Charleston to Open Cooper River Bridge in August
Charleston prepares for August 8 ceremonies marking the opening of the Cooper River Bridge, a three mile double cantilever span costing 6 million dollars that replaces ferry service and links the ocean highway from New England to the South. President Hoover and cabinet members are invited, along with dignitaries from multiple nations and officials.
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Charleston
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Cooper River
New England
Washington
John P. Grace
Shortridge Hardestyers
Thomas Storey
J. A. L. Waddill
Hoover
Canada
Mexico
Ane
Paper Suits Next On Male Program For Cool Clothes
Chicago reports Waldemar Kaempfert, Rosenwald Industrial museum director, proposes paper suits to end male fashion subservience. The $2 garments, worn two weeks, would be glued from paper fibers spun like cotton and dyed with patterns. A tailor would fit the paper suit with fish glue, promising rain resistance and shape retention before disposal. A cynical quip notes a pessimist wears belt and suspenders.
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Chicago
Waldemar Kaempfert
Rosenwald
Mr. Kaempfert
No US Navy Ships Remain In European Waters
The Raleigh now at Copenhagen has been ordered home and no replacement will go to Europe. It will arrive at Hampton Roads on August 31, ending US naval presence in European waters after about a year of duty. A separate line notes a fortune teller’s prediction for Tony Canigoni on a boxing bout with Sammy Mandell.
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Washington
United States Navy
Raleigh
Copenhagen
Denmark
Hampton Roads
Sea Scouts Put On Weathering Pageant At Jamoree
Rain and wind test Sea Scouts as they perform on moored boats and a central lake set Desert Island Pirate Ship and Merchant Ship acts near Arrowe Park. Baden-Powell faces choice of peer title as word spreads among 50 000 scouts. The Martins return to Montgomery after visiting Grymes family.
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Arrowe Park
England
Sea Scouts
Davy Jones
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
3Rovinsea Island
Loy
Contracts Set for Dairy House at A P I School
Auburn August 1 Contracts for an animal husbandry and dairy building and a dairy barn at Alabama Polytechnic Institute were awarded. The Rest Construction Co of Montgomery will complete the dairy building by April 1, and Small Man Construction Co of Birmingham will finish the barn within 60 days. Both fireproof brick and concrete structures feature slate roofs and limestone trim.
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Auburn
Ata
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Bradford Knapp
J. C. Grimes
Rest Construction Company
Montgomery
Qed
Tele. Smallman Construction Company
Birminghan
Bomb Trust Lists Capone As Buyer
Chicago police disclosed a confession from a prisoner under arrest for manufacturing and selling bombs. The detainee linked James Delestro to Al Capone and said Capone was a profitable customer in recent bomb operations.
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Bomb Trust
Capone
Chicago
Stege
James Delesstro
al Capone
The Bomb Trust Expands as Racketeers Fuel Explosions
Police bomb squad head Lieut George Barker reveals a growing bomb trust fueling 86 rackets profit from explosions. Confession links the murder of Diamond Joe Eposito to the group. Prices range from 10 to 150 for bombs with 50 to 100 for tossing or laying. Chicago bombings rose from 100000 to over 1 million in damage. sixty five incidents this year, up from thirty in the prior year.
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Diamond Joe Eposito
West Side
George Barker
Chicago
Princess Elizabeth Wounded in Slavia Shooting
An unsuccessful attempt to shoot Princess Elizabeth of Littai and the Wintliseh Graetz family occurred as she returned to her castle. A shot shattered a village window, slightly wounding her face. the assailant fled into a nearby forest and remained unidentified.
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Jugo Slavia
Princeay Elizabet
Wintliseh-Graetz
Littai
Princess
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