Vaudeville Prologue Set At El Patio Theater Tonight
El Patio Theater presents the Shirley Burnell vaudeville troupe for a third night of new numbers including dance and song. Manager William Street advertised a gripping film program with Ships of the Night starring Jacqueline Logep and The Collegans sign comedy. South of Panama and Diamond Master serial are planned for upcoming showings with a silver night礼 for ladies.
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William Street
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Panama
All-women juries urged for trials of women defendants
Mrs. Alice Lee West Movius, head of the Massachusetts National Woman's Party, argues for all-women juries in cases involving women as defendants. She contends men face no such bias and asks if a man would want to be judged by a jury of women, urging change from current practice.
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U.P
Alice Lee West Movius
Massachusetts
National Woman’s Party
National Committee
National Bank of Patriotism
Ironsides
National Headquarters
Gordon Grant
Drowning toll rises on Pacific coast heat wave weekend
United Press reports from San Francisco show 12 violent deaths over the weekend across California as heat wave relief efforts draw thousands. Six drownings occurred in bathing and boating incidents, plus four fatal auto crashes. Names include John Trueman of San Francisco and Elsie Holstrom of San Jose among others, with victims from Capitola Creek to Feather River and Long Beach.
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Pacific Coast
Tle
United Press Survey
California
John Trueman
Hunters’ Point
Elsie Holstrom
San Jose
Capitola Creek
Santa Cruz
John Demming
Feather River
Lear Oroville
James E. Mulligan
Wilmington
Long Beach
Tony Mello
Redlands
Brighton Beach
Elizabeth Hewitt
Los Angeles
Anne Hansen
Pomona
Merced
Yosemite Highway
Walter M. Cook
C. A. Newman
Placerville
Folsom
W U to Move to New Western Union Quarters
Western Union prepares to enter its new Morse building offices during the first week of July with operations shifting to the south Fremont location. The commercial department will start soon after July 1 while repeater system installation is delayed by two to three months. A 14 man crew digs an underground channel from the Union Pacific terminal toward the new main, as work progresses past Nevada Court.
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Phil Trevithick
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Name in Phone Directory Leads to Odd Romance
In Memphis, Miss Billie Garner, real name Willie Tar Richardson, married A. E. Gandy of Coffeyville Kansas after meeting through a Memphis phone directory. Gandy traced her by the alias among Pine Bluff relatives and, after months of correspondence, traveled to Memphis for a meeting. The match stemmed from her Garner stepfather name.
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Tenn
Bille Ganer
Wilie Tar! Richardson
A. E. Gandy
Coffeyville
Kansas
Gand
Pine Bluff
Billie Garner
Gandy
Richar
Garner
Spud the English Shepherd Returns After Five Years Missing
In Bolivar Missouri J P Lane’s dog Spud, an English shepherd, reappeared at the Lane home after five years away. The dog was recognized by a missing tooth kicked out by a muir, confirming the long reunion amid family happiness.
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Spud
J. P. Lane
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Muir
London Society Shuts Gate on Invited Guests
London society hosts tighten access to exclusive parties amid rise in gate crashing by unauthorised guests. Hostesses instruct guests to show invitations or carry badges as a test, with some planning official checkers to distinguish invitees from intruders.
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London
U.P
Kansan farmer boasts of wheat growth to skirts
A Louisville Times note quotes a Kansas farmer boasting that his wheat has grown so high it reaches up to his skirts, illustrating the era’s vivid agricultural exaggeration and rural pride.
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Kansas
Louisvile Times
Ppaint Company Display Proves Huge Success Event
The introductory campaign of the California Paint Company and General Paint corporation at the Southern Nevada Lumber Company plant on North Main drew strong interest. A full line of oils varnishes paints enamels and brushes was shown and opened for inspection to builders and the public for several days, with gratifying response reported by Mr. Woitishek and company representatives.
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California Paint Company
General Paint Corporation
Southern Nevada Lumber Company
North Main
Woitishek
Charlie McCarthy Through College
Major Charles E. McCarthy a former Las Vegas resident and army officer since the war's start graduated from the General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth on June 21. He and the McCarthys lived in the East for two years while he took government courses for higher ranks. Future stationing is uncertain but friends hope it will be in the West.
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Charles E. McCarthy
Las Vegas
General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
California
McCarthys
East
Charlie
Janitors Train In Science At Teachers College
More than 100 janitors and public school custodians from Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma attend a short course at Kansas State Teachers College Pittsburg to study the science and practical art behind their work. The program is sponsored by the state board of vocational education the college and the Kansas Janitor Engineers Association.
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Kas
U.P
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas State Teachers College
State Board of Vocational Education
the College
Kansas Janitor-Engineers Association
Boyhood Right Field Rule Echoes in Detroit News Tale
In a Detroit News anecdote a boy about eleven grows up amid a street culture where he patrols right field to retrieve stray balls. The narrator recalls the old lady whose zinnias tempt the ball and the lad’s duty to fetch it, a slice of bygone neighborhood life.
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Detroit News
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