Ship wreck near Lake Superior saves 124 aboard
Coast Guard rescued 124 aboard the steamer George M after it grounded and wrecked near Rock of Ages Reef in Lake Superior en route from Chicago to Port Arthur with 250 Canadian residents. The Craw ford cutter brought all aboard to Houghton, amid fog and cold water, with belongings lost by many as the ship settled.
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Great Lakes
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Isle Royale Steamer Fire Rescue From Reef
A steamer sent passengers to small boats and rafts to avert loss of life. Injured, with Adelifiée Keeling aged 23, a nurse, were placed aboard Tremaine with Cox, president of Isle Royale Transit Company. Rest of crew and passengers spent the night on Rock of Ages reef, while rescuers used the lighthouse for warmth as the wreck occurred off Isle Royale’s western tip in Lake Superior.
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Rock of Ages
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Air Duct Network Aids Fire Fighting On Ships
London in May reports a new ship fire safety system using air ducts fitted to all vulnerable points. Each channel ends with a detector and extinguisher resembling a telephone mouthpiece. Temperature rise or smoke triggers an alarm and carbon dioxide is circulated to suppress flames.
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London
Industries Respond to Recovery Act
New York May 29 With the go by the act industry is taking prompt steps to beat the draft and enlist as a partner of the government in its battle against unemployment and corporate deficit. About 50 trade associations signified their intention to align with the program. The National Electrical Manufacturers Association representing 26 manufacturers who employed 250000 in 1929 voted special power to its board of governors to carry through measures.
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New_York
House of the
Lndustry
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Special Bower
Industry urged to partner with government on steel future
The text notes a call for the steel industry to enter a partnership with the government to advance its plans. It states the industry has not yet taken definite action, implying ongoing discussion and strategic alignment are needed.
Nazis Honor Schlageter Obedience Rally In Ruhr Invasion
In Dusseldorf on May 29 a massive Nazi crowd gathered at Golgherum Heath to laud Albert Schlageter martyred by France during the Ruhr occupation ten years earlier. Hermann Goering spoke as Reichs Minister, with Hitler absent, while the crowd hailed the fallen defender as the Third Reich’s hero and last World War soldier.
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Germany
Hermann Oring
Albert Schlageter
Ruhr
Golgherum Heath
Thes
Schlageter
Hitler
Terr Goring
Solia Hof
Killing Of Girl Shown By Cross Of Cornhusks
East St. Louis police traced the body of Miss Antonio Zitta twenty two found beneath a cornhusk cross above a coalshed door. Louis Mora thirty two confessed to choking her in a lovers quarrel after she visited his home on Friday. Mora is held without bail in Belleville jail. He said she seized a butcher knife during the quarrel and slashed him.
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East St. Louis
Antonio Zitta
Louis Mora
Mora
Belleville
Miss Zitta
Johnson to Direct Giant Public Works Program
Washington May 29 Hough S Johnson named to direct the 3 3 billion Public works employment program alongside existing extraordinary industrial control measures. Senate hearings on the house passed bill and oil industry push to link federal regulation with the industrial legislation coincide with Johnson moving into new quarters in the department.
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Washington
Hough S. Johnson
Senate
House
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Richberg Chosen as General Counsel for New Agency
Richberg, with administration approval, selected as general counsel for the new agency by the Railway Labor Executives Association. He helped draft the bill and sat with Johnson, Lewis, W. Douglas, and Wagner during final conferences for President Roosevelt's sign‑off.
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Donald Richberg
Association of Railway Labor Executives
Johnson
Lewis. W. Douglas
Wagner
New York
Roosevelt
Senate
Jack Blalock
Marshall
Tex
Ferguson
Texas
Ickes
Blalock
California Man Denounces Federal Oil Control
John B. Elliott of Los Angeles declares opposition to federal control of the oil industry as the committee’s mandate from Californians. He says regulation is handled by the state railroad commission, not federal hands.
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State Railroad Commission
John B. Elliott
Los Angeles
California
Clergyman Plans Fast To Regain His Old Jot
Memphis Tennessee May 29 A 65 year old minister Valery announced a fast to regain jurisdiction of a training home he founded in 1916 He will eat only one orange daily until he dies or sin justified Bethany Training Home directors and the Community Fund who could reinstate him as superintendent declined comment Valery was dismissed as superintendent in 1924 after the fund took over support and left the post vacant.
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Fire Department Will Sponsor July Fourth Celebration
Parsons May 29 Fire Chief announces Fourth of July event to be hosted by Parsons Fire Department with Tucker County citizens invited. Plans include wood chopping contest water battle foot races dancing games and a parade. Thomas city fire department and local crew to stage water hose battle on First street. Prizes for events bingo stand merry go round and tennis wheel featured. Rhododendron parade from Thomas to Parsons to crown a queen with princesses possibly from Cumberland and Pittsburgh.
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Parsons Fire Department
McKinley M. Swearingen
Tucker County
Thomas
First Street
W. W. Myers
J. A. Glade
Chamber‘of Commerce
Parsnos
Cumberland
Pittsburgh
Rightmire Appointed Magistrate at County Court
Rightmire was appointed magistrate to fill the unexpired term of the late James L. Lilly. A native son born and raised in the city, he has worked as a boiler maker for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and later ran a West Side plumbing shop. He is married with two children.
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Justhe Peace
Pages Ants
James L. Lilly
Rightmire
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Fairmont
West Side
Canoe Trip to the World’s Fair Captures Attention
Montos, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. W. Monroe of Parkview, sailed toward Chicago for the World’s Fair by canoe. He left last week choosing a historic water route via the Tyger River, Monongahela, and Ohio to Cairo, eschewing motor, aircraft, or rail travel.
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Piily" Montos
CG. W. Monroe
Parkview
Chicago
Billy
Tygarts-Valley
Monongahela
Ohio
Cairo
Michigan Trip Sparks Wonder for Billy and Gerty
A fragment describes a hoped for journey that excites Billy and Gerty. The speaker notes the trip would be wonderful for Billy and equally fascinating for anyone who considers it, hinting at anticipation and intrigue surrounding travel.
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Michigan
Billy
Hawikilan Potatoes Ship to West Coast in Record Year
Hawikilan grown potatoes were sent to the West Coast in the largest quantities this year since the discovery of gold in California, reflecting a booming agricultural export.
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West Coast
California
John B. Colon Passes Away After Illness
An obituary notes the death of John B. Colon at 7 am Saturday in a Hines Illinois hospital after an operation. A former Grafton resident age 37, he worked at Tygart Valley Glass and later moved to Washington Pennsylvania. Survived by widow Julia Morasco and five children John Theresa Gloria Nydne Robert Eugene, with funeral in Washington PA.
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John B. Colon
Grafton
Hines, Illinois
Colon
Tygart Valley Glass
Washington, Pa
Julia Morasco
Woman Gold Miner Does Work At Home
Bulawayo Rhodesia May 29 center A B Innes owner of Syma Fatons Tipe claims Gad eon disi si Has her own ideas of fee pining. Bret thites big rocks a be ie whet of Bie worth. gold in two days from Recently she ground out 3500 inn she had brought home. A Black Minorca hen owners by Mrs Latina Hall Ortege Lom poc Cal ldys two color eggs half white and half brown.
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Bret Thites
Minorca
Latina Hall
Lompoc
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