Quake Near Mount Vultura Sparks Mass Relief Effort
A powerful earthquake centered near Mount Vultura devastated Melfi and surrounding towns, killing hundreds and injuring many. Mussolini ordered full relief, with Red Cross and army medical teams deployed. Rome and Naples were shaken as aftershocks followed, and a Venice tornado added to regional chaos with significant casualties.
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Naples
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Venice
Ordered Silks Dominate Frocks For Little Girls In 1930s Style
Julia Bottomley notes that bordered silks and two color shantung dominate junior fashion, with washable silk frocks in greens and beiges, two color ensembles, bordered materials, and soft silks featured. She highlights two color coordination, border details, and decorative brocades for fall and party wear.
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Wimheir
Advntage
Ad Vince
Rose
Shantung
Disaster at Coblentz ends Rhineland celebration
Severe disaster struck during evacuation celebrations in Coblentz when a pontoon bridge over the Moselle collapsed. About 50 people, including men women and children, fell into the river as timbers collapsed. Many drowned or were crushed. Rescue divers recovered 388 bodies and feared more would follow. The festive mood ended abruptly amid the catastrophe.
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von Hindenburg
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Moselle
Plane disaster near Gravesend kills six prominent passengers
A Junkers airliner en route from France to Croydon exploded near Gravesend, killing six occupants. Among the victims were the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, Viscountess Mdnium, a noted beauty close to the Prince of Wales, Str Edward Ward, Mrs Henrik Loeffler, society woman, Lieut. Col. George I. P. Henderson the pilot regarded as one of England’s best flyers, and Charles Shouring the second pilot.
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Edward Ward
Henrik Loeffler
George I. P. Henderson
Charles Shouring
London naval treaty ratified by Senate and signed by Hoover
The London naval treaty becomes effective after a Senate vote of 5S to 9 and President Hoover signs it with the gold pen. The document moves to London for Parliament's approval as Hoover praises broad bipartisan support and expectations rise that the pact will reshape international relations and reduce tensions.
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Hoover
Detroit mayor ousted in recall amid vice scandal
Charles Bowles, serving a second term, was recalled in a special election by a large margin. His successor faces an 80 day window for a new election. Bowles appointed Joseph Gillespie as public works head, while ex police chief Harold Mammons faced raids and Bowles fired him. Fernald Buckley, a radio speaker denouncing vice, was murdered hours after Bowles’s ouster, an act tied to a wave of similar gang killings in the city as Governor Green ordered state police probe.
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Democrats of Iowa adapt plank on liquor definition and referendum
Democrats at a state convention adopted a plank calling for a reasonable definition of intoxicating liquor and a nationwide referendum on prohibition. The move responds to a national scandal over enforcement methods and mirrors the Republican convention which rejected a proposal to modify the prohibition law.
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Egyptian unrest fuels renewed clashes in Cairo and Vorr Said
Totting by the Egyptian Watch ists was renewed last week in Cairo and Vorr Said, with several deaths in battles between police and troops. Miram-Tasha, Egyptian finance minister, told the inter parliamentary congress in London that a struggle pits brutal autocracy against democracy and that innocent blood is being shed, noting parliament has been suspended for the fourth time in five years as people protest beyond endurance.
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Lenni s Curtiss dies after appendicitis operation
LENNIS CURTISS, a distinguished aviation pioneer, died suddenly in a Buffato hospital at fifty two after an appendicitis operation. He was a leading aviation experimenter ranked with the Wright brothers and had retired from active business after World War I while holding directorships in Curtiss companies. James Wads How, famed as a “millionaire hobo,” died in Staunton Virginia after years of aiding hoboes. Marty S. Blick, head of United States Realty and Improvement, killed himself at his Lloyd Harbor home after a long illness.
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Wright
Staunton
Marty S. Blick
United States Realty and Improvement Corporation
New York City
Lloyd “Harbor
Long Island
Western Newspaper Union
Castoria A Gentle Remedy For Children's Ailments
A vintage advertisement touts Castoria as a pure vegetable remedy for infants and children. It claims to soothe colic and help sleep, ease diarrhea, relieve constipation, and prevent system clogging during colds, noting the genuine product bears Chas. H. Fletcher's signature.
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Chas. H. Fietcher
Romance in High Life Duke Title Search Delays Love
A society romance centers on a couple amid high born circles. Questions about the duke’s title trigger delays and uncertainty as the lovers navigate status and affection. A confidential title search fuels tension, testing loyalty and future plans.
Automatic drug stores spark London medical warning
Medical men in London warn against the new automatic drug stores placed in railway stations and hotels. Machines dispense aspirin bismuth and other drugs, raising concerns that children could access them and that fatalities may follow a rise in such accidents.
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London
Whale leather gloves captivate European fashion
Women in Europe adopt gloves made from whale intestines, a revived material once used for whalebone. The new whale leather is described as delicately soft yet exceptionally durable, with fashion leaders approving its return to wardrobes after decades.
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Europe
Susceptible Metals and Social Magnetism
The bureau of standards notes iron nickel and cobalt attract ordinary horseshoe magnets. As a man’s popularity rises neighbors often lend support and assistance in response.
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Bureau of Standards
Fat Loss Claim Prompts Kruschen Salts Ad Testimony
An October Mon tank reader shares that a bottle of Kruschen Salts lasted about four weeks and she lost 19 pounds of fat. The ad urges daily half teaspoon doses in hot water before breakfast, touts toxin elimination and renewed vitality, and offers a money-back guarantee.
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