Scotland Yard probes actor's disappearance at sea
London dispatch reports Scotland Yard's effort to solve the sea disappearance of Frank Vosper, famed British stage star, after a champagne party aboard the liner Paris. Hostess Muriel Oxford, Miss Great Britain 1936, last saw him on a veranda before he vanished, with some speculation of suicide denied by Miss Oxford.
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Scotland Yard
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Paris
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Public Debt Hikes Nine Billion Since War, Figures Show
Public debt rose nine billion since the war, with treasury figures tracking prewar, wartime peak, postwar, and present levels. Data show debt per capita at various dates, highlighting dramatic increases and current levels. The report cites specific dates from 1917 to 1987 and a present per capita figure around 268.15 dollars.
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Treasury
Inwest
Weather forecast overview for Tennessee and Kentucky
The barometer shows Sunday will be cloudy with possible showers in parts of Tennessee and Kentucky. Highs near 60s, lows in the 40s. Monday looks cleaner with a chance of showers in the west, then mild in the east as skies clear later in the day.
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Kentucky
West
Carnegie Grants Another Increase In Its Wage Scale
A convention of advisory board members from seven Kentucky Tennessee Salvation Army cities will meet at Kingsport Inn on Friday March 12. S. H. Anderson says 50 delegates plus mayors and officials from Knoxville Johnson City Bristol Middlesboro and Harlan will attend along with local Kingsport officers. Major W. W. Bouterse will direct proceedings with luncheon to be hosted by Kiwanis. This summary notes wage scale expansion by Carnegie Illinois Steel to raise skilled and semiskilled workers ten cents an hour, affecting about 93 percent of its 120,000 employees. The change, effective March 15, follows a 40 hour week and time and half overtime, and aims to curb overtime by pausing new hires.
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London Debutante Season Expands Amid Court Tax and Society Fees
Society in London anticipates a long debutante season with numerous coronations and events, sparking debate over presentation fees and chaperonage costs. Dowagers advertise in agony columns as fathers face village and city expenses for debutante appearances, while court rules limit Buckingham Palace access for divorcees.
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Ships collide record rescue saves 36 lives in fog
In San Francisco on March 6 the passenger ship Dollar President Coolidge collided with the tanker Frank H Buck in foggy Golden Gate channel. Rescue of all 36 tanker crew occurred twenty minutes after the crash, with Coolidge taking aboard the entire tanker crew and reporting all hands saved within minutes. The Coolidge carried 678 passengers and 350 crew bound for Honolulu and the Orient. the tanker’s crew numbers were about 36.
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Gales Gate
Defenders Celebrate Amid Fire Near Madrid Siege
In an extraordinary banquet for officers, General Jose Miaja marked a siege milestone as heavy artillery and air raids rocked El Pardo and western Madrid outskirts. Insurgents counterattacked after government advances, while a hospital clinic section collapsed under bombardment, signaling possible loss of insurgent footholds near the capital.
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Five Year Old Boy Tells Of Murder At Millstream
A five year old boy told State's Attorney Albion Parker that another boy about two years older struck Beverly Ann Page with a brick fragment, knocked her into a mill stream, and she drowned. Police say arrests are expected as investigators question youths. The death is ruled murder by drowning after an autopsy. The report notes confusion and interest over bond referendums for local schools and upcoming court action.
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Albion Parker
Beverly Ann Page
Atery
Parker
Ernest Schoenfeld
John Edmund
Parkee
Schoenfeld
Beverly
Governors avert relief roll cuts in WPA programs
A conference between President Roosevelt and six protesting governors led to a one month postponement of proposed WPA relief roll cuts. Governors from New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Wisconsin Illinois and Minnesota argued states counties and cities cannot absorb more costs. WPA spending runs around 140 million dollars monthly with about 365 workers per project. earlier hints suggested March reductions may be avoided pending further study.
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Roosevelt
Elmer A. Benson
Minnesota
Harry L. Hopkins
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New York
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Rhode Island
Wisconsin
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Hopking
Morgenthau
Hopkins
Committees to Map Finance Bill During Recess Period
Nashville Tenn March 6 One or more committees may sit in the last 30 days of the legislature 50 day recess to draft the general appropriations bill and address arising problems. Governor Browning directs plans to refinance state debt aiming to save 2 500 000 yearly. He travels to New York with Haynes Pope and two budget board members to discuss plans with fiscal agents and bondholders, with reforms ready when the legislature reconvenes May 3.
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Tenn
Byron Walter M. Haynes
Pope
Gordon Browning
Browning
Tennessee
Brass Rail Cowboys Debate Cocktail Birthplace
New York March 4 Brass Rail workers debate the true birthplace of the cocktail. They recall various myths from an Egyptian tablet in the Cairo museum to Galen’s supposed recipe and a Roman emperor’s court tale, concluding the origin story remains unsettled.
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Thirst
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Leaders Move on Court Plan as Roosevelt Faces Opposition
In a sharper clash over Roosevelt’s court bill, Senator Burke attacked the plan as harmful to democracy while Rep Flanagan urged backing. Copeland defended flood-control legality, and White House aides planned a fireside chat as hearings approached amid mixed constituent response.
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de Ind
Printer killed in Liberty hit and run near Nome
Liberty Texas March 6 officers hunt a hit and run driver after a night time collision killed an elderly pedestrian near Nome. The victim was likely Woody Vance of Bristol Virginia, identification supported by Houston Post staff and Bristol typographical contacts.
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Nome
Woody Vance
Bristol
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Steve Crowell
Houston Post
Vance
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