Piccard Seeks Cosmic Ray Clues In Life Mystery
Desenzano Italy Auguste Piccard rests after a record breaking stratosphere flight and plans a third ascent from Hudson Bay region to study cosmic rays. He hopes experiments will reveal whether the universe is eternal or transforming life building blocks through cosmic processes.
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Desenzano
Italy
Auguste Piccard
Hudson Bay
Canada
North Pole
Zurich
Piccard
Professor Lowell
Earth
Lowell
Sahara
Great American Deserts
Moon
Sea side vamps prey on tired business men
London police warn that sea side vamps lure weary businessmen at south coast resorts. The charming women collect hush money from victims, troubling authorities as the scheme targets travelers seeking rest.
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London
Insure Pastor's Pay Goes With Rain Insurance
A Victorian country minister offers rain insurance to his congregation. If rain falls between 8 am and noon on Sundays he collects 25 dollars. The pastor pays 1.25 dollars weekly for protection. If a storm occurs before 12 he takes two collections one from the insurer and one from the churchgoers.
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Melbourne
Australia
Victoria
Betty Compton Cost Mayor $41,000 in One Year Report
New York actress Betty Compton, a friend of Mayor James J. Walker, allegedly cost the city $41,000 in one year per charges uncovered by Samuel Sea bury and the Hofstadter committee. Private accountant Russell Sherwood was expected to reveal more before fleeing to Mexico City. Compton was later reported vacationing in Paris.
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Betty Compton
New York
James J. Walker
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter
Russell Sherwood
Miss Compton
Sherwood
Mexico City
Paris
Walker Demands Ouster Dismissal
Albany N Y John Curtin counsel for Mayor Walker told Governor Roosevelt that Samuel Seabury charged large transfers of money from Russell T Sherwood without any evidence and urged dismissal of the ouster charges. Court procedure to restrain removal was postponed until Monday.
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Albany
N. Y
John Curtin
Walker
Roosevelt
Samuel Seabury
Russell T. Sherwood
Curtin
Hofstadter Investigating Committee
Captain Lancaster Acquitted of Murder in Florida Trial
In Miami Captain W N Lancaster, a British flyer, was acquitted of murdering writer Haden Clarke after a 12 man jury spent four hours and 58 minutes on the verdict. The sensational case revealed Clarke and Mrs Jessie M Keith Miller amid the love triangle.
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Miami
Fla
W. N. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
South Florida
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
Horse Swapping League Revived in Mississippi
Horse lovers in Prentiss Mississippi revive the Horse Swappers league once thriving forty years ago to boost interest in horse breeding now dormant in the machine age.
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Prentiss
Miss
Horse Lovers
South Mississippi
Horse Swappers’ League
French Engineers Probe Gold Rich Frontier in Brazil Bolivia Border
French engineers survey gold bearing lands along the Rio Paraguay boundary between Brazil and Bolivia to determine the extent of mineral wealth in the Cuyaba region of Matto Grosso.
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Cuyaba
Matto Grosso
Brazil
Rio Guapore
Bolivia
Dutch Invent New Rubber Powdering Method
A Dutch inventor has created a mechanical process to powder rubber and is testing mixes with asphalt for paving. Previously only a chemical method existed for producing powdered rubber.
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Amsterdam
Auto Fire Kills Mrs Messer and Four Children in Midland
Mrs George Messer 41 of Thompsonville Michigan and her four children aged 2 to 12 died in a car fire after a collision near Midland early Friday. Her husband was injured in the crash.
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Midland
Mich
George Messer
Thompsonville
Here
Bank Robber Says Sheriff Aided Him
Roy Hooper former Sevier County sheriff faced trial as an accessory in the June 2 Bank of Horatio robbery. Four witnesses testified including Burke and his wife J. D. Burke, bank staff, detailing Hooper’s role and the alleged plan with Hub Cooper and other accomplices.
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Burke
Longview
Texas
Hoy Hooper
Shreveport
Hooper
Bunk Harris
Horatio Bank
Harris
Hub Cooper
Cooper
Horatio
Little River
W. L. Hulse
Hulse
Betraying Hoover Plan Divides Europe Over Armament Cuts
European leaders clash over disarmament at Geneva as England and France resist real cuts. Hoover's framework would have reduced tanks guns and ships, but Anglo French opposition blocks a decisive vote. The conference ends with no ship or weapon scrapped and only bans on chemical and incendiary warfare.
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Hoover
Geneva
France
England
John Simon
Germany
Italy
Russia
Spain
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Poland
Britain
Deer crossing tale from Vilno frontier incident
In Vilno Poland 11 deer from a Russian forest crossed the frontier into Poland. Polish guards chased the animals back arguing the deer had left Russia illegally.
