Continental Plane Run Seeks Nonstop Coast to Coast
Lieutenant Leigh Wade and Linton Wells aim to drive a Packard Eight from Los Angeles to New York in a continuous 600 mile-per-day record attempt under the American Automobile Association. The effort includes broad civic and police support, with scouts, rotary clubs, chambers of commerce, and railroad authorities aiding to clear the route.
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Leigh Wade
United States Air Forces
Los Angeles
New York
Boston
United States Army
Linton Wells
Cal
American Automobile Association
Boy Scouts of America
Rotary International
Chambers of Commerce
Wade
Wells
Pershing Praises Democratic Army Camps and Warns on Preparedness
General John J. Pershing extols summer army camps as democratic nonmilitary training for citizens and warns against neglecting national defense. He calls for a strong regular army of 13 000 officers and 150 000 enlisted, a robust national guard, expanded reserve programs, and citizen military training to ensure quick expansion and national security.
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A and Navy
United States
United States of America
National Guard
O 4
Regular Army
America
Packard oil rectifier powers coast to coast traffic study
Lieutenant Wade and Wells undertake a coast to coast trip in a Packard to study traffic control under tough conditions. They plan to observe speed law compliance all along the route and compare oil change intervals, aiming to reveal real driving challenges on western roads. The car carries spot lights and warning signals for safety during the sporting stunt.
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Wade
Wells
Aden
Calcutta
India
Noth
Land of Wonders Tales of the Cross Roads and Beasts
The Twins Nick and Nancy wander the Land of Wonders seeking lost honey. They meet a living cross road, a mandrake figure with a duck, a leftover griddle cake and butterfly, and a scholar chasing literary bees as they search for honey bees, with a cliffhanger ending.
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Land of Wonders
Nick
Nancy
The
Cross Road
Mr. Mandrake
Fatty
Communists Demonstrate New Method in Vienna Street Blockade
In Vienna on July 18 a method of blocking traffic was tested by several hundred unemployed Communists and war invalids who lay on streetcar rails. Police cleared the tracks after more than an hour, with lines of protesters alternating to occupy new sections as others moved away. The spectacle amused the amused Viennese observers.
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Vienna
Leipsic Fair Promises Unmatched Scale and Halls
Leipsic prepares a grand fair from August 30 to September 9 with expected attendance nearing double the spring event. A 21 000 square meter machinery hall and enlarged electro-technical bouge lead the features, plus 130 000 square meters more for new exhibition buildings and a special freight station. The event splits into two sections the General Sample Exhibit and the Technical and Constructive Exhibit with 16 halls and extended dates.
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Leipsic
Cone
Germany
Leipste
Residents and visitors fill weekend at Mountain Lake area
Local society column lists numerous guests and day trips. Names include Miss Edith Goode Richmond Virginia Miss Goldie O Neil Athens summer school attendee and many from Welch Bluefield Princeton and Roanoke. The piece notes visits to Atlantic City Castlewood and Salem with church study group meeting and a medical note on appendicitis.
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I. H. Moore
Edith Goode
Richmond
Mountain Lake
Goldie O'Neil
Athens
Max Lott
Sam Rosen
Juline Seligman
Sol Kaufman
Atlantic City
Berta Whittaker
Tazewell
Tillian
Honaker
Pearl and
Bell Brotherton
Greenville, Tenn
W. R. Coffee
Bluefield
H. W. Dodrill
Roy Thompson
Chester Harman
Welch
Otis Lawson
North Carolina
J. B. Taylor and Son
Robert
Laonda Presley
Filbert
W. Va
H. B. Milam
M. G. McBride
Harry Biggs
E. H. Jeffries
Roanoke
F. M. Junkin
Lee Kahn
Dunbar, W. Va
Baku Oil Fields Mark Fifth Anniversary Under One Management
On the fifth anniversary of nationalization the Baku oil fields are now under unified control. Output has risen from 10 million to about 20 million poods monthly, with 21 000 wells in operation. Officials plan a 340 million pood yield next year and fund a new oil lane to Batum at over 13 million dollars.
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Baku
Russia
Taka
America
Batum
Typhoid Outbreak Hits British Fleet in Mediterranean
An epidemic of typhoid fever has broken out on ships of the British fleet in the Mediterranean. Reports describe rapid spread among sailors and calls for medical attention as authorities coordinate quarantine and treatment efforts.
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Gta
Malta
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Washington
Army of the Uni States
Associated Press
John J. Pershing
Greater Bluefield Business College
Commerce Street
Benn J. Ferguson
A. M
Ghip
Austra
Princeton
Binefield Furniture Company
Leipsig
Chevrolet
F. O. B. Flint
Mich
Rthfork-Clark and
Mid-Coalfield
Northfork- Clark
W. B. Bush
C. T. Rusmissell
W. P. Brewer
F. W. Saunders
Tip- Top
M. C. Newton
Graham
H. Macon
Catawba
P. McClaugherty
Narrows
F. C. Cook
S. F. Barnest
Breeding
Rislyn Totz
Pocahontas
R. Wagoner
Mitzi Fraelich
Baltimore
Jeneda Totz
Stephen Grubb
Do. E. Carmack
Louisville
Orville Roberts
Margaret Fields
Castlewood
A. H. Graybeal
Maybeurry
Jeneda Tots
G. I. Matz
Lillian Walker
Helena Cruise
Gladys Bohm
Lynchburg
Cr. C. Cockerham
B. H. Hodges
G. C. Davis
Keslow
Williamson, Logan
Misa Elizabeth Hambrick
D. B. Hambrick
O. L. Swope and Son
Wichita
Kan
W. 5. Wray
F. M. Morgan
New Haven
Berwind, W. VA
Willis King
J. L. McCarty
Elmer Honeycut and Son
N. Guy
William Griffith
M. Watters
Norfolk
Maud Kerley
Carrie Aker
Concord Normal
N. M. Counts
Baby
C. L. Pinkard
Gladys Brammer
Chief Brammer
Byron Thornton
Wiliamson
Thornton
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