Opera Director George Junkin Maps Drama Career in Monroe
George Junkin, dramatic organizer for Community Service, arrived in Monroe to assist with the operetta All at Sea. His career spans world travel, Maryland farms, oil stock farming, and leading roles in Vitagraph and Edison films plus management with The Stanley Company. He served as a naval reserve instructor during World War I and now directs community dramatic activities across multiple states and towns. Washington notes informal presidential sanction for delaying ship subsidy debate.
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George Junkin
Department of Educational Dramatics of Community Service
Monroe
Canada
Bermuda
Jamaica
St. Paul's Boatding School
Burrough’s
Adi
Maryland
Eastern Shore Fair Association
Adirondacks
Robby
Ruth
Goldwin
Junkin
Stanley Company of America
Philadelphia
United States Navy Reserve Corps
Naval Aviation
Dramatic Department of
Community Service
Hopkingville
Covington
Cambridge
Ohio
Columbus
Ind
Onis
Lexington
Paris
Summer time celebrations and global church gatherings noted
Today marks Halifax’s 178th anniversary of its founding and public holidays. Mexico observes the fifth anniversary of overthrowing the empire. Historic ship Whalebone sails from Fort Prince of Wales toward the Northwest Passage. Methodist bishops convene in Indianapolis for their semi annual session. The International Sunday School Convention opens in Kansas City with Dr Marion Lawrance a longtime leader in the movement born in Winchester Ohio who rose from local Sunday schools to international secretaryships and a 22 year tenure.
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Halifax
Mexico
Hudson Bay Company
Fort Prince of Wales
Northwest Passage
Methodist Episcopal Church
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Christian Trade Unions
Innsbruck
Austria
Marion Lawland
International Sunday School Association
Winchester
Ohio
Toledo
Louisville
United
London
Lawrance
Ohio Sunday School Association
International Association
National and Local Societies Open Conventions Across States
Conventions opening today include the National Conference of Jewish Social Service in Providence Rhode Island and the American Society of Civil Engineers in Chicago. Also listed are groups from Portamouth New Hampshire to Sterling Hick-Veterans of Were and various state Christian Endeavor Societies spanning Minnesota Virginia Kentucky West Virginia and beyond.
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Providence RI
National Conference of Jewish Social Service
Portamouth
N. H
American Society of Civil Engineers
Chicago
National Lumber Exporters
Fail River
Mass
American Federation of Textile Operatives
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Retail Lumbermen's Association
Sterling, Hick
Veterans of Were
Department of Hiness
Deniver Colorado and
New Mexico Coal Operators’ Association
Northfield
Minn
Christian Endeavor Societics of Minnesota
Crookston
League of Minnesota
Newport News
Christian Endeaver Societies of
Virginia
Crab Orchard Springs
Kentucky Pharmaceutical Renoviation
Charleston
W. Va
Christian Endeavlor Societies of Weat
Foreign
Return German Property Bill Moves in Washington
Washington June 20 Legislation is being prepared with President Harding's signature to return property owned by about thirty thousand Germans and Austrians seized during the war by the alien property custodian. The proposed measure would restore holdings valued in the tens of thousands of dollars.
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Washington
Harding
Shakespeare as Artist and Man in Early Life
The essay outlines William Shakespeare’s rise from peasant origins to London actor and shareholder at Blackfriars and Globe. It notes his early marriage to Anne Hathaway, royal favor, a first folio in 1623, and his prolific output with dozens of plays and poems, ending with his death in 1616 after a fever in a carousal.
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Anne Hathway
London
Stratford On Avon
Theatre of the Blackfriars
Globe
James I
Venus and
Adonis
Lucrece
Wayne D. McMurray
Alfieri the Italian Poet and His Turbulent Life Explored
The article chronicles Count Vittorio Alfieri born 1749 who gained liberty through a large inheritance at 14 and traveled Europe before settling in Turin to pursue literature. It notes his early tragedy and rise, his attachment to Louise von Stolberg, exile during the French Revolution, his anti revolutionary stance, later life in Florence, a Canova statue in Santa Croce, and his 21 tragedies and six comedies aimed at correcting Italian literary tastes.
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Vittorio Alfieri
Alfieri
Europe
Turin
Louise von Stolberg
Countess of
Albany
Alsace
Paris
Alfleri
Misowallo
Alferi
Florence
Santa Croce
Tere
Canova
Air-Boat Drops Proposed for Mid-Air Passenger Alights
London June 21 arrangements are under way to allow Great Eastern Airline passengers to leave airliners via small four seat air-boats. German Russian venture plans Moscow to Vladivostock runs with pilots guiding glide craft to intermediate aerodromes.
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London
Great Eastern Airway
Moscow
Vladivostock
Wireless oil prospect claims shock world reaches
From Clermont-Auvergne M Regis asserts oil fields in the Rocky Mountains and gas in Saxony Italy and Corsica based on a wireless telegraphy device. He alleges oil coal water and gases can be located and even air X ray surveys used to locate best boring spots. Today's sports calendar lists racing at Aqueduct Latonia Hamilton and Montreal with various championships and events across multiple cities.
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Clermont-Auvergne
France
M. Regis
Rocky Mountain
America
Saxony
Hanover
Czecho- Slovakia
Italy
Sardinia
Sicily
Corsica
Hertz
Regis
Moineau
Earth
Queens County Jockey Club
Aqueduct
Kentucky Racing Association
Latonia
Dorval Jockey Club
Montreal
Gulf
Sandwich
England
Hamilton
Ont
Atlanta
Ohio
Cleveland
Missouri
St. Joseph
Shooting
Vermont
Rutland
Earl Caddock
Joy Gethout
Deadwood
S. Oak
Piet Hobin
John Riley
Wilkes-Barre
Babe Ruth Suspended for Argument with Umpire
Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees was suspended by American League president Ban Johnson after an argument with umpire Dineen during yesterday's game in Cleveland. The third layoff of the season was announced in Chicago.
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Chicago
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Ban Johnson
American League
Dineen
Cleveland
French scientists claim device locates oil without drilling
Paris reports Dr Henry Melvouu and M Regis announce a new apparatus that supposedly finds oil fields without penetrating the ground. They describe discovery by distant stylers and patent methods, signaling a potential breakthrough in petroleum exploration.
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Pindine
Paris
Henri Melvouu
M. Regis
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Rer
Fisk
Wayne D. McMuyrray
Saenger Theatre Today
Marion Davies
Wyndham
Associated Press
News-Star
M.S. McGuire
West Monroe
Cord Tire
Milner Motor Co
Stanocola Gasoline
Stanocola
Standard Oil Company of
Louisiana
Hey Ape
Walnut Street
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