Hobbies Theme Marks National Book Week Observance
Pet er County Library celebrates National Book Week with a Hobbies themed display and a Children's Library box theater showcasing Southwest books. The event, began in 1919 by the American Library Association and partners, praises youth literature with titles from Texas authors and regional history.
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Peter County
Ruth Dehl
American Library Association
Boy Scouts of America
Girl Scouts of America
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Camp Fire Girls
General Federation of Women's Clubs
National Education Association
Children’s
Pigeon Flies Into Loft Is Prize Winner
Fort Worth racing pigeon officials report a dramatic return at Brownsville after a long-distance flight. Texas 912 led the way home at dusk with Texas 617 not long after, leaving others missing and officials unsure if birds were shot en route for water.
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Fort Worth
Brownsville
Jim Malone
Texas
Burial Rites for Doris Doshier at First Baptist Church
Miss Doris Virginia Doshier 19 daughter of Mr and Mrs K R Doshier 610 West Sixteenth Avenue to receive last rites at 2 pm from First Baptist Church with Dr G L Yates pastor leading services pallbearers named and N S Griggs & Sons in charge of Llano Cemetery burial following her death on Saturday
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Doris Virginia Doshier
K. R. Doshier
West
Sixteenth Avenue
First Baptist Church
G. L. Yates
J. I. Smith
Harold Marshall
John Hammock
J. G. Hill
Carl Beadle
Abe Smith
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Llano
Miss Doshier
Alcohol and War Condemned by WCTU Delegates
Twelve hundred delegates at the WCTU national convention denounced war and alcohol as the two great evils. Dr. William L. Stidger urged a new constitutional amendment banning liquor, while Edgar J. Fisher linked drink and war to abused reason and urged a cooperative League of Nations as an alternative to violence.
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Cleveland
William L. Stidger
Boston University School of Theology
Edgar J. Fisher
Robert College
Turkey
League of Nations
Stidger
Cadiz Hailed by Airship Interest After Landing
Cadiz Ohio sees a surge in business as stratosphere flyer activity draws crowds. Mr and Mrs Jean Piccard landed in a tree nearby triggering busy phone lines and heavy traffic, reminiscent of the Shenandoah crash near Ava Ohio.
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Cadiz
Jean Piccard
Ava
Episcopal Conference Proceedings Highlight Northern Meetings
The fifty first Triannual Conference of the Episcopal Church will be discussed at St Andrew's Church with Rt. Rev Louis Childs Sanford D D of San Joaquin and Rev EF Gibson of Galveston plus Mrs J C Tolman expected. Rev F A Foster invites West Texas churches to attend as events run from 10 30 am to a closing mass meeting Tuesday night. Also a Berlin butter merchant cools depot wagons with real lawns.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Louis Childs Sanford
D. D
San Joaquin
Calif
EF. H. Gibson
Trinity Church
Galveston
J. C. Tolman
Woman's Auxiliary of
Houston
F. A. Foster
St. Andrew's
West Texas
Now You Can Wear FALSE TEETH
FASTEETH powder provides comfortable teeth with deodorizing effects. It promises no gummy paste like waste and lets you eat and laugh in comfort by sprinkling a little on plates. Available at City Drug Co and Fox Drug Co plus other drug stores.
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City Drug Co
Fox Drug Co
Two Million Put To Work In Public Works Program
Washington reports its first official accounting of benefits under the program. Two million persons are drawing wages and five million of their dependents are being aided through construction of useful public works. Direct employment on sites peaked in late summer, with total employment rising toward a winter maximum. The division forecasts continued volume for another year.
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Washington
PWA
Ickes
PWA Division of Economics and Statistics
Civilian Conservation Corps
Needle In Foot Spurs Pain Recall In Newport Story
In Newport New Hampshire, David M. Cutting recalled a June incident when a fine sewing needle implanted in his foot resurfaced as pain in his left leg. The needle lodged in his foot years ago and pain prompted renewed attention.
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Newport, N. BH
David M. Cutting
Fear for Mexican Matador and 14 Missing After Boat Sinking
Authorities search Campeche State for Luis Freg the famed matador known as the king of the bullring and 14 companions missing after two motor launches overturned during a weekend outing. About thirty were rescued as rescue teams scoured the waters.
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Vera Oray
Mexico
Luis Freg
Campeche
Freg
Ray expert honored Oxford
Dr. Arthur Holly Compton of the University of Chicago, Nobel Prize winner, was honored at Oxford. The ceremony recognized his contributions to physics and the understanding of X rays and gamma rays.
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Oxford
Arthur Holly Compton
The
University of Chicago
Noted physicist Receives Oxford Honorary MA Degree
A leading authority on cosmic rays was awarded an honorary Master of Arts by Oxford University. The honor began a year of lectures by the physicist, who traveled to Oxford as a fellow of the Eastman Foundation.
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America
Oxford University
Oxford
Eastman Foundation
Creomulsion Promises Quick Colds Relief At Your Drugstore
A Detroit area ad touts Creomulsion as seven benefits in one for chest colds. It claims the medicine is powerful yet harmless and narcotic free. Druggists offer on the spot refund if symptoms persist.
Final tribute for Mrs. Martha Humphrey at 4 PM
Mrs. Martha Humphrey 68 to receive final tribute in services at 4 o'clock from Griggs Funeral Chapel. Rev. E B Fincher of Filwood Park Presbyterian Church assisted by Rev. E R Foster of Assembly of God Church to conduct the rites. Burial set at Llano Cemetery. She died Saturday at 504 Cleveland Street.
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Martha Humphrey
Griggs
E. B. Fincher
Fllwood Park Presbyterian Church
E. R. Foster
Assembly of God Church
Llano
Mrs Lindberghs sister in emergency operation
Mrs Aubrey Neil Morgan, sister of Mrs Charles Lindbergh and daughter of Dwight Morrow, recovering from emergency appendectomy after a sudden attack while eight companions prepared to sail to Mexico on a liner from Pasadena California. Joe McLaren placed under bonds in six cases in San Antonio for interstate automobile theft linked to a theft ring.
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Pasadena
Calif
Aubrey Neil Morgan
Dwight W. Morrow
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Mexico
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