Vestris Inquiry Sees Officers Incompetent Says Advisors
The Vestris sinking inquiry hears British and American naval advisers condemn the vessel officers as incompetent. Captain Jessop calls the leadership the worst display of inefficiency and bad sea practice, while Captain McConkey allows for restraint and seeks review of a delayed SOS.
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Associated Press
New York
Vestris
E. A. Jessop
Henry McConkey
Cunard Line
McConkey
William J. Carey
British Board of Trade
Jessop
Carey
City Tax Hours Extended for Noon Payments
Tax collectors announce new lunch hour payments for city taxes. Offices open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. to accommodate workers during the tax collection period.
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Lita Witt
Sub-Arctic Expedition Yields Strange Marine Tales
Alfred C. Weed, ichthyologist of the Rawson MacMillan Subarctic expedition, described saltwater fish that winter in fresh water and vice versa, plus Arctic frogs revived in spring. He brought back about 1 500 specimens from Labrador and Baffin Land, with over 40 species, some new to zoologists, for study and later exhibit at Field Museum.
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International News Service
Chicago
Arctic
Field Museum of Natural History
Alfred C. Weed
Rawson-MacMillan
A Weed
Labrador
Baffin Land
Weed
Yellowstone Park Draws Most Vacation Tourists
Yellowstone National Park led the list for two to three week motor tourists in the past season, says Bert Vanderwarf of the Chicago Motor Club touring bureau. Second choice was the Rocky Mountain National Park and nearby Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak, with the Black Hills of South Dakota third.
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Yellowstone Park
International News Service
Chicago
Ill
Yellowstone National Park
Bert Vanderwarf
Chicago Motor Club
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado Springs
Pike's Peak
Vanderwarf
Black Hills
South Dakota
Yellowstone
Short snapshot prompts 1500 mile lure for car owners
The article notes a large influx of car owners drawn by a roughly 1500 mile distance from Chicago. It also mentions preserving a snapshot in alum solution and reports England and Wales births for the past year being the lowest since 1855. It records Irish Free State gender counts with more men than women and notes drunkenness cases rise from April to September.
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England and
Wales
Irish Free State
New Whitehall Theater Planned for Trafalgar Square
London December 7 The Whitehall theater will rise on the old Ship Restaurant site near Trafalgar Square. It will seat 750, cost about 1 million dollars, with construction to start in March. Promoters plan to rent directly from owners to avoid multi leaseholder rents. Whitehall has no prior theater.
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International News Service
London
Whitehall
Trafalgar Square
Vicious Dogs Alarm City Officials and Residents
Reports of aggressive dogs terrorize the community with bites on children and adults. John D. Motlow, 10, son of county judge Sam B. Motlow, was attacked while walking. A farmer boy needed seven stitches after a neighbor’s dog savagely bit him. Only 500 dog licenses were sold in 1928, exhausting the supply. 1929 licenses go on sale after the new year as police urge owners to keep dogs chained and muzzled.
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John D. Motlow
Sam B. Motlow
Mr. Motlow
Miew Jewell Davidson
Old Ship Restaurant in London Titled The Rummer Since 1650
Night traffic is expected to aid the new venture. The Old Ship Restaurant, one of London’s oldest licensed spots, has existed since 1650 under the name The Rummer. A 1632 Virginia law banned killing wild hogs without a license.
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London
Virginia
Nobel Prize Winner Windaus of Gottingham Germany
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded in 1928 to Professor Windaus for deriving Vitamin D. He is noted as a Gottingham University professor who earned the prize while walking home from the post office. Also mentions Hannah the lawyer with 44 years in criminal law and Judge Hannah from Waco. Production of malt syrup rose from 498000 pounds in 1926 to 460000000 pounds last year.
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Professor Windaus
University of Gottingham
Germany
Hannah
Waco
Winkler County
Pioneer Prosecutor At Wink Drops Dead
Wink Texas December 7 Judge W J Hannah aged 68 died suddenly while in Wink, hailed by colleagues as a pioneer preserver of law and order. He was a longstanding district attorney and community figure in the Texas outpost.
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Wink
Associated Press
Wink, Tex
W. J. Hannah
Texas
Yester
Marmola tablets promise easy fat loss without strict diet
Advertisers claim Marmola prescription tablets reduce fat by addressing the root cause, not through exercise or dieting. They cite 20 years of use and millions of boxes, with a book inside each box explaining the formula and benefits.
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