Social and bridge party at Mrs Beavers home
Social notes report a Christmas bridge party hosted by Mrs W A Beavers Jr at her Maple residence with guests including Miss Gertrude Suddarth and Mrs Edith M Schenkelberger. Decorations featured Christmastide colors and pine trees. Prizes awarded. midnight luncheon served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agdh
Edith’ M. Schenkelberger
Mike Gertrude Suddarth
Edith M. Schenkelberger
Poston
Meredith Grace
Chi Meothé
Clara “Korte
Virginia Hanway
Mary May
Dwight ‘O'Conner
Mildred Keefer
Paul Malone
Béss Kennedy
Mildred Waters
Gertrude Suddarth
James C. Holt
Florence H. Wil Kingon
Eocdt Club
Sara Bowers
Edna Sturms
Nell Haislip
Norfolk
Virginia
Mary Griffith
Virginia Stavely
Personal notes from Washington hospital training return home
Mrs Dorothy Swiger in training at George Washington University Hospital Washington D C has returned there after holidays with her mother at home. Miss Margaret Sommerville remains at her Walnut street home convalescing from influenza. Miss Mildred Bartlett of McGraw Avenue left Wednesday on the National Limited for Cincinnati to study under Madame Reiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Swiger
George Washington University Hospital
Washington, D. C
Margaret Sommerville
Walnut Street
Mildred Bartlett
McGraw Avenue
National Limited
Cincinnati
Madame Reiner
Study of Curricula Planned by Educators
A report from Indianapolis dated December 28 notes Mrs. C. W. Rauschenbach of Hammond plans a five year study of secondary school curricula with a view to reorgan izing the social studies. She will be initiated by the American His- where she spends holidays at her parents’ home with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McDaniel.
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Keu Wu. Munst
Maery Couey
Albert Hannon
Harold Helner
Navy Yards
Washington, D. C
Indianapolis
C. W. Rauschenbach
Hammond
Ind
W. W. McDaniel
Local Residents Spend Christmas Time and Suffer Influenza
Cecil travels to Baiti for a short visit while others stay near Detroit Bridgeport and Richmond area relatives. Several residents including Gladys McDaniel Florence Poe Richard Ford and Paul Williamson experience influenza or illness over the holiday. L Pord returns to duty at B and C railroad after illness. Marie Smallwood visits Richmond to see CG W Boyd and Bruce Knight on Pruntytown pike during Christmas.
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Cecil
Baiti
Oorger FB. Zinn
Dewoit
Mich
Chrismas
Yatessavenue
Detroit
Hugh McDaniel
Bridgeport
Wayne’ McDaniel
Gladys McDaniel
West Washington Street
Florence M. Poe
South Side
Richard Ford
West Main Street
L. Pord
T. K. Faherty
B. & C. Railroad
Maple Avenue
Harry Williamson
Paul Williamson
Chicago
Francis Street
Marie Smallwood
Richmmond
CG. W. Boyd
Mr. Wood
Bruce Knight
Pruntytown Pike
Kiwanis Club hears healthful food talk and piano solo
Kiwanis Club members discussed selection of ultra modern foods lacking necessary health properties. Miss Muriel Faherty played a brilliant piano solo Salut A Pesth. Next week President-elect Jolliffe will announce standing committees and fill vacancies in the Kiwanis official family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Faherty
T. K. Faherty
McGraw Avenue
Jolliffe
Kiwanis
Gift of Wine Sparks Society Trouble in Clearwater
Mrs Alexander Hayden of New York and Clearwater was surprised when a friend allegedly offered wine. A shipment of 68 bottles arrived at her home. She refused the liquor and federal agents confiscated it. She was acquitted of the prohibition charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearwater, Fla
Alexander Hayden
New York
Clearwater
United States
Radio Helped South Africans Election News Reach Congo
A letter from G R B Stegall of the American Presbyterian Congo mission in Luabo Belgian Congo thanks the General Electric Schenectady shortwave station for fast broadcast of U.S. presidential election returns. He notes Americans in Africa heard the results as quietly as the U.S. public and contrasts quick reception with three month mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congo
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N.Y
G. RB. Stegall
Garson Industrial School
American Presbyterian Congo Mission
Luebo
Belgian Congo
Pehatt
Africa
Stegall
America
University professor cites Carnegie grant for new social studies plan
Prof. August C. Kray of Minnesota at the 43rd annual meeting announced a 359000 Carnegie Corporation grant to fund the first year of a reorganization plan for social studies. He said education has advanced four grades beyond the eighth grade, and representatives of other social studies will be asked to cooperate.
