Marconi Reveals Ultrar Short Wave Two Way Radio
In Rome on April 7 Senator Guglielmo Marconi announced a new ultra short wave two way radio system. He demonstrated from Rome to Santa Marcherita that users can reach any telephone subscriber within 100 miles using waves of 52 centimeters, far shorter than existing 5 to 200 meter short waves.
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Rome
Guglielmo Marconi
Marconi
Santa Marcherita
Italy
Tarcon
Marcon
Bizarre Contrasts Of Beauty And Squalor In Kentucky
In Pineville and Middlesboro areas 10,000 miners face near starvation with joblessness and charity relief shaping daily life. Families endure leaky homes and scant meals while relief aid and union activism stir local tensions amid stark living contrasts.
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Kentucky
Pineville
Bell
Harlan
Middlesboro
Cumberland Mountain
Daniel Boone
Cumberland Gap
United States
Mattie Stephens
Stony Fork Hollow
Louis
Margie
Dester
Mrs. Stephens
The
Charities Association
Henry Williams
Dorton
Williams
National Miners Union
Helen Forrester
Middlesboro Charities Office
Robert L. Kincaid
Middlesboro Daily News
Harlan Counties
Concord Man Struck By Motorcycle Injures Lewis Easley
A Concord man Lewis Easley was seriously injured when a motorcycle operated by Everett Strickland of Kannapolis struck him. Strickland was held in default of a $300 bond.
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Concord
N. C
Lewis Easley
Everett Strickland
Kannapolis
Democrats Weigh Hoover Power To Impose Federal Spending Cut
Democratic leaders seriously consider a counter offer to President Hoover giving him blanket authority to cut departmental appropriations by 10 or 20 percent for next year. Senator Harrison leads the finance committee in framing the budget reduction as part of a $200 million saving to balance the 1933 plan amid a White House Senate clash on revenue policy. Secretary Mills presented administration views as the Senate Finance Committee opened its first session on the revenue bill.
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Washington
Hoover
Harrison
Mississippi
Finance Committee
House
White House
Senate Finance Committee
Mills
Senate
British Attack on Ancre River Briefed as Successful
Allied bulletins say a British counter attack on the Ancre river south of Albert on April 7 1918 was completely successful. In Picardy German shock divisions captured Pierremande and Folembray after stiff fighting.
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Ancre
Nouth
Albert
Picards
Pierremande
Folembray
Toul
Lys
Ardahan
Armenia
Moscow
Germany
Kursk
Head of American Tobacco Co Paid Over Million in 1981
The American Tobacco Company disclosed in Federal court filings that its president, George W. Hill, was paid more than $1,000,000 for 1981. The figures appear in papers filed in connection with a stockholders' suit.
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American Tobacco Co
New York
American Tobacco Company
George W. Hill
Dawes Family Joins English Line By Marriage
In Evanston on April 6 Miss Frances Bosworth wed Dr Trevor Stamp linking two famed families. The ceremony united cousins of Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes and Sir Joseph Stamp, born from Dawes Europe trip during the Dawes plan negotiations.
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Evanston, Ill
America
England
Frances Bosworth
Charles G. Dawes
Trevor Stamp
Joseph Stamp
North Shore
Evanston
Gen. Dawes
Sir Stamp
Europe
Dawes
Rogers Wins Temporary Injunction on Officers' Bonus Pay
Richard Reid Rogers obtained a temporary injunction barring further bonus payments to company officers. Mr Hill's total cash compensation reached $1,018,000, including a $168,000 salary and at least $850,000 in cash bonuses. American Tobacco posted a net profit of $46,189,741 last year, a record. The bonus plan gave the president 212 percent of any profit excess over $1,369,000.
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Richard Reid Rogers
Mr. Hill
American Tobacco
Richardson fears turmoil in Hawaii over Fortescue and Massie cases
Assistant Attorney General Richardson warned in a special senate report that the murder and assault cases in Hawaii will embroil the territory in unpleasant circumstances. He said a retrial could provoke racial antagonism and demonstrations, but urged moving forward with the proceedings.
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Washington
Richardson
Senate
Fortescue
Hawaii
Territory of
Massie
Small Deputy Sheriff Makes Big Pinches in Tacoma
Bernice James 26, touted as the smallest deputy in the county, nabbed Mrs. Margaret Green 1170 with three pints of liquor. Green stands four feet six inches and weighs 82 pounds, while James is described as Mary Pickford-like but effective in enforcing the law.
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Little Batee
Tacoma
Wash
Bernice James
Mary Pickford
Margaret Green
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Ffiotel Hotel
Heaf York's
Evers
H. H. Rogillio
Lake Charles
Con
Thedford
Harry Ferguson
DEMS
Kells
U. 8
Grasse
Goodyear
Goodyear Airwheel
Atrwherl & Goodseer
Flore
N.B.C. Red Network
WEAF
Associated
Hiatt Tire Company
West High Street
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