Amarillo and Temple vie to host 1929 Texas Federation meet
At Abilene July 5 6 and 7 the tenth annual convention drew more than 150 delegates. Amarillo led the bid to entertain state delegates next year with Mrs Jack Eldredge distributing promotions and through the Board of City Development and Abilene Daily Reporter publicity. The executive board will decide the next meeting site soon. Daisy Leake president of the federation spoke at several events including a luncheon and banquet honoring Ruth Rich and Minnie Maffett. Florence Sands was remembered at memorial services.
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Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Amarillo
Temple
Abilene
Jack Eldredge
Board of City Development
Abilene Daily Reporter
Amarillo Club
Ed R. Mayer
Capitol Hotel
J. D. Sandefert
Simmons University
Daisy Leake
New State
Delegates Headed to National Convention from Texas
At the state convention in Texas the final feature was a chicken barbecue by West Texas Utilities on their lawns. Nineteen delegates boarded the Daisy Leake Special to New Orleans where the national convention is in progress. A total of 44 Texas delegates attend, with officers Miss Daisy Leake, Mary Jane Higgins, Julia O'Brien, Ollie Mooty, M. Rogers, and Ann Stalworth named. The National Federation of Women’s Clubs lists 50,000 members nationally and 1,400 in Texas.
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Hilton Hotel
Stamford
New Orleans
West Texas
Texas
Anson
Beaumont
Beeville
Belton
Brownsville
Brownwood
Cameron
Childress
Commerce
Corsicana
Dalhart
Dallas
Borger
Plainview
Edinburg
Fort Worth
Harlingen
Lamesa
Mercedes
McAllen
Paris
San Antonio
San Angelo
Daisy Leake
Temple
Mary Jane Higgins
Julia O’brien
Ollie Mooty
M. Rogers
Ann Stalworth
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
State Federation
Lady Heath Sets Altitude Record for Seaplane
Lady Heath and Cecelie O'Brien claimed a new altitude record for a light metal seaplane with a sealed barograph showing 15 400 feet at Rochester England on July 10. The achievement marks a high for female aviators and adds to notable aviation records of the era.
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Associated Press
Rochester
Eng
Lady Heath
Cecelie O’brien
Funkhouser May Face Murder Charge
Frank Funkhouser, jailed in Indiana for burglary, may be indicted for murder in El Paso Texas. District attorney stated today the case involves a murder charge likely to be filed.
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Funkhouser
Associated Press
Noblesville
Ind
Frank Funkhouser
Indiana State
el Paso
Texas
News Briefs from St Louis and Abroad
Gottlieb Lil liech died from wounds after a fatal shooting of his estranged wife and injuring her son. An epidemic toll rose to 14 in Lee Massachusetts with two more deaths. In La Salle Hawaii septic poisoning caused two deaths. four relatives ill. In Vienna Austrian police probed the murder of a man thought to be American John Swetina, found strangled. South Africa diamond production halved by prohibition. Mayors of South Tyrol urged Austria to protest Italy’s treatment of the region.
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Liech
Lee
Mass
Salvador Beach
John Carraher
Vienna
Legation
John Swetina
Steindorf
South Tyrol
Seipel
Austria
Italy
Sheriff Gillette Indicted for Theft in Imperial County
Imperial County Sheriff Charles L. Gillette faces an indictment on 216 counts of fraud with a $52,800 shortage, accusing him of duplicating accounts after a yearlong inquiry. Also noted is a report from Indianapolis on a 9,300 mile horseback journey by Timee Felix Tschiffley to showcase mount stamina. New Orleans coverage notes Lena Madesin Phillips urging higher income tax exemptions for singles.
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EL Centro
Calif
Charles L. Gillette
Imperial County
Gillette
Indianapolis
Buenos Aires
Argentina
New York City
Felix Tschiffley
Insurgents in Nicaragua Accept Amnesty Surrender
One hundred twenty two insurgents surrendered without arms at the Marine post in Ocotal Nueva Segovia. Nineteen had served under Jose Leon Diaz and the remainder under his sub chiefs. The scene followed a dress before the association’s annual meeting in Managua.
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Managua
Nic
Ocotal
Nueva Segovia
Jose Leon Diaz
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Texas Federation Women’s Club
Miss Leake
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Charles Barnes
Abilene Chamber of Commerce
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Marguerite Warren
Daisy
Crystal Ball
Mollie W. Armstrong
T. N. Carswell
Texas Federation
Texas Clubs
Ruth Rich
Minnie L. Maffett
Tessie Dickerson
Florence Sands
The
National Federation
Santa Monica
Billy
Strand
Helen Pritchard
Miss Pritchard
Ft. Worth
Sweetwater
Santa Fe
Texas & Pacific
E. R. Brame
B. Gallaher
Aransas Pass
Rockport
Corpus Christi
Galveston _ La Porte
Sylvan Beach
Palacios Port Lavaca
Southern Pacific
J. F. Sullivan
Sen
Houston
Mitchell
Hall & Rucket
Lucky Tiger
Whyte-Fos
Roth
ST. Louis
Gottlieb Lil
LA Salle
Robert
Boniface Conway
South Africa
Tria
Lena Madesin Phillips
National Women’s Clubs
G. C. Bruce
Hot Springs
Ark
Blackburn
DIAL
Independence
Kan
Bartlesville
Tulsa
Oklahoma
E. K. Bo
Amarillo Independence
Tilier
Aher
B. Gall Ral
Association
Blackburn-Boxwell Ambulance
Amarillo Hardware CO
Cunningham
Wahl
Gent
Waldemar
Herschedes
Cannes
E.E. Finkler
Polk ST
Chiffon
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Polk
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