California Flu Epidemic Strikes State Hardest Since 1928
In a sunny yet deadly wave, California battles a severe influenza outbreak with 55,000 cases in Los Angeles and 70 deaths statewide. Schools suspend classes in several cities, USC football players fall ill, and health officials request WPA aid as cases spread from Honolulu moved in during November.
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Los Angeles
California
Bertram P. Brown
Bakersfield
Kern
Los Angeles County Hospital
George Parrish
WPA
Parrish
Honolulu
Tarzana
Seattle agent charged with grand larceny in bridge insurance case
Hallett R. French, a Seattle insurance agent and head of the local NAIFE chapter, faces a grand larceny charge for allegedly selling insurance on the Narrows suspension bridge at Tacoma and failing to report premiums. Prosecutors say he kept about 1 217.88 of a 150 000 policy premium and 6 600 of a 650 000 policy premium, with the insurer ready to cover the loss.
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Seattle
Tacoma
Charles C. Ralls
Hallett R. French
National Association of Fire Insurance Executives
Skilton's Cheyenne War Dance Featured At KU Symphony
Composer Charles S. Skilton, founder of the KU symphony, will have his Cheyenne Indian War Dance performed at the university’s thirty-eighth annual concert. Skilton’s piece has been played over 500 times by renowned orchestras worldwide. A Haskell Institute dance group will accompany the KU orchestra in the program starting at 8 o’clock.
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Charles S. Skilton
University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra
Skilton
Asia
Europe
America
University of Kansas Symphony
Haskell Institute
Settlement in sight for coastal freighter strike
A 60 day labor truce for over 40 coastal freighters headed toward settlement in San Francisco as AFL Masters Mates and Pilots ready to ratify a new contract. Captain C. F. May said members would vote this afternoon with ratification recommended.
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San Francisco
National Defense Construction
A.F.L. Masters
Mates and Pilots of America
C. F. May
Shipowners Association of the Pacific
A.F.L. Sailors Union of the Pacific
Court Favorite of the Last Tsar Puzzle Clue Set
A mixed puzzle listing horizontal and vertical clues with references to court favorites, Tsarina influence, and various wordplay hints across multiple numbered items.
Grand jury indicts utilities firms over political contributions
A federal grand jury indicted Illinois Iowa Power and Missouri Power and Light with five counts for conspiring to make political contributions. Executives Henry L. Hanley James D. Mortimer Aura C. Hall and others alleged to have distributed a secret 77000 fund to candidates. Recipient list includes former Illinois secretary of state William J. Stratton. O John Rogge announced evidence to U S district attorney Harry Blanton in St Louis.
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Springfield
Ill
Public Utility Holding Company Act
Illinois Iowa Power Company
Missouri Power and Light Comany
Henry L. Hanley
James D. Mortimer
Aura C. Hall
Illinois Towa Power Company
Illinois
William J. Stratton
Waukegan
O. John Rogge
Two New Volumes in KU Humanistic Series Released
Kansas University press releases announce two titles in the Humanistic Series. The Life and Works of George Turbervile by John Erskine Hankins and Studies in English by English department faculty honor former KU scholars Raphael Dorman O Leary and Selden Lincoln Whitcomb.
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George Turbervile
John Erskine Hawkins
University of Kansas
English Department
K. U. Press
Raphael Dorman O’leary
Selden Lincoln Whitcomb
University English
O’leary
Whitcomb
John Erskine Hankins
Harold D. Jenkins
W. D. Paden
W. §. Johnson
John Virtue
Clyde K. Hyder
John H. Nelson
Myra E. Hull
Josephine M. Burnham
Hankins
Turberville
Tin Refineries Hit by Sudden Incident
A sudden incident disrupted tin refineries in Kokiu Yun as Japanese dispatches report significant damage to large tin facilities. Authorities in Hong Kong confirm the event occurred on December 1 4 with ongoing investigations into the cause and impact on production and regional supply.
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Hong Kong
Kokiu
Yun
Actor C Henry Gordon Dies at 57
Hollywood reports character actor C Henry Gordon died at Hollywood Hospital after a leg amputation due to a blood clot following surgery. He was 57 and widely known for his film roles.
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Gordon
Hollywood Hospital
Brazil Protests Britain over Ship Seizures
Brazil announced protests to Britain after British war vessels stopped three Brazilian ships. The action followed the seizure amid ongoing maritime tension between the two nations.
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Brazil
Britain
Rio de Janeiro
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Mendoza
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Lay
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Mtvre
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Patee
Tyrone Power
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Pier
Wild Bill” Elliot
Bill Hickok
Red Circle
Edgar Kennedy
MR. Elephant
G. Robinson
Brother Orchid
B'Way
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Gary Cooper
Madeleine Carroll
Jeanette
MacDonald
Noel Coward
New York
the Dramatic Club
Martinez Sierra
Cradle Song
Frank Capra
Ronald Colman
Irene Dunne
Cary Grant
Jane Withers
Shirley Temple
Jack Oakie
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