Lights Of New York A Portrait Of Commissioner Mulrooney
A light profile of Police Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney portrays him as a quiet yet engaging leader with a strong sense of humor and drama. He stresses empathetic detective work and recalls a case where ingenuity revealed a suspect. the tale ends with a dramatic counter in a hotel and a misdirection about the motive.
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Edward P. Mulrooney
Mulrooney
New York
Larry Lajoie
Hackman
Bell Syndicate
Eclipse Reveals New Moon Data From Whitton Island
American scientists report a new wavelength at 6770 angstroms detected in the sun's corona during the eclipse. Spectrographs by Dr. S A Mitchell show coronal disturbances and rapid inner corona motions extending 100000 miles beyond the surface. Totality lasted 93.9 seconds with photographic plates capturing vivid coronal streamers and strawberry domes.
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Whitton Island
S. A. Mitchell
American Naval Observatory
U. S
Having Your Fortune Told
A reflective note on our desire to know the future and control our paths, exploring why people seek fortune telling, clairvoyance, or cards to reveal what lies ahead in love, wealth, prominence, and fate. The piece hints at humanity’s wish to glimpse next week, next year, or ten years.
Maple Leafs pay record for Clancy joins Toronto
Star hockey figure Frank King Clancy once a Ottawa Senator is bought by the Toronto Maple Leafs for 40000 dollars. It is said to be the highest price ever paid for a National League stick-wielder. The piece notes his first Maple Leafs appearance and reflects on superstition and fortune telling with a humorous dig at phrenology and palmistry. The Chicago Opera Company posted a loss of 588000 dollars for the previous season recorded by the Western Newspaper Union in 1930.
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Frank “King” Clancy
Ottawa Senators
Toronto Maple Leafs
Clancy
Maple Leafs
Western Newspaper Union
Ceremonial Beauty in Velvet Evening Ensemble
The description highlights royal blue velvet gown matching a princess silhouette with a jacket richly embroidered in silver thread and appliqued with silver serves. Platinum fox trims the wide cuffs and shaw collar complete the regal look.
Boxing Becomes New Course at Northern State Teachers College
Boxing is added to the curriculum at the Northern State Teachers College in Aberdeen South Dakota. The change signals a broader effort to diversify physical education offerings at the institution.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Northern State Teachers’ College
Mohicans sue Connecticut over burial ground encroachment
In Norwich Connecticut descendants of Chief Uneas sue the state attorney general the city and town of Norwich and others for 1 million dollars claiming desecration of a nearby Indian burial site. They allege monuments were destroyed or moved and the reservation cut into building lots. The burial ground is a 3 16 acre plot with an obelisk marking Uneas grave. The obelisk was laid in 1883 with President Jackson present and raised in 1822. Sheep were brought to America by Coronado.
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Norwich
Conn
Connecticut
Here
Uneas
Edayth B. Gray
James Fenimore Cooper
Mohegan
Thames River
Ducas
Andrew Jackson
Lover's Fatal Error in Forgetting Leap Year
Aviator Clifford Parkman, husband of Gladys Walton, speaks to a reporter about love and devotion. He remarks on love as old fashioned, compares it to Pete Hoskin and Mr. Merriweather, and jokes about 365 days a year versus a leap year day off. The exchange includes playful banter from Miss Featherstonlaugh-Ethe and Mr. Hoskin.
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Clifford Parkman
Gladys Walton
Roosevelt Field
Pete Hosk
Hoskin
Pete
Merriweather
Pete Hoskin
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Sunny” Moyer
William Kenneth Moyer
Chicago
Moyer
Ethel Olyette Owen
University of Wisconsin
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Afulrooney
New Jersey
Twenty-third Street Ferry
Tm Sores
Eclipse
Thomas Arkle CI
ARK
University of Ilinois
Chicago Opera Company
Rene
By Charles Sughroe
Coronado
Sir Walter Raleigh
Tee Rei Elel
Eac Peay
tLargest Diamond and
Waten Credit House
Loftis Bros. & CO
California
Alifornia
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Sioux City
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