Cheering the Cormorants and Giants of Northern California
A 1929 column extols Northern California as a premier travel and resort region. Arthur Brisbane highlights Hearst Ranch, Del Monte, Pebble Beach, and vast cypress groves over Monterey Peninsula. He notes Pacific scenery, European interest, and business optimism led by financiers like Herbert Fleischhacker. The piece invites readers to tour northern routes from Seattle to San Francisco, praising climate, scenery, and regional allure.
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Faitz Vorenberg
Borton
Bonton
Vorenbere
del Monte
Monterrey
Somerset Gun Battle: Two Bandits Open Fire on Hold-Up
In Somerset Tex two bandits tried to rob a store as W Kine Kinney opened fire. Kinney fired five shots at the bandits who returned fire, one being struck but the bandits escaped on the deserted main street. Deputies searched the Sagper-Mha area south of the city for the suspects.
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Somerset
Tex Me
W. EK
Etooey
Kinney
Tmain
Les Graszhoff
Paul Ebtert
Joe Floren
Sagper- Mha
Berlin Arrests 25 Red Delegates
Berlin police arrested twenty five delegates at a congress causing a major disruption. Delegates from seventeen countries were stripped of passports and those without papers were detained, signaling a sharp crackdown during the gathering.
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Berlin
Red
Cntody
Tall Men Organize League
Unt CANDIEF, "oath Wales, March 20. The League of Tall Men has formed to draw attention to furniture and building designers the needs of extraordinarily tall people. Members complain beds are too small awnings too low and doors strike bats.
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Wales
Leagus
Sothern Collapses On Stage During Lecture
Denver reports F A Sothern, renowned actor, collapsed on stage tonight during a Shakespeare lecture and excerpts. Doctors treated him backstage and officials said he suffered nervous exhaustion, with plans to resume after a brief intermission.
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Denver
Ins
F. A. Sothern
America
Three Inexperienced Women Learn to Pilot at Roosevelt Field
In New York on March 20 three young women with no prior flying experience completed dual instruction in under seven hours each at Roosevelt Field. The feat marks a rapid training pace far below the usual 10 to 20 hours required before a solo flight.
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Wolvernas
New York
Suprise
Eapet
Foosevelt Field
Folies Girl May Die After Fall
New York March 20 Aliya King once voted prettiest Fol lies girl was said to be dying in a hospital after a fall from the window of her fifth floor Greenwich Village apartment. Her aunt Mia Georgia King said the singer had been despondent recently.
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New York
Aliya King
Greenwich Village
Misa King
Mia
Georgia King
Taaid
Good News Of Good Times Broadcasts From City Pages
A noisy front page highlights a stock surge as Wall Street sees heavy buying and new highs. Regional notes include farm agent forecast of record crops for Southwest Texas, a San Antonio convention schedule, a major SBC expansion plan, an oil field output forecast, and multiple new industrial plant openings boosting local expansion.
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Wall Street
Texas
Hoover Seeks to Quiet Rift Over London Pact
Washington March 20 President Hoover and Secretary of State Stimson sought to quell reports of U S rifts over participation in a consultative or political pact at the London naval conference. A White House statement said there are no differences and the delegation in London has full support to pursue peace through armament reduction while avoiding any binding pact.
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Hoover
Plens
Washington
State Stimson
United States
theLondon
Bunnyon
London
Gimeon
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Auc
Cotton
White House
Department
Catton
Stimson
Ita
Hiram Johnson
California
Borah
Swanson
George
America
Senate
Hoover Sell
Captrichl
Typ
Colversal Reerien
Ines
France
Britain
Henry J. Atimeon
Amile
Mmonle
John Adams
Congress
Europe
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Bring Them Home Hoover Urges Delegation Return From London
A Hearst editorial urges President Hoover to bring home the U S delegation from the naval conference in London. It cites past presidents warning against entangling alliances and criticizes Secretary Stimson for wavering on joining the League of Nations. The piece argues the United States should stay neutral and avoid European entanglements.
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Herbert Hoover
United States
America
Europe
Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Hearst
Stimson
League of Nations
London
Hurley Says U S Need Not Fear Reds
Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley, visiting New York, declares America more happy than any country and asserts there is no Communist threat here. He forecasts the new facility passing Congress will boost business and the economy.
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New York
America
Patrick J. Hurley
Missing Boat With 40 UC Students Reaches Bay Quest
A yacht carrying 40 University of California students was reported missing overnight in heavy fog in San Francisco Bay. The vessel failed to dock and authorities searched the area for the craft and crew.
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San Francisco
University of California
San Francisco Bay
French Deputies Ratify Young Plan on German Reparations
PARIS March 1 The French Chamber of Deputies voted to ratify the Young Plan for the settlement of German reparations, approving the entente with a decisive 570 to 58 margin.
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U.K. Young Plan
Paris
Chamber of Deportea
Russian Nobles Work in Laundry in Constantinople
March 20 report from Constantinople describes aristocratic refugees running a laundry established in the city. Russian nobility including princesses and a baroness work alongside a prince and other staff, who say they enjoy their fate despite exile.
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Taundri
McKenzie seeks sanity ruling over Terrell State Hospital fate
Pete McKenzie, the central figure in a high profile case, seeks a writ of habeas corpus arguing he is insane at the time of his 1927 murder trial. The Board of Control refused state hospital placement without court orders, while a sanity hearing in Ninety fourth district ended in deadlock. A Texas court schedule and staff actions point toward a potential further hearing, with McKenzie preferring life in jail to Terrell State Hospital.
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Jobs
Pete
McKenzie Sunesay
Mckenzies
Bexar County
State Hospital
Nhurday
Court of Crimins
Date Board of Control
McKenzie
Mundere
Court of Competent Jurisdiction
Tage
McCrary
Ninety-fourth District Court
Bes
Melkensle
McCrory
Uisjelet
Lamar Secligson
Regal Winelstrom
Jes
Terrell State Hospital
Austin
Vedict
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