Flyers Face Long Ocean Flight to Honolulu Steady Navigation Key
Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland and Albert F. Hegenberger plan a tri motor flight from Oakland to Honolulu. They rely on the earth induction compass, magnetic compass, astronavigation, and radio beacons to maintain course. The voyage tests navigation beyond Atlantic experience, with Manila weather and fog dangers highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester J. Maitland
Albert F. Hegenberger
Atlantic
Oakland, Calif
New York
Honolulu
Oahu
Maitland
Hezenberear
McCook Field
Bureau of Standards
San Francisco
Honolurs
Ducks aid artist in continuing work near Georgia lakes
Atlanta reports Milli cent Stranvre Edson of Boston, crafts woman in the Society of Arts and Crafts, says pure bred ducks let her sustain art study and output. Her ducks and eggs funded her art education, and her work now exhibits across the U S and abroad. She is Edward F. Strange's sister, director of London's South Kensington Museum.
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Atlanta
Millicent Stranvre Edson
Society of Arte and Crafts
Boston
Real
Blue Lakes
North
Georgia
Edward F. Strange
South Kensington Museum
London
PUBLISHES HER LIFE UNDER FIVE SULTANS
Constantinople June 25 Dr Mary Mills Patrick president emeritus of the Constantinople Womans College publishes her life Under Five Sultans after 53 years of educational work in Turkey. She came to Turkey in 1871 at twenty one and built a mission school into an international college for women. Dr Nicholas Muray Butler of Columbia University calls her doing a mans work with a womans devotion.
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Constantinople
Mary Mills Patrick
Constantinople Woman's College
Turkey
Patrick
Nicholas Muray Butler
Columbia University
Grand Lodge Meets in Charleston West Virginia
The M. W. Prince Hall grand lodge held its ninth annual grand communication in Charleston on June 20 and 21 electing officers including A E Goodwyn and William Benson. Public invited to St John the Baptist services at Reese street Masonic temple this evening.
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Grand Lodge
M. W. Prince Hall
Charleston
W. Va
A. E. Goodwyn
G. M
William Benson
D. G.M
William Carpenter
C. H. England
D. W. Baxter
M. Hawkins
M. Newman
R. Smith
St. John the Baptist
Masonic Temple
Reese Street
Surprise birthday party honors Mrs Anne Coates
Miss Josephine Coates hosted a white and yellow themed birthday party at the Coates home on Church Street for Mrs Anne Coates. Guests included Mesdames Atkins Bean Jones Scott West Ridley Kne Shade Harriston Mosely Erwin and others with music and refreshments. Rev John F Whitfield will preach at East Bluefield Va Christian Church at 3 20 this afternoon per Rev F Hayes.
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Josephine Coates
J. W. Coates
Church Street
Mirs
Anne Coates
Edna Moorman
Annie Shade
Helen Coates
Mesdames
Julian Atkins
Mary Bean
Maftie Jones
Effie Scott
Annie West
Ella More
Elizabeth Ridley
Sable iKne
Lena Shade
Flora Harriston
Mallory Mosely
Mabel Erwin
Coates
John F. Whitfield
East Bluefield
F. Hayes
In and Out The Greatest Pest Of Motordom
A humorous portrait of the road pest known as the in and outer. The piece recalls daily encounters with his raucous horn and dangerous driving as he performs a reckless diddle in traffic. It ends with a hopeful note that a solution may soon curb his tactics.
Plans Rock Story of Earth's Origin
Springfield June 25 Dr A R Crok director of the Illinois museum undertakes a rock history of the earth. He will collect rocks from Yellowstone Park among the oldest on earth to compose the first chapter of the earth's formation. Subsequent chapters will trace rocks with plant life then animal life and finally the most recent formations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
A. R. Craok
Illinois Museum
Yellowstone Park
Crok
Nebraska Corn Varieties Tested On Farms
Two large corn variety tests are under way in Nebraska with 84 plats in one trial and 89 in the other. Each planting differs from the adjacent one, aiming to compare performance across environments.
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Nebraska
Kingdoms Turned into Gravel Pits in Twickenham Estate Swap
London reports a drastic fate for two major exiled houses. The Kingdom of France and the Royal Palace of Portugal have been repurposed: Mansion House at Fullwell Park is now part of a land development project with cricket fields, while Port and York House have become municipal offices and a gravel pit respectively. The exiles, linked by European royal bloodlines, faced exile after 1908 and 1910 upheavals.
