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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1931
Page
2
Italian air minister Balbo leads ten plane cross Atlantic from Rome to Brazil with a stop in Natal after two crashes near Bolama. Maddalena and Balbo command the surviving craft as investigators report mishaps and heroic landings.
Treasurer Joseph A. Nutt told Senator Nye's committee that Robert H. Lucas exceeded authority by pledging the national committee's special account to secure a $4,000 loan for anti Norris propaganda. Nutt said he loaned Lucas $3,500 recently to cover a bank loan and defended the fund as not a slush fund but for district aid.
House action on cashing World War II veterans' adjusted compensation certificates intensifies as Rep Patman Texas urges discharging the wars and means committee. Supporters say unfair tactics blocked the bill while Sen A H Vandenberg seeks a compromise to allow borrowing up to 50 percent of certificate value.
Panama City avoids heavy fighting as Florencio Arosemena resigns and a Junta takes over. Ricardo Alfaro, veteran liberal and longtime Washington minister, accepts an offer to return and lead the new regime with likely U S recognition after deliberation by Secretary Stimson and President Hoover.
The modification of the 1920 consent decree loosens restraints on Armour Swift Cudahy and Wilson, allowing manufacture and sale of most food classes but barring retail trade to protect independent grocers. Justice Bailey notes retail entry by packers would crush independent grocers. Also notes resignation of George Akerson, Hoover aide, with Franklin Fort as possible successor. France lays Joffre to rest with ceremonies at Notre Dame and Invalides, remains to be buried near Paris, drawing praise from all sides.
A crowd of dairymen and scientists witnessed the rototactor, a revolving platform milking 50 cows simultaneously. Inventor H W Jeffers showcased a system that moves cows to milk, with automated washing, milking tubes, sterile containers, and a lab for cooling and bottling certified milk. The device serves 30 000 babies daily and involves veterinary care and worker oversight. Notables including Thomas A Edison and Arthur M Hyde attended the ceremony marking operational status.
Loral Jensen, famed deer hunter of Richfield, Utah, shot and killed a pursuing cougar that was chasing a fawn, repaying a death toll the animal had taken on the deer herd. The article notes cougars kill many deer every year.
In Terijoki Finland two boys aged nine and fourteen died by own action using a pistol made from powder and match ends. A third boy witnessed the tragedy and was sent away. Authorities report no clear reason for the suicides.
Nang Pin, a follower of an Indian fakir, said he warned her in a dream to enter the great beyond. After four days with no food, water, or breath, a Buddhist priest conducted a bang saint service and she awoke claiming adventures in the beyond.
Kansas City plans a monument honoring Almon B Strowger the undertaker who conceived the automatic dialing principle after a dispute with a telephone operator. A tin sign draft caused a line to short circuit guiding his invention toward a dial system later used in many cities.
Winnipeg reports a whole Eskimo tribe vanished from a Lake Anglicans area camp 500 miles northwest of Churchill on Hudson Bay. Twenty five people including children are missing with no signs of violence found. police and white trappers alerted as Jos Labelle discovered the deserted camp with tents still pitched and gear intact.
Miami police hunt a bold thief after a seven foot alligator is stolen from the city zoo. No trace of the thief is found. The reptile measured about 1134 inches in girth and had a spread of fourteen inches.
Nash Oklahoma Reverend BH FH Isbell of the Free Methodist Church reports a bull snake in the parsonage basement became trapped by a brass ring after attempting to crawl through it years earlier. He killed the serpent to free the ring and prevent further harm.
Dr. Lt M Feichert of Stanford medical school reports successful replanting of dogs legs. Fifty dogs underwent amputation and reattachment with flesh and bone healing in place, indicating successful experimental outcomes for limb restoration in canines.
Larry Ramsay helps a woman protect beaded heirlooms on a rain plan in Lostwithiel England. He spots her distress, halts a fall by opening his umbrella and guiding her to safety. The scene marks a dramatic rescue amid a travel tale of longing and world wanderings.
Pasteurization is heating raw milk to 142 to 145 degrees Fahrenheit and holding for 80 minutes before rapidly cooling to 88 or 40 degrees.
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