Epitome of The Week News Highlights Across World
A condensed roundup notes German assurances to the United States on equal treatment in Germany with Mussolini resisting concessions on France. British leaders, Pope Pius XI, and others react to conferences. Reports mention Chinese planes sinking Japanese ships and tensions escalating in Europe and Latin America. Battles in Spain near Barcelona, U S Navy movements, and political moves in the United States touch labor, public works, and elections.
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Mussolini
France
Neville Chamberlain
Pius XI
Max Schmeling
Joseph Goebbels
Italy
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Saturnino Cedillo
Transocean
Barcelona
Atlantic
Hangchow
League of Nations Council
Geneva
China
Spain
Great Britain
Japan
Sin
Arabian Sea
Maria
Colonial Empire
Civil Service Examinations Announced for Federal Posts
Civil service examinations are announced for several California posts. Positions include scientific aid at the National Museum and Smithsonian Institution, assistant wool technologist in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, senior field representative in the Department of Labor, automotive mechanic welder diesel, and automotive mechanic’s helper diesel. Contact John E. Roskam, secretary, at the Shaf tre post office.
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National Museum
Smithsonian Institute
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Labor
California
John E. Roskam
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Shaftre Post Office
Light Travel Time From Sun to Earth Cited
Scientists estimate light takes about 499 seconds to reach Earth from the sun. This transit time reflects the roughly eight and a third minute journey of sunlight through space to our planet.
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Earth
Farm Horses Run Away After High School Swing Music
In Kingsburg California a team of farm horses pulling a plow ran away when the high school band played a swing version of the Blue Danube. The moment recalls a playful clash of eras as music before its time unsettled the animals.
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Kingsburg
Calif
Alligator Alarm Clock Pets Neighbors in Groton Conn
John Hanover keeps a 200 pound 19 year old alligator as an alarm clock for neighbors in Groton Connecticut. The reptile wakes at 5 30 each morning with a loud roar and is housed in two pools both indoors and out with winter protection. Hanover straps the jaws before handling and moves the animal between a steaming cellar and a summer enclosure to survive New England seasons.
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Groton
Conn
John
Hanover
New England
Florida
Plan to Recover Sunken Gold Found Impractical
New York reports that the plan to recover gold from sunken Spanish galleons is impractical says submarine explorer Max Nohl who recently returned from undersea explorations off the Dominican Republic. Captain John Craig remains hopeful about finding treasure as Nohl favors mountain prospecting in the Rockies.
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Max Nohl
Nohl
Dominican Republic
John Craig
Craig
Inventor Kills Himself With Home Built Gun
CHICAGO February 50 year old Valentine Horbia a skilled mechanic and inventor built a firearm from iron pipe and a .38 cartridge He heated the breech in a yard fire and shot himself in the chest as a curious boy watched calling it testing invention officials report the device lacked its firing mechanism.
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Chicago
Valentine Horbia
Horbiak
Daredevil Ray Woods Beats Odds After Bay Bridge Jump
Ray Woods the famed bridge jumper defied doctors who warned he would be crippled after his 1937 Bay Bridge dive. Now walking with braces and crutches, he exercises daily by the Meramec river, weighs 150 pounds, and expects to be walking normally within a year or two. He says his dives funded travel and paid his bills, and his sights remain set on resuming life after recovery.
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Bernice
St. Louis
Meramec River
United States
Canada
Mexico
Canadian Gets 2 Years In Jail Happiest Man
Romeo Perron, 33, called himself the happiest man in the world after being sentenced to two years in a Montreal jail. He demanded arrest at police headquarters, then smashed a store window and waited for officers before pleading guilty to breaking and entering. The judge ordered two years at St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary.
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Romeo Perron
Perron
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
Death claims Western pioneer after varied career
The obituary recalls F. Bayless a Californian who traveled from the Midwest to Arkansas then California. He ran a real estate business, farmed, wrote, and served as a newspaper correspondent before settling in Shafter. A service conducted by F. F. Latta featured Bayless's own poem reflecting his hopeful, fearless character.
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California
Arkansas
Shafter
Bayless
F. F. Latta
I Will Find That Country Fair
A wandering man searches for a land of perfect days beyond the mountains. He recalls cool streams and blooming flowers, birds, and shade, then sees a vision of silver waters and golden sun. Age deepens his longing as he believes the land lies ahead, brighter than childhood.
Jaguars Are Powerful Predators in the Wild
Adult jaguars grow six to seven feet long and possess greater power than a puma or leopard. They dominate dense habitats with strong jaws and muscular frames.
250 Pounder Is In a Telephone Booth
In Cleveland Henry Volkersdorfer a 250 pound 57 year old man suffered a heart attack while in a phone booth talking to his wife. Police and ambulance workers forced the door to reach him. He recovered.
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Cleveland
Henry Volkersdorfer
Verdict confirms engagement ring belongs to man pending marriage
Chicago report states a superior court jury ruled the engagement ring remains the man's property until marriage. Jurors awarded Henry P. Urbans $750 as compensation for a diamond ring given to Loretta twenty years ago, equal to the ring's appraised value.
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Chicago
Henry P. Urbanis
Loretta
March of Dimes Campaign Opens in Kern County
The Kern county drive to raise at least 7500 for infantile paralysis relief kicked off with support from Rotary Club and local groups. Funds stay 50 percent for county care and rehabilitation, 50 percent to the national foundation for research. Dr. Joseph K. Smith chairs the Kern county campaign, with W. J. Schultz as president and Asa Dimon as treasurer as dozens of committees assist countywide.
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Kern County
National
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Joseph K. Smith
Kern Cap
W. J. Schultz
Asa Dimon
United States Holds Fifteen Percent Of World's Quicksilver
The report notes that the United States accounts for 15 percent of the global supply of quicksilver.
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United States
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