Laughter as Business Aid Taught by Dean Amos
Des Moines July 14 delegates to the National Federation of Business and Professional Women heard Miss Thyrsa Amos, dean of women at the University of Pittsburgh, stress laughter as a business asset. She urged using humor to relieve nervousness, noted men laugh more, and advised laughing off differences during sessions. Debate focused on magazine subscriptions and a $1 annual fee proposal, with opposition and amendments discussed as the convention prepared for afternoon inspections at Town State college. The convention is also weighing the Reed Kurtis education bill and federal employment bureaus.
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Des Moines
Thyrsa Amos
Univeristy of
Pittsburgh
Federation of Business and Professional Women
Miss Amos
Independent Woman
Federation
Helen Havner
Portland
Sion
Ames
Town State College
Minnesota
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clube
Reed- Kurtis
Federal Employment Bureaus
Thirteen Hanged for Plot to Kill Kemal Pasha
Thirteen men condemned for plotting to murder Mustapha Kemal Pasha were hanged at daybreak in Smyrna Turkey. The group included six Turkish parliament members and two former deputies. One deputy, Rudi Pasha, petitioned to be hanged rather than face life hard labor. The plot aimed to kill the president on his arrival a month earlier. The independence tribunal had condemned 15 to death. two were not in custody.
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Kemal Pasha
Smyrna
Turkey
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Rucdi Pasha
Tribunal of Independence
Twelve Bodies Recovered From Twilight Inn Blaze
Twelve bodies were pulled from Twilight Inn ruins at Twilight Park in the Catskills. The fire, of unknown origin, destroyed the three story frame hotel leaving about 55 people asleep inside unaccounted. Fire crews from Haines Falls and Tannersville battled the blaze as guests fled in night attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tannersville
N. Y
Catskill Mountain
Haines Falls
Twilight Park
Club Leaders Meet for Training School Today
Nine 4 H girls clubs in the county gather at the Nordhausens home 609 North Maple Creston to discuss garment making and club work. Miss Ruby Kassel from Iowa State College leads the session as a specialist in girls club work.
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Nordhausen
North
Maple Street
Ruby Kassel
Iowa State College
Ames
Creston
Kassel
Teader
Frank Ickis
Balloon Leaks Force Down Balloon Flight Near Thompsonville
The balloon Greater St Louis piloted by Capt. H. E. Honeywell and his daughter Bina diverted at 4:30 am near Thompsonville, NL. A leaking gas bag caused the emergency landing without injury as other balloons in the national race remained unaccounted. Reports also noted another Elks balloon sighting north of Cairo at 9:30 am traveling west to east.
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Greater
St. Louie
HE. Honeywell
Bina
Thompsonville
Honeywell
Otficlala
Franklin County
Evanaville
Ind
Herrin
Cairo
The
Elks
Chicago
Mounds
Forest Fire Burns Four in Canada Heat Wave Fatalities Rise
In Alberta a closed car occupants two women and two children perished when a forest blaze trapped the vehicle on a Banff to Windermere road. The death toll from a Pacific Northwest heat and fire wave climbs with eight or nine fatalities reported in other locations across British Columbia and eastern Oregon.
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Calgary
Alberta
Banff
Alta
Windermere
B.C
Pacific Northwest
Vancouver
Elasta
Kootenay Crossing
Erith Columbia
Marines Conquer Fire at Lake Denmark
Marines extinguished a blaze in a storehouse at the naval ammunition depot in Dover New Jersey after a hard battle. They pumped water from Lake Denmark to quench the flames threatening buildings housing six inch shells and powder in cases.
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Dover N. J
Naval Ammunition Depot
Tme
Denmark
Globe Circlers Complete Trip In Record Time
Edward S Evans and Linton C Wells finished a world girdling flight in 28 days 14 hours surpassing the 35 day 21 hour 35 minute record set by John Henry Mears. They landed in New York and sped by automobile toward their final leg, with updates from Cleveland and Bellefonte noting arrival times and aviation remarks.
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New York
Edward S Evans
Linton
Wells
Pulitzer
John Henry Mears
Afitehell Field
Evans
Linton C. Wells
Rantoul
Cleveland
Edward Evans
Brook Park
Chanute
Europe
Bellefonte
Edward S. Evans
Bellfonte Air Mail
Legion Day Maneuvers in Fort Dodge Highlighted by Drills
Fort Dodge on July 15 hosts Legion Day with the fourteenth cavalry band Troop G from Fort Des Moines and two drum corps. American Legion Drum corps in new uniforms joins a sham battle using 6000 rounds of blank ammo. Fort Dodge Municipal Band and Green County Band from Jefferson perform as drills and a half holiday closes local businesses.
