Chicago 1933 Century of Progress World Fair
Chicago prepares for the 1933 Century of Progress fair opening June 1 on 800 acres by the lakefront. Twenty million dollars and 400 scientists underpin a display tracing 1833 to modern transportation and human progress with moving models and interactive exhibits. General Rufus Dawes leads the fair association as attendance nears 100 million.
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Chicago
America
Lake Front
William Allen Pusey
National Research Council
Lise
Union
Pacific Coast
Pennsylvania
Charleston
S. C
Augusta
Bell
Marconi
Belgium
Germany
France
Holland
Rufus C. Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
The
Fair Association
H. M. Pettit
Rand McNally & Co
New Service, Inc
Adler Planetarium
Shedd Aquarium
Field Museum
Soldier Field
Lagoon
Parachuting police dog Cal makes first jump with handler
Cal a 4 year old police dog believed unique as a parachute jumping terrier performed his first airborne hop with his handler Harold Brooker in St Catherine’s. Cal walked onto the wing after Brooker leapt and landed safely a few feet away, marking a remarkable stunt for a working dog.
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ST. Catherines, Gnt
Cal
Harold Brooker
Brooker
Woman Blames Man For Flowerpot Assault Lawsuit
A Los Angeles incident reports Mrs. Lydia E. Glass 76 being taken to court after a shower of flower pots crashed through Charles Pahl's windows. She blamed him for her financial troubles and said the pots were all she had left.
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Los Angeles
Charles Pahl
Lydia E. Glass
Pahl
Army strength rankings show Soviet Union leads with 1 180 000
Soviet Russia tops a list of armed forces with 1 180 000 troops followed by France 340 637 Italy 241 886 and Japan 233 786. The fragment ends with unclear text.
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Soviet
Russia
France
Italy
Japan
Mona Townsend Faces Complex Marriage Motives on Holiday Island
Mona Townsend, awaiting a year until her late husband’s fortune is finalized, travels with Lottie Carr to Holiday Island in South America. There she confronts Barry Townsend about love and a possible claim to wealth while tensions with Steve Saccarelli loom and a mysterious figure approaches on the beach.
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Mona Townsend
Mona
Jim
Barry Townsend
Barry
Lottie Carr
South America
Steve Saccarelli
Bud
Steve
Holiday Island
Port of Spain
Gracie
Lottie
Holiday House
Grenada
Sam
New York
Miss Gracie
Miranda
Will
Ollie
Brunets
Grenadines
Third Parties Seek White House in 1932 Election
In the 1932 race several third parties challenge the major parties. Norman Thomas leads the Socialist ticket pushing a $10 billion relief plan and Soviet recognition. Prohibitionist William Upshaw defends the eighteenth amendment. Jacob Coxey heads the Massillon-based former labor party calling for public utility ownership and money for the unemployed. Communist William Z Foster runs on anti Hoover policies and relief measures.
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Washington
White House
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Jacob S. Coxey
Labor Party
Coxey
Massillon
Ohio
William Z. Foster
Communist Party
Hoover
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NEA
Howe
Faraday
Him
H.W. Corley
Hey
Celeste
Thomas, Coxey, Upshaw
Foster
Thomas
Smith
Marion
Warren G. Harding
Daily Star
Princeton
Henry van Dyke
Brick Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
East Harlem
William 2 Upshaw
Georgia
Prohibition
Upshaw
Hiscos Chem
Pauchogye
Cotton Belt
Citizens National
J. C. Hall
R. M. Lagrone
R. M. Briant
L. D. Reed
C. C. Spragins
C. A. Graves
J. A. Haynes
A. L. Black
Wm. Temple
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