Divers Close to Sunken Millions in Alaska Salvage Venture
A Seattle Olympia team works 395 feet down to open the Islander wreck off Juneau Alaska seeking three to four million dollars in gold stored in the ship's strong room. The divers use a new mechanical arm and a telephonic link to surface crews as they probe the hull and recover cargo remains from the 1900 wreck where seventy perished.
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Seattle
Stevens Passage
Juneau
Alaska
Neptune
Olympia
Carl
Albert Wiley
Society Woman Appointed to Dollar-a-Year City Post
Mrs. Charles M. Kindel, a prominent society woman, has been named a dollar-a-year employee by City Manager George W. Welsh. She will supervise the city pound, a new position created by the city commission, chosen for her leadership of the Kent County Humane Society which pressed reforms at the pound. The body alleged irregular pound hours.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles M. Kindel
George W. Welsh
Kindel
Kent County Humane Society
Prehistoric City Found Near Madrid University Site
Students explore a newly uncovered prehistoric village outside the city on land bought for a university city project. The site dates to about 2000 B C and is investigated by state researchers.
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Madrid
Kaiser's Wife Visits Homeland for Quiet Repeats of Monarch Times
Berlin reports Princess Hermina, widow of the ex Kaiser, continues personal tours to Bavarian resorts and old monarchist circles. She attended a Berlin theater showing Wedekind's Bismarck with Paul Wegener, who praised the performance and then refused a private audience, citing his policy of not receiving ladies in dressing rooms after shows.
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Berlin
Germany
Hermina
Wedekind
Paul Wegener
Wegener
Ruling Strikes Gyp Car Sale Protects Buyer
Massachusetts Supreme Court allows a used car buyer to recover damages for deceit if the seller made misrepresentations about the car’s condition, despite a contract stating the car is sold as is. The decision, highlighted by the American Motorists Association, could affect more than three and a half million annual used car sales.
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Washington
Massachusetts State Supreme Court
Legal Department
American Motorists Association
Thomas J. Keefe
Motorists Association
Memphis boy named beneficiary of $50,000 estate
Miller Jameson, nine, of Memphis, is named as primary heir to his father Weslie Miller Jameson's $50,000 estate. The will in New York provides the major share to the boy, with alternate beneficiaries named if he dies before execution. He says he will spend the money on friends and pursue independence in business, joking about buying six hoses at the drug store.
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Memphis, Tenn
Miller Jameson
Memphis
Weslie Miller Jameson
New York City
New York
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Gene Tunney
Jameson
Vienna carpenter ends life after failed attempts
In Vienna a carpenter who had previously tried to kill himself six times finally succeeded. He saturated his clothes with naphtha, set his house on fire, and then threw himself on a bayonet, despite intervention by friends, police, and doctors.
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Vienna
Boy Confesses Plans After Running Drink Stand
A boy in the city spoke from his bed of buying sodas and a refrigerator to enter the soft drink business. He had closed his drink stand the day before due to illness from drinking excess stock and planned to wait until the next school year to start, spending time riding a bicycle and attending parties.
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Miller
Indian Pottery Display at Downtown Store Sparks Skepticism
A lone salesman left a display of Hopi pottery unattended before a downtown department store. A sign claimed the pieces were genuine Hopi ware. A passerby noted ironic belief in paleface trust amid the scene while the man went to lunch.
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Aziz
Woolen Weaves Enter New Era for Fall Fashion
The 1930s woolens bring a new era of dainty textures and inventive patterns. Fashion notes point to sheer, lacey weaves, black and white contrasts, and a surge in fur accessories including flat scarves and petite muffs. Designers spotlight novelty woolens for daywear and travel, with tweedlike yet sheer materials and bold color mixes. Julia Bottomley reports from Western Newspaper Union.
Phillips Milk of Magnesia promotes quick sour stomach relief
A soda dose provides temporary relief from gas and sour stomach as Phillips Milk of Magnesia neutralizes stomach acid. It calms the digestive organs and enables freer eating. Safe for children, it neutralizes excess acid per spoonful, and physicians note its strong acid neutralizing action. Beware of imitators. the genuine Phillips is essential.
Women Speak Brightly and Haunt a Man with Compliments
The remark notes that women influence a man’s vanity about his hair through their words and greetings, shaping self-perception and pride. It reflects social nerves and gendered flattery in intimate exchanges.
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Julia Bottomley
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