Overloaded Vestris Proved Unfit for Voyage Sinking Inquiry Finds
The Lamport and Holt liner Vestris was overloaded and unfit for a winter voyage. An inquiry found delays in SOS, heavy weather, and insufficient stability as main causes. Blame was assigned to cargo officials and manager Woods for not acting after warnings of overloading.
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Associated Press
London
Lamport and Holtliner Vestris
Hoboken
Board of Trade
Woods
Lamport and Holt
Many Uses Found for Old Telephone Books
The Southwestern Bell Telephone offices in St Louis reported that old telephone directories are repurposed for many tasks. People press neckties, store money, keep photos, and even hold a $500 bond as a safe deposit. A marriage license was placed inside by one user.
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International News Service
T. Louis
Keil
Aged Georgia Woman Calls for Stricter Banking Laws
Mrs. Rebecca Latimar Fenton, Georgia's 104 year old former United States senator, urged the Georgia General Assembly to enact forestringent banking laws after her loss in a recent bank failure. The plea was presented in Atlanta on August 1 by the International News Service.
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Atlanta
Rebecca Latimar Fenton
Georgia
United States
General Assembly
Chicago Rocks Unchanged for Untold Years
The earliest life in the Chicago area dates back about six hundred million years, says Henry W. Nichols of the Field Museum. He notes simple life forms fossilized in local rocks, with the region’s geology largely peaceful and stable except for gradual sea submergence and emergence.
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Chicago
Aus
Henry W. Nichols
Department of Geology
Field Museum of Natural History
Nichols
Navy to Aid Soviet Plane on Pacific Flight
The United States Navy will assist the Soviet air expedition Land of Soviet on its Pacific leg from Siberia to San Francisco. Navy radio stations will provide weather data and communications from August 20 departing Dutch Harbor to the return route via Kodiak Cordova Sitka Tatoosh Puget Sound and Astoria with sixteen coastal compass stations available.
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Washington
Pacific
United States Navy
Navy
Siberia
San Francisco
St. Paul
Siberian
Petropavlosk
Dutch Harbor
Weather Bureau
Naval
Kodiak
Cordova
Sitka
Alaska
Tatoosh
Puget Sound
Astoria
Wash
Eureka
Cal
Judge’s sanitation ruling ties 300 foot sewer rule to time limits
City court Judge W. M. Harper ordered all property owners within 300 feet of sewer mains to connect for sanitation. Fair time was set: 90 days for properties with many houses and 19 days for small holdings. Action targeted 26 owners, led by Parish Health unit director Dr. J. W. Williams, under Monroe ordinance 2417 and state sanitary code chapter 8.
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W. M. Harper
Parish Health Unit
J. W. Williams
City of
Monroe
Fire at Kel loge Lumber mill draws three companies
Firemen fought flames consuming lumber stacks at the Kel loge Lumber oak flooring plant in a stakeout at Thirteenth and Grammont streets. The blaze, starting near 8 25 last night, proved stubborn and required three companies before it was fully extinguished.
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Kelloge Lumber Company
Thirteenth and
Grammont Streets
Whispering in Church Is Serious Offense
Denver Aug 1 Reverend Hobart Myer of Emmaus Lutheran church condemns whispering before and during services as a serious offense against religious ethics. He cites scripture urging listeners to be ready to hear rather than speak and directs congregants to stop hushed conversations at church doors and in the auditorium.
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Denver
Hobart Myer
Emmaus Lutheran Church
English Cotton Mills Soon in Full Operation
English cotton mills in Boston are expected to be in full operation soon as machinery and workers gear up for production. Officials say the restart will boost local employment and textile output amid shifting markets.
Blackburn Mayor Sees Textile Recovery Near Full Capacity
John A. Ormerod, mayor of Blackburn England and textile maker, says Lancashire mills operate about 85 percent and will resume full time soon. He spoke at a World Conference of the Presbyterian church in Montreal and planned visits to New York Philadelphia Washington Buffalo Toronto Ottawa before returning home.
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Lancashire
England
John A. Ormerod
Blackburn
World Conference of the Presbyterian Church
Ormerod
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Huffalo
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
High Standards Set for Airport Chiefs
Los Angeles civil service commission outlines requirements for airport administrators including a university diploma and four years of experience. The notice emphasizes qualifications for top aviation posts and reflects heighted standards in city operations.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Civil Service Commission
Executive and Flying Industry Experience Required for Posts
The posting calls for an executive with aero nautical industry contact and a limited commercial pilot's license or knowledge of airport ratings. Assistant director demands the same qualifications. Superintendent requires two years of university study, four years as an executive, and three years in flying industries. Age limits are 21 to 55.
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Aeronautical Industries
END-O-CORN Promises Quick Relief for Corn Pain
An advertisement urges readers to try END-O-CORN claiming fast, pain free corn removal. It warns against other corn cures as dangerous and directs to buy at local druggists or write to ENDO-CORN LABORATORIES in Chicago. COLLENs PHARMACY is listed as a source.
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Endo-Corn Laboratories
Garfield Blvd
Chicago
Collens Pharmacy
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