Tribute to Victor Lawson by Associated Press Directors
New York AP directors unanimously adopted a memorial for Victor Fremont Lawson founder and first president of the AP. The tribute praises his American character, Christian values, and journalism ethics, and calls for a steel engraving of his portrait and messages to his family and colleagues.
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Victor Fremont Langon
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Lawson
Mr. Lawson
Chicago Daily News
Victor Fremont Lawson
Chicago, Ill
Victor Lawson
National Association of Newspapers
America
Chicago News
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More Oil Promoters Will Go On Trial In Texarkana
Texarkana Arkansas district court to convene October 12 for a special term. Promoters accused of defrauding investors with extravagant oil stock promises face multiple counts. A dozen or more promoters have previously been sent to Leavenworth federal prison. The October docket includes John Messenger W Homer Taylor Jess L Tomberlin Louis Grimm W R Simmons Harvey B Pratt Paul L Flanery Jim Drever Jay J Grimm and Pat Murphy all charged with use of the mails to defraud.
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Texarkana
Ark
Youmans
United States District Court
Texarana Court
Leavenworth
John Messenger
W. Homer Taylor
Jess L. Tomberlin
Louis
Grimm
W. R. Simmons
Harvey B. Pratt
Paul L. Flanery
Jim Drever
Jay J. Grimm
Pat Murphy
Dublin reports lie cost up eight percent since 1914
In the Free State the cost of lying figure is officially reported eight percent higher than in 1914. The figure for Great Britain and Northern Ireland stands at seventy three percent higher.
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Dublin
Free State
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Greenland May Be Led as Station to Watch Storms
Copenhagen Oct. 8 AP Prof W H Hobbs of Michigan University says a meteoropical wireless station in Greenland’s interior could warn Europe of coming storms with absolute certainty. He notes similar Antarctic wireless warning feats and cites storms originating in Greenland. The Lange Koch expedition will test these theories with self registering meteorological gear on the inland ice.
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Copenhagen
Greenland
Europe
W. H. Hobbs
Michigan University
Hobbs
Lange Koch
Antarctic
Douglaas Mawson
Australia
Prof
Dalager
Koch
National Air Races At Mitchel Field Attract Five Hundred Planes
At Mitchel Field on October 8 AP reports a large assembly of about five hundred American civilian and service aircraft for air races and a sham battle against a simulated invading fleet. The event runs three days with ten races and a 45-plane army air unit led by General J B Fechet and a Washington air staff team including Major Carl Spatz.
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Fechet
Washington
Carl Spatz
Kelly Field
New Drama School To Open At University Of London
The University of London will stage a new dramatic program with a theatre school and 400-seat venue at East London College. Prominent figures such as Cranville Barker Nigel Playfair Edith Craig and Basil Dean will participate in productions of obscure eighteenth century plays aimed at attracting actors and dramatists rather than undergraduates.
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London
University of London
Cranville Barker
Nigel Playfair
Edith Craig
Basil Dean
East London College
Madame Brittie Palmist and Mind Reader at North Main Street
Madame Brittie offers love and courtship guidance, business advice, and locating lost items. She claims over a year of successful readings in High Point, assuring satisfaction with every session. Located in Tents Two Blocks from Car Line, North Main Street, from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M.
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Madame Brittie
North Main Street
Quick Relief For Rheumatics Promises Pain-Free Joints
Advert says Rheuma quickly frees twisted swollen joints from pain and returns hands to usefulness. Claims cover rheumatism gout neuritis lumbago neuralgia with rapid action and lasting comfort. Randall's Pharmacy and all druggists offer it with money back guarantee if unsatisfactory.
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Randall's
Plan of maneuver centers on Pacific blockade and Chesapeake base
The group from Selfridge Field and the Langley Field bombardment group will execute a maneuver based on a hypothetical Pacific blockade via Panama Canal destruction. An American search will locate an enemy fleet with carrier capacity. thebase is imagined at Chesapeake Bay, to be bombed after Saturday’s races. Civilian racers head to New York, with seventeen of forty finishing before the time limit.
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Selfridge Field
Langley Field
Pacific
Panama Canal
Chesapeake Bay
Air Force
New York
Germans Expert In Making New Eyes
LAUSCHA Thuringia Oct 8 AP The art of making artificial eyes has attained a state of perfection in Germany and many thousands are exported from this city whose main industry is supplying reserve optics. The principal firm was founded in 1853. The eye is hygienic not cosmetic, prevents dust from entering the socket and inflammation that could threaten the remaining eye. It is light and roughly spherical but flat in shape. It takes one hour to make while the patient is present to model after the normal eye. Average German artificial eyes are guaranteed for three to five years.
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Lauscha
Thuringia
Germany
Southern announces through Pullman service Boston to New Orleans
Piedmont Limited trains 3% and 34 will offer new through sleeping car service between New Orleans and Boston in connection with the Colonial Express between Washington and Boston. The service enables travel to and from Boston without changing cars. For details and reservations contact any Southern Railway agent or write R H Graham Division Passenger Agent Charlotte NC.
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Boston
Piedmont Limited
Washington
Southern Railway
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