Martial law declared in Borger Texas
Borger Texas ushers in martial law at 3 am as Brig Gen Tacon Wolters arrives with 84 National Guard troops from Fort Worth. Governor Moody suspends most city officials and cites lawlessness while authorities pursue the town’s murder cases and alleged conspiracies involving local officials.
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Borger
Texas
Tacon Wolters
Fort Worth
Wolters
Moody
Justice of the Peace
Barger
Texas National Guard
Jenn A. Pace
Nexus Rangers
Borgers
Rogers
John A. Holmes
Death of Jill Sparger of Pierre
News arrives of the death of Jill Sparger of Pierre at Eitel hospital Minneapolis after a 10 week illness from typhoid. An accomplished pianist who performed in recitals and a published poet, she had appeared in a Minneapolis musical before passing. Burial will be in Pierre cemetery.
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Misa JM Spar
Pierra
Eitel Hospital
Minneapolis
Miss Sparger
The
Literary Digest
Radioactivity of Earth May Shape Heredity and Society
University of California findings show soil radiation affects chromosome mutations in fruit flies. In a tunnel 140 feet underground versus a distant lab, twice as many gene changes occurred, suggesting earth’s natural radioactivity influences heredity and possibly agriculture and human traits. The study, led by Babcock and Collins, notes mutations and points to broader biological significance.
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America
University of California
B. R. Babeverk
J. L. Collins
Division of
University of California Agricultural College
Babcock
Earth
Cameraman Visits World's Loneliest Colony
A photographer records Tristan da Cunha the world’s loneliest inhabited outpost. British ship roams to the settlement atop an extinct volcano 500 feet high. Islanders, about 149, descend from a Napoleonic era garrison. They sustain themselves with farms and fishing.
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Tristan da Cunha
St. Helena
South Atlantic
Napoleon
Eattin
Prince of Wales Gossip Book Reveals Shyness and Future King
A new intimate biography of the Prince of Wales claims he avoids marriage until love arrives and will be a king of the future. It notes his habit of pasting clippings, the idea of a last English king, and his willingness to choose his own path while remaining within state duties.
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London
England
Prince of Wales
Sossin
Edward VII
Iso
Prince of
Wates
Biography of the Prince by Townsend and Townsend
A biography by W. and L. Townsend, published by Avert EB Marriott, argues the prince is not nervous but clearly high strung. It notes the prince’s living circumstances do not foster the repose once seen in Victorian days.
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W. and
L. Townsend
Avert Eb, Marriott
Government asks farmers to tread carefully on wheat crops
Washington reports warn farmers to slow plans for new wheat planting due to world market volatility. Drought has already reduced yields in winter and spring wheat across the United States and Canada. Competition from Canada Argentina and potential Russian market influence loom as next years considerations for prices and production.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Federal Farm Board 3
United States
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Gov
Iainment
Wnifred
Russia
MacDonald Quiet Voyage Aboard Cruiser
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald travels to the United States for naval disarmament talks with President Hoover. He enjoys excellent weather and maintains an active daily routine aboard ship, taking deck walks and exercise before breakfast. He rarely rests in his cabin and remains engaged in ordinary ship life, only retreating to his suite after a vigorous morning.
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Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Hoover
Prisoner Allowed to Marry at Arizona Prison
Willam Brown, a Florence state prison convict, was married in Phoenix recently to Emma Blakely, daughter of a prison guard. The event is cited as a ground for contempt of court against Lorenzo Wright, the superintendent. Courthouse records show Brown came from Florence about 60 miles away and wed on September 11. Walter Norris, Maricopa County probation officer, says Brown had not been confined for 60 days and other prisoners have been granted similar liberties.
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Phoenin
Ariz
Willam Brown
Florence
Phoenix
Emma Blakely
Lorenzo ‘Wright
Brown
Ll. Walter Norris
Maricopa County
Balloons land in Ohio during Gordon Bennett test
Eighteenth Gordon Bennett Balloon classic sees five U S entries claim victory with two Ohio landings within miles of St Louis. Capt William Kepner and Ward Van Orman aboard Goodyear VIII lead the pack while Capt Ernest De Muyter in Gelsia hits a tree near Paoli Indiana. Argentine pilot D Eduardo Bradley suffers a crushed knee after a landing near Fairbanks Indiana and is treated at Terre Haute hospital.
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Louis
United States
Ohio
St. Louis
William /. Kepner
U.S. Army
Ward
van Orman
Ernest de Muyter
D. Eduardo Bradley
Fairbanks
Ind
Terre Haute
Wesleyan Forensics Planned By Dewey
Professor Garter Dewey, new head of the Dakota Wesleyan speech department, outlines a busy forensics year. A South Dakota colleges coaches meeting was held, with debate tryouts upcoming and freshman groups planned. An oratorical and extemporaneous contest is also set.
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Mitchell
Garter Dewey
Dakota Wesleyan University
South Dakota
Dewey
Thousands greet Lindbergh at Cristobal in rain
In Cristobal Panama Canal Zone two thousand people braved driving rain at France Field to witness Colonel Charles A Lindbergh complete his flight from Barranquilla Colombia. The 400 mile leg concluded as he, with Mrs Anne Lindbergh and Mrs J Trippe, skirted the northern South American coast. Lindbergh said he would stay in Panama and the Canal Zone for several days and did not know when he would proceed north for the Caribbean sea airmail laps.
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Lindy
Cristobal Cristobal
Cansl Zone
France Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
Barranquilla
Colombia
Avaator
Anne Lindbergh
J. Trippe
Pan American Airways, Inc
South American
Lin
Scout Workers Meet Tuesday Biopressive Game
A narrative promoting Scouting as more than a game outlines its goals including first aid signaling and fire prevention. It emphasizes service disciplined citizenship and democratic inclusivity. The text references preparedness national service and the Scout oath stressing duty to God country and helping others.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Montana
New England
Florida
Bar Srouts
Pyle Heads to Boston Meeting of Secretaries of State
PIERRE Sept 30 National convention of secretaries of state will be attended by Gladys Pyle secretary of state and organizer of the national association as she travels to Boston for the gathering from September 30 to October 2. event highlights her leadership role and travel plans.
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Pierre
Gladys Pyle
Will Auicud
Boston
Miss Pyle
National Association
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Prince
Frank L Weller
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Lina Basquette
Mellon Institute
Laundry Owners National Association
Scientific Cleansers
Wesleyan
Charles
Buddy" Nancy
Rogers Carroll
Jose Harmony
J Love
Dorothy Mackall
Ian Keith
Myrna Loy
Stan
Laurel
Oliver.hardy
Pyle
J.C.P. K. C. Bldg
Huron
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