Dramatic Coast Guard Chase Captures Rum Ship
A five mile lower bay pursuit ends when coast guard cutter 145 overtakes the Nova Scotian schooner Josephine K after she refuses to halt. Captain William P Cluett dies from wounds after the vessel is seized with 2500 cases of Scotch whiskey aboard and the crew arrested. The Scow Brooklyn and tug Dauntless were also seized with similar cargo.
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New York
Coast Guard
Lower Bay
United States
Canada
William P. Cluett
Lunenberg
Nova Scotia
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Newark
Ambrose
New Jersey
Red Hook Flats
Altho
Coast Guards
Mario Landi
John Ambrose
Digby
N.S
Washington
Savage
State Department
Hero of Wren Program honors Lieut Schilt on WREN
The Chevrolet Chronicles program on WREN Saturday January 31 at 6 p.m. features Lieut C Frank Schilt as hero of the Nicaragua episode. It recounts his aerial ambu lance rescue of eighteen wounded marines and three lives saved.
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Nicaragua
C. Frank Schilt
Chevrolet
Wren
Vision Audience Broadcasts Regular Schedule in England
London reports television in England now on a regular schedule with about 1500 in the audience. Five morning and two evening sessions weekly by Baird studios via BBC. Programs include plays magicians dancers singers lectures on building TVs. Image size around 48 inches. Sound and vision on separate waves. Portable transmitter planned to enable broadcasts from any point. Potential news broadcasts like Parliament opening by King George. Equipment akin to American tech with variations.
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London
England
Baird Television Studios
British Broadcasting Corporation
King George
America
Heroic acts in Quilali attack by Lt Schilt noted
Extract from a 1928 report recalls Lieut. C Frank Schilt’s extraordinary gallantry during the Quilali action in Nicaragua. Marines captured the town but at the cost of a life and injuries. The record highlights his courage amid the siege and the campaign’s hardships.
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C. Frank Schiltity
Quilali
Airfield rescue amid wreckage as Marines widen base strip
Occupational Marines extended a fifteen foot cleared trail into a rocky landing field thirty miles from a relief base. Lieut. Schilt landed a plane on a mountain rock floor, bouncing thirty feet before stopping at a bluff edge. He then took off ten times amid the perilous field. Farm terracing in Alabama is cited as a soil erosion prevention method.
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Althe
Lieut. Schilt
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Pillow Talks and Sings Design Is One 10 of the Newest Contributions
New York AP reports a hospital and pets themed pillow that both speaks and plays radio. The sponge pillow contains a small loudspeaker and a cord to plug into a radio outlet, enabling listening in bed. Designed by RCA engineers, it operates without extra gear beyond the pillow itself.
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Pillow Talks
New York
RCA Engineers
Dr. Gowdy
Frank W. Morgan
North 10Th Street
Kansas
City
Union Pacific Railway
Lawrence
Evening Radio Programs and Music Lineup
Listing shows Monday January 26 and Tuesday January 27 schedules with hits and artists like Ruth Gillum at the piano, Tastyeast Jesters, Ellington et al, and morning to late evening slots including news items, weather, and live stock markets.
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Cecil
Sally
Ruth Gillum
Gay Pat
A Fe Novelty
Maytag Orchestre
Chesebrough Real
Falls
Stromberg-Carlson
Empire Pulser
Amos
Jak Riley
Uke Ellington
Cotton Cob
Joe Morgan
Jelly Bill
Jane
Marley BR
Sherris
The
Vermont Lumber Jacks
Parnassus Trio
Manhatters’ Novelty Orchestra
Stop a Cold With Carol The New McKesson Remedy
An old ad touts Carol as a fast acting cold and headache treatment from McKesson. It claims to shift the body from acidic to alkaline, halting a cold in six hours and clearing it in twelve, with two tablets every three hours and a full glass of water. It promises relief for neuralgia and neuritis and lists McKesson Service Drug stores as sellers with a guarantee.
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McKesson
Carol
McKesson Service
McKesson & Robwins
Musical radio schedule for Wednesday January 28
A dense radio timetable lists programs, bands, solos, and orchestras across KC and related stations. Performers include A Goudiss, Sidney David, McGrew String Trio, Amos n Andy, and U.S. Army Band with Live Stock Markets and National Farm and Home Hour featured amid weather, news, and variety acts.
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Ryn Nelson
Nserson
Sally
Walt Whiteman
Westinghouse
Clara
Landt
Amos
Andy
Phil Spitaing
U.S. Army
Vermont Lumber Jacks
Ip Ironford
Mary
Hale Martin
Manhatters
A. M. Goudiss
University of Kansas Campus Calendar and Music Events
A dense schedule lists concerts, lectures, and a basketball game at KU including performances by Horace Heidt and his orchestra, Wayne King's Orchestra, and the KU Women's Glee Club. Also noted are lectures on violin history, the chain store question, and poems for Kansas Day, plus a white pine county reseeding project in Nevada.
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Frank W. Morgan
Lawrence
Wayside Inn
Camel Pleasure Hour
Clara
Howard M.clancy
Amos _‘n
Andy
Jack, Riley
Horace Heidt
New Yorker
Wayne King
Weather Forecast
KFKU
F.C. Moreau
School of Law
Karl O .Kuersteiner
Roy Underwood
Waldemar Gelich
Co. Buehler
Great Bear
Celestial Travelogue
University of Kansas Women's Glee’ Club
Agnes Husband
Mary Lou Earlenbaugh
Bryceson Treharne
David
Berthold Wre
Dyasrak
Ball
Maude
Persis_ Hill
Wood Nymphs
Rohrer
Mount Dresd
Kansas Day
Helen Hirada Hoopes
Frances Wilson
Margaret Barret
University of Kansas
University of Missouri
John Ise
White Pine County
Nev
Nevada
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Coast . Guard
Hero OF
Schilt
John L. Baird
Alabama
Automobile Repair Service
Westpointer
Relis
Kath
Kansas City
Gowdy Medical Company
Union Pacific Hospital
North
10Th St
Clara Bow
Gov. Woodring
Clyde Reed
Gov
Woodring
No Limit
Norman Foster
Stuart Erwin
Harry Green
Dickinson
Dey
Midland Theatre
Kenses City
Joel McCrea
John HolLiday C. Henry Gordon
Thureday
Edmund Lowe
Uty
Charlie Ruggles
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