Calendar highlights at Miller and Jefferson theatres
Community notices list a slate of upcoming shows at Miller Theatre including The Last Out Law and Uncle Tom’s Uncle as well as Westward Ho and Aesop’s Fables at Jefferson Theatre. The page also covers local social events, tea gatherings, birthday parties, bridge afternoons, and club activities with multiple residents and guests named.
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Calendar Miller Theatre
Gary Cooper
Jefferson Theatre
Dallmeyer’s
D. D. McDonald
Harris
Frances Brown
H. M. Watts
Ruth
Mary B. Jones
Miss Vicksburg Still Leads in Lakes-to-the-Gulf Race
Miss Vicksburg piloted by Robert Shaw led seven motor boats by time of Memphis arrival after a 170 mile leg from Caruthersville Missouri. She posted 6 hours 47 minutes. Miss Peoria followed. Miss New Orleans Miss St Louis and Miss Joliet came in within 15 seconds. Miss Chicago damaged propeller. Miss Memphis halted for repairs. Racers pause overnight in Memphis en route to Rosedale and New Orleans, with a total 1800 mile journey.
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Ty Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Rosedale
Miss
New Orleans
American fliers Chamberlin and Levine heading to Paris
The American embassy said fliers Chamberlin and Levine now in Prague would arrive in Paris Sunday night.
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Paris
Chamberlin
Levine
Prague
Czecho
Slovakia
Color and Odor Lure Insects to Flowers
Insects are drawn to flowers by color and odor and guided by form and markings, say Dr. Frederic E. Clements and Dr. Frances E. Long of the Carnegie Institution after nine years of Alpine Laboratory work on Pike's Peak. Bees resist artificial blooms. blue attracts more than red, while honey scenting reduces appeal. Insect visitors vary in size, skill, and habits, with behavior shaped by habit and concealed intelligence.
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Washington
Frederic E. Clements
Frances E. Long
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Alpine Laboratory
Pike's Peak
Drs. Clements
Long
Weather Delays America Monoplane Paris Flight
At Roosevelt Field on June 14 the three meter craft America remains grounded due to persistent bad weather over the east. Forecaster Sears warns flight unlikely tomorrow or Sunday. Far out to sea conditions are favorable and Byrd awaits a break in the delay.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Atlantic Ocean
America
Paris
Sears
Byrd
Philibert Surrenders to St Louis Police
Charles B. Philibert 38 advertising manager for the People's Motorbus Company surrendered to police on an embezzlement indictment after officials said his accounts were short five dollars. He was released on a five thousand dollar bond. His attorney said Philibert admitted depositing five dollars to his personal bank account but claimed the money was in checks payable to him and representing commissions due him.
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ST. Louis
Charles B. Philibert
People’s Motorbus Company
Philbert
John T. Manning
Philibert
Lonnie Dixon Executed on His 18th Birthday in Arkansas
Lonnie Dixon was executed in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Little Rock at five p.m. on his 18th birthday for the murder of 12 year old Toella McDonald in the Belfry of the First Presbyterian Church. He confessed two hours before his death, exonerating another man he had previously claimed committed the crime.
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Little Rock
Ark
Lonnie Dixon
State Penitentiary
T'oella McDonald
First Presbyterian Church
Dixon
Granite City Bank Teller Arrested After Disappearance
Calvin J. Blattner a 43 year old former teller from Granite City Illinois allegedly vanished June 7 with 13703 dollars from the First National Bank. He was arrested as he stepped from a train in St Louis and about 12618 was found on him.
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Granite City Bank
ST. Louis
Calvin J. Blattner
First National Bank
Granite City
Ills
Tablet in memory of Guy Wallace Rosecrans to be erected
A tablet honoring Guy Wallace Rosecrans, soldier, will be placed at Rosecrans Aviation Field. The memorial is to be erected by the McDonald-Dugger-Duncan post of the American Legion on the field.
Heir to Millions Killed in Plane Crash in East
James Theodore Walker of St. Louis heir to a 5 million dollar estate died in a plane crash near Pottsville while en route home from Princeton University. His cousin G L Lambert owner of Lambert Pharmaceutical Company survived with minor injuries after the Pitcairn biplane failed to respond and plunged in a Black Horse farming area.
