Djuka Bush Negroes Draw Two Scientists For Summer Study
A bacteriologist Dr Morton C Kahn and anthropologist Dr Melville Herskovits plan a June departure to Dutch Guiana to study the Djuka people on the Surinam Saramacca and Maroni rivers. Kahn leads the Myron I Granger expedition for the American Museum of Natural History. Herskovits teaches at Northwestern University. The Djuka, descendants of African slaves, maintain autonomy and preserve West African cultural traits in art language and daily life. Their language talkee talkee mixes English Dutch Portuguese French and West African dialects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch Guiana
Morton C. Kahn
Cornell
Melville Herskovits
Northwestern University
New York
Cornell University Medical College
Surinam
Saramacca
Maronyne
Beginnin
West Africa
City Council Minutes June 4 1928 in regular session
The June 4 1928 meeting, led by Mayor Hay, included Aldermen Wright Herring Fuller McDougald Tittle Steyerman Jeffries. The council referred a fly and mosquito relief request from the dump near Coast Line and Dawson Street to the Health Committee and authorized the committee to perform drainage work from the septic tank on a fifty fifty basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffries
Tittle
Thomasville
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Atlantic Coast Line
Georgia
Savannah
BOI
John Hinton
South Broad
Rountree Wenormacy
J. F. Singletary
Albert Moore
Willie Turner
Chastain Office Supply Co
M. A. Huston Motor Co
Watt & Tuck
Bessie J. Williams
Niagara Metal Stamping Corp
Neel Brothers
T. A. Futch
Thomasville Sales Co
Wesley Hadley
Mathieson Alkali Works
J. W. Thompson
Gulf Refining Co
Chastain Bicycle _Co
Manly Iron Works
W. I. Ball & Son
Evans & Son
Thomasville Hardware & Supply Co
A. W. Palin & Son
James Watt & Bro
James Gribben
Graybar Electric Co
General Electric Co
Garlock Packing Co
Fulton Supply Co
Ngineering News Record
Teaton Saussy & Co
Crane Co
Brookside Pratt Mining Co
Bailey Meter Co
Alabama Fuel & Iron Co
Thomasville Variety Works
Thomasville Press
Thomasville Nurseries
Thomasville Tron
Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co
Smith Cochran Co
Rountree Grocery Co
Rich Garrison Motor Co
Postal Telegraph Cable Co
Moore & Caldwell
M.C. Mancus Buick Co
Bessie Mosley
Kitty Young
Charlie Samuel
Rose City
Dunn's Viaragza
Interstate Life & Accident Co
Will Mitchell
C. C. Pittman
D. Roy Hay
Hay
Wright
Herring
Fuller
McDougald
Steyerman
F. Driver
Coast Line
Dawson Street
Health Committee
American jewelry charms Catania shoppers despite poverty
In Catania, Italy, American jewelry proves highly popular among all locals. Even the poorest peasants save to buy personal ornaments for themselves and families, with bar rings and imitation gems in demand and prices ranging from 10 cents to 10 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catania
Italy
Radio Program Schedule Highlights
Radio listings show June 8 schedule across stations WBZ WBAL WHAM KDKA WEAF WEEI WLIT WRC WGR WTAM WWJ etc. Evening blocks include Palmolive Hour and On the Front Porch with multiple city stations and times from 6 to 10 PM plus additional talk and music segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Circus
WIZ
WBZ
WBAL
WHAM
XKDKA
WIR
KYW
WLW
Weaf Weei
WLIT
WRC
WGR
WCAE
WTAM
WWJ
WSAI
WEAF
WEEI
WTIC
Wdjar
WTAG
WCSH
WGY
WSAIL
WGN
WSM
WHAS
WMC
WSB
WBT
WJAX
WOR
WCAU
WNAC
WEAN
WFBL
WMAK
WCAC
WJAS
WADC
WAIU
WKRC
WGHP
WIZ Wbal
Shack and
McDonald
Wsai Ciincinnati
Safety
Cleveland
LaFrance Orchestra
Growth of Gambling Syndicate in Chicago Highlighted by Crime Survey
Chicago report by the Illinois Association for Criminal Justice reveals a growing gambling syndicate with deep personal ties and feudal underworld ties. It notes political changes since 1907 reshaped the gambling power structure and that reform efforts have largely failed to curb vice and gambling. The survey centers on Montiennes, a real estate man and longtime news bureau operator, whose control of race track news links to broader syndicate activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Association For Criminal Justice
Carnegie Foundation
Montiennes
General News Bureau
United States
Radio Schedule Listing From Eastern States Network
AP listing details post times for WEAF WJZ WPG WGBS WHN WNYC KDKA WGY and others in EST with daylight shift. Items include Afternoon Features Dinner Music Stardom of Broadway Godfrey Ludlow and Vanderbilt University dance coverage among stations in New York Atlantic City Pittsburgh Chicago and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
WEAF
New York
Bill and Jane
Happiness Boys
LaFrance Orchestra
WJZ
Gonsoliers
Broadway
Dixie Circus
Godfrey Ludlow
Wrigley Review
WPG
Atlantic City
WGBS
WHN
WNYC
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Little Symphony
Symphony
Agitators
WGY Schenectady
WGY
Jay
Cathedral
Palmolive
Southern 475
WSB
Atlanta
WJAX
Jacksonville
WHAS
Louisville
Wrigley
WMC
Memphis
WSM
Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Central
KYW
Chicago
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Tifton
Moultrie
Bainbridge
Cairo
Reseater
Sampson's Garage
Wrecker
Walker
South America
Men's Union
Rae
Everfast
Mule Dee Yelk
Burton's Tissue Ginghams Small and Large
Universal
Manning
Bowman
Thomasville Hardware and Supply Co
South Broad St
Troy Tailoring Company ’ French Dry Cleaners
Frank Dollar
West
Jackson St
Bill Bartlett
Crawford Feed CO
Tom Crawford
John L. Cooley
Kidland
Flowers Bakery
Thomasville, Ga
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