Birth notices and club meeting announcements
Birth announcements list Leona Pearl Laws born June 9 1928 at 406 Park Street to Mr and Mrs Rufus Laws Ellen Marie Farlowe born June 8 at North Hamilton Street to Mr and Mrs J L Farlowe Betty Joe Kidd born June 7 at Guilford General Hospital Mr and Mrs W B Freeman announce Dorothy Mae Freeman born June 9 at 1205 Franklin Street Lydia Horney Greer to Frank R Hearn June 7 1928 at High Point NC Lydia at home with A N Greer 703 Park Street. Club meetings include Tea and Topics at 3 30 Thursday with Mrs H D Sears and Star Order meeting at 8 Tuesday night Busy Women Circle at First Baptist 7 45 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Laws
Leona Pearl
Park Street
J. L. Farlowe
Ellen Marie
Hamilton Street
J. W. Kidd
East Green Street
Betty Joe
Guilford General Hospital
W. B. Freeman
Dorothy Mae
Franklin Street
A. N. Greer
Lydia Horney
Frank R. Hearn
High Point
N. C
The
First Baptist Church
Gurney H. King
Women delegates light up Kansas City convention scene
Bright wardrobes and bustling activity mark the final run up to the convention opening. Women from committees, hostesses, and organizations push to influence platforms on prohibition and foreign policy while leaders like Borah and Hoover figures draw attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bainbridge Hayden
Associated Press
Kansas City
National Committees
Resolutions Committee
Senator Borah
Henry W. Peabody
Women’s
National League For Law Enforcement
League
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Bertha Lindsey
Seattle
National Woman's Volunteer Committee
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
William K. Dupont
Delaware
General Federation of Women's Clubs
John D. Sherman
Robert Burdette
California
George White Speer
District of Columbia
Federation
Borah
League of Women Voters
Hoover
Alice Longworth
James F. Curtis
New York
Washington
Merrian
Minnesota
Willebrandt
W. Reginald Baker
New Jersey
Louis Dodson
One Minute Interviews Highlight Charm in Singer Success
Lenora Sparkes says success hinges on a singer's charm as much as voice. The English soprano, fresh from the Metropolitan Opera, argues voice plus musical intelligence and personal charm form a true triangle of achievement. She defines charm as inner spiritual quality that enhances a voice and reflects character, warmth, and wide interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA Service
Lenora Sparkes
Metropolitan Opera Company
Miss Sparkes
Bishops Travel World Wide Frontier by Many Means
The 37 active Methodist Episcopal bishops travel about 1.5 million miles yearly with an average of 49 000 miles per bishop. They use airplanes steamers houseboats canoes trains autos stagecoaches bicycles horses and sleds across Europe Africa Asia and the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nutter
Associated Press
Kansas City
Methodist Episcopal Church
John L. Nielsen
Zurich
Switzerland
Balkans
Germany
Russia
Scandinavian Countries
Eben S. Johnson
Capetown
South Africa
George R. Grose
Peking
China
Bishop Grose
Yangtze
Thibet
Bishop Johnson
Africa
Sahama
Liberia
Matthew W. Clair
Covington
Bishop Clair
West Indies
Haiti
Dominican Republic
India
John W. Robinson
Frederick W. Warne
Fred
Erick B. Fisher
Brenton T. Bradley
Fisher
Titus Lowe
Singapore
Straits Settlements
Charles L. Mead
Denver
Billings
Mont
Chihuahua
Mexico
Sioux City
Iowa
Nevada
Norfolk Navy Yard Scalding Tragedy Claims Three Men
Three civilian machinists die in Norfolk navy yard boiler room after a gas leak on a main steam line blows. Victims are E. H. Munden Charles H. Bryan and Joe Joyce. Two crew members injured while attempting rescue. Yard officials launch inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Bruce
E. H. Munden
Charles H. Bryan
Joe Joyce
Portsmouth
Turban of Flowers Attracts Garden Fans
Viewered Turbans showcases a newly fashioned turban entirely made of flowers. It features violets, roses, gardenias and forget-me-nots, creating a bright floral headpiece.
