Masked Bandits Loot Baltimore Women in Opera Roadside Heist
Two masked robbers held up four Baltimore women returning from an opera. They stole rings worth 50 000 dollars and a 30 000 dollar necklace, forcing surrender of a watch and car keys before escaping in their vehicle. Police pursued with state cooperation and tire shots fired.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Society
Green Spring Valley
Peggy Chew Stewart
Wilbur Miller
Nancy
Grace
Edith Miller
Miller
Lawrence Flaherty
Coast youths study sea on full-rigged ship voyage
Seattle business leaders and master marines plan a maritime school for youths. A full-rigged vessel will cruise from Seattle to the Hawaiian Islands about July 1 with 40 students under Prof. J. E. Gould of the University of Washington. A physician and a boys’ advisor will accompany the voyage.
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Seattle
Seattle Busim
Youngs America
Ely
Hawiian Islands
J. E. Gould
University of Washington
Arguments For New Trial For Brothers Is Begun
Chicago April 18. A new trial for Leo Brothers, convicted slayer of Tribune reporter Alfred Lingle, began today before Judge Sabath and continued. Defense sought 60 days to obtain new evidence. Remarks noted the gunman appeared pale as lawyers debated fairness of the trial.
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Chicago
Leo
Brothers
Alfred Lingle
Tribune
Sabath
Louig
College students face airplane and car problems at Linburg meet
Airplanes give rise to new problems for college students. Deans of men report that some students own planes and expect regulatory needs in years ahead. Automobiles owned by college boys are blamed for wasted time, recklessness, and campus congestion.
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Linburg
Tenn
Campaign Launch For Col Freeman As Legion National Commander
A Goldsboro meeting launched Col. George K. Freeman's bid for national commander of the American Legion before Goldsboro and Fremont posts. Major Sam P. Braddie urged Freeman as the only South candidate with a real chance. Tracy K. Stockard promoted Kenneth C. Royal for state commander.
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Goldsboro
George K. Freeman
American Legion
Fremont Legion
Sam P. Braddie
Freeman
South
Tracy K. Stockard
Louisburg
Kenneth C. Royal
Inventor to turn waste wood into new building material
Dr P G von Hildebrandt plans a plant near Springdale Pennsylvania to convert waste wood and sawdust into a new fireproof material for building and pulp paper uses. The product, not yet named, is said to be hard as steel yet easy to saw and boring, reducing home fire hazards and costs for workers of moderate means.
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Harrisburg
P. G. von Hildebrandt
von Hildebrandt
Springdale
Hair Care for Hospital Patients and Mothers
A medical advice column urges new mothers and hospital patients to nurture hair with brushes tonic and massage. It recommends stiff-bristled brushes olive oil or vaseline as base treatments and notes scalp conditions reflect overall health. Regular attentive care can improve dull or thinning hair post operation or after childbirth.
Fraternity Chief Says Frats Contribute Little to College Life
Arthur R. Priest of Phi Delta Theta, Oxford Ohio, told the annual convention of college fraternity secretaries in Knoxville that the fraternity system has contributed little to college life and urged self reform. He claimed the movement to curb athlete power began in fraternity houses and warned actions must be taken to avoid external cleanup.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Arthur R. Priest
Oxford
Ohio
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Priest
Atheletes
Exclusive Soroptimist Club of Greater Manchester Formed
London exclusive club notes a membership rule allowing only one representative per occupation. Members include a lawyer accountant solicitor jeweler lecturer portrait painter and colliery director.
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London
England
Soroptimist Club
Greater Manchester
Largest Persian rug planned for Waldorf Astoria lobby
A vast Persian rug is under construction in New York for the Waldorf Astoria hotel lobby. It will exceed 70 feet in length and about 50 feet in width, with a design based on a Persian garon motif.
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New York
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
Smoot Outlines U S Issues and 1932 Bid in Utah
Reed Smoot, dean of the U S Senate, returned to Utah from Washington with views on duties, administration, foreign relations, and the mood of the nation. He predicts Hoover’s reelection, warns on a possible tariff impact, supports the sugar tariff, and says he will seek re election in 1932 if Utah voters deem his service satisfactory.
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Reed Smoot
United States Senate
Utah
Smoot
Hoover
Congress
America
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
al Smith
Parliament Hails US Entry as Turning Point of War
On April 18 1917 the English House of Lords and Commons adopted resolutions praising the United States for joining the Allies to defend freedom. Bonar Law called it the turning point of the war and noted America has entered to restore balance in the Old World. Asquith lauded America’s willingness to join the cause with heart and strength.
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House of Lords
House of Commons
United States of America
Bonar Law
Asquith
America
Soap plant native to Mexico and Colorado
The plant stems from Mexico and Colorado and yields suds when its roots are placed in water, usable for washing.
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Mexico
Colorado
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Elwood Mead
Commissioner of Reclamation
L. Vegas
The
Reclamation Service
Walter
Mea
A. BE. Cahlan
Las Vegas Review
Cahlan
George M. Malone
Nevada
Government
van Dine
Claire de Lisle
Willard Huntington Wright
Eleanor Rulapaugh
Senate
U.S
High Point Enterprise
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