New Attack on Fog Seen as Research Aim
Cambridge Mass March 25 AP Scientists at MIT reveal a planned study of fog to classify forms by droplet size and height distribution. Instruments on balloons and aircraft will map visibility, temperature and thickness to explore improving weather knowledge.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
San Francisco
Mar-John Mines Company
Arthur Hand Burton
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
University
Lipman
Scientis
Inherits Fortune from Man Who Was Almost Stranger
Lillian Mallrup once Lillian Elliot, Chicago actress, reveals she inherited from her uncle George La Lamontidier who died in Australia bequeathing $60,000 on her moving to California. The uncle’s friend Henry De La Salle, who died in Paris, left her $700,000 with a $100,000 trust for needy college students. Mallrup says she hardly knew La Salle.
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Los Angeles
Lillian Mallrup
Lillian Elliot
Chicago
George la Lamontidier
Paris
France
One Killed and Five Injured in Auto Accident in Sibley
Police probe a Sunday head on collision near Sibley Iowa that killed 72 year old John Erickson of Omaha Nebraska and left five occupants of his car slightly injured. Two Avoca men allegedly tried to pass another vehicle and struck Erickson’s car sending it into a ditch. A Fremont County sheriff issued warrants for the two Avoca men who fled the scene.
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Sibley
Here
John Erickson
Omaha
Neb
Erickson
Redenbaugh
Fremont County
Agreement With Rock Island Marks New Era in Rail Water Trade
St Louis March 25 AP Major General Thomas Q Ashburn chair Rock Island and Pacific railways barge lines says eliminating reciprocal switching charges between Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and United States Inland Waterways will start a new era in rail water relations and save the government about 200000 at Peoria and Rock Island ports Imaging other lines will yield under pressure cutting millions annually in charges Railroads previously held that such charges were not common carrier costs and charged 5 to 10 per car lot moved from rail to water
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St. Louis
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
United States Inland Waterways Corporation
Thomas Q. Ashburn
Ashburn
Peoria
Rock Island
Illinois Central
Gen
Rich Irishman to Be Third Husband of Marilyn Miller
Marilyn Miller announces engagement to Michael Farmer described as wealthy and Irish born in Dublin. He left New York last week on the Acquitania after a visit. No wedding date set. She plans a Hollywood picture then a fall musical comedy return. Clifton Webb and his mother accompanied her at the hotel. Her first husband Frank Carter was killed in an earlier incident.
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New York
Marilyn Miller
Michael Farmer
Dublin
Miss Miller
Hollywood
Clifton Webb
Frank Carter
War Declared On Radio Board By Michigan Governor
Governor Fred W. Green defies federal order and proceeds with building a Michigan state radio broadcasting station in Lansing. Federal agents may be sent to arrest builders and petitions for an injunction against the state department of public safety were prepared. Green says bids are open and construction will continue under legislature mandate despite threats.
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Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Department of Justice
Michigan
Fred W. Green
Federal Commission
Communists Declare New War on Kulaks and Opponents
Pravda and Izvestia, mouthpieces of the Soviet party and government, call for a ruthless campaign against kulaks and right wing opposition within the party. They urge isolating kulaks from poorer peasants, intensifying the drive to crush opposition and protect the spring sowing campaign. A 16 year old should receive as much food as an adult doing outside work.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Prvada
Izvestia
Pravda
Paris Divorce Ends Long Marriage In Pickford Family
A decade-old automobile accident preceded a three years ago Paris divorce awarded to the woman from Jack Pickford actor and Mary Pickford’s brother.
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Paris
Jack Pickford
Mary Pickford
Australia plans compulsory wheat marketing pool
A Reuters dispatch from Melbourne reports Premier Scullin told Sir Robert Gibson of the Commonwealth Bank the bank would back a practical plan for a compulsory wheat marketing pool. The proposal includes a federal guarantee of four shillings per bushel for wheat delivered at designated stations for one year.
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London
Reuter
Melbourne
Scullin
Robert Gibson
Commonwealth Bank
Arrest Followed by Receiver for Security Brokers
W. H. Young and Brothers, Inc., security brokers with offices in St. Louis and 55 cities, were placed in friendly receivership after clients hired lawyers over alleged non registered stock sales. William H. Young and brother Fred C. were arrested Saturday and released on bond on a Barton county Mo. complaint. Fenton T.
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St. Louis
W. H. Young and Brothers, Inc
William H. Young
Fred C
Barton County
Fenton T
Stockard Rejects Registration for Young Firm Securities
Stockard state securities commissioner refused to register the Young firm's stocks. The firm disposed of 3 to 4 million dollars in stocks and bonds, according to Dwight L. Holmes, financial manager of the St. Louis Better Business Bureau, which is examining the matter.
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Stockard
Dwight L. Holmes
St. Louis
Tokyo Celebrates Recovery From 1923 Earthquake
Tokyo marks a three day celebration of reconstruction after the 1923 quake and fire. Emperor Hirohito conducted a five hour inspection tour of restored districts, traveling 22 miles along newly rebuilt boulevards decorated with bunting lanterns and cherry trees along Ginza.
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Toyko
Hirohito
Tokyo
Fifth Avenue
Farmer Audubon-August Porsch Dies After Car Crash
Audubon-August Porsch, 40, a local farmer, died Monday from injuries suffered when his car plunged down a steep grade Saturday night near his residence.
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August Porsch
Nichols Chosen for April I O O F Meeting
Muscatine County I O O F selects Nichols for the April gathering after the March session in Muscatine. About 90 attended with reps from West Liberty Wilton Nichols Rev A F Polk spoke on Playing the Game. An informal debate supported county meetings success. A smoker followed and meeting adjourned.
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Nichols
Muscatine County
I. O. O. F. Association
Muscatine
Nichols Lodge
West Liberty
Wilton
A. F. Polk
Will Spieth
M. W. Stirlen
Fred Hummell
W. R. Schmitt
B. F. Metcalf
Queen the Dancing Elephant Dies at 100
New York crowd mourns Queen the famed dancing elephant and former Pavlova of pachyderm dom who died after a broken heart. She collapsed at the Coliseum where the circus prepared for its annual debut, near the spot Albert, her lover, died a year earlier.
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New York
Albert
What Congress Is Doing
Senate takes up appropriation and public buildings bills. Indian affairs resumes Flathead river power project hearing. District of Columbia appropriation debate continues. Banking committee resumes study of group branch and chain banking. Military affairs begins hearings on publication of war records. Immigration committee focuses on deportation legislation.
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Indian Affairs Committee
Flathead River
District of Columbia
Banking Committee
Military Affairs Committee
Immigration Committee
Farmers National Grain Group Returns to Minneapolis Market
After a two week absence the Farmers National Grain Group instructed local buyers to re-enter the Minneapolis cash grain market to buy wheat at current prices where advisable. Only high protein wheat will be purchased. A 5 cent cut to the farm board loan value on spring wheat prompted protest from O P B Jacobson, railroad warehouse commission chair.
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Farmers National Grain Corporation
Grain Corporation
R. T. Paradis
Farm Board
O. P. B. Jacobson
Minnesota Railroad Warehouse Commission
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