Annual style event draws large crowds in Amarillo
Amarillo last night hosted a fall styles showcase by The Globe and News. Crowds viewed ready to wear furniture and automobiles on display from 607 Polk, with prizes awarded by James L. McCormick, Mrs. Annie M. Nunn and J. M. Thomas.
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Amarillo
Globe and News
James L. McCormick
Annie M. Nunn
J. M. Thomas
White & Kirk
Barnard’s Inc
Moore- Poston
la Mode
Polk
Tanner's
Pathe News Invited to Film Texas History Pageant
The Texas Historical pageant at Texan Park on Friday night invites Pathe News to film scenes. Board of City Development officials sponsor the event. Mrs. Vernon Hogan directs the pageant which will include twelve hundred participants in nine episodes.
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Pathe News
Texan Park
Board of City Development Officials
Movie News Company
Vernon Hogan
Russia Uses Gas To Destroy Pests
In a Moscow report, aerial gas warfare against locust swarms costs six lives and hospitalizes fifty four. Despite losses, pest control saves two to five million dollars in crops, with 100 planes deployed and a South Volga squadron nearly wiped out.
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International News Service
Moscow
Russia
Society of Aerial and Chemical Defense
Commissariat of Agriculture
To Abolish National Education Ministry
Tokyo report says the Seiyukai government weighs dissolving the national ministry of education to save money and placate student and parent protests. The plan would hand school oversight to presidents of four imperial universities and move religious regulation to the home ministry while proposing a unified traffic ministry and switch to the British legal system. The move targets the upcoming general election as millions of new voters participate under universal manhood suffrage.
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International News Service
Tokyo
Seiyukai
Japan
Ministry of Education
Education Ministry
Home Ministry
Ministries of Communications
Railways
Ministry of Justice
Tanaka
Seiyukai Party
California Fig Syrup as a Gentle Laxative Remedy
An old advertisement extols California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for babies and children. It claims gentle regulation of bowels without griping, emphasizes the product contains no narcotics, and urges parents to insist on genuine California Fig Syrup with directions.
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California
Perfect Crime mystery grips Maysville NC town
Oscar W. Lane 41 prominent banker and former Eastern Bank and Trust Company president was found shot to death in his car on a deserted road near Maysville. A coroner's jury ruled death not self inflicted and authorities have no suspects or clues despite weeks of investigation and large rewards. Z L Gilette a Maysville merchant slept nearby as Lane’s car stalled in mud.
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International News Service
Maysville
N. C
Jones County
North Carolina
Oscar W. Lane
Z. L. Gilette
Gilette
Lane
Beaker
Eastern Bank and Trust Company of
New Bern
Boy Sacrifices Two Francs to Flood Relief
From Rheims a schoolboy saved his sons during flooding then sent them to Herbert Hoover after contributing two francs to American flood relief. The note highlights the small yet significant gesture from the French child to support relief efforts.
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Paris
America
Rheims
Herbert Hoover
London Moves to Standardize Voltage Across City
The London electrical system shifts to 22 000 volts citywide, four times prior power, with a thousand tons of machinery and new cables for the interlinked stations under the 1925 act. The change aims to fix apron voltage differences that hinder household irons and other appliances.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
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