A Galaxy of Gaiety Marvels of the Telephone
A Wodehouse sketch riffs on the telephone as a great equalizer and stage booster. It mocks telephonic misfires and the drama of calling up editors and managers while imagining a scene at Geoffrey van Burg’s Riverside Drive apartment with a comic teledrama twist.
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Mr. Wodehouse
Mr. Grucinsky
Smith
Mrs. Jones
Ibsen
Eugene O'Neill
Bayonne
Riverside Drive
Geoffrey
Simms
Mergleson
Cow Milking Contest Highlighted at Tri State Fair Rodeo
The Tri State Fair rodeo lineup includes a cow milking contest on July 3 4 5 with part of 7500 dollars in prizes. Other features include bronc riding steer riding and calf roping contests.
Stage Farce Ends With Misheard Call at Voiced Curtain
A brief scene shows a muddled telephone exchange fueled by misheard orders. Annabelle de Courcy seeks letters, a rescuer is summoned, and a druggist is asked to send rat poison by C O D. The onstage joke hinges on miscommunication.
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Mergleson
Geoffrey
Mergleton
Ezra
Bayonne
N. J
Velasquez
Murray Hill
Robinson
Doctor Page
Phillip Reis
Alexander Bell
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
New York
Chamber of Commerce to Mail Member Cards
New members secured in the current campaign will receive ecards confirming membership this week. O. V. Vernon says member firms get large window placards and individuals receive small cards. The drive aims for 1,000 members and has already reached the initial target. a second 1,000-member push is underway.
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Chamber of Commerce
O. V. Vernon
Vernon
Municipal Auditorium
Picnicers Warned After Park Ice Cream Freezers Spill
Temple Robinson city forester issues a warning to park picnickers who leave ice cream freezers in Elwood park. Salt water from the freezers has soaked the lawn and damaged grain. Two boys taken for tree destruction in Sanborn park were released on parole with a promise to report further violations.
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Temple Robinson
City Park
Elwood Park
Sanborn Park
Herring Injuries Not Serious After Crash
Herring sustained only bad bruises when his truck hit a car driven by Geo S Williams in rain last night. Williams was uninjured. St Anthony's hospital reported Herring injuries not serious. Police records show five other accidents yesterday caused by speeding careless left turns and mid block turns.
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Wolf Herring
Geo. S. Williams
St. Anthony's Hospital
Herring
Williams
McCarthy Misses Takeoff Window At Municipal Airport
Western Air Express traffic representative Dalton McCarthy stood in the center of the landing field while Eastbound W A B E tri motor prepared for takeoff. Pilot Shelton opened throttle and the Fokker sprinted catapulting papers from McCarthy s grip across the field. McCarthy later quipped about the size of the field and criticized the pilot for leaving him exposed mid field.
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Dalton McCarthy
Western Air Express
W. A. BE. Tri-Motor
Mr. McCarthy
Shelton
Save North Amarillo Post Office In Petition Drive
Petitions circulate across Amarillo with emphasis on the North side to stop the closing of the North Amarillo post office substation. Residents say many residents rely on it and fear dangers crossing rail lines if it closes. Washington reports include recommendations to shutter the substation, with Rep Marvin Jones urged to intervene.
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North Side
Amarillo
Washington, D. C
Marvin Jones
Washington
Post Office Department
Episcipalian Men's Club Dinner at St Andrew's Church
The Episcopal Church Men’s Club at St. Andrew’s plans a chicken dinner for the final meeting at the Parish House on Wednesday evening June 12. Dinner begins at 6 80. Tickets available from the club.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Calles Returns as Vatican-Mexico Talks Loom
Gen Plutarco Elias Calles arrives from northern Mexico renewing expectations he will take part in negotiations between the Mexican government and Roman Catholic prelates. Secrecy surrounds the talks as Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores and Bishop Pascual Diak meet with President Emilio Portes Gil's secretary Fernando Torreblanca amid plans for a conference.
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Associated Prose
Mexico City
Hudden
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexico
Monterey
Leopoldo Ruin Y Flores
Michoacan
Emilio Portes Gil
Pascual Diak
Tabasco
Fernando Torreblanca
Sr. Portes Gil
Temple Robinson and Henry Gooch Lead Arrangements Committee
The arrangements committee is led by Temple Robinson, Guy Chisolm, and Henry Gooch to organize the event's proceedings. They oversee venue, timeline, and guest coordination for the meeting.
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Temple Robinson
Guy Chisolm
Henry Gooch
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Geoffrey van Burg
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Marshall
U. S
Niles & Moser Cigar Co
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