Farm groups push for higher duties in tariff bill
Washington reports farm groups press Senate finance sub committees to raise protection for farm products including milk cream butter cheese and other dairy items. American Farm Bureau Federation urges higher levies on jute and jute yarns fabrics while brick and cement duties spark exporter-manufacturer clashes amid plant closures in the Hudson river district.
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Washington
Senate Finance
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Subcommittee On Agriculture
Senator Copeland
New York
Hudson River
Chester H. Gray
Connie Mack Signs George Burns to Athletics
Philadelphia Burns veteran George Burns, a long time major league infielder, signs today with the Athletics after a brief stint with the Yankees. Burns joins Connie Mack as a key veteran presence for Philadelphia in the coming season.
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Connie Mack
George Burns
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Athletics
Burns
Yankees
Nan Morgan Finds Love Atop a Turbulent Wedding Day
Nan Carroll Morgan, private secretary to John Curtis Morgan, contends with Curtis’s loyalties and Iris’s memory as she becomes Nan Morgan wife. A tense dinner and drawing room scenes reveal Curtis’s questions about motherhood, while Nan grapples with a guiding love from Morgan and a portrait of Iris that shadows their marriage. The chapter ends with a phone call hinting at Nina Blackhull’s return.
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Nan Carroll
John Curtis Morgan
Emperor Morgan
Tris
Nan
Morgan
Bert Crawford
Iris
Curtis Morgan
Crawford
Eeeey
Curtis
David Blackhall
Pat
Estelle
Eatelle
Morgan House
Maude O’brien
Bstelle
Mrs. O'Brien
Curt Morgan
Iris Morgan
Maude
Mies
Curtie
Father
Young Curtis
Mr. Morgan
Nina Blackhull
Evangelist Homer Rodeheaver Returns Through Bluefield
Homer Rodeheaver, famous gospel singer with Billy Sunday, passed through Bluefield en route to Roanoke to visit his sister. He will sing at the Wytheville Sunday school convention and has arranged air travel with Pocahontas Air Transport for Chicago next Monday.
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Homer Rodeheaver
Billy Sunday
Bluefield
Roanoke
Rodeheaver
Wytheville
Pocahontas Air Transport Corporation
Chicago
Bellanca
Virginia Beach
Atlantic Seashore
Curtiss Flying Service rep visits local airport in Curtiss Robin
Captain Layman Patterson of Curtiss Flying Service landed at the local airport in a Curtiss Robin cabin monoplane with an OX-5 engine. Last Thursday he flew Governor William G. Conley on his first flight. Pocahontas Air Transport operates Curtiss Robins and represents the plane in several states. Patterson inspects landing fields and meets local agents.
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Layman Patterson
Baltimore
Curtiss Flying Service
Two Army Men Die In Plane Crash At Rodgers Field
Pittsburgh report lists Capt William J Snyder and Harry C Lafrentz killed when their aircraft spun and crashed at 3000 feet at Rodgers Field. Snyder was air corps reserve bond salesman and pilot. Lafrentz a field mechanic. Home base New York City. Lafrentz recently arrived from Panama.
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Pittsburgh
Rodgers Field
William J. Snyder
Harry C. Lafrentz
Snyder
Air Corps Reserve
Lafrentz
New York City
U.S
Panama
Death of Mrs Eva M Van Pelt Noted in Louisville Visit
Mrs Rhea Blake learns of the death of her grandmother Mrs Eva M Van Pelt in Louisville Kentucky while visiting relatives. Mrs Van Pelt, a native of Luig Germany, came to America at age three and is survived by six children. Her father was a noted music master.
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Rhea Blake
Eva M. van Pelt
Louisville
van Pelt
Luig
Germany
America
Oriental collecting is Babe Daniels big vice
Bebe Daniels admits one costly vice namely a passion for Oriental arts. Her home serves as a museum of rare tapestries pottery and other Oriental pieces picked up over time. She recalls an Oriental scene from an early film sparked the interest that grew into her collection.
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Oriental Collecting
Babe Daniels
Big Vice
Bebe Daniela
Mise Daniels
Granada Theatre
Saye Mies Niels
Concentration of U.S. women’s clothing production
Washington reports that eight cities dominate apparel manufacture, producing nine tenths of all women’s clothing. New York leads with 5,494 of 7,588 establishments in 1927, followed by Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Louisville and Los Angeles.
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United States
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New York
Chi Philadelphia
Cleveland
Boston
Louis
Los Angeles
Department of Commerce
New York City
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Philadelphia
Roll Morgan
Raen
AI LE
Prcess
Jeanne Eagles
Mous
Ris
Tic Heights
Frances White
Carrie Davis
Bob” Caldwell
Gwendolyn Jennings
Josephine Cline
Main Street
Broadway
William A. Selter
Colleen Moore
Gynrneut
Curting
Comedy and News
Bebe Daniels
Geman Thant
Cisa
Leon Hrerger
Montgomery
Aceruniane and Audion
Amorisce Tobesso Company
Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra
the Awencen Tobacco Co
Mana
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