2000-Foot Skyscraper Feasible Says Steel Institute
The American Institute of Steel Construction reports a 2000 foot skyscraper is physically possible. Elevators could reach the top in under two minutes at higher speeds, with the current 400 dollar per square foot on land seen as already reachable, though no date is given for construction.
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Brew York
New York
Chicago
Science
Eiffel
Dante
American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc
New Television Plant Operating in Chicago
Experimental short wave broadcasts begun by a Chicago station. WSR, owned by Great Lakes Broadcasting, licensed to operate at 600 watts with plans for 5,000. Schedule 3–4 pm and 7–10 pm. Wavelength 2850 to 2930 kilocycles. 24-line picture currently, 15 frames per second, soon 48 lines. Copy uses moving picture film with circus views and geometric figures.
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Chicago
WSR
Great Lakes Broadcasting Company
WENR
Playful Lions Roam Road Near Nairobi
Herds of gentle lions from the jungle have been seen on roads leading to Nairobi, 15 miles from the city. Sightseers ride out in autos to watch their antics while locals attempt spear hunting and Europeans in cars seek safety as the lions form rings and scatter.
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Wnatrobi
East Africa
Nairobi
Lighting in Philadelphia Theaters Raises Safety And Comfort
A report to the Illuminating Engineering Society by Frank Cambria and Francis M. Farge of Publix Theaters argues for sufficient but not excessive theater lighting. The goal is to reduce distraction while helping patrons find seats and prevent accidents.
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Philadelphia
Illuminating, Engineering Society
Frank Cambria
Ena Francis M. Farge
Publix Uneaters Corporation
Kuo
Pantages Won't Have Freedom Under Bond
Los Angeles, Nov. 1. District Attorney Fitts said it would be unsafe to release Alexander Pantages on bond while a new trial motion is pending for charges of attacking dancer Eunice Pringle. Defense reporters later said they would not seek temporary freedom. Fitts said investigators learned of a plan for Pantages to flee to Mexico by air, with a plane readied at San Diego before final arguments.
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Pantages
Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Sailor News
de Fitts
Mexico
San Diego
Feed Hogs Hulled Oats To Defeat Corn Borer
Wooster Ohio reports hulled oats as a potential defense against the European corn borer on hog farms. Experiments at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station show hogs digest hulled oats better than corn and yield more weight, suggesting reduced corn acreage as a strategy when infestations threaten crops.
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Wooster
Ohio
Ohio Agricultural Experiment
York
Ohio elevators adopt oat hullers amid protein study
The report notes Paul Gerlaugh chief of the station's animal industry division mentions a costly protein supplement. Since the experiment many Ohio elevators have begun installing oat hullers to process feed.
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Saya Paul Gerlaugh
Ohio
Lost Continent Of Mu Traced In Old Stones
Legends of Mu the lost southern Pacific continent revived by finding evidence of a pre Polynesian race. Anthropologists report stone structures on mountainous plateaus differing from Polynesian work and Tremonte burial caves yielding skulls not Polynesian. The tale says Mu once covered a vast southern Pacific region and sank leaving mountain tops above water.
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Pari
Ilaniu
South Pacific
Tremonte
Southern Pacific
Reed Faces Insurgent Stand Over Tariff Revision
The Senate coalition of Democrats and western independents challenged Republican regulars on tariff revision while pressing for prompt action. President Hoover and Indiana Senator Watson urged a quick vote, but Reed of Pennsylvania signaled the bill would die in conference and stressed ample discussion on many terms. Senators Borah Idana Norris Harrison Walsh and others indicated willingness to hasten the bill with safeguards.
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Farm ‘Board
Senate
Hoover
Borah
Idana
Norris
Nebraska
Jeaders
Harrison
Mississippi
Walsh
Montana
Buck
Watson
Indiana
Reed
Pennsylvania
Hig Belle
Kissproof Lipstick Kit Promises Long Lasting Color
The advertisement promotes Kissproof Lipstick as a modern water resistant cosmetic that requires minimal retouching. It markets a Complete Kissproof Make-Up Kit including lipstick compact rouge powder lash dressing and a care booklet. A coupon offers the kit for 20 cents with sample powder lasting six weeks.
Halloween Kiwanis Party Draws Record Crowd
In Wellington Springs the Kiwanis club hosted a Halloween party for local students from grade school to junior college. About 500 youths attended a seven to eleven o clock program with a parade, prizes, gymnasium stunts, and a six reel movie. The event, in its fourth year, drew the largest crowd yet.
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Wellington Springs
Kiwanis Club
Aiden Qoutler
R. W.gibson
Henry Hines
Woonsocket Groups Plan Husking Bee for Farmer John Brown
Woonsocket residents organize a husking bee for farmer John Brown six and a half miles northeast of town. The American Legion and Modern Woodmen of Woonsocket arrange the event for Monday, November 4 with Brown unable to pick his 40 acres of corn. Legion Auxiliary to serve dinner at the farm.
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Woonsocket
John Brown
Here
American Legion
Brown
American Legion Auxiliary
Horton Smith Opens Lead in Portland Golf Event
Horton Smith of Daplin Missouri shot a 67 to take the early lead in the Creighton Classic in Portland Oregon, posting five-under par after the first 18 holes. The $1200 event drew a nationally known field as the second round got underway.
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Missourian
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Horton Smith
Daplin
Open golf tournament kicks off with 11 hole round
The event began here today with an 11 hole round that eliminates all but the 50 top scorers. Those who advance will play the final round on Saturday.
First School In Huron Recalled From Early Days
Mrs Byrnes recalls early Huron schooling with mixed grades in one room. She describes teachers Professor Bartlett and Miss Puller, the advanced group shifting on fractions, and playgrounds with separate boy and girl play. Recollections include heated days, barricaded doors, and classmates like Mary McDonald and Nel Me Mills.
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Rochelle
Lwork
Bartlett
Tinneen
Walton
Family ties stretched through Huron area scholars and s
A list of local residents and relatives connected to Huron by birth, marriage, or residence spans multiple families. The text notes May Dickinson later Mrs May Bryant, Mildred Thompson living in Huron, and Mary Byrnes daughter and teacher, who served as county superintendent in 1913–14, with numerous siblings and cousins named across several towns.
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Herony Leon
Louisa Corbin
Clara’ Abel
May Dickinson
Mra
May. Bryant
Huron
Chicago
Mildred Thompson
Haron
Harry Nichola
George
Ed Dinneen
Ida Houston
Nellie
Anna Botsford
Anna Muraine
Byrnes
Carrie Miller
CH ® Langley
Lewis Reed
Mert Muraine
Sarah Muraine
Chisago
Clyde Township
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M. E. Church
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Professional Women’s Club
Faramount Pictures
Ruthuk “&“Morton
Moran Mack
Mike Girbs
Tole
With Ben Lyon
Slirtey Mirson
Jason Robacis
New
Sudows
Gold Medal Dairy Co
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