Report of Andree discovery reaches mother in Norway
Mrs. Aktrinka Horn, mother of Arctic explorer Dr. Horn, received a letter via Captain Terningen confirming the finding of Andree's bodies on White Island. Skipper Jensen and sealing magnate Sivertsen backed the claim, with a log entry noting the 1939 discovery and preserved artifacts aboard the Bratvaag.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Aktrinka Horn
Horn
Associated Press
Bratvaz
Jensen
Tenningen
Andree
White Island
Gun'yar
Dr. Horn
Spitzbergan
A. Sivertsen
Siversten
SivertsSen
Jensen Formany
Hom
Trom
Aldénsen
Herr Erane
Sivertsen
Copenhagen
Roald Amundsen
Lillian Gish Declines Film Roles to Return to Stage
New York August 30 AP reports Lillian Gish vows never again to act in movies after returning from abroad. She will focus on legitimate stage work noting a revival of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and mentions openness to playing opposite Paul Robeson if offered in an American Othello.
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New York
Lillian Gish
Paris
Legitime
Jin
Chekhov
Vanya
Paul Robeson
Shakespeare
Robeson
Iehewa
Famous Designer Warns Against Tight Girdle
New York corset designer Madame Binner warns American women their girdles risk ruining health and figures. She cites waist trends and offers measurements for debutante to mature figures, advocating balanced diets and 15 to 20 minutes of daily exercise.
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Adelaide Kerr
New York
Lillian Russell
Tye
Madame Binner
Fifth Avenue Cor
Somme
Dynamite strikes hit mine district in Providence Kentucky
Dynamiting and burning of two vacant houses marked the third day of renewed disorders in the Providence coal field. Property loss was estimated at 1500 dollars. Providence has been in turmoil since an air raid two weeks earlier when a plane dropped dynamite bombs near the city. The disturbances followed the reopening of mines last spring after closings due to strikes.
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Providence
Aue
City Championship Pairings Open Post-Tribune Tourney
Eighty eight golfers clash as the City Championship in the Post-Tribune Golf Tournament begins this weekend at the Many Links. Pairings feature Bruegeing against Dewey, Dahlmeyer Jr. against Rex Whitton and numerous other matchups, with the winner receiving the loving cup.
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Post-Tribune
W. Williams
Bob Davis
Clase A
Leslie
Fredman Kolkmeyer
McHenry Utterback
Lone W. A. Bassman
Gwinner
Dr. Rhoades
I. Nichols
G Holstrom
T. Brown
A Hill
W. Manchester
HH. Orr
H. Twente “Needs. My Cunningham Vs. Anderson Dr. McDonald Vs. Hoff Harold Otto
Ross Dick Onel
Dos Halliway
B. Boyer
Chas. Love R Grevelt
Ed Bode J Austin
T. Mackie
G A. Fischer
Doc Happy
Mystic seer killed in Chicago studio shooting and stabbing
Christ Valles a crystal reader at the Crystal Gazers studio was slain after a confrontation with a masked killer. The assailant fired through walls then stabbed Vallos multiple times forcing him from a second story window. Vallos widow Mary says he specialized in love spells and held seances late night.
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Chicago
Christ Welles
Gilpin Place
Walles
Vailes
Fred Palumbo
Crystal Gazers
Vallos
Valles
Valio
Mary
Government Records Lost in Washington Fire Near FTC
Fire destroyed a temporary Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, wiping out two years of work on chain store practices and inquiries into the power and cotton seed industries. The structure, once housing the Fuel Administration during the war, burned with flames leaping high as alarms spread and crews fought to prevent spread.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Fuel Administration
H. Stevens
Commission
AML
Lincoln Memorial
Navy Department
World War Times
Twentyfirst Street
New York Avenue
American mechanics deported from Russia for assault
Levis and Brown, American tractor plant workers in Stalingrad, were sentenced to ten years deportation after being found guilty of assaulting an American black worker named Robinson. The court had initially sentenced two years, but amended the verdict citing racial prejudice. The trial drew widespread attention as the act was described as racial hatred contrary to Communist doctrine.
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Stalingrad
Russia
Levis and
Brown
Sovieb
Robhaison
Peru ex president Leguia jailed after coup in Callao Harbor
Augusto Leguia 67 year old ex president of Peru, removed by the military junta, was placed in a prison cell at San Lorenzo Island near Callao Harbor to await trial for alleged dictatorship misdeeds. His son Juan Leguia was jailed at San Leavenzo. The new military president Lieutenant Colonel Luis M. Sanchez Cerro said punishment would follow for Leguia and others, and announced charges against Harold Grow, a U.S. naval reserve officer, for aiding Leguia. Grow was captured after the rebellion and held as diplomacy sought his release. In Wisconsin, two men abducted Miss Jors Hertel and robbed a 3200 payroll from the Brandt cashier company payroll transport in Water Town.
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Lima
Peru
Augusto BG. Leguta
Almirante Gran
San Lorenzo Iste
Callao
Juan Leguia
San Peavenzo
Sr. Leguia
Wice
Alfonso Llosa
Luis M. Sachez Cerro
Republic
Sanchez
Harold B. Grow
Grow
Arequipa
Oklahoma Court frees men jailed on Sunday booze raid
Oklahoma City August 30 AP jailing of a father and son after a Sunday liquor raid was declared illegal by the Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals which ruled legal process may not be served on Sunday. The elder Laub received 80 days and his son 30 days. the court criticized arresting officers for violating a Sunday non juridical day rule.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals
Andrew Laub
Canadian County
Laub
Jan, A. Edwards
Two States Seek Escaped Convict Near Blair Nebraska
Sheriffs and possemen from two states combed mud flats along the Missouri River near Blair Nebraska for Bray Harding an inmate of Anamosa Town Reformatory who escaped yesterday after forcing a prison foreman to drive him across the river. Harding a life sentence for a 1926 Modale bank robbery was described as a trusty and sought by authorities at his home and among relatives in the area. He said he escaped to see his wife and three children.
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Blair
Missouri River
Bray Harding
Anamosa
Iowa
Harding
Modale
Towa
M. H. Ireland
Ireland
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Victoria Island
Franz Josef Uand
Terningen
Tranisos
Prohibition
Amos W. W. Woodcock
C. Haralsan
O. Manchester
G. Woldan
Levi
Gerdner
B. Smith
T Bieselbach
Mosley Russell
T. Cutler
Arctic
M. P. Derme
Polar
Sedov
PEAS
Sigroed
Watertown
Wis
Jors, Hertel
Brandt Gashier Company
Bank of Watertown
East Capitol
Bartlett Book Store
Jefferson City
Hugo Zacchini
Tolson Drug Co
Madison
High Streets
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