Lindbergh Considers Pontoon Upgrade For Monoplane
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh explores a new design for his Lockheed Sirius plane adding interchangeable pontoons with fuel tanks. The gear would be retractable and wings would differ, potentially boosting speed from roughly 180 to 250 miles per hour.
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Lenard S. Kimball
Angeles
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fiel
Calence Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Lindbergh
Lockheed
Colonel Lindbergh
Retail Trade Gains Sharply in April by Investors Syndicate
Minneapolis May 20 The Investors Syndicate reports a strong rise in retail buying with April sales up 2 percent from March after seasonal adjustment. The surge, noted as a favorable business sign, is tied to higher purchasing power from stable incomes and wages and a lower cost of living.
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Minneapolis
Investors Syndicates
Ceater
Aid Is Requested In Finding Jail Breaker
Sheriff M Bundyold seeks aid from other officers to locate Arthur Berenson of Ventura Iowa who escaped from the county jail Tuesday by prying a two foot thick stone wall into a coal bin and then through a courthouse corridor to the front door. Sorenson a trusted inmate who mowed the courthouse lawn is believed to have hidden an iron instrument in his clothes. The prisoner was serving a five day sentence on forgery charges.
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Canton
M. Bundyold
Arthur Berenson
Ventura
Iowa
Sorenson
Court House
Begole Named Mayor of Denver After Election
Unofficial returns indicate George D. Begole was elected mayor of Denver in yesterday’s municipal election. Mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton won a third term, Otto Bock, former chairman of the state public utilities commission, trailed.
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Begole
Denver
George D. Begole
Benjamin F. Stapleton
Peeking &Hird
Otto Bock
Fother
State Public Utilities Commission
City Tax Notice Due Now For 1931 Poll Tax
Public notice states the 1931 poll tax is due and payable at city hall or to the collector. Dan Wagner Commissioner of Streets urges prompt payment with no delay. Rolling.
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Rolling
Dan Wagner
Charge Union With Cuban Revolt Plan
By armed force, this is Independence day and the sixth anniversary of Macha opposition publications were plotting revolution. No arrests were made. President Machado transmitted a message to Congress stating unrest persists and threatened to suspend constitutional guarantees in the province to avoid a very disagreeable situation. He said the restoration of guarantees had resulted in action prejudicial to the maintenance of order.
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Macha
Machado
Congress
Fire devastates Carbonear with $1.5 million loss
A dawn blaze swept Carbonear Newfoundland, destroying major industrial plants including Hopkins boot and shoe factory J and J Maddock and Saunders Howell and Company, and W and J Moores fisheries supply plant. Five homes burned, many others damaged. total damage pegged at $1.5 million.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
Carbonear
Conception Bay
Hopkins Boot and Shoe
J, Maddock and Saunders, Howell and Company, Ltd
W. and J. Moores
Eastern Star Officer Visits Wells Lodge
Mrs. Daphne Serles of Brookings associate worthy grand matron of the South Dakota Eastern Star order paid her official visit to the local chapter yesterday in Wellington Springs. An afternoon school of instruction preceded initiatory work and entertainment in the evening with lunch served.
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Eastern Star
Springs Lodge
Wellington Springs
Daphne Serles
Brookings
South Dakota
Eastern Star Order
Rural School Conference Set for Kalamazoo June 12 13
Educational Commissioner Cooper announced a two day rural school supervision conference to be held in Kalamazoo Michigan on June 12 and 13. Education officials from Town Illinois Indiana Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio South Dakota and Wisconsin will participate in the event conducted in cooperation with Western State Teachers College.
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Washington
Cooper Today
Kalamazoo
Mich
Town
Ilinois
Indiana
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Western State Teachers College
Mitchell Car Stolen Again In Two Weeks
Mitchell reports a second theft of Dr. E. W Jones’s sedan within two weeks. Farmers found the abandoned automobile west of the city today after intruders partially demolished the garage to steal it. A car door was discovered about three blocks from the Jones residence.
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Mitchell
E. W Jones
Divers Seek To Recover Fortune From Islander Wreck
Portland based Frank and Roy Curtis plan to raise the Islander, a treasure ship sunk off Juneau three years ago, hoping to recover gold dust bullion and currency once valued at millions. They employ a diving bell with a movable arm and searchlight, operating at depth up to 500 feet with oxygen tanks and tethered cables to a barge.
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Portland
Yukon
Juneau
Steven
Ter
Frank
Roy Curtis
Portland House
Salvage Efforts Aim to Lift Islander with Cables and Barge
Cables will link two barges anchored above the wreck and a 40 winch rig to take up slack in caves at low tide. As tide rises, buoyancy lifts the Islander, then winches draw it shoreward until it grounds. Four months to expose gold. 14 pounds of gold in buckskin bags recovered in prior attempt.
Dentist to Leave Wessington Springs for Sioux Falls
Dr. Walter R L Stockstad ends nine years of practice in Wessington Springs and moves May 2 to Sioux Falls to take over Dr. W G Hendersons dental practice. Wessington Springs will have only one dentist remaining after his departure.
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Wessington Springs
Walter RL Stockstad
Sioux Falls
Stockstad
W. G. Henderson
Look For Radio War In Congress
Washington reports a battle over radio regulation is expected in the next Congress. The American Newspaper Publishers Association plans to wage a fight against alleged unfair competition by radio stations in news and advertising, likely triggering measures to prohibit or restrict direct ad broadcasting.
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Washington
Congress
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Advertising and monopoly claims in franchise debate
The article discusses a dispute over a wavelength franchise likened to a monopoly and regarded as unfair competition by some ad media. The association urges the federal radio commission to ban lottery or gift enterprises in publications, while noting that individual commission members oppose direct advertising and lament excessive commercialism in programs.
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Federal Radio Commission
Broadcasting Lottery Or
Gift Enterprises Ag
Commission
Radio Commission Eyes Radio Advertising Restrictions
The commission signals concern over advertising on air and plans to urge Congress to amend the radio law to ban lotteries and curb direct advertising. Commissioners indicate alarm at Clishers’ attitude and discuss recommendations likely to be proposed at the federal level.
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