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London
Kingdom of
France
Portugal
Duke of Orleans
Manuel
Europe
Fullwell Park
York House
Corporation of
Twickenham
Maria Dorothea
Hapeburg
Austria
Bragance- Saxe-Coburg
Gotha
Augusta Victoria
Hohenzollern
Germany
Amelle
Two Minutes Saved By Bus Ride Sparks Thoughtful Question
In a travel itinerary a visitor is told a bus saves two minutes over a street car. The Celestia asks what to do with the saved time, implying Americans waste time similarly as they save money. The Valve World notes reckless spending of time and money. President Coolidge invited to Ardmore picnic on July 16 to see 10,000 farmers.
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Celestia
Coolidge
Ardmore
8. D
Buick
Time as Recklessly Saved as It Is Spent
A Pacific Coast port hosts a delegation showing an important visitor from China. The visit highlights commerce exchange and cultural diplomacy during a moment of heightened US China engagement.
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Pacific Coast
China
Women Win More Triumphs in Chemistry Appointments
New York reports two women named to the American Chemical Society Institute of Chemistry faculty. Emma P. Carr of Mt Holyoke and Dr. Marie Farnsworth of New York University join international colleagues at Pennsylvania State College for a July 4 start. Farnsworth will study analytical chemistry and X ray applications, while Carr teaches physical chemistry.
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New York
New Institute of Chemistry
American Chemical Society
Pennsylvania State College
Emma P. Carr
Chemis
Mt. Holyoke College
Marie Farns- Worth
New York University
Iss Farnsworth
Miss Carr
Miss Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Missouri
University of Chicago
Iowa State College
United States Bureau of Mines
New Brunswick
N. J
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Young Soviet Hikers Turn to Tramps in Boomerang Trend
Walking tours for workers once promoted by Soviet officials including Nicholas Semashko are backfiring as young Russian Communists abandon the program and become tramps. Moscow reports the shift from organized hikes to roaming бездомники.
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Moscow
Nicholas Semashko
Soviet Youth Travel Sparks Aid Appeals Across Regions
The article notes many Soviet youths roam beyond their leave limits ending up as itinerants in Central Asia Crimea and Siberia. Appeals for aid reach Young Communist organizations but are often ignored as officials deem such "touring" harmful to state interests.
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Central Asia
Crimea
Siberia
Sun paintings by Mrs. Pansy Stockton highlight plant palettes
Denver June 25. Mrs. Pansy Stockton uses leaves grass and weeds as paints for sun paintings. The artist calls the state her palette and glues foliage onto paper to depict Mesa Verde scenes. Clouds waterfalls and landscapes become art with milkweed wild thistle and wild tobacco as pigments.
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Denver
Cole
Pansy Stockton
Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado
Stockton
Fokker Plane Leaves Rockwell Field For Pacific Flight
The big tri motor Fokker monoplane departed Rockwell Field at 8 50 am bound for the San Francisco bay starting point for the San Francisco Honolulu sweep stakes. Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger pilot the craft with civilian aides Bradley Jones and E J Rivers assisting. The army plane aims to hop to Hawaii by June 29.
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San Diego
Cal
INS
Army
San Francisco
Army Air Service
Hawaii
New Lens Photographs 100 000 Stars at Once
A new astronomical photographic lens by Prof. Frank E. Ross of Yerkes Observatory will depict up to 100000 stars in one frame. The breakthrough enables a top photograph of Orion, taken at Chicago on June 25.
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Chicago
Frank E. Ross
Yerkes Observatory
University of Chicago
Robb
Orion
Gunman Killed in Hotel Shootout in Nashville
In Nashville, amid a casino and hotel area, detective Shearon exchanged gunfire with two robbers during a hotel corridor pursuit. Murray was shot in the stomach and lay dying. Johnson, a St. Louis man, was captured two hours later after admitting hotel robberies.
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Nashville
Tenn
INS
Tom Murray
Chicago
Robert Shearon
St. Louis
Robert Johnson
Andrew Jackson
Teis
Shearon
Stantas
Murray
Johnson
Muray
Dollce
Children's Hospital Inspired by Woman Physician
Madras allocates effort to open a children’s hospital after Dr. Mathulakshmi Ammal reported alarming child mortality figures. She said 8,000 of 22,000 babies born yearly in Madras die from disease and that eighty percent of deaths could be prevented with better care.
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Madras
India
Mathulakshmi Ammal
Modern Charlotte Flapper Wears Four Pieces
A Charlotte merchants survey finds the summer flapper wears four garments totaling 12 ounces, two ounces lighter than last summer. The report notes the outfits emphasize comfort for hot weather and mobility.
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Charlotte
N.C
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C. A. Rollina
Hiawatha Baptist Church
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Mattie Crews
Crozer
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Bluefield
Hiawatha Choir
N. G. Mervin
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Bethel A. M. Eg
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Negro College
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Martin
P. R. E. Lee
Robert Howard
Royal Palace of
Hilda Little
Dorothy Simmers
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