Public Wants Action in Washington and Wall Street
By B C Forbes. The people demand action on taxation and an end to uncertainty harming confidence and business. Hoover shows leadership while bankers patch crises, yet no call goes out for a unified constructive plan. Congress should fund states for unemployment relief and extend encouragement to borrow for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Forbes
Washington
Wall Street
Rebris
House
Senate
Hoover
America
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Picture Transmitted To Boat at Sea
Bremen May 17 The North German Lloyd line announced a successful wireless transmission from Zurich Switzerland to the Bremen vessel now bound for New York An engraving was converted to a print ready plate by the ships receiver The process radio typo reflects decades of research by Adalbert Guth director of the Swiss Radiotype company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen
Germany
Lloyd Line
Zurich
Switzerland
New York
Adalbert Guth
Swiss
Radiotype Company
Mexico Decree Aims Beer Consumption Growth
President Pascual Ortiz Rubio announced a decree to encourage beer use after harsher taxes on hard liquors and pulque. The measure permits beer gardens to be established as a way to popularize beer and boost sales, with new effects taking hold this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Vatican encyclical pleas for global prayers and relief
A Vatican encyclical to pray for relief from the sad condition of the human race will be published in Osservatore Romano. Ten minute multilingual summaries will be broadcast from the papal radio station. The document urges worldwide prayer during June, month of the Sacred Heart, and discusses world conditions and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
Japanese Pacific Aviator Crashes in Oakland Flight Attempt
Seija Yoshihara a 29 year old referred to as the Lindbergh of Japan remains in hospital after a sea plane he intended for a flight to Tokyo crashed during an attempted take-off in Oakland yesterday. The craft slipped from a 100 foot altitude and toppled on land near the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Wait
Seija Yoshihara
Lindbergh
Japan
Flier undecided on Seattle to Tokio flight attempt
Nathan Brown, New York flyer with his red monoplan e Lone Star, seeks an elevated Boeing Field runway to speed a Seattle Tokio takeoff. A $20 prize for a nonstop Seattle Tokio hop expires June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Seattle
Boeing Field
Nathan ©. Brown
New York
Gloria Swanson and husband arrive in Cannes for rest
Gloria Swanson and her husband Michael Farmer arrived in Cannes for two weeks of rest. Their infant daughter was left in London. Swanson plans to retire from American films temporarily to star in a feature in London starting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria
France
Cannes
Gloria Swanson
Michael Farmer
Jeft
London
Miss Swanson
Health Research Society to Meet in San Antonio Chamber
The Health Research Society of San Antonio will hold its regular meeting in the Chamber of Commerce assembly room in the Antec building at 8 p.m. Tuesday. An invitation to attend has been extended to the public by Mrs. B. L. Altage, president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Health Research Society of San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Antec
B. L. Altage
Glen Lux
Ransom Kidnapping Ends With Girl’s Safe Return
Philadelphia authorities solved a daylight kidnapping of Dora Gerson, 19, snatched near her home Saturday evening. Her father, Nathan Gerson, paid $300 after a kidnapper demanded $1000, and two hours later Dora was released two blocks from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Nathan Gerson
Dora Gerson
Gerson
Fate of Four on Mt McKinley Told by Rescued Mam
FAIRBANKS Alaska May 17 High on Mount McKinley the remains of two Allen Carpe Scientific expedition members lie on the snowy slope. Another man is feared lost in nearby forests and a fourth is hospitalized in Fairbanks after a crash on the Muldrow glacier camp. E F Heck of New York says the Lelk Lindley party reached the camp to report disaster that befell Carpe 26 and Theodore Raven 28 both of New York and Jersey City respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
Mount McKinley
Allen Carpe
E. F. Heckwith
New York
Lelk-Lindley
Muldrow Glacier
Carpe
Ad ‘Theodore Raven
Jersey City
Panama Election Violence Hits Capital After Mass Meeting
In Panama City tension surged as violence stained the weekend ahead of elections. Two murders and 15 stabbings sparked widespread disorder. Police doubled guard in the capital while interior saloons were closed after a riotous mass meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Colon
Assassination Suspect Claims Hypnotic Sleep During Doumer Killing
Paris May 17 Dr Paul Goruley, the man who killed President Paul Doumer, told an examining magistrate he was in a hypnotic sleep when he fired. He said an angelic force armed his hand and he had no reason to kill Doumer. He drank cognac before the charity exhibition and recalled nothing about the gun due to intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Paul Goruley
Paul Doumer
Gorgulov
Fougery
War Veterans’ Charity
RAILWAY RULING GIVEN
Washington May 17 The Supreme Court ruled that an electric railway must obtain a permit from the Interstate Commerce Commission before constructing an extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Garner Will Study Bonds On Public Works Call
John Garner speaker of the house replies to a New York State Federation of Labor memorial urging Congress to finance a federal bond issue for public works. He says he has read the May 1 letter from Federation president John Sullivan and will give the recommendation careful consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Garner
House
Congress
New York State Federation of Labor
Executive Council
John Sullivan
Garner
Michoacan Regulates Priests to Thirty Three
Governor Lazaro Cardenas of Michoacan announced that a new NR policy limits the number of priests in the state to 33. The law bars any archbishop bishop or delegate from officiating, removing Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores from Michoacan duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Michoacan
National Revolutionary Party
Leopoldo Ruiz Y Flores
Cat Leaves $100 Pension in Judge's Will
In Hutchinson Kansas on May 17 an INS report notes Snowball the white Persian cat inherits a $100 pension from the late Probate Judge Seward Baker, as his sole companion after his wife’s death. Treasury receipts for May 14 total $4,440,261.87 with expenditures of $11,629,932.99 and a balance of $532,266,885.03. customs duties for 14 days of May were $8,518,002.19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Kan
INS
Snowball
Seward Baker
Treasury
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma Oil Output Drops in Weekly U.S. Total
Tulsa May 17 Oklahoma crude oil output fell by about 14,000 barrels daily, helping drive U.S. production down to 2,228,101 barrels per day from 2,240,011. Oklahoma slipped from 456,218 to 442,410 barrels daily, while East Texas fell nearly 10,000 barrels to 21,332,244. Texas state totals rose despite declines elsewhere. California output eased to 618,000 and Rocky Mountain production fell to 82,051.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulba
Oklahoma
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
East Texas
Texas
Kansas
California
Hang
Eastern
Rocky Mountain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Britain
Hertzberg’s
San Antonio
Hertzberg
Hounlas Aml St. Alary’s St
Graves
Mexico
Vatican Paper
City News
Jack Brooks
Green Lantern
Gevera
Kerman Sons
Herman Bons
St. Mary's
Adm
Collins
Hanson
Mt. McKinley
AMCKY
Amer
Assasoin OF
Doumer
Ganer
Cat
Judge
Oklamoma
Luckies
World's Fund
Lucky Strike
Srry Tynday
N. B.C. Neteardy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!