Waglund and Post Plane Crash in Alaska
WeeeeeeS humorist and Wiley Post died when their plane went down on a North Alaska flight from Fairbanks toward Point Barrow. Sergt. Stanley Morgan recovered the bodies, while broader political news recounts lobbyist battles under Hopson and Senate clashes, and Eden Laval talks in Paris on Ethiopia amid looming war.
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Weeeeees
Wiley Post
Fairbanks
Point Barrow
Alaska
Post
Asia
Sergt
Stanley R. Morgan
Signal Corps
Cys
Anthony Eden
England
Pierre Laval
France
Baron Pompei Aloisi
Italy
Paris
Eden
Laval
Baron Aloisi
Mussolini
Il Duce
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Great Britain
Will Rogers Dies In Alaska Flight Tragedy
Will Rogers, Oklahoma cowboy and famed comedian, dies when his plane with Wiley Post crashes near Point Barrow, Alaska. Rogers rose from ranch hand to national icon, known for aviation interest and popular newspaper column. born November 4, 1879 in Indian Territory. early stage career in vaudeville followed by rise to fame.
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Will Rogers
Oklahoma
Wiley Post
Point Barrow
Alaska
America
Post
Rogers
Ollogah
Indian Territory
Willie Hassell
Neosho
Kemper Military Academy
Boonville
Hammerstein Roof Garden
New York
Ziegfeld
Western
Union
Rogerisms
Russia
Gage
West
Will Rogers, Lions, and Economic Currents Across Newsrooms
A column mixes Will Rogers reflections, medical hoax denials, and a roundup of 1930s issues. It notes the American Medical Association debunking a freezing claim, roving war talk from Mussolini and Hitler, and New York union strikes near collapse. Sightings include a Addis Ababa lion photo, Chicago hog yards, and tax quirks in public relief.
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Los Angeles
Willard
American Medical Association
Fishbein
American Medical Association Journal
Tax Bill Battles in Senate Finance Panel
Senator Borah and Norris led opposition as the Senate Finance Committee rewrote the House bill to favor broader taxation. The panel rejected the La Follette plan and the inheritance tax, then sent a measure with new provisions and an estimated revenue near 269 million dollars. The bill passed the Senate 57 to 22, with changes to corporate taxes estate and gift taxes and higher surtaxes for higher incomes.
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House
Senate
Howard
Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric Utilities System
House Committee
Hase Black
O'Connor
Associated
Wheeler-Rayburn
Cox
Georgia
O’connor
Senator Black
New Yorker
Rankin
Texas
Black
Obody
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
la Follette
Roosevelt
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Sleep Is Matter of Choice May Go Without It
Article discusses self denial of sleep by Kin gale baker Mr MacCarthy and contrasts with Thomas Edison, noting their long lives after sleeping little. It cites historical views on sleep, referencing Cervantes and a playful verse about beds. The piece emphasizes sleep as a personal choice and the dangers of restless vanity.
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Mr. MacCarthy
Kingale
Irish Free State
Edison
Mr. Edison
Coke
Cervantes
Motorcycle sidecar painter renews white road lines
A motorcycle with a sidecar is used in an English city to paint and renew white road lines. A canvas-covered wheel in the sidecar carries paint from a tank, lowered to the road and rotated by motion to spread the line, while a revolving brush sweeps away dust and dirt.
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Popular Mechanics
Tells on Tax Dodger Burglar Aids Carlsbad Tax Case
A burglar in Carlsbad the Bohemian holiday resort aided authorities by stealing a shop account book. He later mailed the book back with red marked items and a note urging tax evasion exposure. The case shows systematic turnover tax avoidance as investigators pursue the culprit.
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Carlsbad
Postum Free Week Offer From Postum Company
A Postum Company advertisement promises a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it. The offer appears in another part of the paper and invites readers to request the product.
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Postum Company
Ady
A Little Meat Helps Man Save Money Says Bread
A saying asserts meat can supplement meals and stretch a budget. The remark suggests that adding meat to meals aids thrift and food efficiency, framing protein as a practical choice for cost savings.
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Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
H. C. Hopson
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Charles V. Truax
Rhode Island
Davey
Washington
House of Representatives
Robert F. Wagner
John Lewis
Maryland
Frances Persing
Pat Harrison
Williams
United States
Brisbane
General Johnson
WAP
Works Progress Administration
Mr. Meany
Robert Moses
Park Department
Addis Baba
Chicago
Hitler
Earth
Germany
Sam
Treasury
London
Wall Street
London Daily Mail
Stock Exchange
Universal Service Dispatches
Eing Festuree Syndicate, Inc
Senator Borah
Wintersmith’s Tonic
KGB
General Foods
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