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Associated Vresa
Lambert
Mator
Walker
Arm Hands
Black Horse
Pottsville Hospital
Lawrence Field
Princeton
St. Lows
Pottaville Hospital
St. Louis
Harvard Wins Annual Regatta
Harvard's varsity boat led from start to finish to beat Yale by three quarters of a length in New London. A crab in the Yale shell with a mile to go disrupted their chances, snapping a possible seventh straight win in America's oldest college regatta.
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New London
Conn
Harvard
Varsity
Yale
America
Crimson
Cambridge
Viking vessel sails to Duluth ending 10,000 mile voyage
The 42 foot craft Lief Erickson reached Duluth Harbor after a journey from Bergen Norway that began in spring 1926. The voyage covered about 10,000 miles and ended with the ship drawing four feet of water at the harbor.
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Duluth
Lief Erickson
Bergen
Norway
Washington vacation season tempers politics this year
In Washington a canopy of foliage frames a summer scene as half a million residents take vacations and gossip about Congress. The upcoming session date and political plans influence summer talk as Senate leaders move offices and teams align to steer future legislation.
President Coolidge Visits Capital in Calm Security
Civilians hurry through the capital as visitors pour in from other cities and crowds gather near the executive office hoping to glimpse the President. Despite the bustling scene the article notes Coolidge’s understated appearance will avoid sensational spectacle.
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South Dakota
New Government Offices Proposed in Government’s Grove Building
Plans imagine new offices in the grove area building under construction. One detail, unmined and requiring care, discusses dividing divisions with glass walls for efficiency. Some fear loss of privacy as social and recreational activities become visible to others. The scheme has been proposed before and not yet adopted.
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Grove
Vision
37 Millions At Stake In German Civil Court Suit
Potsdam Germany June 23 37 million in estates including buildings and mines could pass to an heir if Arno von Fredersdorff descendant of Michael Gabriel von Fredersdorff proves his claim. He alleges Marie Elisabeth Daum forged records and poisoned the elder Fredersdorff to steal title and wealth. He cites church and civil record forgeries and a forged marriage entry. Experts in law chemistry history and graphology are examining the case with records from Potsdam Berlin and Zernickow.
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Potsdam
Germany
Arno von Fredersdorff
Frederick the Great
Michael Gabriel von Fredersdorff
Fredersdorff
Marie Elisabeth Daum
Federsdorff
Berlin
Zernickow
Mecklenburg
Zernie
Xow
F Taum
Aerchant
Erick the Great
Daum
Fred
Fredersdorff Sions
Kew
Elisabeth Daum
United transport Chaumont sails with marines to Chile
A United transport named Chaumont carrying marines sailed this afternoon from Shanghai heading toward Chile province.
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Shanghai
Chaumont
Eutsin
Chili Province
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Carol Bailey
Bridge
Max Carter
Ray Dunlap
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Nadine
Ella Hunter
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Charleston
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van Buren, Ark
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W. B. Elder
Frances
Ozarks
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Columbia
Miss Margaret Blair
Sedalia
Euphrosyne Club
Robert Kerr
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Edw
L. Espenett
Clarke
John T. Clarke
Victoria Circle Order
Eastern Star
R. G. Benson
Bulware
C. L. Gove
Lucene Benson
Benson
Geo. Newberry
Julius Krueger
State Park
E. C. Clibourn
John Henry
Marie Hagener
Henry
Margaret Taylor
Tusla
Oklahoma
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John Rea
Jeanne Stevenson
Margaret Salmon
Elizabeth Bundy
St. Joseph
Catherine Goss
Tulsa
C. Eugene Stephens
Harry Griffen
Edward Ruwart
DeVaughn Pennington
Bradley Suit
Miss Vicksburg
Wright
Clay Frye
Motor Bus Company
East
James Theodore Walker
Pennsylvania
G. L. Lambert
Yale Crew
Ny Associated Press
Caniti News
Castile
Southside Drug Store Curb Service
Lindbergh
Washiington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
Ct Fis
Jones
Washi
Robinson
Defender
Gerry
Coolidge
Moreau Park
Moreau
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