Grace Abbott Urges Club Action Under Sheppard Towner Act
Miss Grace Abbott chief of the federal children’s bureau urged delegates of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs to use the Sheppard Towner Act to reduce needless deaths of mothers and infants. She noted gaps in birth and death registration across states and called for education and local demonstration tailored to each state.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Grace Abbott
Federal
Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Abbott
Arizona
Nevada
South Dakota
Sheppard-Towner
State Commissioner of Health
State Department of Health
Women Backing Merit Principle in Health Drive
Fragment discusses women joining to reduce mortality among mothers and babies and support merit in state health program development. It highlights new backing for the merit principle as part of the joint undertaking.
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Sonal
Resignation of Statesville First Baptist Pastor Tilley
Statesville reports Rev. Co V. Tilley resigns as pastor of the First Baptist church effective September 1 after several years in Statesville. Action on the resignation to be taken at the regular church conference Wednesday evening July 5. Tilley came here from Concord.
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Statesville
Co. V. Tilley
First Baptist Church
Tilley
Concord
Mildred Glass Weds Archie Reed in Washington
Miss Mildred Catherine Glass daughter of Mrs Lelia Schoolfield Glass married Archie Harold Reed of Washington on June 20 in Washington. The bride long served as a popular schoolteacher in Danville prior to her wedding.
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Danville
Washington
Mildred Catherine Glass
Lelia Schoolfield Glass
Archie Harold Reed
Judge Petrie Ends Life in Alabama County
Russellville Alabama June 28 Despondent over ill health Judge S J Petrie longtime tax collector and former probate judge Franklin County killed himself yesterday afternoon using a pocket knife believed to have cut an artery in his left arm authorities said Petrie who had served in county offices for years was found dead at his home in Russellville
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Russellville
Ala
S. J. Petrie
Franklin County
Disturbances Follow Hamburg Demonstration Killings Reported
In Hamburg last night crowds clashed after a large demonstration over the assassination of Foreign Minister Rathenau. One man was killed and ten more injured in the unrest, Berlin reports indicate.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Rathenau
Congo Children Journey 10 000 Miles to California
Basanga and Bokes two and a half years old and fifteen months old travel from Mondombie Congo toward California with missionary father Dr. Ernest B. Pearson and mother Evelyn Utter Pearson. The children, raised among cannibal tribes and Belgian soldiers, experience new conveyances as they endure a long voyage and learn English and Lonkun do. They labor under the Disciples of Christ mission.
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Chicago
Basanga
Bokes
California
Mondombie
Congo
Ernest B. Pearson
Bokesi
Mary
Paul
America
Belgian Congo
Pearson
Asanga
Myang’ Isanga
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Evelyn Utter
Covina
Cal
Bullock and Valley
Kentucky
Gastonia Store Robbed in Late Evening Break-In
Unknowns entered Lebovitz's department stores between 9 and 10 PM and stole about 200 in men's furnishings. Local officers, patrolling the area, found the building intact at 8:10 PM and returned to discover the theft and getaway.
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Gastonia
Lebovitz’s
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