Sky Phenomena Dlated This Year
Spectacular sky events include six comets and two solar eclipses scheduled this year. Brorsen's comet returns in November with others in May June and August. Two annular solar eclipses Feb 24 and Aug 21 visible only in eastern and southern hemispheres. Mars reaches perihelion March 1 as astronomers track the planet ahead of opposition. Regulus in Leo will be occulted by the Moon on Feb 10 offering a rare sight if skies stay clear.
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Washington
Brorsen
American Nature Association of Washington
Nature Association
Mars
Nfe
Regulus
Leo
Dog Named Hedgel Peter Listed as CU Mascot
Hedgel Peter, a police dog and fraternity mascot for Sigma Alpha Epsilon, is listed in the University of Colorado student directory with an address at the Sig Alph house. Officers discovered the name while compiling pledge lists, and Hedgel receives mail there. The fraternity president Gilbert Perkins calls him the most obedient pledge.
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Boulder, Col
Hedgel Peter
University of Colorado
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sig Alph
Hedgel
Gilbert Perkins
Laval Prefers Castle to Farm in Normandy Choice
Paris reports former premier Pierre Laval choosing to keep a Normandy castle while selling his other estates and prize cattle. The decision contrasts with the fates of other French leaders who retain land or income from varied sources.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Lfe
Auvergne
Normandy
Laval
M. Laval
Edouard Herriot
Raymond Poincare
Andre Tardieu
Aristide Briand
Paul Painleve
Joseph Paul-Boncour
Complaint Reveals Publicist Roles in Actor Fees
In Los Angeles a publicist filed suit seeking 4500 dollars against an actor. The complaint details the press agent’s aim to clothe the defendant with perfection of technique and to make him a scintillating star in the theatrical firmament.
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Los Angeles
Doctors Find Man's Appendix On Left Side
In Galt Ontario an emergency appendectomy reveals Herbert Cadiou’s appendix on the left side. Surgeons discover multiple organs inverted or misplaced during the operation, a finding described as without parallel in Ontario medical annals.
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Man
Galt
Ont
Herbert Cadiou
Cadiou
Ontario
Huge Eagle Presented To Municipal Zoo
A seven foot wing span eagle, captured after entangling a claw in a steel trap near Hanford California, was brought to Fresno's Reeding Park zoo by geologists who found him morose in a cage. The party presented the bird to the city for the zoo.
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Fresno
Calif
Reeding Park
Fresno Municipal Zoo
Tar Canyon
Hanford
Farms Return To The Use Of Oxen
In Blytheville Arkansas oxen return to farm work after over thirty years as farmers replace tractors and mules. The animals cost little and reportedly equal mule work at lower cost, good for clearing ground, wet fields, and stump work though not ideal in heat. W W Mann who trained Randolph’s oxen plans to offer breaking services too.
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Blytheville
Ark
W. W. Mann
Theodore Randolph
Paris Suffered 1965 Suicides in 1932 Amid Rising Trend
Paris records 1,965 suicides in 1932 ages nine to eighty two, up 161 from 1931 and 624 above 1927. Men total 1,285 deaths vs 680 for women, with June the peak month at 238. Drowning in the Seine leads, revolver second. gas and hanging tie for third. women favor poisoning, no mutilation to preserve beauty. Police note only 556 survivors from total deaths.
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Paris
INS
Seine
International Road Work To Continue Between Alaska And Mexico
Los Angeles dispatch says construction of the International Pacific highway linking Fairbanks Alaska with Argentina will continue. Governor Filiberto Gomez of Mexico reports Sonora Sinaloa and Jalisco will maintain road work in 1933 with a federal subsidy of 15 000 pesos monthly.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Filiberto Gomez
Mexico
Gomez
Sonora
Sinaloa
Jalisco
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