Five Billions In Federal Costs 15 Assured In U S
Washington June 11 Normal peace time outlays by the federal government will total five billion dollars before the next president leaves office. The piece notes partisan defenses and critiques of appropriations, citing a late session total of 4.628 billion and the likelihood the nation is becoming a five billion country due to expansion and funding in legitimate directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Congress
Thos. B. Reed
Maine
House
Wood
Indiana
House Appropriations Committee
Burns
Tennessee
Mr. Burns
Veterans Bureau
Price of Education Doubled for Public Pupils in 15 Years
Washington June 11 The cost of educating a public school pupil has more than doubled since 1913 rising from 38.31 to 102.50. Public school building expenditures nearly doubled since 1920 with 1925 peak at 433 million dollars. 1926 figures show a 22.9 million drop as construction caught up with postwar shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Bureau of Education
Bureau
Increase in School Expenditures Reflects Dollar Value Decline
A report notes rising school expenditures due to the decreased purchasing power of the dollar, aiming to improve school facilities and undermine longstanding funding gaps.
More Foreign Capital Sought by Italians
Productive enterprises in Italy at the start of the year had been financed with foreign money totaling 1.438 billion dollars. Stabilization of the lira in late 1927 renewed appeal for foreign loans and experts foresee further funding. Major sums include 80 million in electrical industries, 22 million merchant marine, 19 million each in mining and engineering, and 5 million in land reclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Milan
Dotted net fabrics highlight summer evening dresses
Paris styles feature a powder blue ruffled net dress by Champ communal. A diagonal effect is created by embroidering dotted net onto plain fabric with the silk slip cut diagonally at the shoulder to align.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Champ Communal
Newfoundland gains Labrador coast strip in boundary ruling
A coastal Labrador tract of 110000 square miles awarded to Newfoundland may hold rich mineral timber and water power resources. Navigable river areas will be explored and the land is expected to yield far more than the 325000 dollars yearly rentals from concession holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Johns
Labrador
Newfoundland
Canada
Railways at Algiers Seek More Rolling Stock to Move Crops
Algeria aims to improve railway service to prevent crop spoilage. Authorities consider payment in kind under the Dawes plan and issuing bonds. Manufacturers would buy supplies from French sources to accelerate material availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Algeria
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H. D. Sears
Oo. Be.ss
Order of the Star
Betty Joe Kidd
M. P. Harrell
First Methodist Protestant Church
Bridge Club
Meert
Donald Headen
J. A. Morris
Emerywood
Nevada State Journal
Reno, Ney
Harlan Howard
C. J. Cummins
North Carolina
Heward Home
Howard
Clyde D. Souter
Carl Lehers
Paul Walters
Lester Summerfield
A. A. Codd
Reg Meeker
Emily Steincamp
G. C. Steinmiller
George H. Thatcher
Woods
Vinton Mueller
Harriett Northam
Sarah West
Vincent Burke
W. M. Leeper
E. W. Cheney
Grover Overmeir
Sam Pickett
John Siai
Earl Hart
Lucille Cottrell
Condict
Jimmy Peterson
Renow
Talamy
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Reno
Elizabeth Setze
Atlanta Ga
W. F. Freeman
Miss Lorrane Chappell
Mount Airy
Rev
J. H. Haynes
Jamestown
J. W. Tilson
Rockford
John Tilson
Cratchfield
S. E. Tilson
J. F. Dermid
Emma Olive
Laurens, D. C
Charles F. Weedon
P. S. New Vork
N. Main St
Howard Home
Hollingsworths
Cecil
Margaret Young
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Navy Yard
U. S
Robert M. Lynn
Uality
Nettleton
Florsheim
Agency
Camel City Coach Co
Greensboro
Winston High Point
Greensborny
Union Station
Winston
Alertox
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