Weather and navigation gains eyed from Byrd Antarctic voyage
The Byrd expedition promises advances in wireless communication and navigation as well as weather forecasting. Studying the South Magnetic Pole and magnetic storms could improve compass accuracy and radio transmissions. Antarctic weather is crucial to global patterns, with implications for Australia and other southern regions. The quest may also shed light on earth’s shape and whether Antarctica is a single continent or two large islands.
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Associated Press
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Gun Wound Fatal to Mayor Thompson's Kin
Mrs. John B.R. Fordyce Jr., 23, died in Little Rock after a gunshot wound police called personal safety related. She was niece of former Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson and wife of Col. John Fordyce Jr., engineer of Hot Springs.
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John BR. Fordyce, Jr
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
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John &. Fordyce
Hot Springs
Women to Rescue in Crime Situation, New York
AP dispatch from New York reports Mary Roberts Rinehart urging American women to tackle crime now that men have had their chance. She says women will quickly straighten out the situation once they accept responsibility.
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New York
T Mary Roberts Minehart
Heinie Manush Washington outfielder and batting star
Heinie Manush, a left handed outfielder for Washington, is noted as a top hitter and a steady contact player. Born in Tuscumbia Alabama he is 82 years old and stands six feet one inch tall weighing about 200 pounds.
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Heinie Manush
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Ty Cobb
Harry Hellmann
Detroit
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St. Louis
Washington
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Tuscumbia
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Discovery of gun may solve death in Alabama case
In Montgomery on September 25 officers report a pistol recovered near a byroad by the Coast Line Railroad may be the automatic used in the January 1932 murder of Eric Sexton and Mrs Pauline Furlong. The revolver was traced to a negro woman who bought it from George Meadows for $2.50, linking the Court Street robbery and assault case to the slaying investigation.
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Eric Sexton
Lapine
Pauline Furlong
Coast Line
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Goins
Court Street
George Meadows
Frank Jackson
Meadows
Register's Sale of Land in Houston County Alabama
The sale, by order of the Houston County Circuit Court in equity, is of 120 acres and additional tracts in Houston County to satisfy an indebtedness to Inez Gray and others as executors of T. M. Espy. The auction occurs at the Dothan courthouse on October 23, 1938, with payment required in cash to the highest bidder. The notice bears the registrar A L Harmon dated September 10, 1933, and runs September 19 to October 3.
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Inez Gray
William Espy
Bessie Espy
T. M. Espy
A. M
R. L. Frith
Circuit Court of
Houston County
Alabama
A. L. Harmon
Court House
Dothan
Houston
William Frith
A. M. Frith
Andrew Love
Register
Grove's Chill Tonic and Malaria Cure Adverts
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tantalus Chill Tonic as a malaria remedy and general tonic. It claims the tonic strengthens the blood, aids digestion, and builds up the body, promising safe use with no harmful effects. It urges readers to buy it at all stores.
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Grove
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