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Fort Dodge
Town
Fourteenth Cavalry Band
Fort Dew Moines
American ‘Legion
Land
Webster City
Green ‘County
Jefferson
Iowa
Bladine Declines Reelection to State Central Committee
Waterloo Indiana July 14 Bladine Cedar Falls deputy collector of internal revenue announces he will not seek reelection as third district Republican state central committee representative. Bladine has served ten years in this district. W Z Beans Parkersburg announces candidacy in the Republican primary for attorney general in 1820.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Lars Bladine
Cedar Palla
Internal Revenue
Dubille
Republican State Central Committee
J Bladine
W. Z. Beans
Parkersburg
Marriage License Issued for Friis Carlson Creston Couple
A marriage license was issued this morning to Lee J. Friis of Garedh Grove California and Lena Jane Carlson of Creston. The Creston Fire Department was called to Howard and Elm streets at 7 am where a Creston Rubber Co truck caught fire. The blaze started from a gasoline leak ignited by sparks from the engine and was extinguished before significant damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee J. Friis
Legal
Garedh Grove
Cal
Lena Jane Carlson
Creston
Howard and
Elm Street
Creston Rubber Company
Illinois U Athletic Director Near Death in London
George Huff, longtime Illinois athletics director and former baseball coach, lies near death in a London hospital after appendicitis surgery on July 1 while abroad. Doctors reportedly administered transfusions and oxygen as hopes for recovery faded. Huff mentored stars like Jake Stahl and Carl Lundgren who rose to major league fame.
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Inois
Champaign
George Huff
University of Ilinois
Neareath
London
Chicago
George Ruf
Baseball Coe
Huff
Jake Stahl
Carl Lundgren
Fred Falkenberg
Jeff Pletter
Fred Beebe
Chicago Cubs
Clevland
Boston
Big Tim Murphy Under Injunction In Chicago
Timothy D. Murphy known as Big Tim, a former Chicago labor leader released from federal prison, faced an injunction restraining his involvement with the Chicago Tire Dealers Association. Voters alleged he seized control by force after being hired to recruit members, with three associates also enjoined from acting as officials or interfering with the group’s affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Timothy D. Murphy
Big Tim
Dearborn
Hhe
Chicago Tire Dealers’ Assocation. Com
Nine New Indictments in Cook County Vote Theft Case
Indictments filed against as many election officials and poll watchers after grand jury investigations into April Cook County primaries. Reported theft involved thousands of votes with both Republican factions and the Democratic city implicated. A full recount is under way as the probe continues.
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Warrdage
Cook County
Secor
Klan parade permission debated by Sioux City council
Sioux City police commissioner Tom Tax fart has granted permit for a Ku Klux Klan parade in Sioux City. The city council will vote on the plan Saturday as to whether the July 31 event in full regalia with hood down should proceed. Local officials warned of potential unrest during the parade proposal.
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Sioux City
Ku Klus Klan
Tom
Klat
Carlson Friis wedding at noon in First Baptist
Lena Jane Carlson daughter of Mr and Mrs August Carlson 803 North Elm married Leo J Friis of Los Angeles Calif at 12 oclock noon today Rev J Haw Aiton Woodsum performed the ceremony at the First Baptist church Esther Wright sang Oh Promise Me Thomas Hawkins played Lohengrin s Wedding March Bridesmaids were Margaret and Marie Carrigg of Waterloo and Mrs George Norris of Creston with Orville Matthews as matron of honor The reception followed with a three course breakfast and a decorated bride s cake Out of town guests included Cyril Toomey Los Angeles and several from Council Bluffs Des Moines Waterloo Cedar Falls Ackley and Hastings Neb The couple will reside in Los Angeles Calif
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Lena Jane Carlson
August Carlson
North Elm Street
Leo J. Friis
Los Angeles
Calif
J. Haw Aiton Woodsum
First Baptist Church
Esther Wright
Thomas Hawkins
Miss Carlson
Margaret
Marie Carrigg
Waterloo
George Norris
Creston
Taffera
Orville Matthews
Myrl Boecker
Harold
Thurch
Elizabeth Abell
Frits
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Kappa Delta P Sorority
Friis
School of Law
University of Southern California
Gamma Eta Gamma
Sigma Totachi
Delta Sigma Rho Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Sigma
Cyril Toomey
Louis Goecker
James Friend
Willises
Harry Goecker
Myrl and
Orville
Council Bluffs
Frank Barber
Lenox
Leas Gundholm
Albert
Frank Phillips
Des Moines
Margaret and
Marie Car Hige
Dorothy Charles
Helen McHveh
Harm Kramer
Ackley
Charles Ellek
Aye
Tema Forbes
Afton
Mea James PP. Larsen
Hastings
Dale Pascall
Osceola Altes Nelson
Bedford
Lela Sash
Helen Sash
Elizabeth No
Whittemore Death Warrant Signed in Maryland
Governor Albert Ritchie signed the death warrant for Richard Reese Whittemore, a bandit who killed a Maryland penitentiary guard. Mrs Margaret Whittemore, the condemned man's wife, announced a clemency petition with about 2,000 signatures. The escape occurred on February 20, 19.