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Vilno
Poland
Russia
Glorifier of Beauty Flo Ziegfeld Dies at 63
News of Florenz Ziegfeld’s death notes his rise from running away at 15 to join Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show to Broadway’s towering showman. Despite near poverty on death, his revival of Show Boat may enrich his estate and his legacy endures in theatrical history.
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Buffalo Bill
Broadway
Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld
Casino Theater
Flo Ziegfeld
New York
Chicago
Europe
Anna Held
Paris
Miners Strike Halts Work Across Southern Illinois
Ten thousand or more striking union coal miners halted mining in the Taylorville area as leaders vowed to expand protests across southern Illinois against open shop operations. No violence reported, National Guardsmen held in readiness to enter the picketing zone.
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Taylorville
Ill
Iinois
Boy Breaks Leg in Railroad Iron Accident
Thirteen year old Louis Wattwood of Lewisville is in Julia Chester hospital with a broken leg after a heavy railroad iron fell from a truck near Lewisville. The accident involved a truck and caused the injury to his leg.
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Louis Wattwood
Lewisville
Julia Chester Hospital
Sir Walter Scott's lifelong health battles and endurance
The piece traces Sir Walter Scott's ailments from infantile paralysis to gallstone attacks and strokes. It notes attempts at remedies from sheep skin and sea baths to opium and purges, yet credits his genius and will for his achievements while acknowledging potential modern medical gains.
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Morris Fishbein
Journal
The
American Medical Association
Hygeia
Sir Walter Scott
Indians of Cities of Gold Described by Doris Dickinson
Doris Dickinson of Prescot described the history, habits, and rituals of ancient American Indians at the Hope Rotary luncheon in Hotel Barlow. He spoke of Arizona tribes near Tucson, the Seven Cities of Gold legend linked to Coronado, and contrasts between Christian and pagan beliefs among natives. Guests included A. B. Patton and John P. Cox.
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Doris Dickinson
Prescot
Hope Rotary Club
Barlow
Dickinson
Arizona
Harry J. Lemley
Kendall Lemley
Tucson
Europe
Mexico
Central
Kansas
Mr. Dickinson
A. B. Patton
L. & A. Railway
John P. Cox
Kiwanis Club
Oil Boom Sparks Morocco Wells Near Marines
In Rabat preliminary boring for oil near Marines is promising. A powerful machine capable of reaching deeper depths has been ordered. First small wells yield a daily average of 3,000 gallons.
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Rabat
Morocco
Marines
Italy acquires Giorgione’s The Tempest for 250000
Venice reports the government bought Giorgione’s The Tempest from Prince Giovanelli for 250000. American experts valued the painting at about 2 million two years ago, but it could not leave Italy without government approval.
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Venice
Italy
Giorgione
Ben
Prince Giovanelli
Mollison Flies Non-Stop 3090 Miles to North America
Scotsman Mollison becomes the first to solo westward North Atlantic pilot across a 3090 mile sea in a stripped down Heart's Content. After 30 hours of fuelled flight he lands near a small village outside St Johns at 11 45 am EST and rests with a farmer before continuing to New York.
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Mollison
North Atlantic
New York
Clovis
St. Johns
Mollison completes first westward solo North Atlantic flight
Halifax report says Captain J A Mollison, already holder of Australia to London and London to Cape Town speed records, finished the first westward solo crossing of the North Atlantic. He reached Halifax at 5 45 pm EST 23 hours 40 minutes after departing Portmarnock Ireland. He bypassed Harbor Grace refuel and now aims to fly nonstop from Ireland to New York with ample fuel.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
J. A. Mollison
Australia
London
Capetown
South Africa
North Atlantic
Portmarnock
Ireland
Harbor Grace
Here
New York City
Mollison
New York
Mrs Thaden Near Endurance Record In Flight
Mrs Frances Marsalis and Mrs Louise Thaden completed five days aloft at 1 pm EST and aimed to reach the women endurance record. At 3 20 pm they would tie the mark, then surpass it an hour later to set a new world record. Thaden, formerly Louise McPhetridge of Bentonville Ark, is a University of Arkansas graduate and known in Hope for flying Miss Beryl Henry from Little Rock.
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Valley
Stream
N. Y
Frances Marsalis
Louise Thaden
Thaden
Louise McPhetridge
Bentonville
Ark
University of Arkansas
McPhetridge
Hope
Beryl Henry
Little Rock
Miss Henry
McPherridge
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