Rainey Faces Tight Reelection Fight in Illinois
In Illinois, Rainey stalls a close renomination fight as voters prepare for the off year primary. The ballot includes 27 congressional seats, 180 state assembly seats, two state offices, and thousands of local posts amid debates over the Roosevelt New Deal and alcohol laws.
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Iillinois
Henry T Rainey
House
Congress
State General Assembly
Roosevelt New Deal
Rainey
Ilinois
House of Representatives
Harold Ickes
Ickes
James Simpson, Jr
Wadsworth
Simpson
Diamonds Looted In Chicago Loop Holdup
A gang of four robbed a bag containing about $50,000 worth of diamonds from Joseph Raymond 63, as Milton J Jackson, a New York jewelry salesman, reported the crime. Raymond was struck and the thieves fled in a car, taking the jewelry valued at roughly $50,000. The loot is linked to the Nizam of Hyderabad's exclusive holdings, valued at hundreds of millions.
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Chicago
Milton J Jackson
New York
Joseph
Whitey Joe) Raymond
Jackson
Raymond
Congress Street
Blind Piano Tutor Taught Sighted For Four Decades
Laura Engelson, a Wisconsin State School for the Blind alumna and music instructor, taught piano to blind and sighted students for 41 years. Despite advancing cataracts, she remains active with embossed music, drumbeat counting systems, and special cards for correspondence and concerts.
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Adeline Taylor
Effie Burton
Mount Vernon Avenue
Wisconsin State School For the
Janesville
Laura Engelson
Cedar Rapids
Wisconsin
Miss Burton
Miss Engelson
Wisconsin State School For the Blind
Janesville School For the
Washington Social Season Opens With Soviet Embassy Housewarming
Washington society readies for spring events as the restored Soviet embassy hosts Ambassador Alexander Troyanovsky and Madame Troyanovsky. The 80 room mansion, furnished with priceless antiques from imperial palaces and mosques, opens its doors Tuesday night.
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Ashington
Alexander Troyanovsky
Madame Troyanovsky
Pullman
United States
Kerensky
Haircuts 5 Cents In Nebraska Town
In Scottsbluff Nebraska a barbers war cut price of haircuts to five cents and included shaves. The scene on a Saturday night showed business boosted by lower prices and higher customer flow.
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Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Neb
Giant Telescopes To Aid Cosmic Discovery
CHICAGO (UP) Professor Albert Einstein and Sir Arthur Eddington discuss three giant telescopes that may reveal whether the universe is finite or exploding. The plans include a 200 inch mirror in Corning and an 86 inch spectral instrument at Michigan with an 81 inch lens for Chicago. If Earth proves at the center, it would support the ancient view and thrill many by making humans feel more important.
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Miss Engelson
Ces
New York
Sir Launfal
Braile
New York Point
Engelson
Janesville
Washington
Roosevelt
Warn. Springs Foundation
Laura Engelson
Chicago
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Sir Arthur Eddington
Royal Observatory
Cambridge University
Corning
N. Y
California
University of Michigan
University of Chicago
Sir Arthur
Arthur
Earth
Graham Co Boosts Price On Its Sixes
DETROIT J B Graham president of Graham Paige Motors announced a $50 price increase for the Graham line of standard sixes effective Monday. All models rise except the convertible coupe. no change for eights or deluxe sixes. Also noted a hair lock from Napoleon I was awarded to the National Museum of Boulogne after seven years of court battles.
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J. B. Graham
Graham-Paige Motors Corporation
Graham
Napoleon I
National Museum of
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