offenbach or Johann Strauss. A sudden transition or two, a waltz emerging from a cantilena, a trio for three men in the first act, a machine-made quartet in the second-these were enlivening...