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Baltimore
Albert
Ritchie
Richard Reese Whittemore
Maryland
Priest Ang
Margaret Whittemore
Whittemore
Robert H Holtman
Ringer Granted Second Reprieve
Donald Ringer a 19 year old Nebraskan condemned to death received a second reprieve from Governor McMullen two hours before his first four days’ reprieve expired. The reprieve extends to August 10 after a pardon board decision for a special hearing August 19 on his commutation request.
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S Lincol
Donald Ringer
McMullen
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Ringer
Nce
Salvation Army post planned for Creston announced
Dr. M. P. Stever announced at a Kiwanis meeting that a Salvation Army post will be organized in Creston. Captain and Mrs. Slows of Muscatine will lead the work with a formal opening not later than August and will arrive July 22 from Des Moines headquarters to begin organizing activities.
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Salvation Army
Creston
Yeetenlay
M. P. Stever
Stever
Union County
Kiwanis Club
Heid
Towana
Slows
Muscatine
South Side
Slows Ware
Salvation
Army
de Moines
Hotaten
Crest
Mra Slous
Minister Claims McPherson Son Jury Muzzled
Los Angeles July 14 Rev RP Shuler pastor of Prinity Methodist Church and reform leader protests to Superior Judge Feethn against muzzling the county grand jury in its probe of Aimee Semple McPherson disappearance. He cites district attorney Keyes's statements and possible testimony from Douglas Aziz and Mexican officials. If McPherson’s story is true, she deserves vindication. if not, the public deserves full facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angels
Bob) Shuler
Prinity Methodist Phurch
Los Angeles
Feethh
County Grand Jury
Aimee Semple McPherson
Tey
Anna L. Keyes
Mrs. McPherson
Douglas Aziz
Des Moines Officer Shot in Roadhouse Melee
Des Moines July 14 A Des Moines policeman named Smallwood was shot in the foot during a roadhouse melee early today. One woman was severely beaten and another is believed shot through the hand. Smallwood was taken to hospital by an unnamed woman. the other woman remained unfound and no motive or cause was explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bert ‘Smallwood
Smallwood
Bobby Jones Reveals Golf Lessons In Interview
Atlanta July 14 Bobby Jones world champion golfer discusses his rise to fame and outlines his compact style with a near body wide stance and a finger grip. He cites training from age five and luck as factors and notes his putt technique and recent British Open round with 39 putts.
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Atlanta
Bobby Jones
Associated Press
Bobby
Merton
Oakmond
Ike
St.Annes
Wisconsin Elks Capture State Trapshooting Championship
Wisconsin Elks won the two day trapshooting championship with a team score of 475 of 500 as Iowa and Illinois competed for state honors. Hammond Indiana claimed the lodge team title and the Elks Magazine trophy with 475. Clyds Mitchell LaCrosse took runners up, A. Buse Hammond won the singles title with a perfect score. Charles Hart New York elected president of the Elks' rap shooting association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sveako
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ilinois
Elks Edge
Towa
Hammond
Ind
Elks Magazine
Council Brutfs Ia
Earl Donohue
Carlinsville, Jr
Mark Ania
Champaign
Ill
A. Buse
Clyds
Mitchell
LaCrosse
AL Metager
Council
D. M. Hudson
Hammond Mutts
President Attends Setting Up of Flag Pole
President Coolidge, at Paul Smiths New York on July 14, enjoyed clear weather as he paddled a guide boat resembling a canoe, caught a three pound pike, and helped set up a 30 foot flagpole before returning to Waite Pine camp. Naval aide Capt Wilson Brown ran the flag up the presidential yacht’s mast while government business filled the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Smith
N.Y
Coolidge
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Globe Circlers
Legion
Bladine
Big Tim” Murphy
James Thornton Watson
Haiti
Miami
Fla
Hisleah
Siam
Carlson-Friis
Tena Jane Carlson
California
Dr. Stever
Post Organization
Erastus
Presta Nowana
McPherson
Champion
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