Subway Walkout Averted in New York City
New Yorkers rode to work under a flag of truce as a midnight subway strike was postponed to allow city efforts to unify the system. Amalgamated and IRT officials claim victory while Mayor Walker and newspapers credit his mediation. a bomb scare prompted thorough tunnel searches.
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New York
Walker
Amalgamated
J. H. Coleman
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
P. J. Shea
Amalgamated Board
James L. Quackenbush
Iaterborough Rapid Transit
James J. Walker
Walter
Interborough
East River
Boys Enjoy Life at YMCA Camp on McKeen's Lake
Thirty one Washington boys finished a week at McKeen's lake near Conesville and did not want to leave. Victor Mastin led the camp with awards for best camper David Catlett and emblems for Walter Wells John Maney William Shannon William Stewart Paul Maney Russell Haney. Ed Squire supervised food praised for variety and quality. The site and weather aided a mishap free, highly successful outing.
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Washington
McKeen's Lake
Conesville
Victor Mastin
7. Me. SS
David Catlett
R. J. Catlett
Walter Wells
William Shannon
John Maney
William Stewart
Paul Maney
Russell Haney
Ed Squire
Rockefeller Foundation Funds Iowa Medical Education Growth
The University of Iowa was listed among eleven universities worldwide receiving Rockefeller Foundation funds for medical education. Iowa received 225000 in 1925 from a 2225000 grant. funds aided building a medical laboratories building and a new general hospital nearly completed. Other beneficiaries include Oxford Cambridge Columbia and Montreal with facilities expanding to a 1200 bed university hospital system.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Amon
Rockefeller Foundation
George Ke, Vincent
New York
The
State University
Foundation
General Education Board
Fortieth General Assembly of
Iowa
University
Medical Laboratories
General Hospital
Columbia University of
New York City
Oxford
Cambridge
England
Siam
Beirut
Egypt
Strasbourg
Germany
Edinburgh
Scotland
Montreal
Canada
Brussels
Beleuim
Paris
France
Hundred Fifty Believed Drowned in Canton Junk Capsize
A Chinese passenger junk capsized in a typhoon off Kong Moon from Canton. About 150 people are believed drowned. Two launches also sank in the disaster reported from Hong Kong on July 27.
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Hong Kong
Kong Moon
Canton
Davis family thanks for sympathy after mother's death
The family of Mrs. Russell Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Davis express gratitude to friends and neighbors for the kinds and practical expressions of sympathy shown at their mother’s passing.
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Russell Davis
Oscar H. Davis
Charles Taylor Dies at Freshwaters Farm Near Washington
Charles Frederick Taylor aged 63 died suddenly today while working at the J. A. Freshwaters home six miles west of Washington near West Chester. Apoplexy is listed as the cause. He had resided with his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Freshwaters for several years. Funeral plans had not yet been made.
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Charles Frederick Taylor
J. A. Freshwaters
Washington
West Chester
Taylor
Freshwaters
Lindbergh to Address Des Moines Audience August 29
Des Moines reports that a five member committee approved Lindbergh’s August 29 visit. The flyer will not appear at the state fair but is slated for a speech at the municipal airport or another suitable venue. Efforts to promote the visit as a state fair attraction were rejected to avoid commercialization.
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Des Moines
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
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