Navy gunnery tests push for aerial war plan shifts
San Diego reports that a March fleet gunnery exercise demonstrated the effectiveness of aircraft in protecting battleships. Observers say destroyers and light cruisers will carry single-seat fighters to intercept enemy planes, while capital ships evolve into aircraft carriers.
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Cal
United States
Pacific
Admiralty
Stanford E. Moses
Washington
San Pedro
Antis
Suffering Feet? Kappner Foot Expert Promotes Ventilating Cushion
Kappner Mfg. Co. offers Red-Eye Foot Remedies at 25¢ a box along with trusses, abdominal and elastic supports. The firm at 1319 Main Street provides free examinations and operates 9 to 6 daily.
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Kappner
Kappner Mfg. CO
Main Street
Heat Cuts The London Theaters In Dry Spell
London, June 20. Theater proprietors lament the hot dry spell as patrons skip warm nights. West End houses report low takings and many empty seats while actors perform to sparse audiences. Weather normally cold and wet for this time of year.
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London
England
Better Mailing Week Urges Careful Addressing of Mail
The article explains the Dead Letter Office losses from misaddressed mail and outlines a nationwide drive in early June, led by Postmaster General New, to urge senders to include full names and addresses on all mail and parcels to reduce costs and improve delivery. It highlights the monetary impact of misaddressed items and the need for accurate addressing.
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New York World News Service
Washington
United States Mails
Sam
Post Office Department
United States Treasury
Postal Service
United States
New York City
Postoffice Department
New
Dramas of Asia for America plans world stage in Broadway switch
Paris June 20 Miss Irma Krafft director of the International Playhouse reports a four year search across Europe and Asia. The ambitious program aims to bring fresh European and Asian plays to Broadway next winter produced by native managers with authentic scenery for global audiences. Early offerings include Tsuean a Chinese drama, Napoleon Jr a Hungarian comedy Mind a Wahbey Bey of Cairo and Man Without Body by Herman Tierlinck.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Europe
Asia
Irma Krafft
International Playhouse
Broadway
Globe
New York
World News Service
Y. World Press Pub. Co
Ohio River Slackwater System Progress and Prospects
R R Jones chief assistant engineer in Cincinnati outlined the slack water plan for the Ohio River at a Federal Business Association meeting aboard the steamer Ottawa. He cited Dam No 36 near Coney Island and dams 32 34 and 44 set to complete this season extending slack water from Pittsburgh to Leavenworth Ind. by 1929.
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Globe
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Federal Business Association
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Newport
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Switzerland
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Louisville
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Missouri
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New Orleans
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Americans Flock to Royal Ascot in London Society Row
American society guests crowd the Royal Ascot week viewing races and mingling with British elites, led by Ambassador and Mrs. Alanson B. Houghton and embassy staff. Fashion notes highlight: Queen Mary, Princess Mary, and Countess of Oxford among attendees. menswear features gray and white-gray top coats and sponge bag trousers. Curzon wedding set for July 21 with King approval for Chapel Royal ceremony.
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New York World News Service
London
Royal Ascot
Alanson B. Houghton
Frederic A. Sterling
Boylston Beal
Beal
Luke McNamee
Duchess of York
Countess of Oxford
Margot Asquith
Carnarvon
Cora Lady Strafford
Foulard
Harry Brown
Duke of York
Prince Henry
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Earl of Lonsdale
Alexandra Curzon
E. D. Metcalfe
Chapel Royal
St. James’s Palace
Alexandra
Cynthia Mosley
Cynthia
Alexandra J
Lady Curzon
Sweeney Sought as Vice Commander at Veterans Encampment
Cincinnati delegation heads to Delaware Ohio for the 26th annual United Spanish War Veterans encampment. Delegates will sponsor Joseph D. Sweeney of Egbert Camp for state vice commander with backing from George H. Logan Ellis Deckey and others including Cincinnati Ladies Auxiliary. A. M. Witheral and Grafton D. Reed of Kentucky also plan to back Sweeney.
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Cincinnati
United Spanish War Veterans
Department of Ohio
Delaware
Joseph D. Sweeney
Egbert Camp
George H. Logan
Roosevelt Camp
Ellis Deckey
Cincinnati-Egbert Camp
Ladies Auxiliary
A. M. Witheral
Grafton D. Reed
Depart of
Kentucky
Sweeney
Termite Warning For Cincinnati Builders From Hauser
Building Commissioner George Hauser warns Cincinnati builders about destructive white ants. He cites a U S Department of Agriculture report of termite damage to frame houses in the South and West and urges impregnating wood with coal tar creosote or using concrete or stone foundations to protect against ants. He notes swarms each spring and fall as warning signs.
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Cincinnati
George Hauser
Hauser
United States Department of Agriculture
Harry Hake
Hyde Park
Mr. Hauser
Leg Fracture After Street Collision at Bank and Colerain
Nicholas Fey aged 57 of 449 Bank street suffered a broken right leg when his path was struck by an automobile that climbed the curb after a collision at Bank street and Colerain avenue yesterday morning. He was taken to St. Mary's Hospital. Police reported the car was driven by Peter Hummell of Work road after a collision with Clarence Behne of 2082 Western arenes.
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Colerain Avenue
Nicholas Fey
St. Mary's Hospital
Fey
Peter Hummell
Box 77
Work Road
Hummell
Clarence Behne
Western Arenes
Summer Gouarot at University Pens Tuesday
The six weeks summer session at the University of Cincinnati Liberal Arts and Education begins Tuesday with registration at 8:30 in McMicken Hall. New staff include Dr Bird T Baldwin and James M Glass plus local Cincinnati instructors. many courses offer two credits toward BA or BSE degrees.
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Colleges of Liberal Arts and Education
University of Cincinnati
McMicken Hall
Louis A. Pechstein
College of Education
Bird T. Baldwin
Iowa Child Welfare Station
University of Iowa
James M. Glass
Pennsylvania
State Department of Education
Charles L. Spain
Detroit Public Schools
Winifred Hathaway
National Committee For the Prevention of
Cincinnati
Anna Ranson
Fairview Demonstration School
Pearl Wright
Hoffman School
Edith Reilly
Raschig School
Estella Lawes
Elvira Paul
College of Liberal Arts
Memorial
Redhill elected Great Master at Arms of Maccabees Ohio
Walter J. Redhill traveling auditor of the Industrial Commission of Ohio was chosen yesterday as Great Master at Arms of the Maccabees Great Camp of Ohio at the annual election in Columbus. Edward L. Young of Norwalk was re-elected Great Commander for twenty one years.
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Maccabees
Redhill
Walter J. Redhill
East Seventh Street
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Ohio
Columbus
Edward L. Young
Norwalk
John Carroll Donates $5,000 for New Children's Home
Rev H Lewis outlines a plan to move the Children's Home to Madisonville after completion. John Carroll, the first ward placed, gave $5,000 to start the work, with hopes to raise most of the $50,000 needed from former wards. The project aims to be the first U S home funded by its alumni.
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New Ville
Lewis
United States
Ohio engineers elect officers at Middletown convention
The Ohio branch of the National Association of Stationary Engineers closed its annual convention in Middletown with Wylie Craig of Cincinnati elected president C C Carrigan of Painesville vice president P S Garrett of Dayton secretary and John Rice of Troy treasurer The group voted to meet next year in Newark.
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Commercial Tribune
Middletown
Ohio
National Association of Stationary Engineers
Wylie Craig
Cincinnati
C. C. Carrigan
Painesville
P. S. Garrett
Dayton
John Rice
Troy
Newark
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