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Vorical Association
August C. Kray
University of Minnesota
Carnegie Corporation
Krey
Carnegie
Certain Vegetables Give Off Violet Ray
Richmond reports: researchers describe ultra violet light emitted by plant roots. H Mellon and N Von Rashevsky of Western Pennsylvania Hospital Pittsburg explain onions and other plants emit rays like those used to treat rickets, though with shorter wavelength.
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Richmond
Society of American But Logists
H. Mellon
N. von Rashevsky
von Rashevsky
Western Pennsylvania Hospital of
Pittsburgh
Archduke Sues For One Billion in Property Recovery
Archduke Albrecht files suit at The Hague on behalf of Archduke Frederick seeking return of property valued at 1 billion dollars once owned by Archduke Frederick. The case targets assets in Jugoslavia Czecho Slovakia and Romania sequestered under postwar peace treaties. Yugoslavia refuses representation arguing tribunal incompetence. cites Neully and St Germain treaties.
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Budapest
Archduke Frederick
House J of Hansburg
Permanent Court of International Justice
The
Hague
Archduke Albrecht
Frederick
Jugo-Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Rumania
Europe
Neully
St. Germain
Wife Nettled by Husband in Companionate Marriage
New York December reports Mrs. Gordon R. Kinsey of Louisville says she married Colonel Gordon R. Kinsey in a companionate marriage last February and planned to separate if a more congenial partner appeared. She returned from Europe aboard the De Grasse and found Kinsey not at the pier. Kinsey had left Christmas for New York to meet her, but was said to be absent. he is a Louisville lawyer.
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New York
Europe
de Grasse
Gordon R. Kinsey
Louisville
Kentucky
France
Kinsey
Anne Marie Yemner
Salvation Army Leader Appoints Faith in High Council
Evangeline Booth arrived in Southampton for the Salvation Army high council meeting. She said American Salvationists were united in support of improvements expected from the gathering and denied reports of backing to succeed her brother Bramwell Booth as commander in chief. She expressed full confidence that American officers and soldiers back her.
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Southampton
England
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
United States
Cil
Bramwell Booth
High Council
America
Ryan's Will Not to Be Contested by Son
New York December 28 Allan A Ryan son of Thomas Fortune Ryan failed to appear to challenge the magnate's will valued up to a half billion dollars At a hearing before Surrogate James A Foley assistant John B Quinn depositions were filed and probate was expected Later Allan, estranged, was abroad when his father died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Allan A. Ryan
John B. Quinn
James A. Foley
Allan
Ryan
Sojourners Plan Nation-Wide Drive For Navy Bill
Captain G F Unmacht of the Sojourners announces a nationwide effort to back the 15 cruiser navy bill. The group plans to mobilize members at their annual meeting on January 11 to organize every possible means to secure its passage.
