Woman Ends Life Attempt to Escape Dishonor in Arizona
Sonya Savarin, a self appointed physician to Navajo Indians, seeks death by leaping from Lone Mesa after being pursued by a drunken assailant who later repents and rescues her. She travels with her brother Berge his wife Lila and their daughter Babs on an Arizona sheep ranch. Engaged for a year to Rodney Blake the New Yorker she declines a wedding to remain with the Navajos.
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Lone Mesa
Sonya Savarin
Arizona
Berge
Lila
Babs
Rodney Blake
Sonya Faces a Crisis on Lone Mesa and Chee Wash
Sonya rises before dawn to aid Two Fingers and Little Moon in a remote hogan. She battles fever, isolation, and a fierce memory as she tends the sick Navajo family and prepares for a hard ride back, only to meet a Lone Mesa stranger at daybreak.
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Sonya
Chee Wash
Lila
Moon
Rod
Darkness
Lone Mesa
Cheewash
Earth
Hogan
Ice Patrol Watches Atlantic Ice Lanes For Shipping
The U S S Mendota reports 165 icebergs in the Atlantic lanes the most since 1912 when the Titanic disaster struck. The International Ice Patrol monitors bergs near the Grand Banks from Greenland sources as navigators learn where ice lies to avoid danger.
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Washington
Grand Banks
International Ice Patrol
Ice Patrol
United States Navy
International Conference For the Safety of
London
United States
Greenland
Youngest Organist Replaces Oldest at Portage Church
Portage Wisconsin St John s Episcopal Church names 16 year old Alice Helen Joras as its youngest full time paid organist replacing 79 year old Josephine Shackell who served 53 years before her death in the church.
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Portage
Wis
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Alice Helen, Joras
Josephine Shackell
St. John’s
Ice Patrol Cutters Guide Ships Through Ice Lanes
The ice patrol cutter acts as a traffic officer on the sea, directing vessels away from danger when ice threatens. It answers questions on road conditions and aids ships in distress, hearing from as many as 38 vessels in a day while warning passengers of safety measures during the iceberg season. The message flow reaches ship radio rooms as vessels sail to Europe.
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Atlantic
West
Greenland
Labrador
Great Arctic Island
Europe
Round Europe Flight 1934 Organised by Polish Aero Club
The 1934 Round Europe air race organized by the Polish Aero Club includes Poland Germany France Italy and Czechoslovakia with Britain absent for notification. The 9400 km route runs from Warsaw through major European cities and African laps, requiring over 1100 km per day between September 8 and 15 with August 29 start for technical exams.
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Warsaw
England
Europe
Aero Club of
Polish Republic
Franciszek Zwirko
Zwirko
France
Poland
Germany
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Koenigsberg
Berlin
Cologne
Brussels
Paris
Bordeaux
Pau
Madrid
Seville
Casablanca
Meknes
Sidi Bel Abbes
Algiers
Biska
Tunis
Palermo
Naples
Rome
Rimini
Zagreb
Vienna
Brunn
Prague
Kattowitz
Lvov
Vilna
HER GOLD SEIZED
Helen Black a social science teacher in an Oklahoma City public school had a small hoard of gold seized by government agents. Her safety deposit box at a local bank was broken into after she refused to accompany officers to the bank with her key.
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Helen Black
Oklahoma City
Miss Black
Savants Challenge Pearl and Opal Myths at Smithsonian
Smithsonian scientists debunk old beliefs about gems. Dr Paul Bartusch says pearls lose luster despite care and can be restored by nacre layer removal. Dr James Been asserts opals are 40 percent water and soaking cannot revive their fire.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Paul Bartusch
James Been
Institution
Boston Artisan Builds World's Smallest Organ
Louis Weir, a Boston organist, built what may be the world’s smallest organ occupying 114 inches width and 8 inches height. The instrument can control all stops of a large console and was premiered by Weir in a Boston theater.
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Boston
Louis Weir
Town Clock Seven Minutes Fast for 681 Years
Goerlitz Germany preserves a seven minute fast Monk's Tower clock linked to a 1253 failed plot to kill the town council. The conspirators' conscience prompted the time error, and the clock has remained seven minutes ahead ever since.
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Goerlitz
Germany
Nantucket Brant Point Light to Celebrate 200th Birthday
Nantucket Massachusetts Brant Point Light at the harbor entrance marks two centuries since its 1736 establishment. It ranks second in age among US lighthouses after Boston Light and has been rebuilt seven times. Keepers Gerald M Reed and Frank W Craig alternate 12 hour shifts and reside with their families near the light.
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Nantucket
Mass
Brant Point
Nantucket Harbor
Boston
United States
Cape Cod Marine Lookout
Gerald M. Reed
Frank W. Craig
99 Percent of Speeders Fined in California
California DMV study of 10 000 speeding cases finds 99 percent convicted. Of those found guilty 20 percent receive probation or suspended sentences. Average speeding fine noted at 9.11 dollars.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Universe Creation Explained By Abbe Lemaitre
The article reports Abbe George Lemaitre of the University of Louvain describing the origin of the universe from a primordial atom that exploded to form suns, stars, and galaxies. He notes the universe is expanding and may eventually freeze, likening it to a balloon with spreading spots. Dr Richard Tolman suggests cycles of expansion and contraction.
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Abbe
George Lemaitre
University of Louvain
Belgium
Abbe Lemaitre
Lemaitre
Richard Tolman
California Institute of Technology
Tolman
Moonlit Lovers Fool Each Other on Park Bench
The moonlit scene shows two lovers on a park bench as he whispers of undying love. She challenges his claim by recalling past incidents with Doris and Mary, highlighting a pattern of insincerity.
Natural mineral waters and at home remedy for rheumatic pains
For rheumatic aches arthritis and related ailments the text promotes Crazy Water Crystals as a way to make mineral water at home. It cites high foreign water imports and suggests domestic health resorts, claiming a $1.50 box lasts weeks for sustained treatment. The Crazy Water Co. of Mineral Wells Texas markets the product.
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Europe
Crazy Water Co
Mineral Wells
Texas
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Vingie E. Roe
Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc
WNU
Little Moon
Hogan's
Serge
Two Fingers
Red Blake
Minneapolis
U. S. S. Minneapolis
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Poland Aero Club
Boston Artisan
Jack
Doris
Mary
Peterman
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