Dam Burst Kills Hundreds as St Francis Dam Fails
A massive wall of water from the St Francis dam collapsed near San Francisquito Canyon releasing 12,000,000 gallons and sweeping away homes, tents, and livestock. Of about 600 people in the canyon and lowlands, only a little over 100 accounted for. property losses estimated from 10 to 80 million dollars. Authorities cite possible earth movement or external pressure as causes while residents cite seepage around the buttress.
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San Francisquito Canyon
St. Francis
Los Angeles
Trassing
Mountain Slope Collapse Devastates Santos Quarter
A sudden slide from Mount Serrat in central Santos Sao Paulo Brazil sent thousands of tons of earth into a city area burying houses and buildings. The disaster left more than 200 dead or dying as residents were unaware of the impending avalanche.
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Udden
Santos
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Senate Report on Pennsylvanian Bituminous Conditions
The Senate subcommittee report on Pennsylvania bituminous fields deems conditions dangerous to public order and deplorable in morals housing sanitation and living standards It criticizes operator methods while praising the miners wives for their courage amid hardship It recommends congressional legislation and a full interstate commerce committee investigation to seek a remedy and restore industry prosperity.
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United States Senate
Pennsylvania
Senate
Congress
Interstate Commerce Committee
America
Butler Denies Handling $260,000 Liberty Bonds Aid
William M. Butler, chairman of the Republican National Committee, denied receiving any part of $260,000 in Continental Trading Company Liberty bonds supplied by Harry F. Sinclair to erase the 1920 campaign deficit. The denial coincided with Senator Borah urging Butler to lead a party-wide effort to clear the record.
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Tlliam M. Butler
Republican National Committee
Continental Trading Company
Liberty Bonds
Harry F. Sinclair
Butler
Borah
Rep
Idaho
Republican
Treasury chief reveals Liberty bonds repayment to Republican committee
Mellon told the Senate Teapot Dome committee he received 81000 of 260000 in Liberty bonds from Usury FP. Sinclair to cover deficit of the 1928 Republican national committee, but he did not keep the bonds in exchange for a contribution. He returned the bonds to Will Hays and later donated the same amount from his own funds.
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Gee
Treasury
Mellon
Senate Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Republican National Committee
Will T. Tays
Republican Committee
Hays
Ite
Feverish Wall Street Day Brings GM Surge On March 9
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange saw General Motors lead a volatile session with 3,705,500 shares traded and GM finishing at 161. The next day the price opened 156 but GM rebounded over a point by close as brokers eyed possible rate changes. The week also highlighted the coal strike backdrop with testimony from John L. Lewis and critique from W G Wardner of Pittsburgh Coal.
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New York Stock Exchange
General Motors
Federal Reserve Bank Board
Ford
Wanamaker Heir Dies as Major Insurance Holder
OD Man Wanamaker of New York and Philadelphia died March 9. He was the most heavily insured man in the United States with life policies totaling 7,500,000. He inherited the Wanamaker stores in New York Philadelphia and Paris from his father John Wanamaker. An aviation enthusiast, he gained fame by backing aviation ventures.
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Odman Wanamaker
New York
Philadelphia
United States
Wanamaker
Paris
John Wanamaker
States prepare LANS to ensure Nicaraguan election fairness
State Department works on LANS to remove obstacles to American supervision of October elections in Nicaragua after talks between Kellogg and Senator Borah. Officials say the administration aims to fulfill its pledge and provide any needed marine forces.
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Lans
State Department
Kellogg
Borah
Rep
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Italy Plans Major Naval Build Under 1924 Program
Admiral Siri anni announced in the Italian chamber of deputies a 1924 naval buildup including two 10,000 ton cruisers and twelve submarines under construction valued at 73.92 million dollars. All vessels are to be in operation within two years, with this year’s program adding two new cruisers four destroyers and four submarines.
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Chamber of Deputies
Sirianni
Admiralty
Italy
Maxwell Pioneer Behind Early Automobile Link to Smithsonian
Dixon Maxwell, pioneer founder of Maxwell automobiles and president of the company, helped build the machine now in the Smithsonian. He teamed with Elmer Apperson and Elwood Haines in creating what is believed to be the predecessor of the modern car, a project shared with the origins of the Maxwell line.
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Edward P. Cowles
Sparta
Mich
Mnany
Dixon Maxwell
Smithsonian Institution
Mr. Maxwell
Elmer Apperson
Elwood Haines
Flight attempt to America ends in Atlantic tragedy
A SAWN reports Capt. Walter Hinchcliffe and Miss Elsie Mackay vanished after departing an English airfield for America. No trace of their airship or crew has been found in the western North Atlantic.
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North Atlantic
Walter Hinchcliffe
Elsie Mackay
America
Atlantic
Senator McNary Pushes $1 Million Forest Reforestation Bill
A senate bill seeks an appropriation exceeding $1,000,000 for reforestation of denuded areas and related conservation work. Introduced by Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon, the measure targets woodland restoration and associated environmental programs.
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Senate
McNary
Oregon
Frantic Night in a Field Hospital Ward
Eadie lies on a cement floor in a fracture ward crowded with makeshift beds and surgical scaffolds. A nurse brings bread and jam as a doctor orders removal of the wounded from the ward to make space, while stretcher bearers haul him toward a tent ward in the cold night.
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Eadie
Ele
Lim
Jacobs
Samuel
Sergeant in tent rescue tale and cold evac hospital scene
A wounded sergeant lies in a convalescent tent as rain and wind blow through a hole in the wall. An orderly struggles to arrange care, while the sergeant endures cold, fatigue, and untreated wounds until a fat man brings him to a warmer ward. Separately a testimonial touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs with a Toledo, Ohio source.
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Foley
J. D. McComb
Toledo
Ohio
Geo. M. Gosman
Adv
Adlerika Digestive Relief Ad Teaser Ad
For 20 years I took soda for indigestion and gas. One Adlerika bottle brought me complete relief. Adlerika relieves gas and sourness in ten minutes by cleansing upper and lower bowel. See how much better you feel with Adlerika. George M. Gosman, druggist. Adv.
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J. B. Hardy
Geo. M
Gosman
Adv
Reward Offered for Bounty Fraud Arrest
A Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Association ad offers a one hundred dollar reward for arrest and conviction of anyone collecting bounty funds illegally, excluding regular law officers, published in the November 4 issue.
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Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Assn
Barely Alive Stock Sparks Sheepish district quips
In the Farm and Fire column, old Bill Bittles quips that Sam Sleezer’s cows get scant feed, leaving them the laughing stock of the district. The note appears in The Tribune under the yearbook style rural humor section.
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Sam Sleezer
Bill Bittles
Explaining Poverty Through Work Quality
A quoted editorial remark notes that if effort spent on doing work properly matched energy wasted on skimping, victory over poverty would follow and wealth would be within reach.
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Alexander P. Moore
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Richard KE
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Federal Council of the Churches of Christ
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George H. Doran Company
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Galena St. Butte, Mont
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