Perseid meteors expected in annual shower August 11
Philadelphia reports the Perseid meteor shower, dubbed Pluto’s playmates, due Monday night with an expected 40 to 150 meteors per hour under favorable skies. Observers are urged to submit hourly counts to Dr. Charles P. Oliver at Flower Observatory, University of Pennsylvania, as science uses the data to study Earth’s upper atmosphere and outer space.
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Philadelphia
Epluto
Rrth
Space
Oswald Thomas
Cotton Industry in England Faces Gravest Crisis in Its History
A government report warns Lancashire cotton mills must reorganize or exit. Unemployment has surged from 5,281 to 16,000 in Burnley and from 7,443 to 27, while Preston rose sharply. Global demand remains high but Lancashire’s share falls as cheaper American methods gain ground. Surviving mills must modernize and form mergers to compete.
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Manchester
England
Lancashire
United States
Far East
Burnley
Preston
Shire
Chins
Paris Fashion Notes On Winter Styles
Paris reports describe modular modernist fashion from Rue De La Addressmakers and Pa modernistic. The wearer notes shorter coats and street wear, favoring calf to knee length skirts and ensembles for at home use.
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Paris
American tractor shown at Portuguese agricultural expo
At an agrical exhibition in Villafranca de Xira Portugal the first American made tractor was showcased. President Carmona promotes a wheat campaign and free gold exports while Portuguese farmers take courses in scientific agriculture amid tax discussions. The French government tested 160 plane types in 1929.
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Villafranca de Xira
Portugal
Carmona
Quaker Man and Millie DeWeene Lead Evening Radio Schedule
A fragmented radio grid shows Quaker Man Phil Cook and Mildred DeWeene with The Manhatters and Ross Gorman included among performers. The schedule lists multiple time slots from 11:00 to 11:45 PM featuring orchestras, string trios, comedy skits, weather forecasts, and music programs.
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Woneny
Mildred
Fianist
Rony
Sigal
Floyd Gibbon
Clinton
Biscnit
Frances Ingram
Weather
Z ‘Ollendorf
Westinghouse
Longine
Radio Gleanings feature Yeast Foamers on NBC in Chicago
The Soldiers songs will be featured on the Yeast Foamers broadcast from NBC studios in Chicago on Wednesday August 6 from 7 to 7 30 p m central daylight saving time. The American Legion Convention opens in Boston on October 8. Billy Jones and Ernie Hare claim to have made over 6 000 phonograph recordings across fifteen years under various names. Vincent Lopez signs a contract with the St Regis hotel management in New York worth about 1 000 000 over eleven years.
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Chicago
NBC
Central Daylight Saving Me
The
American Legion
Boston
Billy Jones
Ernie Hare
Vincent Lopez
National Broadcasting Company
St. Regis Hotel Management
New York
Amos 'n' Andy Sign Up for Another Year
New York AP reports Amos n Andy renew contracts with National Broadcasting to continue on two networks nightly for another year. No raise details yet. show sponsors remain Amos Freeman Gosden and Andy Charles J Correll. They will mark five years on air and reach one year on nationwide network August 17.
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New York
Amos
Andy Jave
National Broadcasting Company
Freeman Gosden
Andy
Charles J. Correll
Dainty Marie Hosts Atlantic City Radio Beauty Hour
A 49 year old grandmother known as the Venus of the air headlines WPGs Woman’s hour in Atlantic City. Dainty Marie advocates scientific physical culture and on air exercise tips while sharing beauty hints to a nationwide audience. The program airs Tuesdays at 30 EST led by Ethel Rattay with broad listener mail from across New England and the South.
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Atlantic City
N. J
WPG
Dainty Marie
Miss Rattay
New England
Florida
Near Middle West
Americans Warned About Italian Money Exchange Sharks
Naples reports indicate American tourists are being shortchanged by Italian exchange brokers who offer only 180 lire per ten dollars or travel checks instead of the market rate. Protests can raise the rate to 182 lire, but the profit remains large. travelers should use recognized banks or agencies to obtain 19 lire per dollar.
