Global tensions and disasters reported in weekly world notes
Regulations to enforce a US Canada treaty were agreed on by officials. Nevada earthquakes shook Mina to Coldfield area. Eamon de Valera warns republicans to abstain from September elections. A Pittsburgh cleaner was tarred and feathered after luring into a masked assault. An assassination suspect in China was killed fleeing guards. A Texas tornado injures and damages Seabrook. Denver railroad crash kills two, injures many. Government resignations and appointments in US agriculture. Coast guard plate found from WWI Tampa wreck. A Canadian court convicts a witchcraft murder suspect. A new term filecycle replaces wave length in radio. Germany hints at economic stability via Hindenburg. Chicago Daily News editor comments on publishing independence. Alpine rescues amid deadly mountaineering storm. Chicago student fatally slugged in a romance dispute. Fleet proposals for American Republic and Pan-American lines considered.
Tax cut pledge outlined by administration leaders
Administration financial leaders pledged a tax reduction bill before March 15 when first payments of the new year are due. They discussed cutting surtax and normal rates, eliminating many miscellaneous taxes, and retroactive reductions, with Mellon presenting estimates and Smoot Tilson signaling decisive action pending final treasury figures.
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Man Fights Alligator In Texas Creek Rescue
Houston 52 year old Dunk Campbell was pulled free from Big Cypress creek after an alligator grabbed his leg and then his left foot. He suffered severe mangling to the right leg and left foot as fellow picnickers and fishermen pulled him to safety.
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Charter Filed for General Motors Trust in Dover Delaware
The General Motors Trust corporation filed a charter at the state house Monday in Dover. The firm will deal in motor vehicles of all kinds and is capitalized at 16,000,000 dollars, represented by 160,000 shares with a par value of 200 dollars. The Charles B. McCormick Lumber company of Delaware, based in San Francisco, increased its capitalization from 15,000,000 to 665,000,000, issuing 50,000 shares of 7 percent cumulative preferred stock at 100 dollars par and 600,000 shares of nonpar common stock.
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State House
General Motors Trust Corporation
Charles B. McCormick Lumber Company
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San Francisco
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Movie Men to Appeal to Supreme Court
Connecticut's motion picture tax and censorship act was ruled constitutional by a special federal court. Benedict M. Holden, lawyer for Fox Film Corporation and American Feature Film Company, said an immediate appeal will be filed with the United States Supreme Court and suits will follow against the state on additional grounds.
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Connecticut
United States Supreme Court
Benedict M. Holden
Fox Film Corporation
American Feature Film Company, Inc
Unpaid Workers Threaten Aga Works Closure in Berlin
Edmund Stinses seeks funds to pay Aga motor works employer, warning closure if not forthcoming. Workers' representatives deliberate on accepting shares in the concern. Reported that a large American motor car factory has made tentative overtures to buy the Aga works.
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Edmund Stinses
Aga Motor Works
Aga Works
Horseman Sets Fires In Antalope District
An incendiary on horseback started eight fires in Medford Oregon Sunday around 1 PM. Fire patrol officers report dry grass and brush fed the flames. Five men battle the fires as authorities anticipate an arrest in the case.
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Antalope
Csetrel
Massive Oregon-California hydro project eyed near Marmot
Herman Kolberg of Los Angeles announces plans for a $20,000,000 hydroelectric system on the Sandy and Salmon rivers. The Marmot plant near Marmot, 38 miles from Portland, will begin within three months and cost over $10,000,000 with two more plants on Salmon river sites. A bond issue will precede construction. no stock for sale.
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Chicago
New York
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Bryan Memorial Urged by Philadelphia Record
The Philadelphia Record forms a national memorial committee to raise funds and erect a William Jennings Bryan memorial. It names Josephus Daniels, publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer and secretary of the navy, as prospective committee chairman and lauds Bryan for his influence on common people and defense of their rights.
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Philadelphia Record
William Jennings Bryan
Record
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Navy
Wilson
Bryan
Six Coaches Derailed on Columbus to Chicago Train No 109
Passenger train No 109 from Columbus to Chicago derailed two miles west of St. Paris Ohio Saturday morning. Initial reports say no serious injuries. A passenger walked to St Paris to summon help. doctors and ambulances were sent to the scene.
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Columbus
Chicago
St. Paris
Couple Executed in Budapest for Murder
In Budapest, Mitz Lederer and her husband Gustav were executed after being condemned for murdering Franz Kudelka who had visited them. A judge gave them five minutes to say goodbye before the execution.
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Hungary
Mitz Lederer
Gustav
Franz Kudelka
Fifty Die In Mackinac Excursion Steamer Explosion
Newport Rhode Island reports 50 fatalities from the Mackinac steamer blast. Among the dead are James Henderson and Charles Koeford, plus 15 year old Sarah Powers of Central Falls Rhode Island who died from burns. All were patients at the naval hospital.
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Sarah Powers
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James Henderson
Charles Koeford
Naval Hospital
Willamette peaches drive Oregon orchard demand
Reports from Eilers orchard near Wilsonville indicate a 3000 bushel peach crop as Oregon sees widespread demand. Other items note public service commission actions, new school and fair buildings, and river infrastructure projects across cities including Salem Hillsboro and Harrisburg.
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Eilers
Wilsonville
Stockholm the Venice of the Baltic in National Geographic view
A Washington National Geographic bulletin praises Stockholm as a summer conference city. It describes the island city built on waterways and forests with the Royal Palace, Staden, and Riddarsholme-Kyrka. The article notes arched bridges, a public royal residence, and Stockholm as a major industrial center with 107,970 telephones and year-round icebreaker access.
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London Bridge
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Honor Aged Black Woman Laid to Rest in Exclusive Cemetery
The body of Anna Jordan rests in a white cemetery in Macon after a funeral from Mia R. H. Smith, the woman who had cherished Anna for 38 years. The obituary notes Anna as an antebellum Black woman and honors her memory with full ceremonies.
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Anna Jordan
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R. H. Smith
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Wall of Agrippa Unearthed Casts Doubt on Holy Sepulcher Site
Jerusalem archaeologists report uncovering about 60 yards of the Agrippan north wall, dating to 40 44 A D, near the Holy City. Dr W F Albright cautions archaeology rarely settles sacred site questions while a Byzantine era mosaic and tomb of a nun are also noted nearby.
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Undersea Microphones Guarding New York Harbor
A new sound ranging system demonstrated at Fisher's Island promises to locate ships by underwater acoustics. The device allows firing on moving targets spotted by sound, enhancing accuracy during night visibility and through fogs and smoke screens along eastern Long Island coast defenses.
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Coast Defense
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Oil Water Well in Gravelie Yields Gasoline
A Gravelie Arkansas water well that has supplied clean drinking water for 40 years at Bob Caviness home has suddenly begun to yield large quantities of gasoline. People have filled cars from it and report good engine performance but fear damage from gasoline. Officials plan reclamation work with an estimated cost of 1,000,000 dollars.
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Bob Caviness
King Honors Outsprinting Gypsy Camp In Queens
A New York girl from Rosedale Queens outdanced Gypsy girls on their grounds near her home. The event is marked by a planted withe before the gypsy king to signify the stranger’s victory until defeated by another. The piece mentions Peruvian irrigation with 120000 acres irrigated by river waters and a nine mile tunnel project.
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