China leaders push for love matches amid marriage reform
Three top Chinese officials Chiang Kai-shek Chang Weiuh Liang and H H Kung backed the idea of romantic matches in China while denying a reported arranged marriage between their families. Chu Kwang mu says late matches are preferred and denies a formal arrangement. The incident fuels reformers campaign against arranged marriages.
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Marshal Chang
Kung
Chu
Chiang
Marshal Chiang
Nanking
China
Burglary Alert Amid Night Bedroom Noise
A fragmentary dialogue depicts a woman Rebecca waking her husband to a suspected burglar under the bed. Izzie suggests silence and planning to charge the intruder for lodgings, reflecting a tense domestic scene.
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Rebecca
Izzie
Peterson's Ointment advertised for piles and itching
An ad claims Peterson's Ointment stops itching burning and soreness in three minutes and can banish long standing cases with a few days' use. It soothes the rectal lining and promises immediate relief and healing at a low cost of 35 cents.
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Peterson
Manally Wins Swimming Events At Mtg Meet
At Fort Bragg North Carolina on July 8 Battery D of the MCTC regiment captured the swimming meet at McKellar Pond with 18 points. Battery A followed with 16 and Battery B with 14. Winners included William J. McAnally High Point in the 50 yard freestyle and the spoon and egg race. The 200 yard relay saw Battery D win with a team of Handy Barbee Brinkley and Bostick. Norton C Johnson won the fan diving contest with Bruce Miller and Alfred Kendrick placing.
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Camp
Johnson
Fort Bragg
Red Cross
William J. McAnally
High Point
N. C
Frederick C. Handy
Raleigh
James H. Weatherman
Statesville
Geo
D” F. C. Handy
Ira L. Barbee
Oxford
Benjamin T. Brinkley
Welch W. Bostick
C” Heran P. Snyder
Monroe
John M. Sutton
Charlotte
John B. Harris
Guy V. Soule
Rotary
Robert J. Hyder
Rhodhiss
James W. Espey
Imr
Hickory
Kermit Q Robinson
Mooresville
Norton C. Johnson
Wilmington
Bruce Miller
Alfred C. Kendrick
Gastonia
Oklahoma Governor Names R M McClintock Honorary Colonel
Governor W H Murray of Oklahoma appoints R M McClintock a honorary colonel on the governor's staff. McClintock, a newspaper correspondent, joins the ceremonial role in the state administration.
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W. H. Murray
Oklahoma
R. M. McClintock
Purification for Health Using Calotabs
Purify your system to restore vitality with Calotabs, taken weekly for several weeks to cleanse blood and organs. Promotes liver and kidney function, aiding digestion and bowels. Available in 10c and 35c packages at all dealers. Ad.
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Nature
Ady
Eva La Galli Enne Returns as Burn Patient in Spotlight
New York actress Eva La Galli Enne reappears not for acting but as a patient. Doctors treat her burns from a summer home explosion using light therapy. Berlin campaign pushes to name a street Hoover Strasse after President Hoover for wartime debt moratorium leadership.
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Evelyn Wilson
New York
Harry Wilson
Chicago
Eva la Gallienne
Berlin
Hooverstrasse
Hoover
Portraitist Dario Rappa Plans Motor Trip to Meet Actresses
New York painter Dario Rappa, known for celebrity portraits, plans a cross country motor trip to meet America s women first act and paint them on canvas. He says they are born actresses and easy to portray.
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New York
Dario Rappaport
America
Jacksonville Bars Pajama Parade Comment Draws Fire
Police Chief Roberts defends street visible pajama outfits saying they are more modest than some dresses as residents discuss public decorum in Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville
Roberts
Wig maker hides toupee secret at fire station
New York toupee maker Al Fred Emmelin is accused of concealing a client’s toupee secret at a fire station after the client washes his head. In Dresden, Munich experts restored Raphael’s Sistine Madonna using a special process to reattach loosened paint to the 500-year-old canvas.
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New York
Alfred Emmelin
Dresden
Germany
Munich
Raphael
Bulls Attack Orchestra at Maryland Orchard Festival
In Parkton Maryland two bulls charged an orchestra at an orchard festival. They knocked the drummer over a fence and an attached banjo player into a tree while the director ended up in a creek. Separately New York reports George Schraeder moved, a one man election district that costs the city about 400 dollars per election.
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Parkton
New York
George Schraeder
George
Post
Wiley
Russia
Hoover
Bumson
Capital
Bees Attack Firefighters At Newport Cleaning Plant Fire
Firemen at the Good Will Cleaning plant in Newport Rhode Island were forced to retreat as bees swarmed from beneath the roof. The bees were dispersed only after a hose stream was directed at them.
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Newport
R. I
Good Will
Wiley Post’s Winnie Mae Sets World Flight Dream In Motion
Wiley Post, backed by F C Hall, and navigator Harold Gatty, prepared Winnie Mae for a world circumnavigation. After months of preparation and engine work, Post planned a ten day flight with a 150 mph cruising speed, aiming from Roosevelts Field to Harbor Grace Newfoundland, then Berlin.
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Leon Durst
Associated Press
Wiley Post
F. C. Hall
Oklahoma
Harold Gatty
Post
Winnie Mae
Wiley
Roosevelt Field
James Kimball
U. S. Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Harbor Grace
N. F
Wiley Post Berlin
Wiley Post Carves Niche in Aviation Hall of Fame
Aviator Wiley Post rises in the annals of flight as his achievements secure a place in the aviation hall of fame. His record-setting solo flights and contributions to aero navigation are highlighted as a landmark in air history.
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Wiley Post
Auburns new self lubricating four blade fan motor
The four blade fan on the motor of the new Auburn cars is self lubricating. An oil reservoir supplies lubrication so that filling is required only every 10 000 to 15 000 miles.
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Auburn
Thirteen Thousand Attend St Louis Opera This Summer
Thirteen thousand people attended a performance of the St. Louis municipal opera this summer and about two thousand were turned away citing high demand and sold out seats.
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St. Louis
Crow-hunting Nimrod Ellsworth Declares Ongoing War
In Ashtabula County T E Ellsworth of Pierpoint vows perpetual war on crows. He displays 51 notches on his shotgun as proof of marksman skill and collects 25 cents for each crow killed.
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Jefferson
Ashtabula County
T. E. Ellsworth
Puzzle on Torpedoes Sinking Boats and Strategy
Visual logic puzzle asks to rearrange boats and torpedoes to maximize sunk boats. Each torpedo passes under three boats and sinks the fourth, with each ship sunk before the next torpedo is launched. Determine if arrangements can increase total sunk boats beyond the initial diagram.
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