Big Airliner Crashes On Landing Killing and Injuring Passengers
A Transcontinental and Western Airways sleeper flight from Los Angeles crashed during a landing in foggy conditions after clipping a maple tree and a telephone pole. The pilot, Captain Scott of Little Neck New York, had logged 1.5 million miles with 10,000 flight hours without an accident. Several passengers escaped, others were aided out by responders, and hospital ambulances transported wounded to two facilities. Investigators from Civil Aeronautics Bureau and federal agencies awaited final cause determination.
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Kansas City
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Little Neck
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Jackson Heights
TWA
Fresno
Calif
Naval Air School
Pensacola
Fla
Donna Monte Scott
N.Y
St. Mary’s Hospital
St. Louis
Charle O. Marstah
St. Marys
Kan
Ol Tower
CAB Assigns Four To Investigate Crash
Washington January 23 up four men of the Civil Aeronautics Board were assigned to probe the Transcontinental and Western airliner crash near St. Louis. Jack Parshall and William Andrews left Kansas City to join Frank E. Caldwell and Jerome Ledderer for the inquiry.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
St. Louis
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Kansas City
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Frank E. Caldwell
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Jerome Ledderer
Cab Safety Bureau
Missing Bomber Shifted to Southern Oregon
The search for the Army bomber and seven McChord Field officers shifted to Southern Oregon and the California Oregon border after a week with no definite clue. Lieut Hatcher said a very likely area south of Medford around Montague would be examined once weather allowed flight. A ranger sighting on Mount Rainier’s south slope contributed to the shift in search direction.
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McChord Field
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California-Oregon
Muroc
California
Medford
Ore
Montague
William Hatcher
Mount Rainier
Alaska Registers For Draft In Frigid Night
In Fairbanks the line formed before dawn as residents enrolled under the selective service act amid 28 below zero temperatures. Registration lagged three months due to winter conditions with attendees ranging from Stevens Village and Arctic Circle regions using dogsleds snowshoes and skis to reach enrollment centers.
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Alaska
Fairbanks
Stevens Village
Arctic Circle
Roosevelt delays request to renew reorganization powers
President Roosevelt will delay asking Congress to renew his expired reorganization powers until the lend lease bill for Britain is acted on. Congress may sidetrack other legislation, while defense spending and WPA relief funding are addressed this fiscal year.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
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Senate
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Humpbacked Albino Deer Displayed at Trailside Museum
An unusual deer, part albino with a calf like head and camel back, walked on its toes like a ballet dancer and was exhibited today at Trailside Museum. Officials speculated it may be offspring of a three legged deformed albino deer common in the district.
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Trailside Museum
Police Must Pay For Privilege of Toting Firearms
Alton Jan 23 Patrolmen in the Mississippi River city face paying 45 dollars monthly for permission to carry guns as the City Council considers the fee.
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Alton
Mississippi River
City Enacts Minimum Wage Law For Patrol Men
Officials report passage of an ordinance setting a bare monthly wage of 175 dollars for patrolmen as required by state law. Officers would keep 45 dollars from gun permit fees, a practice defended by Corporation Counsel K. J K. Hoaglan as a way to meet the law and keep the city solvent.
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K. J K. Hoaglan
Legislator Brings Rattlesnakes to North Dakota House
North Dakota Representative Dan Pankeo reportedly caused a stir in the House by introducing a live rattlesnake display and releasing a few from confinement. He advocates a state bounty program to aid reptiles.
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Dan Pankeo
North Dakota
Proposal Seeks £10,000 Support to Impress the House
A figure aimed to win approval by presenting a plan to the House seeking ten thousand pounds for the purpose.
Student Paradise at Berkeley as 1500 rush Paxton course
Fifteen hundred University of California students jammed South Hall to enroll in Prof. Frederick L Paxton's new course in American civilization. Four students fainted as police assisted in maintaining order. The class moved to the two largest lecture rooms. No examinations will be given and credit will be based solely on attendance.
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Calif
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University of California
South Hall
Frederick L. Paxton
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