Airline pilots told to keep broadcasts to routine matters
Early morning long distance pilots on air mail routes face restrictions as airline officials order broadcasts to stay on routine matters. Reports describe pilots drifting into songs and reminiscences while skip distances cause reception quirks, prompting relay via other stations to ensure messages reach dispatchers.
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Chicago
Heber Miller
Seattle
Medford
Ore
al Gilhousen
Ralph Virden
West Coast
Pacific Coast
New York
Fort Worth
Redding
Calif
Des Moines
Iowa
Oakland
Girl Tee Used on Forehead in Surrey Golf Match
In a Surrey club a girl from London Miss Ena Shaw acted as the tee for professional George Ashdown and for an amateur opponent Mansell. At each hole a peg fixed to her forehead, she lay still as Ashdown played nine holes. Ashdown won seven up and five to play after conceding one stroke per hole.
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London
Surrey
England
George Ashdown
Mansell
Ashdown
Ena Shaw
Asbestos Clue Ties Man to Local Safe Robbery
In Wenatchee Washington Ted Mc Clure aged 29 was arrested on a charge of safe robbery after asbestos fibers found under his fingernails linked him to the theft. The auto freight depot safe was robbed of forty dollars and Mc Clure was suspected based on the asbestos lining cited in the report.
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Wenatchee
Ted McClure
McClure
Autotransfusion saves injured teen at Homeopathic hospital
Russell M. Evans Jr., a 15 year old, sustained a ruptured spleen and internal bleeding in a coasting accident. Dr. Fred eric S. Morris used the patient’s own blood, filtered and warmed it, and re injected it after removing the ruptured spleen, with the teen recovering to normal vital signs.
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Pittsburgh
Frederic S. Morris
Russell M. Evans, Jr
Morris
Will of Vila Kaufman Bequeaths 30000 to Birth Control Group
Vila Kaufman, 70, who died an apparent pauper in Memphis, left a 30000 gift to the national committee of federal legislation for birth control in her will filed for probate in Los Angeles. She ordered funeral expenses at 100 with no music, no flowers, and no clergyman.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Vila Kaufman
Memphis
Tenn
9 Foot 4 Inch Fraser Lake Sturgeon Is 350 Pound Catch
William Roberts hauled in a Fraser lake sturgeon measuring 9 feet 4 inches and weighing 350 pounds at Fort Fraser B C. The catch stands as a remarkable freshwater record for the region. The event highlights a big game season for local anglers.
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Fort Fraser
B. C
Fraser Lake
William Roberts
King Tut-Ankh-Amen Accused of Thievery Says Pendlebury
J D Pendlebury of the Egyptian Exploration Society argues that Tutankhamun seized treasures from King Smenkh-ka-Ra. He notes the tomb contents may belong to Smenkh-ka-Ra and explains a historical tampering after Akhenaten. The claim centers on misidentified mummies and altered royal tombs in Thebes and Cairo.
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Tut-Ankh-Amen
London
King
Lord Carnarvon
Howard Carter
Pendlebury
Egyptian Exploration Society
King Tut
Smenkh-ka-Ra
Tut
Akhenaten
Amara
Thebes
Cairo Museum
Surgeon’s Operative Advance Lauded As Satisfactory Progress
Several days later, reports indicate his overall recovery is progressing in a most satisfactory manner. The operation is described as a notable contribution to the field of surgery.
Cat aids electrician in 80 foot wiring job in Kingston NC
Paul Long, an electrician, recommends every electrician carry a cat. He ran an 80 foot cable through a tight space by tying a string to a cat’s tail and guiding it from one end to the other. The cat retrieved the string, allowing the cable to be pulled through quickly.
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Kingston
N. C
Paul Long
Long
Harvard Study Maps Diverse Student Body in 48 States and 46 Nations
Harvard University reports a varied student body drawing from 48 states and 46 foreign countries. Canada and China are the most represented non US nations with 69 and 40 students respectively, while pupils from Abyssinia, Persia, Palestine, Syria and the Virgin Islands are also enrolled.
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Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Canada
China
Abyssinia
Persia
Palestine
Syria
The
Virgin Islands
Rare Northern Bird Found In Oregon State
One of the rarest northern birds, an emperor or painted goose, washed ashore dead in Oregon. The adult specimen is described as the most beautiful wild goose with ivory white head and tail, bluish gray upper parts with lavender tinting, orange-yellow feet, and a livid flesh colored bill.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
No Snap for Members of U.S. Marine Band
The United States Marine Band maintains strict discipline during daily rehearsals and radio appearances in the National Farm and Home Hour. Captain Taylor Branson leads the ensemble with precise baton work and refined arrangements, as the band stays in demand for diplomatic events civic parades and White House concerts in Washington.
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U. S. Marine Band
United States Marine Band
Marine Barracks
Marine Band
National Farm and Home Hour
Taylor Branson
White House
Radio talkers and figures in early 1930s showbiz
Microphonics surveys whiskers fashion in England and profiles of Ray Knight Wilfred Glenn known as Bill born in California Anne Sutherland NBC actress who runs a Greenwich Village tea room Jessica Dragonette returns from Bermuda with a zebra remark The Goldbergs cast details Mrs Gertrude Berg Joe Palooka sketch fighters and Husing and Von Zell linked to boxing coverage and page chatter
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Anne §. Sutherland
NBC
Ma Betts
New York
Greenwich Village
Miss Sutherland
Charles Frohman
David Belasco
Wabc-Columbia
Joe Palooka
Yed Bergman
Palooka
Ham Fisher
Ted Husing
Harry von Zell
Language of Broadcasts Shapes Speech in Talkies
A Philadelphia Ledger note argues that sound films limit pronunciation and force vocabulary censorship. It says long and sibilant words misrender on mic and film, leading to retained Anglo-Saxon terms and removal of Latin ones in film dialogue.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Climber Murphy Faces Mockery In Stray Bits
In the Stray Bits column a jab at Murphy suggests he grew rich quickly and mocks his skill at golf, noting he can barely swing without spitting on his hands. The tone is sardonic and breezy.
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Murphy
Placing Him Diner Joke Prompt
A London Tit-Bits quip features a waiter in a diner asking if crabs are served. The reply asserts inclusivity with the line we serve anyone all down.
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London
Fellows syrup think it over and Merriment philosophy
The passage urges laughter as a cheap medicine and a sunny side of life. It frames merriment as a philosophy and a common, simple remedy for hardship.
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