Balloon collapses halting National Geographic balloon flight
Rapid City reports the National Geographic Society U S Army Air Corps stratosphere balloon collapsed before takeoff at 3 a m standard time. Five gondola workers jumped to safety as 375 000 cubic feet of helium escaped and 50 000 spectators watched in shock. Officials seek cause while plans for a later flight are considered.
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Rapid City
S. C
National Geographic
U. S. Army Air Corps
Ballon
Albert W. Stevens
Washington
Army Air Corps
The
Geographic Society
S. D
National Geographic Society
Orvil A. Anderson
G. W. Money
Scott Field
Ill
J. P. Cooper
Goodyear- Zeppelin Corporation
Akron
Capt. Stevens
Andy
Nebraska
Stevens
War Department
Radio Schedule Dense with NBC CBS WABC WJZ Listings
Saturday and Sunday grid of radio programming across networks NBC CBS WABC and WJZ detailing morning to late night shows. Listings include orchestras bands operatic gems and children's programs with stations WEAF WHOO WCCO and others and note multiple time blocks and chains.
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Honeyboy
Weap van Sassafras
NHC
Genfa Fonarlova
NBC
WJZ Chain
Madcaps
Weaf Who
I Roth Orch
CBS
WABC
Gordon Sreb
Maxon Orch
Wis Chain
Jack and Gil
Wabc Chain
Maurice Spitaing
Faron
Federati
WJZ
Sal Mills
Rex Batile
Ensemble
Weaf Chain
WABCO
WCCO
ANBCY
WEAF
Sherman i
WECO
Albers
Inbc JZ
Village Green
NBC Music Guild
Buffalo Presents
WABG
WAEBC
Ken Sparnon
Atring
Wabc Woc
Jack Heller
Wylie Orch
Chicago Choir
Elsie Thompson
Wabco Chain
Walton Orch
WE. Who
Thurn Orch
Dalton Brothers
WBBM
Longfellows
Ht of Living
Weaf Dorsey
Portland Symphony
Weap Who
Lee Spitaing
WJZ_chain
Thornton Fisher
Jimmy Dykes
KMBC
Goldman Band
Belen Ware
Wabc Weco Woo
Suraier
NSC
WEAP
Tommy, Harris
Wilson Erch
Chain
Jan Garber
Sop Tucker and Saxe
Fiorito Orch
Wbbm Woo
Lyman Orch
Aunt Susan's
Southernalres
Wbbm Eco
Marimbs Orch
Walbers Brown String Quartet
Patterns In Harmony
Reflections
Sys Gould and Shefter
Tony Wons
Major Bowes
Sir Frederick Whyte
London
Eddie Dunstedter
Eton Boya
Leviton Ensemble
Barlow Symphony
Woc
Wmaq Who
Willard Rebisen
Weap Chain
WHO
St. Louis
Cbb
WEBEM
Kmox
Imperial Grenadiers
Wiseman
Ts Lemanerck
Kansas City Symphony
Leela Turner
WMAQ
WLW
Frank Silack
Symphony
Ethel Merman
Goodman_ orch
Pickens Sisters
WHAS
WACO
WGST
Nendrik van Leen
Previa Erch
WJZ Wenr
Corastantis Skinner
Syracuse
Ehelr
Seth Parker
Wayne King
Deurlas
Arthas Con
BC Wcco
S.O
Gerdmerch
Fireside Singers
Mass Mirror
Wbbm Weecco
HSM
Jenne Crawfard
Lee Ereh
Ods
Emerald Oil Promises Quick Relief for Varicose Veins
Advertisement touts Emerald Oil as a powerful yet harmless antiseptic to reduce varicose veins. It urges readers to ask May Drug Co. or any druggist for a two ounce original bottle, follow directions, and expect improvements in a few days with a money back guarantee.
Altitude Stratosphere Flight Records From 1932 34
Rapid City report lists multiple high altitude attempts by notable aviators. Piccard Cosyns set 10.7 miles in August 1932. Russians claim 11.6 miles in September 1932. Settle Fordney and Kepner with others reach 11.48 miles in 1933 34. Belgian Cosyns Van Der Elst 10.01 miles in October 1934. Jean Piccard and wife noted in Berlin era record pursuit.
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Rapid City
S. D
Piccard
Max’ Cosyns
Zurich
Switzerland
Moscow
Thomas Settle
Chester Fordney
Akron
William Kepner
Stevens
Anderson
Max Cosyns
Neree van der Elst
Begium
Jean Piccard
Temporary relief granted to Minnesota firms against AAA tax
A three judge federal court in Minneapolis granted temporary injunctions to 16 Minnesota companies including milling firms restraining the AAA processing tax. The judges also voiced serious doubts about the constitutionality of the AAA as a central feature of the farm recovery program.
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Minneapolis
United States
Minnesota
Fires in Russian wheat fields fought from air
Planes drop a fire resisting mix of sulphuric acid and caustic soda on Russian wheat fields to combat spreading fires. The aerial response aims to shield crops as flames threaten large tracts of grain.
Widow sues mobster now in Alcatraz for 1738
Mrs. La von C. Cowley, widow of federal agent Sam Cowley, sues gangster John Paul Chase now jailed on Alcatraz seeking 1738 claiming the debt is owed. The suit stems from Cowley and another agent killed in a Barrington, Illinois gun battle with George Baby Face Nelson and Chase. A writ of attachment blocks Chase or family from taking the funds in a San Francisco bank.
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San Francisco
Lavon C. Cowley
Sam Cowley
Department of, Justice
Friday
John Paul Chase
Alcatraz Island
Cowley
Barrington
George
Baby Face
Nelson
Chase
Baden Steel Helmets dissolved by Nazis in Karlsruhe
The German interior ministry ordered the dissolution of forty five Baden Steel Helmets chapters on subversive tendencies. Local units had swollen with former opponents whose influence pushed the group into political opposition to the Nazi movement, endangering political unity.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Ministry of the Interior
Baden Steel Helmets
Steel Helmets
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