Youth Becomes King of Egypt in Investiture Ceremony
In Cairo on July 29 Farouk the first was invested as the first king of an independent Egypt since Mamelukes were toppled. At 18 he took an oath before parliament and the people, becoming King of Misr and Lord of Nubia and Sudan, amid grand ritual but without a coronation or Tutankhamun diadem.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk
Misr
Nubia
Sudan
Kordofan
Darfour
Tut-Ankh-Amen
Fuad
Alcatraz Convict Chops Off His Left Hand
From Alcatraz Island a prisoner name Percival is said to have secretly sharpened an axe and, in a single stroke, cut off his left hand. He then urged another inmate to sever his right hand. Warden James Johnston would not confirm the tale.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Chronicle
Percival
Chronicle
James Johnston
Federal Institution
Hueys Aide Faces Possible Prosecution Over Fight With NLRB
Stamford inventor Leeter P. Barlow, once Huey P. Long aide, accused the National Labor Relations Board of being Reds during a board hearing. Attorney for the NLRB planned talks with U S Attorney Butler on warrants as the board investigates C I O complaints against Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co.
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Stamford
Conn
Leeter P. Barlow
Huey P. Long
National Labor Relations Board
Connecticut
Louisiana
Barlow
United States
David Moscowits
NLRB
Elinore M. Herrick
U. S
Robert P. Butler
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co
Transpolar Flight Set to Launch From Moscow to America
A third Soviet transpolar airplane flight was planned to start from Moscow with pilot Sigmund Lavaneffsky and 3 to 5 companions in a four motor aircraft. Fairbanks Alaska was listed as a refueling stop with a station hastily completed for gas and landing prior to continuing to Chicago or New York.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Moscow
America
Sigismund Lavaneffsky
Lindbergh
Russia
Laveneffsky
Strik e call by union chief halts 278 auto mechanics
Striking auto mechanics in the Allegheny valley rally under D Harold Guist union chief. While touring strike beset cities he cracked a cylinder head and his car stalled as he could not find repair shops because all union shops in the district were closed.
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Strikh
Tarentum
D. Harold Guist
Allegheny Valley
Guist
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National Association of the Deaf
Marcia Dodge
Duluth
Carabelle Ursin
Daniel I. Cloud
School For the Deaf
Jacksonville
Ill
George Fitch
Virginia Dress
Huey
Charlie
Charlie Ruggles
Paramount Picture
Ace Reporter
Fred MacMurray
Frances Farmer
Alexander Hall
Fred
Beeson Hardware Company
North Main
N. Wrenn
Belk-Stevens CO
Bonnie
Children’s Silk
Odds and Ends
Dollar Day
Ely
Chatham
Batiste
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