Death Valley Scotty Admits Fake Gold Mine Tale
Walter Scott known as Death Valley Scotty confessed the long touted desert gold mine was a myth. He said his wealth came from Chicago financier A M Johnson and that he had gone broke in stock speculation while Johnson built a $2 million Death Valley mansion.
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Los Angeles
Death Valley
Scotty
Walter Scott
California
A. M. S Johnson
Chicago
Paris
Teddie
Johnson
Johnson and Scott
Death Valley Scotty
Easton High Builds Strong Basketball Team
Easton Missouri high school has a standout basketball squad after two games totaling 141 points for and 10 against. They defeated Plattsburg 71 to 4 and Agency 70 to 6 with every player scoring two baskets in the Agency game. Lisle led with 12 points.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Easton, Mo
Easton
Plattsburg
Agency
Lisle
World Census of Agriculture Led by U S Expert
Leon M. Eastbrook directs the International World Agricultural Census, noting a first-ever global census in 1930. He explains the scope, aims, and timing, with April May field work in the United States and a push for complete participation to create comparable world data for farming, areas, crops, and livestock.
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U.S
Leon M. Eastbrook
International Institute For Agriculture
Rome
International Board For Education
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture
International Institute of Agriculture
Consus
United States
Ralph H. Booth
Michigan
Hoover
Denmark
Senate
H. Percival Dodge
Lashes of Life Highlights Various Delights Across Americas
A composite column from the Associated Press notes extracts about famous names in Los Angeles and Cambridge Harvard, a 46 year marriage tally by Rev Dr Vicent Pisek, London gossip on Secretary Stimson, and Oklahoma’s R A Steed at 90 contemplating golf and a future run for Secretary of State while serving as state treasurer and national US veterans commander.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Weill
Florida
John McCormack
Oscar Straus
Willian Wrighy
Max Fleischmann
Jesse L. Laskey
E. A. Cudahy
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Montague Glass
William Randolph Hearst
Peter de Paolo
Fred Duesenberg
Alastair MacDonald
Jimmy Doolittle
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Yars
Vicent Pisek
Presbyterian
Oklahoma
R. A. Steed
United States Veterans
New York Stocks Rally After Early Dullness
After a slow start the market rose led by railroads with several issues hitting new highs for the year. Declines were trimmed as buying support returned, helped by favorable reports and a dividend announcement for General Electric. Credit conditions globally were cited as a stimulus factor amid a broad rally and some declines in cotton prices.
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New York
New York Federal Reserve
Commission
General Electric
A& Hale
Gall
Canadian Pacific
Lackawanna
Erie
New Haven
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Webster County Courthouse Declared Extremely Hazardous
Marshfield Missouri authorities ordered a safety review of the Webster County Courthouse after complaints about its condition. Springfield architects Russell and Axon reported the building is extremely hazardous for occupancy following an inspection by Marshfield board of aldermen.
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Marshfield
Webster County
Russell and Axon
Springfield
Board of Alder Men
Jefferson City's Free Dental Clinic sees 8 percent growth
The city wide program supervised by Miss Luella Olson reports 585 pass marks this year, up from 51 three years ago, with 2,734 children examined by local dentists. Washington Park School led with 37 percent OK, while Immaculate Conception had 4 percent perfect teeth in a 253 case sample.
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Jefferson City
Luella Olson
Miss Olson
Washington Park School
O. K. Central
O. K
Patrview
Westend
Broadway
Moreau Heights
H. E. Holliway
F. J. Happy
R. R. Rhodes
O. HW. Schulte
Immaculate Conception School Clinic Report Note
The report lists several ladies on duty at Immaculate Conception school and St Peter's clinic run with P T A assistance. The clinic occurred in November and was included in the report. The U S Bureau of Standards estimates Earth’s weight at six sextillion units.
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U.S. Bureau of Standards
Harvard Man Held in Black Mail Scheme
A 25 year old former Harvard student Allan E Burke was held on a warrant for a $5,000 blackmail threat aimed at Mary Ryerson Frost 18 daughter of Boston lawyer Donald McKay Frost. police linked Burke through handwriting telegraph evidence and a hotel telephone operator identification.
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Boston
Harvard
Allan E. Burke
Donald McKay Frost
Burke
Frost
Mary Ryerson Frost
Brookline
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Death Valley Abouy
Desert
Sarah Lee Fain
Norfolk
Vas
Congress
Virginia General Assembly
Opera
Carmen
Louise Caselotti
Pacific Coast
Cambridge
Mass
Martin Luther
Univerity
Greenland
London
Stimson
Napoleon
Royal Guards
St. James Palace
Inancial News
Roy Cobble
Ed Payne
Ersok
Allen E. Burke
Missouri
Jack
Neusel
Peck
St. Louis
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