Golf Star Marion Hollins Lands Million Dollar Windfall
Marion Hollins, once a national golf champion, and her partners Eric Pedley and Mrs. T. H. Dudley, netted 10.5 million in oil deals led by Marland and Honolulu Consolidated. Hollins then celebrated with a party where she handed each beneficiary a 25 000 check as the long promised million was reached.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Pasatiempo
Marion Hollins
T. H. Dudley
Eric Pedley
United States
Hollins
Dudley
Pedley
Santa Barbara
Mrs. Dudley
Miss Hollins
Santa Monica
California
Pasatempo Country Club
Col
Franklyn R. Kenney
Marland Oil Company of
Marland
Payne Whitney
Kettleman Hills
Whitney
Harold B. Talbott, Jr
Chrysler Corporation
National Air Transport
Walter P. Chrysler
Samuel McRoberts
Chatham-Phoenix National Bank and Trust Company of
Pacific
McKim Hollins
Miss Holling
Marion
Dudley Carewe
McKim
Ysabel Chase
New York
Sliding Trousers Fascinate Rainier Climbers
Mount Rainier climbers embrace specially prepared trousers that shed snow and moisture. Coated canvas pantaloons with hot paraffin and wax provide warm, light glide, eliminating the need for heavy toboggans on spring slopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainier
Mount Rainier
Chemistry transforms farm waste into cash
United States Department of Agriculture research converts farm by products into valuable materials. Cottonseed meal yields vitamins G and B and helps Pellagra treatment, rivaling yeast. Corn stalks supply high quality paper and cellulose for rayon, wallboard, and insulation. Lignin from corn may rival coal tar for future products. furfural from oats supports resins and paints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
South
Chemical Laboratory
Serene Trece
W. W. Skinner
Conservatives Prepare Election Pop Concerts in Britain
English voters face a campaign plan described as an inhuman chorus with Baldwin and Chamberlain taking music courses. The piece portrays the next general election as a music festival with Conservative candidates singing their pleas to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Conservative Party
Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Fishermen Saved Pilgrims Colony in Early Plymouth Era
Massachusetts tercentenary notes reveal deep sea fishermen from Portsmouth aided Plymouth during the 1622–23 famine. Miles Standish secured provisions from Pannaway, founded by Thomson at Odiorne's Point, linking the two colonies and shaping early New England fishing ventures.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Plymouth
Massachusetts
England
Atlantic
David Thomson
Massachusetts Bay
Thomas
Odiorne’s Point
Piscataqua River
Pannaway
Miles Standish
Thomson
Standish
Carelessness Culprit in Most Auto Accidents
Chicago reports that speed alone does not cause crashes. A bulletin from the American Research Foundation notes acceleration and deceleration have risen, but fault lies mainly in carelessness including neglect of brake maintenance, steering checks, traffic rules, and safe stopping on through streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
American Research Foundation
The
Bulletin
Violin Lures Moose Family From Swedish Forest
In Leksand Dalecarlia musician Kers-Lars played his fiddle in the woods. A moose family approached and stood still as the violin charmed them. After a cuckoo imitation the spell faded and the herd bounded back into the forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leksand
Sweden
Kers-Lars
Dalecarlla
Two Boys Die in Mustard Gas Blast Near Muench Hausen
Two youths in Alsace near Muench Hausen found a war relic and tossed it into a ditch. The object exploded, releasing mustard gas and killing them. Authorities investigate the dud's origin and wartime ordnance hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Muench Hausen
Alsace
Ship Holmes to Arctic Delivers Hospital and Supplies
The schooner Holmes sails toward Point Barrow on Alaska's Arctic coast with a full hospital and equipment, one motorcycle, eleven dismantled houses, radios, phonographs, and skis for a physician to visit Eskimo patients in winter. It will return with furs and ivory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Noah’s Ark
Seattle
Holmes
Point Barrow
Alaska
A. W. Greist
Retina of Eye: Sensitivity Revealed as Tiny Energy Detector
Dr. Charles Sheard of Mayo Foundation describes the eye retina as an extremely sensitive energy receiver. A single quantum of green or blue light can trigger vision, with vision potentially possible for a million years if energy were not dissipated. The figures illustrate the minuscule energy involved in sight and compare eye sensitivity to radio receivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles Sheard
Physics and Biophysical Research
Mayo Foundation
Rochester, Minn
American Optometrist Association
Winstein
Chicago
Old Fashioned Thrift Staging Comeback Says Barnard
Dr H E Barnard, Washington food laws pioneer, says thrift is making a big comeback in American homes this year. Housewives adopt business methods, cutting waste and focusing on real value in food furniture clothing and family health and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
H. E. Barnard
Washington
America
Wall Street
Doctor Barnard
Arkansas to Have World's Largest Fish Hatchery
Lonoke Arkansas where the Arkansas Fish and Game commission oversees a $200000 hatchery under construction. When finished in 1931 it will be the world’s largest. Dell Brown of the United States Bureau of Fisheries directs construction and stocking using revenue from state hunting and fishing licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Lonoke
Ark
Arkansas Fish and Game Commission
Dell Brown
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Monkeys Eat cigar at Minot Zoo
Mattie and Lindy, two monkeys at the Minot zoo, seized a lighted cigar from a spectator. They extinguished the end and ate the stogie. Moments later the pair rolled and moaned until the keeper gave antidotes to treat the animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minot
N. D
Mattie
Lindy
Minot Zoo
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Edna
Rinso
Ak A
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. W. Albertson
Miller Avenue
Mission, Texas
J.d.kellogg
Northrop &Lyman Co.,Inc
Buffalo
N.Y
Cincinnati
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