Tours Center of U S Army Support Erased Traces
A U P article recalls the S O S service of supplies for the American Expeditionary Force in the Loire Valley centered on Tours. It details wartime logistics including bakeries at Is sur Tille and repair shops near Vierzon, plus hospitals, barracks, and salvage depots later removed and repurposed after peace.
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United Press
Tours
France
Bourges
Blois
Nevers
Dijon
Loire Valley
Is-sur-Tille
Europe
Vierzon
Romorantin
31St
Parcay-Meslay
S4th
Paris
Service of Supply
Chaumont
Baraguey-d’Hilliers Barracks
Marescot Barracks
Rannes Barracks
Cafe du Theatre Francais
Victor Hugo
Rue Des Ureulines
Rochambeau
Saint Pierre Des Corps
Orleans Railroad
The
U. S
Marquis de Rochambeau
Reverend Pearce to Teach at S M A Course
Reverend W M Pearce departs for Dallas to serve two weeks as instructor at the Southern Methodist University course for Texas and New Mexico pastors. London authorities plan trapping and killing two thousand pigeons near St Pauls Cathedral and other buildings under an official order.
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W. M. Pearce
Dallas
Texas
New Mexico
Southern Methodist University
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Tceot
Walt Mason and the Dream of a New Threshing Machine
A verse tale recounts how farmers toiled with old methods until a forgotten man imagined a red and green machine. The dreamer’s vision leads to a reaper and threshing system that eases labor and reshapes farming, with Mason’s moral about forward thinking.
Traits of strong leaders Demystified by Psychologists
Dr. Donald A Laird presented findings at the National Association of Office Managers in French Lick Indiana. The study with E S Corneland W L Webb and Everett Holt distinguishes strong leaders by self confidence planning organizing and willingness to take responsibility while noting many disliked associates temper and vulgar tendencies among the top executives.
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iBy
Associated Press
French Lick
Ind
National Association of Office Managers
Donald A Laird
Colgate University Psychological Laboratory
E. S. Coneland
W. L. Webb
Everett Holt
Dr. Laird
Shakespeare Out of Date in Turkish Theater Controversy
In Stamboul Turkey modernists protest Shakespeare on stage saying the plays are outdated and incomprehensible in Turkish translation. The municipal theater still performs Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream along with Turkish and Parisian works, with critics noting inventive staging such as a yellow Hamlet wig.
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Associated Press
Stamboul
Turkey
Stamboul Municipal Theater
William Shakespeare
Times
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Folonius
Ophelia
June contracts listed for 17 Texas counties
Austin June 9. Highway construction work will be awarded in 17 Texas counties at the highway commission meeting June 25. Bids will be called Monday or Tuesday. Counties include Wharton Cherokee Victoria Medina Goliad DeWitt Tarrant Ellis Dallas El Paso Palo Pinto Henderson Knox Matagorda Uvalde and San Patricio. Old bridge structures on the principal east west highway will be replaced in those counties except Palo Pinto Erath.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin
Texas
Highway Commission
Wharton
Cherokee
Victoria
Medina
Goliad
DeWitt
Tarrant
Ellis- Dallas
el Paso
Dallas
Palo Pinto
Henderson
Knox
Matagorda
Uvalde
San Patricio
Palo Pinto-Erath
Highway Department
No Funeral Plans for Dalhart Railroad Man
E. E. Sherrill, a Dalhart conductor on the Dalhart Liberal local freight, was badly hurt unloading gravel in Hooker Oklahoma yard and died later in Liberal Kansas. He served Rock Island for over 20 years and is survived by his wife and two sons Armand and William. No funeral arrangements will be made until his mother arrives from Marshall Texas.
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Dalhart
E. E. Sherrill
Marshall
Texas
Panhandle Sand and Gravel Delivers Record One Day Shipment
Panhandle Sand and Gravel Co from a plant 9 miles south of Quitaque billed 1 100 000 pounds of washed gravel to the local freight office on the seventh. The firm reports growing demand in the Panhandle for its washed product amid active building. The plant is among the West’s largest with about 250 000 dollars invested. Offices are at Roseeode.
