Lindberghs Reach Palermo After Stormy Rome Departure
Col and Mrs Lindbergh landed at Palermo at 3 10 p m after facing a 65 mile an hour gale on a five hour Rome to Palermo flight. Officials had urged alert landing fields as their route possibly aimed toward Cairo, with U S Vice Consul W E Leytten and Italian officials awaiting them.
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Palmerimo
Sicily
Charles A. Lindbergh
Palmero
Rome
Ustica
Bocca-Di Falco
Cairo
Egypt
United States
W. E. Leytten
Sir
Lindbergh
Tyrrhenian Sea
Hotel Delle Palne
Tripoli
Bocca di Falco
Littorio
W.E. Scotten
Palermo
Ricily
R. B. Carney
Reid
Fey
Firemen Hurt as Wall Collapses in Missouri and Georgia Snippets
Three St Louis firemen Ben Kirsch William Richter and Elmer Taver were trapped and seriously injured when a wall collapsed during a water test on a condemned two story building. They were rescued by colleagues and taken to hospitals. In Columbia Missouri E M Carter of the Missouri State Teachers Association said a proposed teachers pension bill will be publicly released after actuarial review likely by week end. In Reidsville Georgia a small stand of oaks and pines grows in the mortar between bricks atop a building, giving the appearance of a young hedge.
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ST. Louis
Ben Kirsch
William Richter
Elmer Taver
Columbia
E. M. Carter
Missouri State Teachers Association
Reidsville
Sturdy Levees Quelled Floods At Memphis
Memphis Mississippi river flood crests seemed to ease as sturdy levees held. A Greenville rotary club denounced official blundering over high water predictions and evacuation fears from Cairo to New Orleans. Engineers reported no adverse levee issues and weather forecasts noted rain would not worsen river stages.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Greenville
Miss
Rotary
Washington County
Club
I Fetta
Washington
Army High Command
Mississippi River
Cairo
New Orleans
Yazon Basin
Army
Law practice regulation debated by courts and legislature
A long legal opinion discusses whether courts or the legislature have power to regulate the practice of law including appearances before the public service commission. Chief Justice questions inherent powers, while others argue for legislative authority under police power. An aside notes aviators seeing rainbows as large circles.
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Ernest S. Gantt
Supreme Court
Ellison
Legislative Department
Public Service Commission
Inquest Opens Into New Madrid Disaster Tragedy
A coroner's jury at New Madrid Missouri returns a verdict of contributory negligence for those drowned in the January floodway disaster. Witness Vernon Hudelston testifies workers rushed the barge with about 130 men aboard. The inquest identifies 24 recovered victims and lists expected witnesses including Col. Kelton.
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New Madrid
Mississippi
Vernon Hudelston
Huddleston
Morris Frankie
Hudelston
L. A. Richards
William Ruffin
Wardell
Portageville
Richards
Morris Frankle
F. L. Steele
W. P. Hunter
Byron Stanley
H. B. Henderson
Lennie Fontaine
Circuit
J. V. Conran
New Madrid County
Albert Neal
Bloomfield
Raney Smith
Bell City
William Smith
Merle Ballard
Frank Dean
Matthews
Clyde Scott
Dete Baker
Catron
C. J. Barker
Steve Ginbs
M. L. Masterson
Kennett
A. R. Mathews
W. M Tyler
Don Pruitt
Harry Sanders
Frank Lambert
Lemon Lape
Jake Schlosser
Frantic Dunlap
Kewanee
Col
E. c. Kelton
United States Army
Hickman
Wilson Hey
Good
Clarksville
Tenn
Heygood
CCC
Yesterniday
Johnson Fights Roosevelt Court Plan in Capitol
Senator Hiram Johnson of California returns to Washington to oppose President Roosevelt's court reorganization. He joins Borah in promising to fight the measure to the limit, calling it an attempt to make the Supreme Court subservient to the president. House and Senate judiciary leaders meet the president to discuss the proposal as debates and planning continue.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
California
Capitol
Roosevelt
Johnson
Congress
Supreme Court
Borah
R. Ida
Wil
Ashhurst
D. Ariz
Sumners
D. Tex
Senate
House Judiciary
White House
Florida
NRA
AAA
Fish
R. WN
Senate Judiciary Committee
Treasury reports rise in liquor use cigarettes and cards in 1936
Treasury figures show Americans drank more liquor smoked more cigarettes and played more cards in 1936 than in 1935. Taxed domestic liquor rose to 114,887,916 gallons with imported spirits at 14,713,257 gallons. rectified liquors and beer also jumped sharply. stamp tax sales reflect higher cigarette and card activity. News also notes the death of Lee Harris, 70, dairy farmer and uncle of Carl Hubbell, from Carthage Missouri, and an annular solar eclipse observed.
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Washington
Treasury
Hubbell
Linele
Carthage
Lee Harris
Carl Hubbell
New York Giants
Storm delays search for Earl Lanear in Sierra Nevada
A search party for Earl Lanear, 22, from Leadville Colorado, waited out a brutal mountain storm in the Sierra Nevada. Doubtful he survived, rescuers plan to check shelters along the highway while his wife and 2-year-old daughter, stranded in a snowbound car, recover in a nursing home. The mother and child had survived nine days on oatmeal and mustard. authorities say the highway remained blocked by fresh snow. The report also notes the Republic of San Marino in Italy claiming Europe’s oldest state status since the fourth century a.d.
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Carson City
Earl Lanear
Leadville
Colo
Sierra Nevada
Ralph Ottini
Lanear
Lancar
Donna
W. S. Litton
Fascists Take Malaga City in Swift Coastal Drive
Fascist troops reportedly seized Malaga ending anarchist and communist control as Franco’s army and fleet consolidate power in the Mediterranean port. Valencia holds Madrid front sends mixed signals while weather slows operations and neutrality talks delay a planned meeting to curb volunteers and arms.
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Malaga
Gibraltar
Francisco Franco
Mediterranean
Gibraltar Straits
Valencia
Madrid
Spain
international /neutrality group
Portugal
KWWOS Radio Tuesday Schedule Details
A list of daily radio programs from KWWOS with times from 6:30 to 5:45 including stations such as Home Folks Frale Musical Clock Wagner and Waggoner Weather Report News Morning Melodies Uptowners Quartet Popular Melodies Gypsy Fortunes Campus Capers etc. The schedule notes various acts and featured artists like Mona Hess Harry Reser orchestra and Concert Hall of the Air.
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Home Folks Frale
Wagner & Waggoner
Weather Report
Uptowners Quartet
Crowley
Rhythm Makers
Jefferson City Baking
Company
Moon Musicale
Mona Hess
Harry Reser
Vicks Plan for Better Control of Colds
A vintage Vicks advertisement outlines two steps to prevent and relieve colds. It promotes using Va-tro-nol at first sniffle and VapoRub for deep chest relief, claiming a large clinic found fewer and shorter colds with this plan. The text emphasizes home use and mentions a large study of 17,353 subjects.
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VICKS
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Naples
Claud G. Bartlett
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Presidency
Jenters
John Smith Slate
Storm
Sierra Mountains
Republic of
San Marino
Italy
Europe
City OF
KWWOS
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Hollywood
Eventide
Capital City
Carter
Vicks VapoRub
VapoRub
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the Exchange National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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