Coolidge on Presidency Size and Social Burdens
United Press reports Calvin Coolidge argues the presidency is larger than a kings and grows with each administration. He notes final decisions rest with the president and details his daily schedule and social duties, including 1 900 handshakes in 34 minutes and thousands of letters, praising a capable First Lady.
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United Press
New York
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson
Coolidge
White House
Congress
Supreme Court
Army
House of Representatives
How to win a husband’s love, Dorothy Dix observes
Dorothy Dix outlines four big factors for a wife to win her husband’s affection. She argues the wife has advantages from proximity and knowledge of his tastes, harnessing charm, shared history, and common interests. She notes some men are grounded, not romeos, but fidelity can grow through careful, attentive handling.
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Dorothy DIX
Public Ledger
Funeral Services for Youth Held
Funeral services were held yesterday from the Second Baptist church for Cris Miller a 15 year old boy son of Mr and Mrs J Miller of 110 North Johnson Street who died in a local hospital Friday from injuries suffered when struck by an automobile on the Panhandle highway late Wednesday Rev W Garrett pastor of the Second Baptist church officiated and burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery with Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home in charge The boy was struck by a car driven by G A Craig of the East Amarillo Filling station when he age suddenly turned his picture in front of the automobile.
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Second Baptist Church
Cris Miller
Amarillo
Anti Missionary Turks Plan to Shut Schools
Constantinople June 23 The Associated Press reports a new anti missionary movement in Turkey forming an anti missionary society with about 100 members mainly Turkish press figures. Led by Zecheria Bey the group targets foreign mission schools including Near East College Roberts College and Constantinople College for Women while the government allows the society but has taken no action against the schools.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Turkey
Zecheria Bey
Columbia University
America
Boards of Foreign Missions
Near East
Roberts College
Constantinople College For Women
Northwestern to host Rawson lectureship in medicine
Evanston June 28 Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity has permanently endowed the Stephen Walter Rawson lectureship in medicine at Northwestern University. The first lecture will be given in October by Dr. G Carl Huber of Michigan.
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Oyine Associacy
Tees Evanston
Ill
Phi Beta Pi Medical Fraternity
Stephen Walter Rawson
Northwestern University
G. Carl Huber
Michigan
New Edifice Dedicated With Large Congregation Attending
The dedication of a new church building drew a large audience with Dr. George T. McCollum delivering the invocation and Reverend leaders from Oklahoma City Dallas Friona and Dallas uniting in praise. The service featured sermons on The Living Church and a benediction, followed by a post dedication community dinner with toastmaster E. H. Foster. This marks the congregation's fourth worship site since its 1927 start.
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George T. McCollum
Chicago
Lucien Marsh
Oklahoma City
A. E. Ricker
Dallas
Living Church
J. L. Beattie
Friona
Max Strang
Robert Allingham
E. H. Foster
Fair Theater
Amarillo College of Music
Central Presbyterian Church
Tenth Avenue
Taylor Street
Americans Enrich France and Philippines Rice Outlook
American visitors spent 190 million dollars in France in 1928 and paid 15 million to French liners for travel and 5 million for baggage and goods shipped back. Nearly 2.5 million tons of rice will be raised in the Philippines this year.
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France
Paris
United States
America
Philippines
Public utility shares attract curb market interest
Speculative demand in curb market public utilities persisted with mid western groups and holding companies rising to near record highs while oils and oils stocks softened on California output news. J P Morgan merged three New York state power systems triggering some selling, as Central States Electric convertibles led with a 52 8 point gain to 2427 8. Newmont retreated from 203 to 198 3 4 while Noranda held at 53.
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Associated Pres
New York
J.P. Morgan & Co
Central States ‘Electric
California
Newmont
Noranda
Mexicans Flock to Guadalupe as Church Resumes Services
Tens of thousands of Mexicans gathered at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City to give thanks for the resumption of religious services nationwide. Pilgrims arrived by private cars, buses, and streetcars, filling the church and spilling into side doors as spontaneous offerings multiplied on the altars. The scene followed a rapid accord between church and state reached just days earlier, not widely known until Sunday noon.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Church of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Republic
Church of the Blessed Virgin
Addison's Disease May Be Mastered
A breakthrough from Western Reserve University doctors Dr. J. M. Rogoff and Dr. G. N. Stewart introduces interrenalin, a hormone from the adrenal cortex, as a potential treatment for Addison's disease. Experiments show adrenalin alone is unnecessary, while interrenalin could restore health, though more work is needed before medical use.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
J. M. Rogoff
G. N. Stewart
H. OK. Cushing
Western Reserve University
Thomas Addison
London
Western Reserve
Rogoff
Wheat Shipped From Snyder After Harvest Boosts Yields
Snyder reports two carloads of wheat sent to Port Worth from Garner farm. The 300 acre field averages over 15 bushels per acre. Scurry County grain conditions improve over last year with reports of heavy yields. Joe Strayhorn, irrigation advocate, harvests second alfalfa cutting at three quarters of a ton per acre, exceeding first cut by a quarter ton.
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Snyder
Port Worth
Cghes
Women's intuition no keener than men's says study
A University of Nebraska experiment by Dr. J. P. Guilford found college students could not consistently read facial expressions better in women than in men. Both genders performed similarly in judging what looks imply, suggesting a gentle fiction about female perceptual superiority.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Nebr
J. P. Guilford
University of Nebraska
Mr and Mrs Ewing Return From Trip
Mr and Mrs Norris Ewing returned Saturday from a weeklong visit to New Mexico and Colorado. Ewing spoke at the New Mexico Press Association meeting in Tucumcari on June 15. They traveled through Las Vegas to Pueblo and Colorado Springs, visited Eagle Nest Dam, Manitou, and Denver, and called on Allen Wycoff, publisher of the Clayton News, on the way home.