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Quitaque
Panhandle Sand and Gravel Co
Parhandle
Rose Eode
Utilities Still Dominate Curb Market Activity
Utilities stocks led curb market trading last week amid movement in eastern states and bullish demonstrations. Oils rose on reorganization news and dividend settlement with Cosden advancing. other oils fluctuated. Mining shares gained modestly as Newmont and Noranda increased.
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iBy
Associated Press
New York
Transcontinental Preferred
Cosden
Newmont
Noranda
Fiddler Boatman Joins Ford Museum Staff
Captain Conrad Menge, a noted fiddler and river steamboat builder, leaves Fort Myers with his wife and son for Dearborn to entertain Henry Ford and assemble the Suwanee, a stern wheel steamboat destined for the Ford museum. Menge, who came to Florida in 1866, led an orchestra and earned Ford’s praise as the best old fashioned fiddler.
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Associated Press
Fort Myers
Fla
Henry Ford
Oldtimers
Conrad Menge
Dearborn
Mich
Suwanee
Ford Museum of
Menge
New Orleans
Joseph
Frederick
Caloosahatchee River
Ford
Fort Meyers
New Zealand Sees Boom in Antamobiles This Year
New Zealand forecasts a surge in antamobiles this year as industry analysts project rising demand and expansion in production. Government data and market reports indicate strong growth prospects for manufacturers and retailers.
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New Zealand
Antamobiles
Wheat production forecast signals continued surplus pressure
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture pegs winter wheat at 622,148,085 bushels for June 1, up from last year. The estimate, driven by rainfall in the plains, adds to anticipated wheat surpluses and shapes farm relief and Farm Board decisions as Senate action on the relief bill proceeds.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Federal Farm Board
Senate
Hoover
Farm Board
Department
Great Plains
Kansas
Texas
Minnesota
Takotas
Montana
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Forestry Service Half Century Old
Washington June 9 The United States began forestry activity fifty years ago with a small appropriation to survey forest resources. The 1929 Forestry Almanac, published by the American Tree Association, includes state and international forestry data and articles on Canada’s forests and forests and taxation. It is described as the only forestry almanac on the western continent and a unique reference to the science of forestry.
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Associated Press
Washington
American Tree Association
Congress
Forestry Almanac
Canada
Jeweled roads adorn mining territories
Berlin reports a street nearly paved with amethyst was sorted to the Berlin Geographical Society by Prof. Otto Quelle of Bonn University. He found the stones in Bahia Province Brazil during a visit to Ger-
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Associated Press
Berlin
Berlin Geographical Society
Otto Quelle
Bonn University
Brazil
Bahia
Ger
Agreement on Debt Affects Bond Market
Settlement of the reparations issue and easing in limits lifted foreign obligations, especially German bonds, from lows. The overall list advanced from a prior downward trend but failed to attract buyers, with turnovers in high grade issues small. The Treasury announced a 5 8 1/2 percent rate on its June 15 short notes, above the Fed discount rate, yet U S securities showed little reaction.
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Associated Press
New York
Treasury
Federal Reserve
United States
Production records rise as steel and pig iron hit new highs
Industry reports show steel mills operating at near capacity in early June with record crude steel and pig iron production. May auto output fell 6 percent from April but stayed 36 percent above 1928, while railway equipment orders supported demand and non ferrous markets firm after the reparations pact.
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Wall Street
United Steel Corporation
Colorado Springs
Erickson Honored by Minnesota Park in Duluth
The Minnesota capitalizes on Nordic heritage to honor Lief Erickson. A 40-foot rowboat named Lief Erickson, used by Capt. Gerhart Falagero and three Norwegians in 1926 to cross the Atlantic in 87 days, will be placed in a park and rechristened Erickson.
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Associated Press
Duluth
Minn
Minnesota
Lief Erickson
Gerhart Falagero
Erickson
Air colleges to be rated by Uncle Sam
Washington reports that the U S department of commerce will rate civilian flying schools after amending the air commerce act. Only five colleges are rated now, with future exams targeting barnstorming schools. The move aims to improve pilot competence and aviation safety amid growing air travel and industry needs.