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Washington
G. F. Unmacht
The
Sojourners
Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Reserve
Centenarian Fenton Dies After Stroke in Florida
Mrs. James B. Fenton of Jamestown New York and St Petersburg Florida died today after a paralytic stroke. A 104 year old centenarian, she wrote for the Associated Press on her anniversary and led in Florida civic clubs including the Three Quarter Century Club. She came to the United States from Scotland over a century ago.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
James B. Fenton
Jamestown
N. Y
Pla
George Haldeman
Associated Press
Fenton
Three Quarter Century Club of Florida
Bathing Beatty
United States
Scotland
Tesu
Carnegie Tech Head Reported All Right After Operation
Baltimore December 28 reports say Dr. Thomas Baker president of Carnegie Institute of Technology was all right after an operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital He had been a patient since he was taken in while attending the unveiling of a bust of Andrew Carnegie in the Pan American Union building in Washington
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Baltimore
Thomas §. Baker
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baker
Johns Hopkins
Andrew Carnegie
Pan-American Union
Washington
Horse Given Larger Allowance Than Wife in Divorce Case
Mrs Simon Koslof seeks divorce stating her husband spends $13 weekly on a horse while restricting her to $2.10 weekly for herself and three children from a former marriage. The petition notes the horse earns about 35 dollars weekly for the bread peddler and his family’s finances.
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Cheaga
Simon Kosilof
Koslof
High School Teacher Tries to Kill Himself in Hotel Fall
James R. Orr a 20 year old high school instructor from Birmingham Alabama attempted to kill himself by leaping from the eleventh floor of New Orleans Roosevelt Hotel last night. He survived landing in a wire net over the glass roof of the lobby but suffered severe internal injuries and was in critical condition at Charity Hospital. Orr told police his act was due to failing health.
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New Orleans
James R. Orr
Birmingham
Ala
Roosevelt Hotel
Orr
Charity Hospital
Long Telephone Call From Princess Affects Stockholm
Crown Princess Astrid of Belgium anxiously checked on her 15 month old daughter Princess Josephine Charlotte, staying with Princess Ingeborg in Fridhem Sweden, as the parents toured the Far East. The call linked Ranjuwang Java Amsterdam and Fridhem via wireless and undersea cable, covering about 12 000 kilometers then 1500 kilometers. Ingeborg heard the baby say all well as the line carried the voice clearly across Europe.
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Stockholm
Astrid
Belgium
Josephine Charlotte
Ingeborg
Sweden
Far East
Ranjuwang
Fava
Fridhem
Ostergothland
Java
Amsterdam
Holland
Germany
Retiring Judge Urges Perjury Prosecutions
Morgantown reports Judge Grant Lazzelle urged more prosecutions and convictions for perjury to curb witness deception as he retires after eight years on the bench. He will return to private practice with his son. Charles G Baker was sworn in to succeed him after Baker won the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Grant Lazzelle
Lazzelle
Donald G. Charles G Baker
Influenza Hits Wheeling District Hard
Reports from Wheeling manufacturing plants and stores show heavy flu impact. About 50 percent of workers at the Woodward Bix Fiber plant are ill and over half of telephone exchange operators are off duty. A census indicates nearly 3,000 people ill across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Warwood ‘Bix
Presbyter in Temple Faces Heresy Charges in January Hearing
The presbyter discusses alleged heresy charges based on sermon excerpts, noting possible loss of context and his refusal to follow any single external authority. He cites admiration for Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick but does not endorse all his views, implying further debate on doctrine.
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Temple
Tugs Xenney
Harry Emerson Fosdick
New York
influenza claims husband and wife in five hours
In Pittsburgh on December 28, influenza and pneumonia took the lives of Bridget Dillon, 65, at her Homestead Park home, and her husband John J. Dillon, 75, five hours later. The double death occurred within a brief span, shocking the family and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Bridget Dillon
Homestead Park
Tater
John J. Dillon
Bossy Gillis Nabbed In Wilkes Barre Pa
Wilkes Barre Pa Dec 28 Andrew J Bossy Gillis of Newburyport Mass narrowly escaped death when a car overturned on a slippery pavement. Gillis was held by police as the mayor clashed with a sergeant over reckless driving. Bond was posted for Gillis appearance at a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes Barre
Andrew J
Bossy" Gillis
Newburyport
Mass
Gillis
Texas Minister Faces Accusations of Heresy
Cameron Texas December 28 Rev H G Kenney 39 pastor of the First Presbyterian Church Hero has been summoned to appear before the Central Texas church authorities on charges of heresy awaiting further action by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Cameron
H. G. Kenney
First Presbyterian Church
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