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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1938
Page
24
A California storm produced 76 mile an hour winds killing seven people and causing extensive property damage including Sacramento's losses over 500000 and Pajaro valley another 500000. The Golden Gate Bridge swayed about 13 feet though built to handle larger sway.
Hundreds of farm buildings were leveled and power poles toppled cutting telegraph telephone and radio service. President M Powley of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph described it as the worst windstorm in years as trouble shooters flooded company headquarters. The severely hit Sacramento area suffered extensive outages and damage.
The valley neared new danger as the Sacramento River climbed swiftly at Red Bluff, reported three feet above the 23 foot flood stage on Thursday.
Bayonne France AP report says police investigated a Spanish insurgent plot to kill loyalist envoys in France using microbes. Marquis Antonio de Portago and three Spaniards were detained on false passport charges. evidence included smuggling arms for the CSA R and test tubes of poisonous bacteria sent to Paris for analysis.
Washington AP reports the senate filibuster against the anti lynching bill stands 26 days 127 hours with interruptions for other business, and lawmakers say it is still far from the record for length.
A storefront ad promotes Penetra Nose Drops for head colds. It prescribes two drops per nostril to shrink swollen membranes and ease breathing. Ingredients include ephedrine and other agents. Available in 25c 50c and 1.00 at druggists.
The long procedural debate references the 1893 Silver Purchase Bill lasting from August 29 to October 31. The text notes that hundreds of products are refined from crude oil or rely on petroleum as their base materials.
Louise Fazenda reports burglary at her Hollywood home with $7100 in clothing and jewels taken. Thieves absconded with a safe containing the jewelry, according to her husband Hal Wallis, film executive. United States, died here Wednesday.
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