British Girl Guide camp visits USA in two month stay
Miss Maud Travers Belfast Girl Guider touring America under the Speaking Union on a two month camp scholarship. She visits Edith Macy and Anfal Briarcliff Manor camps, praising shelter, bedding inspection, and the American camping scene while noting the British damp climate and youth hostels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Travers
Belfast
United States
Miss Travers
America
Girl Scout
British Isles
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Continental Youth Movement
London
England
Scotland
Northern
Ireland
Baptist Y W A Meeting With Mrs Hugh Ellett
Roswell guest Mrs L P Richart, formerly of the city, receives multiple social calls while visiting her mother Mrs Le Ella Rawson in Santa Fe. plan a 12:30 bridge luncheon for 20, with several social teas and luncheons following during the week. The Y W A of the First Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union meets at Mrs Hugh Ellett’s home for the travel in Europe topic under Miss Guella McDowell. refreshments served to a long list of attendees including Corabel Horton and Grace White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
L. P. Richart
Roswell
le Ella Rawson
School For the Deaf
Richart
Rawson
Laura Wood
Otowi
la Fonda
Henry Dendahl
Sophie K. Johnson
A. C. Koch
Santa Fe New Mexican
First Baptist Womans Missionary Union
Hugh Ellett
Europe
Uella McDowell
Corabel Horton
Louella McDowel
Junk dealer held on charges of chaining boy to cellar rafter
In Wheeling West Virginia on July 31 a 22 year old junk dealer is jailed for a hearing after state police accuse him of tying a 10 year old boy to a cellar rafter with a dog chain. The boy William Kimmey was found by his mother Mrs Emma Kimmey who said he stayed out late at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Charles Robert
William Kimmey
Emma_Kimmey
Ten Years Ago Social at Country Club and Local Visits
Helen Johnson hosted a supper dance at The Country Club with honorees Harold H Ball and M H Oakley of Enid Oklahoma. Guests included Will H Johnson Carl McNally and Emily Brough chaperones and Semo piano plus Guf fin saxophone provided music during supper and for dancing. Various friends attended and several local residents were noted visiting or returning from trips including Miss Virginia Lockhart and Lorado Oil Company writer Hillary Harrison.
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Helen Johnson
Harold H. Ball
M. H. Oakley
Enid
Oklahoma
Will H. Johnson
Carl McNally
Emily Brough
Hillary Harrison
The
Lorado Oil Company
San Antonio
Texas
Jo K. Harrison
N R A appoints committees and expands voluntary codes
The N R A plans committees to craft a final binding agreement while extending temporary terms. John son proposes federal supervision of oil production and floor prices. Retailers and food dealers’ accords await hearings for possible revisions before permanent enactment. Thousands sign promptly as nationwide offices issue insignia. Roosevelt signs wool textile code boosting 40 hour weeks and local wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Ordered to appear at Roberts hearings
A noted individual was not arrested but received a court order to appear at the Roberts hearings, with appearance dates and specific procedural instructions to follow as part of the ongoing matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Roswell Beauty Shops Organize Under N R A
A Roswell meeting of beauty shop owners formed the Roswell Association of Cosmeticians with Mrs. Leland Fellows as president and Mrs. Austin Porter as vice president. Mrs. M. R. Bailey became secretary. A publicity committee was named and a price list under N R A rules will be published soon. Lake J. Frazier spoke on National Recovery Act operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilkeson Hotel
Roswell Association of Cosmeticians
Leland Fel
Lake J. Frazier
Urschel Kidnap Ransom Paid After Release Near Norman
Oklahoma City August 1 Charles F Urschel a 40 year old oil millionaire freed by Ewartiy gunmen said his eyes were taped during captivity and he did not know where he was taken. He drove several hundred miles and was released at night near Norman about 30 miles from Oklahoma City. The ransom amount was not disclosed but a family intermediary said payment was made.
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Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Ewartiy
Urschel
Norman
Arthur Seeligson
Plan Attack on Kidnapers Over Country
President Roosevelt opens a special inquiry with Raymond Moley to combat kidnapping. A broadened Bureau of Investigation and federal-state cooperation are outlined. Hull’s return from London may bring notes on Moley relations as heat continues. The president also signs the wool textile code into law enforcing a 40 hour week and a $14 minimum wage.
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HyderPark
N. J
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Raymond Moley
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Albany Kidnapping Case Reveals Go-Betweens List
Albany, Aug 1 AP District Attorney Delaney outlined a bail set plan to trap kidnappers who abducted John J. O'Connell Jr. He named 12 go-betweens including Manney Strew and Joe Curro now in custody. Strew handled the $40,000 ransom and aided release in New York City. Delaney said he may charge Strew and that a Albany group conceived the plot with an out of town mob.
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Albany
N. Y
John J. O'Connell, Jr
John T. Delaney
National Guard
Manney Strew
Joe Curro
Delaney
O’connell
Tutva
Strewl
O'Connell
New York City
Record Wisi-Ads Get Results in Aus Plan
The measure sets an effective date of August 14 and is expected to create 27,000 additional jobs. The announcement suggests broad employment impact and promotes Wisi-Ads for records and results.
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Trish Girl Scouts
Glebe Arizona
Edgar Watts
Near
Hope
Hapy
Charles F. Wards
Charles. F. Ward
College Blvd
George L. Erwins
New Mexico Military Institute
Wards
W. M. Worthington
Lexington
Kentucky
William Worthington
Worthington
Anne
Ashland
Bertha Bray
Claribel
Porter Cain
Pine Lodge
Morgan Davis
Japan
Crosby Eaton Redman
Helen Goodsell
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Goodsell
North
Pennsylvania
Walter Harrisons
Eller Pine Lodge
Betty Jean Kinney
Stephens’ College
Marian Thompson
R. L. Bates
Miss Modene
New Mexico
W. A. Johnson
Camp Camino
Ferris Arnold
St. Mary’s Hospital
Gross Miller’s
Aalier
Thars
John Baerymoore
Diana Wynyard
Vienna
Frances Seay
Eleanor Bedell
Nora Gilmore
Edna Mae Whitaker
Mabel Cahoon
Florence Henderson
Margaret Russ
Walden Bassett
Bob Bear
Jack Ballard
Robert Dakens
Louis Prager
Alison Ingalls
Virginia Lockhart
Los Angeles
California
Palmer Bradley
Houston, Texas
R. L. Bradley
Albert H. Pruit
Virginia
Polly
Joyce
C. C. Martin
Fhpa R. St. John
N. R.A
N. R. A. Eagle
Beauty Shops
Grganize
Moley
Hull
State Department
Daniel Paint & Glass Co
Record
Tuesdy
Daily Market Reports
American Tobacco Company
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