Warren Elected President of National Rifle Association
Senator Francis B. Warren of Wyoming was chosen president at the naval meeting in Washington succeeding Senator Brookhart of Iowa. Warren, last surviving World War I veteran in the Senate, wears the Congressional Medal of Honor and has long supported rifle shooting. The meeting drew delegates from rifle clubs colleges state associations and services with 15 000 members reported in 1924.
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Francis B. Warren
Wyming
National Rifle’ Association
Washington
Warren
Smith
Brookhart
Iowa
Association
Senate
F. C. Alnaworth
Washingen
Cosen
Fred M. Waterbury
New York
Col. A. B. Witchfield
Ohio
K. D., Loos
Illinois
Fred H. Phillips, Jr
Tennessee
Therabove
James %. Murray
Philadelphia
Maj
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Senator Shipstead Urges World Banking Control for Peace
Minnesota Senator Shipstead proposes government control of global banking credit as a tool for world peace. A former Labor member of the foreign relations committee he argues the United States should lend freely to finance protection and housing for others if they disarm and pursue a peace basis. He warns such control would grant the nation vast power for good or evil and shape humanity’s destiny.
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Shipstead
Minnesota
Foreign Relations Committee
America
United States
Europe
Coolidge
Carter elected Democratic caucus chairman from Oklahoma
C D Carter of Oklahoma has been unanimously elected chairman of the Democratic caucus in the House of Representatives. A long-time member since statehood in 1907, he represents the Third Congressional District from Ardmore. Born August 16 1868 in Indian Territory, he is seven sixteenths Indian Cherokee on his father’s side and Chickasaw on his mother’s side, with Scotch Irish and English ancestry. He has held positions in the Choctaw Nation including superintendent of schools and mining roles, is married with five children, and identifies as Methodist, Mason, and Ely.
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Bnares
Carter
Oklahoma
House'of Representatives
House
Ardmore
Indian Territory
Bogey Hiver
Nutha Carteri
Towanda
Nathgn H
Garter
Tadian
Hag
Ely
Expert Goodwin joins board to review reclamation projects
Interior official M. Goodwin is appointed by Secretary Work to serve on a new board led by Thomas B. Campbell and Dr. John A. Walton. He brings irrigation expertise and NW experience, overseeing reclamation contracts, and will chair the commission reviewing western projects including the Columbia basin study. The panel begins field visits to all western projects to prepare a final report for Congress.
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Wrencis M. Goodwin
Thomas B. Campbell
Arizona
John A. Wlatsoe
Utah
Goodwin
Bia
Northwest
Indy
Goodwin Je
Congress
The Custom of the Country in Anglo Saxon Tone
A narrated tale compares old world virtue to modern change through two sketches. A Sussex footpath chase ends with a postman’s near capture by a bull while a Kentucky memory recalls primitive life with a lynch scare turned into a humor of frontier justice.
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Sussex
Fletcher
Kentucky
Jim
Sherrif
Dudge Sim Higurower
Shamy
Distiller Delivers Christmas Gift in Kind Deed Gone Wrong
A Tennessee distiller, famed for spreading sunshine, gave whisky to a careless acquaintance in a cabin during a harsh era. By late January the beneficiary died, and the distiller reflected that a single white tag failed to last long, remarking the recipient could not even afford a cow.
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Tennessee
Fashion Notes On Milady's Spring Coats And Jewelry
A fashion column discusses spring coats for young women in tweed silk and fur trims, noting white clipped Wool lookalikes and ensembles matching dresses. It highlights extravagant hosiery with ankle rhinestones and lingerie accents, plus new Parisian bracelets with semi-precious stones, cameos, and graceful links.
Beaded Frocks and Rose Ostrich Plumes Highlight Early Fashion
Old style stones adornments such as quartz moonstones chrysoprase and cats eyes appear in straight lined beaded frocks while new novelties include gold and silver nettings and a rose colored ostrich plume fringe a yard long mounted on dark tortoise shell sticks. Flower garnitures appear on plain silks and a changeable taffeta costume features three sprays of alk roses with silver crusted leaves and stems at the bodice and skirt.
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Fabrica
Preserving Leather Footwear With Weather Treatments
In wet weather rub boots and shoes with beeswax or mutton suet to keep out dampness. For kid shoes apply a small amount of petroleum jelly at night and polish in the morning. The same method works for patent leather.
Dinner Dresses Feature Black Lace Over Flesh Slips
Several of the smartest dinner dresses seen are made of black lace with touches of cream or brown lace mounted over flesh color slips.
Few Are Familiar With Shoes by Common Name
A shoe dealer explains common footwear terms to help shoppers decide among oxfords pumps and sandals. The guide defines oxfords, pumps, brogues, bluchers, colonial pumps, tongue pumps, Balmoral spats, ballet flats, sandal shoes, old Indies, house slippers, Juliets, and Mules, noting distinct eyelets, tongues, buckles, and heel styles.
Semi-Precious Stones In Fashion Bracelets
Delicate bracelets shown in elver and silver gift sets feature semi-precious stones and Scotch pebbles that mimic real jewels. The design emphasizes fine workmanship and affordable price, with motifs including imitation sapphires emeralds amethyst rubies and moonstone.
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Inion
C. D. Carter
By Irvin S. Cobb
Cony
Milady
Sewitc Ies Roby Prandles
10Abastine Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Monarch Manufacturing Co
Council Blofta
Toledo
Mona Motor
Boise Ates Brand
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