City plans attack on planning body eyed by council
City councilmen push to destroy the plan bodies power by introducing a new ordinance at the next meeting. Walter R Dorsett notes the proposed board would review and possibly overturn plan group decisions and would be appointed by Mayor Duvall and councilmen. A special committee probes past plan body activity, focusing on permits for business blocks and filing stations in residential districts.
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Board of Zoning Appeals
Walter R. Dorsett
Hed
Duvall
Ody
Dorsett
Record Not To Stand In Chicago Track Meet
United Press reports Chicago officials declared Alvin Martin of Northwestern University did not legitimately set a half mile record as his time 1 51.7 was run on a track measured shorter by several feet. Officials suspected the track length error affected the result.
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Chicago
United Press I
Alvin Martin
Northwestern University
Martin
Hemroid remedy promises relief for piles
An advertisement promotes HEM-ROID a home internal remedy discovered by Dr Leonhardt. It claims piles are caused by internal stagnation and that HEM-ROID removes the cause and improves blood flow in the lower bowel. The copy urges quick use and asserts a safe lasting record and avoidance of surgery.
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Leonhardt
Hook’s
Flapper Anne and Husbands in a New Light
Walter D. Hickman reviews Corra Harris Flapper Anne a study of modern flappers noting Anne Capers challenges about marriage fatherhood and happiness. Harris argues many girls enter flapper life due to social pressures, while Anne is witty bold and candid about marriage and maternal roles.
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Anne
Anne Capers
Corra Harris
Houghton Mifflin Company
Light and heavy summer reading list items cited
A reader submits ten book selections spanning light popular titles and heavier works. Included are The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter, The Private Life of Helen of Troy by John Erskine, An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos, Flapper Anne by Corra Harris, The Diary of a Young Lady of Fashion by Cleone Knox, So You're Going to Paris by Clara Laughlin, The Royal Road to Romance by Richard Halliburton, The Man Nobody Knows by Bruce Barton, and Countess Truca by Ben Hecht.
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Gene Stratton-Porter
Helen of Troy
John Erskine
Theodore Dreiser
Anita Loos
Corra Harris
Cleone Knox
Paris
Clara Laughlin
Richard Halliburton
Man
Bruce Barton
Count Truga
Ben Hecht
Flapper Voices and the Modern Marriage Dilemma
The text analyzes Corra Harris and the flapper culture, quoting a modern view of desirable husbands and the flapper’s limited social orbit. It notes the contrast between rebellious attitudes and conventional expectations, as grandmother reacts to new ideas and Harris explains the era’s nocturnal, scandal-prone social scene.
Sinking of Castle Frigate off Carolina Island Calif Scene
The three masted frigate Castle sinks off Carolina Island in California during filming of Old Ironsides. Navy officials call the wreck a navigational menace and divers will dynamite the hull to clear the site.
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Castle
Carolina Island
Calif
Navy
Cardinal Mundelein Calls Eucharistic Congress a World Benefit
Chicago June 15 1000000 men and women will take holy communion at the opening of the twenty eighth international Eucharistic congress Cardinal Mundelein archbishop of Chicago says the event will demonstrate Catholic faith and benefit the city nation and world He urges stronger faith in Christ amid moral and political concerns worldwide and in America asserting the congress is timely.
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United Press
Chicago
George Cardinal Mundelein
Cardinal Mundelein
Mundelein
Pius XI
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