Lava Beds War and Canby Murder at Tule Lake
A Modoc uprising led by Captain Jack culminated in the 1873 attack on a peace commission at Tule Lake. Canby and Thomas were killed, Tobey Riddle warned the mission, and Jack and three others were hanged at Fort Klamath while 140 others were sent to Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modoc-Land
Crown Hill
Indianapolis
Ind
Edward Richard Sprigg Canby
U.S. Army
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Kev-in-to-poses
Captain Jack
Lost River
Sion
Canby
Department of the Pacific
Eleazer Thomas
A. B. Meacham
L. S. Dyar
Tule Lake
Frank Riddle
Tobey Riddle
Wi-ne-ma
Tobey
Thomas
Meacham
Dyar
Riddle
Jack
Shonchin John
Black Jim
Boston Charley
Fort Klamath
Oklahoma
Stars and shoots mix in Hollywood gossip notes
The column tracks film and stage hints with Spencer Tracy planning a York vacation and a Jekyll and Hyde film, Greta Garbo slated to begin a May 1 comedy, Glen Miller drawing crowds in Los Angeles, and Conrad Nagel hosting CBS events while swearing off cigarettes as New Year’s resolutions fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Tracy
York
Johnny
Ter
Susie de
Greta ‘Garbo
Glen Miller
CBS
Los Angeles
Conrad Nagel
St. Pat
Capt Jean Georges D Aary Deported Or Escapes To Canada
Private Papers recount Capt Jean Georges D Ary of the French air force during World War I who fled France before the Nazis and sought help from a British consulate in Lisbon, traveled to Martinique, and ultimately urged deportation to Canada to reach England. He is jailed after the U S port of entry and Martinique plan. The second item notes Langley Field bombers 30 to Miami under Gen A Krogstad and a daring bailout avoidance story because pilots valued silk shirts over jumping.
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Jean Georges D’ary
France
Lisbon
Britain
England
Martinique
D’ary
U.S
Canada
Washington
Deport D’ary
Langley Field
Miami
A. Krogstad
Notes on culture and politics from 1930s era magazines
A mosaic of brief magazine items and bylines tracing literary and political chatter. References include Freda Utley on unemployment in the Soviet Union, Joseph Harrington on journalists, Hemingway’s royalties to China, Heywood Broun’s World firing, Mussolini boasts, and late-night Latin American music notes, ending with sports radio remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie McCarthys
Stalin
Freda Utley
Atlantic Monthly
Soviet Union
Joseph Harrington
Cosmopolitan
E. Lehman
D. Brown
Mag
Dorothy Thompson
Hitler the Hun
Jugoslavia
Attila
Jose Morand
First Aid to the Ailing House advice page
Condensation and damp air drive paint blistering and window rot in a two story home with hot air heat. Remedies include proper humidity control, sealed cistern, storm sash, weather strips, caulking, and proper flue connections for gas burners.
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Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper
Union
Mickey Rooney
Metro
Darryl Hickman
Bobs Watson
Larry Nunn
Darryl
Winfield Joad
Norman Taurog
Bobs
Taurog
Watsons
Larry
Hollywood
Warner Bros
George M Cohan
James Cagney
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Mr. Cohan
Shirley Temple
San Pedro
Shirley
Wallace Beery
Walter Compton
Martha Raye
Frank Forrest
Red Cross
Lyle Talbot
Frederick Jagel
Metropolitan Opera
Penny Singleton
America
New York
Madeline —_ Carroll
Alice Faye
Blondie
Rita Hayworth
Columbia
Fred Astaire
Bess Johnson
Istorical
Ighiqis
Western Newspaper Union
E. R
Ford
River Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Mich
C.I.0
Uncle Sam
U. S
Alberta
Alston
Coast Guard
Port Newark
N. J
Capital
New Jersey
Sen
Morris Sheppard
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Senator Sheppard
Col. D. Watt
E. C. Pomeroy
R. M. Franklin
The
Radio Signal Products Corp
Marshal Petain
le Puy
R. E., Randall
Swampscott
Albrook
Panama
Ancon
Canal Zone
Jugoslav Premier
Richard Dusan-Simovich
Great Britain
Heywood Broun
Heywood
Nation
Ray Brock
Belgrade
Times
Mussolini
Adolf
al Williams
Mediterranean
Thomaston
Olin Miller
Sam
Europe
Balzac
Roger B. Whitman
WNU Service
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