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Naples
Noted Indian Fighter Dies in California at 74
San Leandro California August 4 A P The death hero of Colonel James M Arrasmith US Army retired famous Indian fighter became known today. Arrasmith 74 had lived here since retirement 10 years ago He died Saturday He distinguished himself in 1872 during the Lap an Indian uprising on the Mexican border leading a 120 mile 20 hour march that earned the sobriquet Lucky Jim He commanded the American expedition to China in 1912 and fought in Wyoming and Montana campaigns aiding the Custer Little Bighorn aftermath
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San Leandro
Calif
James M. Arrasmith
Arrasmith
McKinsey
Lucky Jim
China
Crock
Wyoming
Montana
General Custer
Battle of the
Little Big Horn
Radio Sales Projection Topped At Four Million
New York AP reports preliminary survey results estimate radio set sales this year will reach four million. The figure precedes the seventh annual radio world’s fair in New York from September 22 to 27, featuring an advanced line of direct current sets and portable receivers with loudspeakers.
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New York
Red Wave Moves Toward Hankow
Hankow August 4 Eight suspected communists were be headed in the streets as military authorities tighten control. Foreign sections fortified with barricades and a volunteer defense corps formed. Three sister cities Wuchang and Hanyang faced the advancing Reds amid martial law.
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Hankow
Brricades
Wuchang
Hanyang
Captains Creek area Sunday guests noted in many local families
A flurry of Sunday dinners includes Mr and Mrs Howard Miller and sons Glenn Bobby Sir visiting near Eudora with Lewis Seiwald’s family and other households in Lenape DeSoto and nearby towns. Numerous drive visits to Kansas City Lakeside hospital for family and friends, births announced and relatives recalled.
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Howard Miller
Glenn
Bobby
Sir
William Seiwald
Lewis Seiwald
Eudora
Robert Pritchard
Johnnie
Jessie Pritchard
Lenape
Alonzo Amber
Mildred Louise
J. A. Reynolds
DeSoto
Kansas City
Herbert Reynolds
Shirley Ann
Lakeside Hospital
Raymond Douglas
Dorothy
Pagerton
Dy ‘l. Osborne
Clarence Hare
Esther
Edwin Rice
Rice
Siby Wiuine
Jose Gentzsih
Philip Letmann
Wits
Letmann’s
The
Prairie Center
Themends Church
Oren Dunlap
Bird
Nclu
Milo Votaw
Geo. Vitt
Learfield
Russe Middleton
Noami Jewell
Lenexa
Thompson White
Philip Gabriel
Paul
Wesley Deckwa
Clearfield
Jim Marsh
Ora Wilson
Clark Weborn
Lawrence
Herbert Sheldon
Venetti
Alonzo Ambler
Earnest Pritchard
William Nichols
Nina Mae
Kiroy Parker
John White
Alvin Haverty
Fern Henry Rausch
Charles Moore
Henry Mathia
Ralph Bowling
Mr. Bowling
Mildred Louise Ambler
de Bolesz
Ison
Fred Rausch
Jack Stone
Lee Summit
Henry Price
Phillip Lefmann
Lena Lefmann
Charles Beacher
Ed Knabe
Edward
Harold
Gerald
Alonzo Ambier
Spd
Harry Ambier
Bert Seiwald
John Pine
Clinton 4-H Girls Bake Demonstration at Alma Houser Home
Clinton 4-H Baking Club met at Alma and Ethel Houser's home. Ethel Houser called the meeting to order and plans were made to sell ice cream and pops for the upcoming primary election. A white house cake demonstration was given by Elaine Herbell, with refreshments served. Next meeting set for Roberta and Jackqueline Steele's home. Car theft reported in Tonganoxie as Lawrence police notified by local officers.
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Clinton
Alma
Ethel Houser
White House
Line Steele
Elaine Herbell
Roberta
Jackqueline Steele
Park Library Circles Open to Impoverished Readers
In Lisbon AP report six garden libraries with attendant circle log chairs invite the public to test leisure hours in parks. Borrowers fill forms indicating reader numbers status and book demand to access these free resources.
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Lisbon
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