Dawes to head London embassy amid tariff and diplomacy shifts
President Hoover selects Gen. Charles G. Dawes for ambassador to London, pending finish of work in Santo Domingo on a government budget system. Dawes aims to boost Anglo American ties and handle German reparations questions, while domestic tariff and farm relief plans race through Congress.
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Edward W. Pickard
Hoover
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
London
Dasyes
Santo Domingo
Chicago
Washington
Slunson
Licely
Jane
Mr. Dawes
Wes
State Department
Goover
Meyerling Legend Still Argued Over Death Mystery
Berlin debates the Meyerling tragedy four decades after Crown Prince Rudolf and Baroness Marie Vetsera were found dead at Meyering chateau near Vienna. Competing theories persist from murder to suicide, fueled by publisher claims and diary letters, with archival documents cited by Baron von Mills. the motive and details remain contested.
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Meyerling
Rudulph
Austria
Marie Vetsera
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Vienna
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Maine
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P At
Tere
Marie
Mayle Wis
Luke Micnel
Briganza
Baron von Mills
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Hariess
Silguel
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Laschek
Honoiing
Philipp
Mogus
Rudulphs Chamber
Sunuare
Meverling
Count, Stockau and
Werth Baltazi
Holy Cross
Stockholm brides favor church weddings in 1928
Stockholm couples prefer church weddings with flowers music and candlelight over civic ceremonies. City statistics show 4 475 marriages registered by the city magistrate in 1928, marking a decline from the previous year and suggesting a shift toward religious rites.
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Stockholm
Coolyiga
Radium Benefits Described By Rochester Doctor
Dr Harry H Bowen of Rochester Minnesota says radium has definite value in treating many diseases but is not a cure all. He explains its constant decay rate, controlled power by distance, and the need for trained staff and high initial costs restricting widespread use.
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Rochester, Mine
Harry H. Bowen
Bowen
Curie
Rochester
Berquerel
Podium
Stu
Vanished Race Carvings Found in Oklahoma Caves
In Boise City Oklahoma a vanished Faroone Indians race left pictographs carved on cave and cannon walls in a restricted puphandle region across Oklahoma Texas and southern Colorado. Alfred B. Thomas UCLA notes the images are unlike any known Indian art showing extinct animals and home sites palisades and timber houses. Later engravings record Spanish Mexican occupancy and visits by Kit Carson and other adventurers.
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Boise City
Okla
Oklahoma
Alfred B. Thomas
University of Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Fireproof cigarettes proposed to curb forest fires
Washington reports tests by the U S Bureau of Standards show fireproofing cigarettes and matches could cut fire losses. Average discarded cigarette butts burn on dry grass, with 280 million discarded daily posing vast hazards. water glass coatings and partial match fireproofing could reduce ignition risks significantly.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Standards
National Board of Fire Underwriters
P. D. Sale
Bureau
American Gold Dollar to Become Czech Standard
The American gold dollar will become the monetary standard of Czechoslovakia, usable as a standard with the crown convertible into gold on demand. Adoption of the gold standard would raise prices or the cost of living, officials said. The present value of the Czechoslovak crown is about 2.96 cents.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Poison in His Sleep Scarborough Death of Noel Sykes
The coroner's jury in Scarborough found that Noel Sykes a nineteen year old chemist's apprentice died after taking poison during a period of somnambulism. He had suffered chronic sleepwalking.
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Scarborough
England
Ecoroner
Noel Sykes
Chemis
Havana Tunnels Reclassified as Ancient Wine Cellars
The Havana public works department says the recently found tunnels beneath the old municipal building are old wine cellars rather than hidden passages. Historians note the city once had a maze of tunnels linking convents, money houses, and the waterfront to aid priests and nuns guarding religious treasures.
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Havana
Public Works Department
Hawann
Historic Old Chair Placed in Alabama Museum
The chair Jefferson Davis used as his inauguration seat for the Confederacy is now on exhibit at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Gifted by Col. Simund Harrison’s descendants, it has waited 25 years for renovation and display, with a commemorative plaque marking the February 18, 1861 inauguration.
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Vb of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Teapot Dome
Pierce Butler
Washington
Montgomery
Ala
Jefferson Davis
Alabama
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