Glenn Erwin Mace Makes Good as Ford Dealer in County
Shorty Mace profiles Glenn Erwin who shifts from drugstore work to Ford auto sales. He buys the business, sells many cars, and helps distant garages, insisting on customer service and a Ford in every home. He stays active on county boosting committees, spreading good cheer and practical jokes.
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Glenn
Ford Automobile
Glenn Erwin
Ford
Henry Ford
Packard
Cadillac
Washington County
Glenn Erwin Shorty Mace
Alaska funds boost for agriculture and mines college
The territorial legislature approved 163360 for the Alaska College of Agriculture and School of Mines. An addition to the main building a 25000 dormitory and a power plant are funded. Agriculture expansion 22500 and mines extension 10000 were denied. The college is located in Fairbanks.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alaska College ‘of Agriculture and Schoool of Mines
Juneau
Charles E. Burnell
School of Mines
Fairbanks
Modern Problems Solved by Bible Study
A Des Moines sermon argues that earnest collective prayer can solve urgent problems as it did for Peter in Acts. The piece cites historical deliverances, warns against losing faith amid unanswered prayers, and urges persistent prayer for modern needs.
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Peter
A. D
A. PD
Herod Agrippa 1
Herod the Great
Bethlehem
James
Veter
Nation's Educators to Meet in Indianapolis Conference
Indianapol is June 18 educators to attend the 68th annual National Education Association meeting June 28 to July 3. The opening day focuses on religious services and a mass meeting with John J. Tigert. Monday features talks by Ba lon Strayer Bryan Gwinn Elliott and others on progress in education.
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Indianapolis
National Education Association
John J. Tigert
U. S
Frank W. Ba
Edinburgh honors Dr Charles Mayo with honorary degree
Edinburgh today conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws upon American surgeon Dr Charles H Mayo of Rochester Minnesota. The ceremony in Edinburgh marked the honor from the University of Edinburgh on June 18.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
University of Edinburgh
Charles H. Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Mexican Laborites Pause Campaign For National Laborite Party
Protests over labor rights enforcement stall the Mexican Regional Confederation of Labor effort to form a national party named the National Laborite party. Luis Morones cites disputes with Agrarian and Syndicalist factions and government troop use as key factors in the rift.
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Mexico City
Mexican Regional Confederation of Labor
National Labor Party
Luis Morones
Seceretary of Industry, Commerce and Labor
Confederation
National Laborite Party
Calles
Delahuerta
Iowa seeks to expand pork production with McLean County System
Des Moines reports plans to enlarge pork output in Iowa by adopting the McLean County System. A large exhibit at the Iowa State Fair will show contracts for raising pigs under new and old methods, with experts on duty to explain. The Illinois developed system focuses on disease prevention by placing young pigs in fresh green lots.
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Associated Preeay
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Fair Association
Barefoot golf amid floodwaters shocks Shenandoah
In Shenandoah Indiana on June 18 golfers played a foursome in bare feet after a heavy rain. Participants Henry Read W Amber Crombie Roscoe and H B Garrison crossed wet fairways and a flooded creek without shoes or socks demonstrating a curious local trend from the east.
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Shenandoah, In
Henry Read
Ambercrombie
RE. D. Roscoe
H. B. Garrison
Mexico Labor Agrarian Strife Shapes Foreign Policy
A five month influx of complaints from landowners and industrialists pressured the U S embassy as James R Sheffield departed May 28 to report on the unrest. President Calles refused to intervene amid Agrarian and industrial clashes while warnings circulated of disarmament orders. Excelsior notes Mexico will not let Bolshevik influence spread from Moscow.
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James R. Sheffield
New York
Washington
Calles
Excelsior
Mexico
Moscow
Bishop Hughes defends morals of today’s youth at ISU graduation
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes of Chicago defended the morals of modern youth in a graduation address at Iowa State College Ames. He argued that trends such as bobbed hair and short skirts reflect shifts the elders once faced with roller skating and bicycles. He urged graduates to choose a cause to live for and, if needed, die for, while noting generation gaps remain wide.
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Ames
Edwin H. Hughes
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
Iowa State College
Hughes
United States
Altho
Clas
Tag Day for Whales in Antarctic Ocean
An expedition from Portsmouth will tag Antarctic whales with metal identity discs to study haunts and habits for months. Researchers aim to learn about polygamy birth rates lifespan migration and diet using numbered tags fired into blubber. The Discovery will be used with Lt J R Stenhouse in command. Falkland base likely.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Antarctic
Falkland Islands
Colonial Office
Scott
J. R. Stenhouse
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Edison
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Huasteca Petroleum Company
Tampico
Bakers and Electricians
Pinay Golf
E. H. Hughes
Antarctic Ocean
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