Byrd Returns to Washington With Cargo for Science
Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd and crew arrive in Washington for a reception after a voyage bringing cargo valued in the thousands of dollars. The hold includes rocks, minerals, fossils, specimens, and preserved animals for scientific study, to be identified and cataloged by researchers.
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Washington
D. C
Tarclica
Richard Elyn Byrd
Stulpis
Linabereh
Byrd Antariie
Scientfic
Maritime walkout threatens ships as unions sign accord
In San Francisco on May 11 talks of a general maritime strike rise after the masters mates and pilots union allied with the maritime federation of the Pacific signed a contract with passenger and cargo ship operators. The agreement boosts wages and working gains for licensed personnel but excludes oil tanker officers. In Joplin Missouri May 10 operators await union decisions as a first-ever general strike looms with strike leaders silent. Some mines and zinc mills report idleness while a few mines remain active.
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San Francisco
Terisetess
Masters, Mates and Pilots
Maritime Federation of the Pacific
Hss
Joplin
Trieleta
Eeployes
Fittofour
Twenty Four New Camps Planned Across Texas
Announcement from Eighth Camps area headquarters Friday details 24 additional COC camps to Texas. Camps will engage in soll eros des work across Navarro McLennon Trevis Wilson Hunt Lemar Fayette Karn Ochiltree Potter Beil Lemb Dav B0n Denton Cherokee Titus Brosn Wood Harrison Brash Wacogdoches Coryell and Medison, totaling 95 camps in the state.
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Texas
Eighth Camps
Navarro
McLennon
Trevis
Wilson
Hunt
Lemar
Fayette
Karn
Ochiltree
Potter
Beil
Lemb
Denton
Titus
Brosn
Wood Harrison
Brash
Wacogdoches
Coryell
Medison
Tekas
Woman Arrested After Attempt At Shoe Store With Gun
Brockton police arrest 46 year old Ida Kroger after she threatens shoe vendor Edward Dushnan and demands money for her children. Officers restrain her as bystanders and witnesses observe the tense confrontation before police arrive.
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Brockton
Mass
Ida Kroger
Wetter
Ree
Edward Dushnan
Mney
Parachute jumper lands safely near Kharkov in May incident
A tether named Bogaior reportedly jumped from altitude and landed within 50 yards of the earth near Kharkov Russia on May 16. The parachute deployed without incident, easing fears of a delayed rescue.
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Kharkov
Russia
Bogaior
Amelia Given Botham Honor In New York City
New York on May 10 awarded Amelia Given Botham Honor for contributions to aviation and aerial navigation. Mayor LaGuardia presented the distinguished service certificate at City Hall to the blonde Miler as her husband George Palmer Putnam, publisher, stood beside her.
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New York
New York City
LaGuardia
George Palmer Putnan
Marriage Ends in Annulment After Forced Separation
An annulment was issued by District Judge Brad ford Williams after a child bride, Johnson Dutton, 40, was forced to leave her husband. The case contrasts with an emaciated child in the care of the local children's bureau.
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John Dutton
Bradford Williams
Dutton
Children's Bureau
Bergdall Clemency Plea Before F D R
Philadelphia May 18 A plea from the wife and mother of Grover Cleveland Bergdolt fugitive World War draft dodger to President Roosevelt for clemency was sent in a registered letter to the White House. Emma Bergdall said she hopes Roosevelt will not refuse and that Bergdolt’s wife and four children recently arrived from Germany to plead his case.
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Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland Bergaolt
Roosevelt
Emma Bergdall
Germany
Mads
White House
Washington
Beredol
Filibuster on Norris bill broken in Senate
Washington D C May 10 The filibuster by Senator Austin Vermont Republican against the Norris bill to strengthen the Tennessee Valley Authority Act was broken when the Senate voted to consider the measure. Senator Norris Nebraska Republican made the motion to take up the bill, quickly approved without a record vote, ending Austin's two day hold on the motion. It was unclear if Austin would again oppose passage of the bill.
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Washington, D. C
Austin
Republican
Vermont
Norris
Senate
Nebraska
English vicar bans rouge at Sedgley parish
The Rev Harold Marley bans girls with bare legs and painted lips from Sedgley parish church. He warns he will excommunicate or refuse sacrament to women in such attire, saying the male pew is easily aroused and the attire is a childish trick.
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Dudley
Worcestershire
England
Chicren
Sedgley
Kerr
Harold Marley
Marley
Fire victim dies. daughter of U S artist among dead
Mary Lavalle, 19, daughter of portrait painter Joan Lavalle, died from burns after a Back Bay fire that killed her mother Mrs John Lavalle St and three other women. Alice 14, Miss Mary Dolan 24, Miss Kathleen Costello 25 were also killed, while Ellen Blaine was critically injured. A chaotic scene followed as clergy debated moral headlines unrelated to the tragedy.
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Boston
Mary Lavalle
Joan Lavalle
Back Bay
John Lavalle
Arde
Alice
Mary Dolan
Kathleen Costello
Lavalle
Ellen Blaine
City Fire and Police Boss Opposes Tax Break Bill
Fire and Police Commissioner Phil Weight traveled to Austin Friday to fight a bill that would exempt homesteads under 4000 in value from city taxes and cut assessed values by 3000. Mayor Quin warned the senate approved measure would reduce city revenue by 80 percent if the house passes it, threatening fire and police funding. He urged Bexar County delegates to oppose the bill while Commissioner Wright sought backing for a 25 percent city tax relief tied to good five year fire records. The text notes want ads for the Late Morning Sunday Light remain classified through Saturday night.
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Phil Weight
Austin
House
Quin
Senate
Bexar County
Wright
Insurance Commission
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