Byrns Named Speaker to Fill House Leadership Role
Tennessee congressman Joseph W Byrns was chosen as the new Speaker in Washington nine months into the current Congress. Byrns, 65, rose from majority leader after chairing the Appropriations Committee and earning a reputation for forceful oratory. His victory follows a long political ascent marked by a Clarksville speech that launched his career and a Tennessee farm upbringing in Robertson County.
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Joseph W. Byrns
House of Representatives
Byrns
Tennessee
James K. Polk
Polk
Burns
House
Rainey
Pennsylvania
House Appropriations Committee
Ways and Means
Capitol Hill
Clarksville
Tenn
John Wesley Gaines
Congress
Carolinas
Red Clay Hills
Robertson County
Family Going Nuts in New York Squirrels Cause House Damage
Mrs. Elizabeth Mandel asks the state conservation commission for a permit to shoot a growing colony of squirrels that have nested in her home for five years. The pests have gnawed through roof and floors and ruined a Persian rug after the season closed December 31.
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New York
Elizabeth Mandel
State Conservation Commission
Positive Relief For Itchy Skin Ointment Advert
Cooling soothing Blue Star Ointment melts on the skin and drives medicines into pores to ease itch rash eczema tetter and foot ringworm. Money back if the first jar fails.
Jewel gang leader slain by U S agents in Chicago siege
Russell Gibson, identified as director of a jewel snatching ring that netted about 150000, was killed by federal agents during a midnight siege. Gibson's widow Clara wept as she recounted the shooting and the surrender of Ruth Hite and Byron Bolton after tear gas and gunfire. Detective Chief Sullivan said custody actions may follow the St Valentine’s Day massacre probe.
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Chicago
Russell Gibson
Cook County
Gibson
Thomas Alcock
Daniel O’rours
Clara
Ruth Hite
Cincinnati
Byron Bolton
John L. Sullivan
St. Valentine’s Day
Amarillo News Notes Mix Personal Updates and Local Activity
The column lists residents ill at home and traveling, local marriages, family ties, and community notes. It mentions Mrs. Lewis Dodson ill at 4244 West Fifteenth Avenue, Bob Roy and Miss Flov Boyd marrying in Clovis, N M, with Boyd working as secretary for the Social Service Exchange, and several locals returning from trips or visiting relatives. It also notes street repairs, bank and hotel re-painting, fingerprinting at the police department, and upcoming plans for a government hospital site in the Panhandle.
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Lewis Dodson
West
Fifteenth Avenue
Mentholatum Founder Albert Hyde Dies in Wichita
Albert A. Hyde 86 founder and chairman of the Mentholatum Company died at his Wichita home last night from a heart attack after years of declining health. He had been bedridden for three days.
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Wichita
Jan
Albert A. Hyde
The
Mentholaum Company
Texan Nabbed After Search Over Nation
Sacramento officers arrested Robert L. Pringle a 35 year old Texas fugitive wanted for mail robbery and jail breaking. He admitted the holdup near Newgulf Texas on June 4 1933 and said he would not fight extradition.
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Sacramento
Calif
Robert L. Pringle
Texas
George G. Rolfe
J. M. Monroe
Motor
Pringle
Paris
Newgulf
Rolfe
Lobster Hatchlings Reach Maturity at 1 in 800 Rate
The report states an average of one mature lobster per 800 hatchlings. It notes variability by conditions but sets the overall ratio for maturation. The finding informs population projections and harvest planning for the fishery.
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