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AIR Colleges
Uncle Sam
Associated Press
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Department of Commerce
Sunflower King of South Plains Plans 1500 Acres
J R Weaver of Lamesa predicts 1500 acres of sunflowers in Dawson county this year with similar totals in neighboring areas. He notes yields of six to seven hundred pounds per acre and prices of five to six cents a pound. Seed types include Manchurian and Russian. annual sunflower day is planned again.
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Lamesa
J. R. Weaver
South Plains
Dawson County
Weaver
Lubock County
Labor Party Aims for Broad International Cooperation
In the interview the Labor leader endorses cooperation with both league members and non members like the United States and Russia. He urges close Briton Russian ties while not criticizing Russia's government. He notes cabinet review of the Paris reparations report and seeks withdrawal of foreign troops from the Rhineland. He vows careful study of disarmament arbitration and to pursue Labour aims.
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League
United States
Russia
Labor Party
Soviet Union
Henderson
Paris
Rhineland
Dutch Indies Port Willemstad Refuge for Refugees
The coast of Venezuela and Willemstad in the Dutch Indies hosts a principal port with about 10 000 residents. Its harbor serves as a frequent refuge for South American political exiles. A revolt in Venezuela was reported, likely confined to interior provinces. Bobbing parties in England, where girls trim each other’s hair, are booming and impacting barbers.
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Venezuela
Willemstad
South America
Grammarships 1 What is wrong with this sentence
The reader is asked to identify errors in a sentence and provides a corrected form for the first item, plus pronunciations and a misspelled word. The items include corrections for phrasing, pronunciation guidance for equipage, and selecting the correctly spelled option among Masquerade maudlina mausoleum message.
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Maudlina Mausoleum
Mausoleum
Randolph Field at San Antonio to be largest Army airport complex
San Antonio, Texas June 9. The War Department plans a giant Randolph post on the city’s outskirts. The airfield will host 250 aircraft simultaneously and span five square miles with 26 hangars and 859 Spanish style homes. Construction begins with a $250,000 admin building and could total $14 million to $50 million, transferring Brooks and March Field units and adding a cadet flying school, aviation surgeon school, and a 6,000 population city with extensive sport and indoor facilities.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Randolph Field
War Department
Brooks Field
March Field
California
Randolph | Post
Quartermaster Division
The
Congress
Ford owned railroad indicted for rate fraud in Ohio
The Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad, owned by Henry Ford, was indicted by a Federal grand jury in Columbus on violating the Elkins Railroad act. The indictment accuses the line of defrauding shippers of about $140 000 by manipulating coal shipment rates.
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Columbus
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
Henry Ford
Pomp and Circumstance to Live Again in Texas
Austin June 9 The governor's guard once a grand display is to be revived with Dan Moody 35 accepting a guard of reserve officers to accompany him on state occasions. Texas governors long had mounted guards in gold braid but later years saw this practice fade.
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Associated Press
Austin
Dan Moody
Texas
Farm worker and chorus girl walk far in city study
Boston report by Dr. Joseph Lelyveld shows average daily walking distances across professions. Farmers and mail carriers log long strides with 25 miles and 22 miles daily, while others like shoppers, teachers, and dancers register substantial weekly totals. He notes health value in regular walking.
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Associated Press
Boston
Joseph Lelyveld
Lelyveld
National Association of Chiropodists-Pediatrists
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Henry Ford
Vu Miles Jin
Dr. Lelyveld
San Francisco
Prosecutors Named in Robison Hearing in Austin
Col. Robert B. Allen Sr. of Dallas and C. T. Freeman of Sherman were chosen to represent proponents of charges against J. T. Robison, Commissioner of the General Land Office. The house will consider attorney fees tomorrow as it meets as a committee of the whole to hear testimony on the charges.
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Associated Press
Austin
Robert B. Allen, Sr
Dallas
C. T. Freeman
Sherman
House of Representatives
J. T. Robison
General Land Office
House
Robison
Fireman hats heat up Paris beach styles
Paris fashion notes describe this summer’s hat trend nicknamed the fireman hat. Wide brimmed straw styles extend back over the neck and shoulders to shield against sun, echoing Cheyenne models of the past. Decollete back beach and sport dresses drive the look.
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Associated Press
Paris
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