Wilbur denies charges in submarine S-4 case
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels Wilbur defends safety measures for submarines and says no negligence has been proven in the S-4 disaster. He pledges action if inquiry finds fault, notes tests occur in shallow waters, and commends rescue efforts and divers mobilized with best equipment.
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United Press
Washington
Navy Department
Wilbur
Naval
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Board of Inquiry
United States
Publisher Cheney Gives $25 to Children’s Fund
J. W. Cheney publisher of the Southwest Plainsman donated 25 dollars to the crippled children fund. He attended a Lions club meeting with Bill Flenniken, heard reports on medical treatment efforts, then mailed the check saying it was a better Christmas gift. Also notes Japan’s auto sales and a planned American electrical plant at Mukden, China.
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J. W. Cheney
The
Southwest Plainsman
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Bill Flenniken
Lions Club
Flenniken
Badger State GOP Regains Council Seats
Wisconsin Republicans fill long vacant posts on the national committee with George Vits and Mrs Harry E Thomas chosen by the state central committee. The move ends decades of Progressive representation dating back to 1924 when progressives aligned with Senator La Follette.
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Lette
George Vits
Harry E. Thomas
Republican National Committee
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Late Central Committee
LaFollette
Herman L. Ekern
Rose Meyers
Associated Press
Milwaukee
LaFol
Colonel Haines Is Due Home Tomorrow
Col. Harvey Haines vice president and general manager of the Board of City Development will return Friday from New York and Washington after several days away pursuing a major city industry project. The report includes other brief notes on opinions of C W Valentine and a Wisconsin political contest involving La Follette forces.
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Harvey Haines
Board of City Development
New York
Washington
German Consul Takes Soviet Envoy Duties in China
Shanghai dispatch reports F. Thiel German consul general has assumed Soviet consulate work in Shanghai at Russia’s request. Hankow and Canton consuls expected to manage Russian interests as relations with Russia break. Berlin says Southern China conditions prevent full compliance, trade affairs only.
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China
United Press
Shanghai
F. Thiel
Hankow
Canton
Russia
Berlin
Germany
Do Scientists Live Longer than Others
The English debate whether scientists outlive other people sparked by a week of obituaries. Ages listed include archeologist B. Lewis Rice 80 mathematician J. Macleod 86 technologist J. Reynolds 85 botanist C. Ford 8? W. S. Baviant geologist 81 with dendrologist G. B. Budworth 67, youngest. meanwhile Professor East of England warns world population will hit a saturation point in about 100 years, lowering living standards without major life-improving advances.
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B. Lewis Rice
J. Macleod
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