Short skirts here to stay says movie star
Chicago, Aug 5 Corrine Griffith popular film star says short skirts are here to stay despite designers rulings. She argues youth must be served and long dresses are cumbersome and dust gatherers while stars on screen set fashion. Griffith, back from New York shopping, plans to display new gowns in First National pictures and will remain in Hollywood long term.
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Corrine Griffith
California
New York
Miss Griffith
Pro Football Season Opens September 20
Professional football will kick off the grid season on September 20 with the National Professional Football Association closing its schedule. All teams except New York plan start dates for the third Sunday in September, while New York opens October 11 at Providence. Polo Grounds will be unavailable due to baseball until then. Minneapolis has suspended operations for the coming year, but may return next fall.
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Chicago
National Professional Football Association
New York
New York Gridders
Providence
Polo Ground
Minneapolis
New Order Requires Bus Operators to Build Depreciation Fund
Indianapolis Aug 5 All bus operators in the state must set aside each month 2 percent of the cost of their equipment into a depreciation fund under a policy adopted by the public service commission. The measure aims to secure funds for replacement and maintenance of motor bus fleets.
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Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
Man dies saving dogs at railroad tracks
Walter Myers of Rosedale Queens sacrifices his life to rescue two Boston bull pups. He leaped beneath a speeding Long Island Railroad express at Ocean avenue to shield the pets yesterday. The dogs escaped the tracks and returned home safely.
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New York
Boston
Walter Myers
Rosedale
Queens
Ocean Avenue
Atlas Oil Company Seeks Salesman in Rural Areas
Atlas Oil Company Sales Division seeks a qualified salesman to sell lubrication in drums and half drums to farmers threshers truckers and industrial concerns on 30 day terms. Must own auto age 30 to 55 interview required. Executive offices Cleveland Ohio.
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Atlas Oil Company
Cleveland
Playmates of York Meet in Linton an Unexpected Way
Story and Campbell and Judge Bas Filbert were school mates long ago as they near seventy. Eli Story, visiting from Kansas, recalls old landmarks in Linton and meets Andy Campbell, who confirms their youth connection. A chance reunion prompts reminiscence of years past.
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Linton
Byi Story
Andy Campbell
Judge Bas Filbert
Story
Kansas
Campbell
Elnora
Judge Filbert
Eli Story
Eli
Andy
American Legion to Hold Annual Meeting in Omaha
United Press Dispatch reports the seventh annual national convention of the American Legion will run October 5 to 9 in Omaha Nebraska with convention headquarters at the Omaha auditorium opening September 28. National commander James A Crain announced the call and national adjutant James F Barton will oversee preliminary meetings October 4. Railroads offer one fare round trip to legionnaires and auxiliary members or widows of veterans.
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Indianapolis
Legion Auxiliary
British channel swims end in partial victories and defeats
Lieut. Col. Bernard Freyberg failed his cross channel swim within a mile of Dover as tides and cold water thwarted his effort. French swimmer Mme. Jane Lion quit three kilometers from Dover, setting a women’s record yet failing at the last steps. American champion Gertrude Ederle prepared to attempt Gris Nez to Dover with Lillian Harrison of Argentina possibly starting at the same time depending on weather.
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United Press Dispatch
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Gun battle in St Louis wounds officers and alleged forger
St Louis August 5 police officers a deputy sheriff and an alleged forger were shot and dangerously wounded in a running battle through the financial district.
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ST. Louis
Seven Floors To Be Dug World’s Largest Office Building
Negotiations are completed for a Grand Central area project that will rise thirty stories, cover a full city block, and cost 19 million dollars. Seven basement floors will be carved from granite in a cavern under Manhattan Island, creating 21 million cubic feet of rentable space between Forty third and Forty fourth streets, Lexing ton Avenue, and Depew Place.
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New York
Grand Central Station
Pranite Foundation
Manhattan Island
Forty-third
Forty-fourth Street
Lexington Avenue
Depew Place
Doctors Save Baby Swallowed Safety Pin in Surgery
Two doctors in Indianapolis performed an emergency operation to save Elizabeth Kees, fifteen months old, after she swallowed an opened safety pin. An X-ray showed the pin had passed down the throat upside down and opened. The child is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Rees of Terre Haute.
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Indianapolis
Elizabeth Kees
Frank Rees
Terre Haute
Pilot on Engine Survives City-Block Car Crash
Harvey Richey escaped death at Terre Haute when his car was struck and demolished by a train engine. He was carried on the engine’s pilot for more than a block before being dropped by the trackside, sustaining only minor injuries.
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Terre Haute
Harvey Richey
Collapse at Kansas City block kills four workers
United Press Dispatch reports a three story building collapse in Kansas City killing four and injuring nine. The structure was under remodel when walls and floors gave way unexpectedly, dragging workers and residents into the wreckage. Police preliminary findings indicate newly placed beams may have been overloaded.
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Kansas City
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