Hunter Tells Of White Man Held Captive In Jungles Of Brazil
Big game hunter Rattin reports finding a white captive in Mato Grosso jungles who he believes is Colonel H. P. Fawcett, missing explorer for seven years. Rattin, who spoke multiple Brazilian dialects, described the captive as an Englishman aged about 65, wearing Indian garb and kept by a Murciegales headman near the Xingu and Madeira rivers. He sought British consular aid and conveyed the message from the captive to the British consul general in Sao Paulo.
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Symes
Ellen
Steven
Ellen Rossiter
Mexico
Miss Grayson
New York
Hunter
Brazil
Stephen Rattin
Col. Fawcett
Ty Ry
Jungles
South Amer
Col. H. P. Fawcett
Fawcett
Ous
Rattin
C. A. Powand
Powell
Sao Paulo
H. P. Fawcett
Matto Grosso
Great Jungle
Cacique
Macmiameque
Xingu
Madeira
Amazonas State
Pagent
Jack
Raleigh Rimmell
Barretos
Arthur Abbott
Red and Green Toasted Flakes Offer Quick Budget Meals
A promotional note touts red and green toasted flakes as economical no cooking options. It promises lighter budgets and brighter meals with guaranteed quality.
Yale Dramatists Succeed on Broadway This Season
New Haven Conn Professor George Pierce Baker head of Yale six year old School of the Drama notes five plays by graduates produced on Broadway this season and several others bought for production. Three of the plays produced were staged first in the Yale theater by the drama students.
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Yale Dramatists
New Haven, Conn
George Pierce
Baker
Yale
Man Receives Traffic Summons After Cutting In
In Ridgefield Connecticut James Shriver cut in on a car then cut in again a moment later. Policeman Leon Merritt issued a traffic court summons. The first driver was identified as State Police Commissioner Anthony Sunderland.
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Ridgefield
Conn
James Shriver
Leon Merritt
Anthony Sunderland
Old Time Auto Horn Blamed in Snoqualmie Falls
In Snoqualmie Falls Washington a rubber bulb horn caused chaos when J Etler’s horse stepped on it in the yard. Etler’s wife dropped a pan of dishes after hearing the honk and a passing neighbor crashed his car into Etler’s wood shed.
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Snoqualmie Falls
Etler
Gosforth Girl Hits Glass Window In Street Crossing
Dorothy Baker aged 18 ran across a street with head bent when she collided with a plate glass window carried by two workmen. The glass, valued at over $100, caused painful cuts.
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London
Dorothy Baker
Gosforth
Rise in 1929 US ice production and dealer count
The United States produced artificial ice valued at 210 million dollars in 1929 and more than 60 thousand automobile dealers operated nationwide.
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United States
Grain form dominates Chinese food intake
About 90 percent of the food consumed by Chinese people is in the form of grain. The statistic highlights the heavy reliance on staple crops in the national diet.
Post Office Elevator and Dumbwaiter Project Sealed Bid Notice
Sealed bids due by 2 p m on April 4 1932 for furnishing materials and performing work to install one freight elevator and one dumbwaiter in the United States post office at High Point North Carolina The successful bidder must furnish a 50 percent performance bond and wages must comply with the act of 1931 Public No 798 Drawings and specifications available from the Office of the Supervising Architect Jas A Westmore acting supervisor architect
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Treasury Department
Rans
Washington, D. Ae
United States Post Office
High Point
N. C
Jas. A. Westmore
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