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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1928

Page

5

News Review of Current Events highlights transpacific flight and politics

Edward W. Pickard surveys early aviation feats with Kingsford Smith Ulm Lyon and Warner completing the Southern Cross hop to Suva and Fiji before facing further legs to Brisbane and Sydney. He notes Hoover gains at Kansas City conventions, Republican delegate shifts, and campaign fund totals. Also covered are Lithuania Poland Vilna dispute, Albania's king question, Mussolini’s senate address, and Atlantic City beauty pageant results with Miss America tipped as Miss Universe.

Alifornia Australia Pacific Ocean Charles Kingsford Smith Charles T. P. Ulm Harry W. Lyon James Warner Arctic Wilkins Hawaii Fiji Islands Kingsford-Smith Suva Coral Trawail Albert Park Fiji Naselai Bead Brisbane Loyalty Islands New Caledonia Sydney Kingsford Smith United States Dole Oakland Honolulu Allen Hancock Los Angeles Nobile Franz Josef Land Spitzbergen Hobby Holm Department of Aeronautics Republican National Committee Herbert Hoover Kansas City Committee On Secretary of Commerce Texas Hoover Mellon Pennsylvania South Carolina Lowdon

Pershing Rumors Stir on Return to U S from Paris

Reports from New York and Paris claim General John J. Pershing was hurried home to enter the Republican presidential race as a dark horse candidate. He traveled from Paris to Cherbourg aboard the Leviathan, renewing speculation of his political ambitions.

New York Blackmer New York City Continental Trading Company Ithuanta Vilna League of Nations Council Poland Geneva Zaleski Koyno Lithuania Peland Briand France Stresemann Germany John J. Pershing Paris Cherbourg United States

War Lord Chang Tso Lin Surrenders Peking

Marshal Chang Tso Lin relinquished his dictatorship and fled to Manchuria with his household. His train to Mukden was bombed, leaving several soldiers dead and Chang badly injured. Nationalists occupy Peking as foreign legations struggle to maintain order. General Hsi-shan is named garrison commander and begins rebuilding.

Chang Tso-Lin Peking Manchuria Mukden Chang Hsi-shan Shansi Peking-Tientsin Tientsin United States Washington

Books Added to Public Library Collection

A list of new library acquisitions includes Hartman Feldman Prohibition economics, Stanley E. Jones Christ at the Round Table, R H L Sheppard The Impatience of a Parson, Tucker & Wrench American Citizenship Practice, Bertrand Starbuck Education and the Good Life, Shuttleworth Guide to Literature for Character Training, Town University stories for children, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Why Stop Learning, Rita S Halle Which College, Gordon Casserly Dwellers in the Jungle, cancer control materials from Lake Mohonk 1926, A F Collins The Radio Amateur Handbook, Sigmund Speath Wee Some More My Lady, F F Rockwell Shrubs, KE A Abbott Great Painters, B E Clark A Short Study of the Drama, Burns Mantle Best Plays 1926-27, Appleton Book of Short Plays.

Libray Hartman Feldman Christian Science Monitor Stanley E. Jones Tucker & Wrench Russell Bertrand Starbuck Shuttleworth Institute of Character Rsearch University of Town Dorothy Canfield Fisher Rita S. Halle Gordon Casserly India Sigmund Speath F. F. Rockwell KE. A. Abbott P. E. O. Society B. BE. Clark Burns Mantle America Kenyon Nicholson

End-O-Corn ad promises painless corn removal

A newspaper ad touts End-O-Corn as a quick easy solution that removes corns and calluses daily without pain. It guarantees a refund of $1 from any bank in the U S if it does not remove every corn or callous and directs readers to buy at local druggists or contact Endo-Corn Laboratories in Chicago for mail order.

United States Endo-Corn Laboratories Garfield Blvd Chicago

Prairie Flower Baptist VBS begins with 84 pupils

Union District dispatch notes the Daily Vacation Bible School at Prairie Flower Baptist Church opened with 84 pupils, 15 teachers, 2 visitors, and 2 new teachers added to the list Mrs Joe Knotek and Mrs Carl Anderson. Local families host and visit. a windstorm toppled a windmill and corn crib. several residents listed as visiting or traveling, including Mildred and Rolland Kurtz.

Frank Barnhardt Nichols A. S.chabal Lucille Kurtz Iowa City Dave Benson Des Moines Mildred Rolland Ray Perry John Kurtz

Baptist missionary society to meet Friday at 2 30

The Baptist ladies missionary society will meet Friday afternoon at 2 30 at the church. The Ladies Auxiliary of the U P church of West Chester will hold a bake sale at the Shackner store on Saturday June 16. Your patronage is solicited.

The Baptist Ladies Missionary Society U. P Church of West Chester Shackner

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