Missionaries adopt dictaphones to unify Bantu dialects
The Methodist Episcopal Church committee on conservation and advance reported use of dictaphones to convert Central Africa dialects into writing. Missionaries like Rev. Herbert C. Withey have translated the New Testament into labole and other languages. Printing plants in Africa ship thousands of volumes to native Christians. 8823 dialects exist with 100 reduced to writing and 50 million speakers.
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Chicago
Central Africa
Board of Foreign Missions
Methodist Episcopal Church
Itw
Herbert c. Withey
Angla
Congo
Rhodesia
Methodist Mission
Africa
Kambini
Portugese
Johannesburg
Angloa
Blind Workers Meet at Iowa College for the Blind
The American Association for the Workers for the Blind will hold its tenth biennial convention at the Iowa college for the Blind in Vinton, June 25 1028. More than two hundred delegates are expected from the United States and Canada. The executive committee includes President H Randolph Latimer Alderman Baltimore Vice President Serman C G Swift Second vice president Miss Water Foley San Francisco Treasurer George M Bellows Glyndon Secretary Charles B Hayes Boston.
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Vinton
Towa
American Association For the Workers For the Blind
Iowa
Baltimore
Ald
Serman
Global sport surge ahead as summer plans unfold
New York May 31 Followers of sport here and abroad anticipate the greatest season of international competition yet with Dempsey Carpentier boxing for heavyweight glory. American teams in golf tennis and polo prep to challenge abroad while England France and other nations send players to the United States for Davis Cup and Walker Cup events. Major golf championships unfold from Hoylake to St Andrews with US tournaments to follow. Track rowing and yacht racing also on the calendar as international clashes loom and governing bodies meet in Geneva and Lucerne.
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New York
Dempsey-Carpentier
Fingland
England
France
Oxford and
Cambridge
United States
Forest Hills
N. Y
Southampton
Hoylake
Ted Ray
Fontainebleau
Chantilly
Mockrinhanish
St. Andrews
Greenwich
Conn
Washington
St. Louis
Abe Mitchell
George Duncan
West Side
Tennigelih
Ny Y
Molla Mallory
Edith Sigourney
Baston
Honeyland
Rub-My-Tism Pain Killer Claims Healers Sake
An advertisement extols Rub My Tism as a great pain killer for pain and soreness Rheumatism Neuralgia sprains and related ailments. The copy emphasizes quick relief and broad applicability across common aches.
Blind dancers shine at New York Lighthouse ball
The Lighthouse for the Blind in New York showcased three high school girls and a college sister’s public dance debut. It highlights education for the sightless, with gymnastic, weaving, sewing, and stenography training. Notables like Harding and Mellon attach honorary roles. donations fund the movement at East Fifty-ninth Street HQ.
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W York
New York
Pike Viguenne
Jimd
Irish prisoners held in Ballykinlar camp in Ulster
The Ballykinlar camp near Dundrum Bay houses 1,727 Irish political detainees since November. Prisoners live in two enclosed areas with unit commands, drill, and a strong patrol presence. They dine, sleep, and are allowed letters, magazines, and a canteen while awaiting possible parole after seven days internment and a loyalty pledge if released.
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Ballyrinlar
Irbs
Ballykinlar
Associated Press
Inen
Belfast
Irelmal
Dundrum Bay
Joseph McCrath
Dublin
Dr. Hayes
Dai Hireann
Ife
Erary
London
Under & Company
McGrath
Trish Republican Army
Billie Burke Backs Stockingless Fashion Craze
Billie Burke, fashion authority and film star, approves of the stockingless craze sparked by Parisian women though she lacks the nerve to start it publicly. She notes vague rules for waistlines and sleeves, criticizes American designers for originality, and says she often alters gowns for pictures. Burke favors London-made costumes and French shoes, and she stars in Paramount’s Wanted A Husband at Broadway Theatre, midweek.
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Billie Burke
Hastings
Flnction
Miss Burke
London
Paramount Aitcraft
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