Rittman Plans Tripling Gasoline Output
Dr F Rittman of the Bureau of Mines unveils a plan to triple gasoline yield from crude oil using calculus physics and chemistry. Henry Ford backs the effort as Secretary Lane approves Prof Rittman supervising plant installations at major oil and powder factories in the United States.
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Bureau of Mines
United States
Rittman
Henry Ford
Cturer
Detroit
Michigan
Lane
Prof. Rittman
If Too Fat Get More Fresh Air and Diet Tips
An old health ad promotes weight loss through more outdoor air and a restrained diet. It recommends Bartell Droge capsules and a treatment plan to reduce fat gradually, claiming harmless Korean remedies aid digestion and weight loss.
Hidden machine guns found in hay bale near border
A bale of baled hay along the Mexican border concealed a machine gun capable of 600 shots a minute. Police say the weapon was intended for defense against any attack by Mexican bandits or others.
El Paso fortress on the border revealed by Special Correspondent
A Star special report from El Paso describes fortifications along the Rio Grande with machine guns hidden behind hay, wood, and adobe shelters. American batteries mock a siege line ready to sweep the border, as soldiers pledge to mobilize if Mexican threats arise.
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Star
EL Paso
Texas
Mueles Mountains
Franklin Range
Mexico
Rio Grande
Colum
Opera at Moore: Love of Three Kings Stirs Crowd
Italo Monte Mezzi’s L Amore Dei Tre Re features King Archibalde and avenging tragedy as Flora dies after a poison trap. Beaton Grand Opera makes its Moore theatre debut with Jose Mardones and Maggie Teyte acclaimed. Puccini fare follows with Madame Butterfly and La Boheme on Tuesday, plus Pavlova ballet.
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Fiora
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Moore Theatre
Beaton Grand Opera Company
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Anna Pavlova
Jose Mardones
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King
Maggie Teyte
Mardones
Graham Marr
Giovanni Zenatello
Avita
Puccini
Tamaki Miura
Paviowa
M. Volinine
Paviona Ballet
Moore
Rearrest Slomen After Marriage Nine Days Ago
Barney Slomen a messenger and recent groom to a high school girl faces a federal grand jury Tuesday on charges tied to possession of eight morphine bottles. Indicted last week for the same offense he was rearrested Monday night. The bride says she did not want her father to know of the marriage and that Barney promised to quit the business.
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Federal Grand Jury
Barney
Extradition Bid Rushed to Stop Murder Suspect's Transfer
Attorney Warren Hardy rushed to Olympia Tuesday morning to block San Francisco detectives from securing extradition papers from Gov Sister. They sought to take James Mariano believed to be Pietro Tortourtes to California to stand trial for murder.
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Warren Hardy
Olympia
Earthquake Births a New Island Near Sicily in 1831
An earthquake in 1831 created a new island in the Mediterranean near Sicily. The island rose to about 200 feet in height with a circumference of three miles and later disappeared.
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Mediterranean
Sicily
Frisco Starts After Recruits in War Posters
San Francisco residents face a recruitment drive after vivid posters appear citywide. The wartime appeal urges enlistment with slogans such as Your King and Country Need You and The Play, Old Glory Invites Your Service. At Market Street, about thirty men daily join the colors, far above the 600 a day target.
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San Francisco
Great Britain
Springfield
Market St
Real Estate Showfeatures painters in Seattle exhibition
R. C. Erakine of the Seattle Real Estate association praises a real estate exhibition at 707 Second Ave calling it vaudeville like. George W. Dilling and S. Woody display watercolors including barnyard scenes.
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Second Ave
R. C. Erakine
Seattle Real Estate Association
George W. Dilling
F. Woody
Foot care remedy pitch text with catchy product names
An advertisement extols home foot care products Tis and Tin for relieving corns bunions and calluses. It claims feet become comfortable after use and even allows wearing smaller shoe sizes, urging purchase at drug or department stores.
Governor and Mrs Lister Attend Press Club Inaugural Ball
Governor and Mrs Ernest Lister and Mayor and Mrs Gill will be guests at the Press club inaugural ball in honor of President Frank Goss. Vaudeville acts from downtown theatres will be staged at the club rooms on Fifth avenue and University Street during the dance. At 11 p.m. the man who finds the prize will be announced.
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Ernest Lister
Gill
Press Club
Frank Goss
Hippodrome
Fifth Ave
University St
Mile Masque to Pair in Detective Waltz Downtown
A masked figure known as Mile Masque will team with Detective Waltz for the upcoming event downtown. They will share a prize with the winner announced by organizers who note the public appearance over the past week.
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Mile. Masque
Waltz
Thief Alarmed by Intruder in Uniform
Mrs. Belle Shepard of 105 Fifth Ave N awakened early Tuesday to find a stranger in a conductor's uniform in her home. She alerted police.
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Belle Shepard
Fifth Ave. N
Butcher Market Woman Defends Store With Revolver
A stranger, who pretended poverty and accepted food, tried to take money from a counter at 1215 East Marion street. Mrs. John Walter, a market employee, drew a revolver, scaring the intruder away before police were alerted at Monday Lunch at the Hollywood.
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John Walter
East Marion St
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