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Norris Ewing
New Mexico
Colorado
Ewing
New Mexico Press Association
Tucumcari
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Las Vegas
Eagle Nest Dam
Horace Gooch
Manitou
Denver
Mrs. Ewing
Allen Wycoff
The
Clayton News
Mystery of Spanish Atlantic fliers whereabouts deepens
Four Spanish fliers who set out Friday from Cartagena bound for New York remain unlocated. Premier Primo de Rivera announced their safe arrival in the Azores with island not specified. A message signed by Major Ramon Franco said they arrived at a.m. and would resume at 5 p.m. tomorrow. Madrid later said the plane would go to Horta in the Azores to refuel for the next leg.
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Associated Press
London
Cartagena
Spain
New York
Primo de Rivera
Azores
Ramon Franco
A. m
Madrid
Horta
Hoover goes fishing with Hyde and party to discuss farm board
President Hoover left Washington with Mrs Hoover Agriculture Secretary Hyde Mark Sullivan and Lawrence Richey for a Madison Virginia fishing retreat. The trip signals talks on selecting eight men to staff the new federal farm board created under the farm relief act.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Madison
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Agriculture
Hyde
Mark Sullivan
Lawrence Richey
Federal Farm Board
Tunneling Robots to Dig New York Water Tunnel
Nearly 100 electric robots including hogs and donkeys are set to bore a water tunnel 20.2 miles long beneath New York City from Hill View reservoir east through the Bronx Hell Gate under East River and into Brooklyn. The 500 foot deep tunnel will feed city mains 19 feet wide and reduce to 17 feet, with 16 electric mine hoists and 62 battery powered locomotives operating along the tunnel floor.
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Associated Press
Schenectary
N. Y
New York
Woolworth
Hill View Reservoir
Bronx
East River
Hell Gate
Queens
Brooklyn
Hamilton Avenue
Governor's Island
General Electric Company
15-Ounce Basketball Proves Best for Distance
Cold Springs Harbor N Y June 23 In a Carnegie Institution genetics lab study a 15 ounce basketball throws farther than lighter or heavier balls. With equal force a 5 ounce ball travels 53 feet, 15 ounce 65 feet and 35 ounce 63 feet. Distances decrease beyond 15 ounces until 85 ounces matches 5 ounce results. Official weights range 20 to 23 ounces.
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Associated Press
Cold Springs Harbor
N. Xi
Genetics Record Office
Carnegie Institution
Hawaiian plant lives only in volcanoes
Wildflowers near extinction are described by P. L. Ricker of the Bronx Botanical Garden and president of the Wildflower Preservation Society of America. The magnolia like flower named for Benjamin Franklin is probably the only species extinct in the wild. The snow plant exists only in Yosemite region with a $25 fine for picking. The silver sword is confined to crater habitats in a few Hawaiian volcanoes and is being destroyed by goats and collectors.
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Associated Preas
New York
P. L. Ricker
Bronx Botanical Garden
Wildflower Preservation Society of America
Benjamin Franklin
Yosemite National Park
Hawaiian
Walt Mason Versus Caution In Sticky Situations
The poem imagines flies trapped on a sticky sheet and mocks human folly. It contrasts flies' apparent innocence with humans who ignore warned dangers such as drinking, debt, and ruin, framing these as likewise avoidable snares. Copyright 1929 by The George Matthew Adams Service.
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Prithee
George Matthew Adams
Man Found Dead Alone in House Unclaimed
An elderly man found dead Thursday in a vacant house eight miles east of Amarillo remained unidentified. The N. 8 S Griggs & Sons Funeral chapel reported no one had claimed the body. A coroner's jury ruled natural death after an inquest. the corpse had no identifying features.
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Amarillo
S. Griggs & Sons
Farmer
Noth
White Deer Declares General Clean-Up Day
White Deer residents urged to clear premises of trash and rubbish on Friday June 28, placing debris in boxes or sacks for pickup by truck, in a coordinated effort led by the White Deer Volunteer Fire department the Lions club and the County Demonstration club.
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White Deer
McKenzie sanity trial to open in San Antonio
John M. Pete McKenzie the convicted slayer of Detective Chief Sam Street arrived at Bexar county jail with Huntsville penitentiary warden E. F. Harrell and a guard to await the sanity trial set to begin in district court tomorrow. Alienists for defense examined him and state experts will test him tomorrow.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
John M
Pete) McKenzie
Sam Street
E. F. Harrell
Huntsville
Bexar County
McKenzie
Texas Demos Working Committee Plans Reorganization
The Texas Democrats consider a post election reorganization driven by large scale, noncandidate action. A working group with the state executive committee aims to build county organizations, raise funds, and heal the party after the last campaign. A party vigilance committee is expected to form next year to guide the effort.
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Comm 4
Eleus
Fugitive Davis Shot During Capture in Hunt County
Greenville June 23 Robert Little Bob Davis long sought fugitive prisoner from Hunt County jail was shot in the leg by Sheriff Laren uit 60 Logan Green after failing to halt during capture in Rains County. Davis expected to recover quickly. Plainview June 23 Six Plainview boys depart for Fort Logan demanding training at the Citizens Military Training Camp in Colorado.
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Hunt County
Laren Uit
Logan
Gold
Associated Press
Greenville
Robert
Little Bob) Davis
Rains County
Davis
Plainview
Fort Logan
Denver
Colorado
Citizens
EB. H. Humphreys, Jr
Reese Scroggins
Jack Peterson
Doyle Greer
Irel Wilson
Seine Ter
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