English beauty queen loses breach suit to Lord Revelstoke
Angela Joyce Miss England of 1930 failed to prove a contract to marry Lord Revelstoke. A Old Bailey jury returned a verdict for the defendant after half an hour, with costs against Miss Joyce. Revelstoke denied proposing and claimed the marriage talk arose only on her instigation.
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Lord Revelstoke
Miss Joyce
London
Angela Joyce
Old Bailey
Ivy Dawkins
Revelstoke
Rupert Baring
Justice Swift
Flood Threat Over Illinois River Valley Deepens
A 48 hour rainfall caused over $1 million in Chicago property damage and flood menace across central Illinois with the Illinois river at 20.7 feet at Peoria and Beardstown at 21 feet. The Wabash rose near flood stage as more rain was forecast and traffic deaths were reported in Chicago and Minnesota.
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Chicago
INS
Illinois River
Illinois
Peoria
Beardstown
Wabash
Minnesota
Middle West
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Iowa
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Happenings
Patrolman and Mrs Howard Walsh plan a fishing trip to Keokuk leaving Wednesday. John I Smith reports two tires stolen from his trailer over the weekend. Dr C F Noe will address Kiwanis on Amana system at the Montrose hotel Wednesday noon. Chicken supper at Kenwood Presbyterian Wednesday 35 cents. Mrs J L Shaw’s mother Emma Murphy to undergo operation at Mercy hospital in Iowa City. Robert O Bickel hosted Cedar Rapids Retail Credit Association at Hotel Roosevelt with river trip films and explanation.
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Howard Walsh
First Avenue W
Keokuk
C. F. Noe
Amana
Kiwanis Club
Montrose Hotel
J. L. Shaw
Sixteenth Avenue
Iowa City
Emma Murphy
Mercy Hospital
Robert O. Bickel
Cedar Rapids
Connell Family Plans Hutchinson Visit
Police Sergeant and Mrs. George Connell and their daughters Patricia and Rowena of 605 Avenue NW will depart Tuesday evening for Hutchinson Kansas to stay about two weeks at the home of Mrs. Connell's parents Mr. and Mrs. W D Kingsley.
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George Connell
Patricia
Rowena
Avenue NW
Hutchinson
Kan
Police Sought After Dog Poisoning Incidents in NW District
T. E. Dale of 1139 Eighth Street NW asked police Monday evening to search for a dog poisoner after his wire-haired terrier was poisoned Sunday night and a fox terrier belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth Stepmyer of 1133 Ninth Street NW was poisoned Monday forenoon.
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T. E. Dale
Eighth Street
Dale
Elizabeth Stepmyer
Ninth Street
Boyd To Address Washington High PTA Meeting
W R Boyd will speak at the Washington high Parent Teacher Association meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m The session marks the final PTA before Washington high splits into Franklin and Wilson senior high schools Music students will perform and refreshments will be served.
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W. R. Boyd
Washington High
Franklin and Wilson Senior High
Dust Storms Safer Than City Smogs, Mellon Study Finds
Pittsburgh report from the Mellon Institute notes Western dust storms are more spectacular yet less harmful to health than urban smogs. City smogs occur six to twelve times yearly with eight to tenfold particle rise and several deaths from suffocation reported in Colorado. Manchester England’s 1931 nine day smog caused 592 respiratory deaths versus 137 in a smog-free month.
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Pittsburgh
Mellon Institute
Colorado
Division of Public Health
Institute
Manchester and
Salford
England
Three Bombs Hit Omaha Car Barn In Early Morning Attack
A third blast within hours ripped a five foot hole in the Cuming street car barn and damaged two trams. No injuries were reported as a guard saw a car arrive and a man vanish as three persons were knocked to the ground.
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Omaha
Cuming Street
Night bomb attack disrupts transit amid labor walkout
Two bombs were hurled from a speeding car onto street car tracks on Monday night causing a flare of violence. The April 20 walkout by about 400 organized workers prompted resumption of night schedules for the first time since the strike.
Mrs. John F. Howes of Waukon Dies Suddenly
Mrs. John F. Howes of near Waukon died Saturday morning from a heart attack. She was sixty six years old and born in the county. Survived by her husband and children Leo of Paint Creek township, Mrs. James Sweeney of Makece township, Frank and Michael at home. two brothers and two sisters, including Michael Haas of Waterville.
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Waukon
John F. Howes
Leo
Paint Creek Township
James Sweeney
Makece Township
Frank
Michael
Michael Haas
Waterville
Walgreen Promises Mass Of Evidence On Red Charges
Chicago business leader Charles R. Walgreen announced he had gathered a mass of evidence for a state senate committee probing alleged communistic influences at the University of Chicago. He said patriotic organizations supplied the material as he plans to present it publicly.
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Walgreen
Chicago
Charles R. Walgreen
State Senate
University of Chicago
Lucille Norton
Seattle
Inquiry resumes as Urbana trip delays University debate
The committee adjourned to allow two members to attend Urbana for the governor's Illinois university inspection. At the next session they heard charges that University of Chicago teaching methods subtly promote communistic views. Hutchins, Merriam, and Edith Foster Flint denied the accusations while Walgreen challenged Schuman over a quote about free love.
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Urbana
University of Illinois
University of Chicago
Walgreen
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Charles E. Merriam
McHenry to Appear Thursday Over Guardianship Fight
McHenry of Iowa Falls will appear in Fall River probate court Thursday to contest his daughter Alyce Jane’s guardianship petition filed by her mother Luella P. McHenry. Alyce Jane, 11, is convalescing from diaphragmatic hernia surgery and staying at Truesdale hospital nurses home. The couple also has Frances Jean, 13, living with relatives in Sioux City, Iowa.
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Fall River
Mass
William C. Crossley
Paul F. McHenry
Iowa Falls
Alyce Jane
Luella P. McHenry
Truesdale Hospital
Massachusetts
Chinese Discovery of Magnetism Then and Now
The article notes that lodestone magnetism was first observed by the Chinese around 2400 B C, about 3,500 years before European recognition. It contrasts ancient Chinese findings with later European developments.
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Europe
Toledo Auto Strike Ends as Plants Resume Work
Workers returned to Toledo Chevrolet production after a strike of three weeks as 732 members of the auto workers union voted to resume jobs while 385 opposed. The move ends a major GM dispute that left more than 30,000 GM employees unemployed. Livestock men note cows fed on hay and pasture suffer fewer digestive issues than grain-fed counterparts.
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Toledo, O
INS
Toledo Chevrolet Motors Corporation
General Motors Corporation
Auto Workers’ Federal Union
World traveler offers fat folk Kruschen salts advice
Portland reader John Lethaby testifies he shed 12 pounds in six weeks with Kruschen Salts, claiming stronger vigor and youth. He endorses the health treatment, notes a four week jar costs little, and cites local sellers May Drug Store Higley Building Pharmacy and other drug stores.
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John Lethaby
Portland
Ore
England
Africa
Brazil
Kruschen
May Drug Store
Higley Bldg
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Duster Bros
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