City Federation program highlights education and citizenship
Education was the keynote at the City Federation event held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Superintendent A. F. Hixson spoke on The Curriculum of the Public Schools and outlined obstacles to progress. music and readings were provided by Athens High School students and local performers. talks on citizenship emphasized voting and Americanization. The session also noted committee appointments and district leadership updates.
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City Federation
Chamber of Commerce
Security Savings Bank
Anna K. Price
Athens High School
A. F. Hixson
Cation
Jean Gill
Pauline Cone
Picardy
Ellis Chaney
Elizabeth Ong
D. B. Hartinger
Middleport
Wood’s Millionaire Luck Fades to Coal Mine Labor
Osborne Wood once lived like a Philippine governor general heir, owned islands and cars, and earned millions via Wall Street tips. After scandals and a public sting, he left army service and now works 600 feet underground in an Albuquerque coal mine seeking a new path to wealth while enlisting with New Mexico’s 111th Cavalry encampment at Fort Bliss.
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EL Paso
Tex
Osborne Wood
Leonard Wood
Inta Pecos Company
Albuquerque
N. M
Philippines
Cable
Manila
Wall Street
the Philippines
Baguio
Young Wood
Mandaloyon
South Sea
Ter
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Wood
New York
Osborne
New Mexico
111Th Cavalry
New Mexico National Guard
111Th
Fort Bliss
Gallup
Lieutenant Wood
Smith Counts On His Derby In Southern Campaign
Gov. Alfred E. Smith boards a train with a brown derby and speech material for a swing through border states. He plans brief stops in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky on Thursday to Saturday, with a Chattanooga parade and a final East tour before returning to Albany.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Albany
N. Y
Alfred EK. Smith
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Smith
Border States
Louisville
Richmond
Raleigh
Creensboro
Salisbury
Charlotte
N. C
Nashville
Tenn
Chattanooga
Sedalia
Chicago
Catholic Women Clash With Modern Woman in Business
At the National Council of Catholic Women convention in Cleveland the Rev. Alphonse Schwitalla condemned the modern woman who enters the business world while discussions on immigration nationalism and family structure continued. The audience represented 1.9 million Catholic women nationwide.
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Cleveland
U.P
National Council of Catholic Women
Elizabeth Kite
Washington
Alphonse M. Schwitalla
Medical School
St. Louis University
United States
Schwitalla
Mrs Griffen Buried Sunday at Carmen
News reports the burial of Mrs. Mariana Griffen of Alfred Oklahoma. Merwin Mansfield and Harvey Person accompanied the body to Carmen Oklahoma for funeral services at Lambert Church and burial beside her husband Tom Griffen in Prairie Valley Cemetery. The family of Griffen is now deceased.
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Merwin Mansfield
Harvey
Mariana Griffen
Alfred
Carmen
Oklahoma
Alleged Speeder Appears in Riley Court in Willoughby
Edgar Souders of near Buchtel faced charges in Justice of the Peace Felix Riley court. He pleaded not guilty to speeding and posted 200 bond for grand jury appearance. A second charge of using a license belonging to another car was dropped after proof of a legal transfer. Constable Kenneth Ailstock filed affidavits. Clyde Bobo and Clarence Darnell agreed to settle with Richard Phillips over a tire theft at the repair shop. Perry Lucas, Long Run, was arrested for taking the tire as payment for use of his car and pleaded not guilty with bond set for Saturday court.
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Willoughby
Edgar Sauders
Buchtel
Court of Justice of the Peace
Felix Riley
Souders
Kenneth Ailstock
Clyde Bobo
Athens
R. D
Clarence Darnell
Willow Creek
Richard Phillips
Phillips
Perry Lucas
Long Run
Darnell
Bobo
Lucas
Riley
Bond
Justice Riley
One Legged Man on Trial for Murder
Clarence Shamblin a one legged West Virginian faces first degree murder charges in the June 14 gun battle that killed Patrolman Joseph Lauer. Prosecutor Henry W. Harter Jr. seeks the electric chair. Shamblin is still recovering from a bullet wound.
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Canton
U.P
Clarence Shamblin
West
Thug Attacks and Robs 21 Year Old in Cleveland
Police search for a assailant who attacked and choked Miss Anna Gichenko, 21, in Cleveland. He robbed her of $6 before she was found propped against a tree by a passerby.
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Cleveland
Anna Gichenko
Praise for Those in Charge of Meeting
Athens Kiwanis Club members praised Mrs. O C Bird chairing the convention of the Branch of the National Congress Parents and Teachers held in Athens last week. Prof Bird commended Frank Moser and Gus White for arranging transportation for delegates and visitors. The work was described as unusually successful with many elm ents expressed by attendees. The next meeting is at the Congress Tea Room on Congress Street at 6 30 pm next Monday night.
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National Congres
Athens
O. C. Bird
Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
Bird
Frank Moser
Gus White
Congress’ Tea Room
Congress Street
Children Will Hang Pictures at School
A committee led by Misa Laura Bailey to supervise re hanging of school pictures at East Side School includes sixth graders Alice Wolfe Vern Story and Eleanor Roe. Pictures taken down during redecorating will be rehung with guidance from Elson's Catalogue of Pictures.
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Misa Laura Bailey
Alice Wolfe
Vern Story
Eleanor Roe
East Side
Elson
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