Tornado Toll Tops Three Hundred Across Five States
A wide sweep of killer tornadoes across five southern states left over 300 dead and many injured or homeless. Alabama suffered the highest loss with at least 246 dead, while Georgia 35, Tennessee 18, and two in South Carolina and Kentucky. Relief efforts mobilized as communications failed and cold weather added strain on farmers. The National Guard aided relief, tents and blankets were distributed, and Gov. Miller urged local support with Red Cross involvement ongoing.
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Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
Kentucky
National Guard
B. M. Miller
Red Cross
Globe trotter Nelson bungles bank holdup in Los Angeles
John Nelson thirty nine self described globe trotter attempted a bank robbery at Security First National in Los Angeles. He entered through a janitor door demanded five thousand dollars but fainted after banging his head and knocking himself out. He was found unconscious and carried to a patrol wagon.
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Los Angeles
John Nelson
Globe Trotter
Security First National Bank
Nelson
Wife Joins Pair in Kansas City Station Holdups
Mary Smario twenty joins husband Lucien Smario and John Little in eleven confessed holdups at filling stations in Kansas City Missouri. Little explains hunger drove them to crime after an injury. Smario, a Spaniard, claimed only two weeks in the city before the raids.
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Kansas City
Mary Smario
Lucien Smario
John Little
Lucien
Little
Mary
Avondale
Smario
Hunt Girl Held Captive by Tribe in Australia
A white girl about eighteen years old is said to be held captive by an Australian aboriginal tribe after rumors spread from northern wilds. A 400 mile east area near Port Darwin is cited with reports of a woman and her daughter surviving the Douglas Mawson yacht tragedy in 1923.
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Sydney
Australia
Douglas Mawson
Port Darwin
Nebraska mail carriers feed wild game birds
Two rural mail carriers in Verdigre Nebraska started scattering crumbs and grain along their routes during recent snowstorms. Pheasants quail and other birds now gather at feeding depots on the routes, as snow crust blocks usual feed in fields and pastures.
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Verdigre
Neb
George Vondracek
Paul Holan
Vondracek
Holan
British Missing List Totals 30 000 in Year
More than 20 000 women and 10 000 men disappeared in 1931 in Britain. Some have been traced while others vanished without a trace. Many missing are young girls and welfare officials fear rising numbers. Men often disappear due to unhappy homes, failed loves, and alcohol problems.
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London
Teaspoon unlocks Broome jail door reveal
Anthony Golsky a nineteen year old escapee from Broome county jail offered officers a method to pick the corridor door. He asked for a teaspoon and within seconds twisted it to fit the lock enabling his escape plan.
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Binghampton
Anthony Golsky
Broome County
Golsky
Precepts of Franklin Highlighted in Memorial Plan
Pathfinder Magazine notes a proposed 5 million dollar Philadelphia memorial to Benjamin Franklin should include his 13 virtues. The Washington and Sioux City clubs modeled after Franklin's Jugneck era precepts emphasize temperance, usefulness, thrift, honesty, and justice in conduct.
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Franklin
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Club of
Washington
Sioux City
Iowa
Pathfinder Magazine
Proverbial MoralMaxims Recounted in Historic Guide
A fragment notes strict admonitions from a historical guide urging cleanliness, order, chastity, and virtue. The text echoes classical and religious figures urging discipline in body, clothing, home, and conduct, with emphasis on tolerance of small troubles and emulation of exemplary figures.
Postmaster General Backs Newspaper Advertising for Phones
Sir Kingl ey Wood head of the government telegraph and telephone systems announced at the Lewisham Chamber of Commerce dinner that newspapers should be used to recruit more telephone subscribers. He urged prudent resource use yet called newspaper ads a strong means to attract new customers and retain existing ones.
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Kingley Wood
England
Lewisham Chamber of Commerce
Feeble-mindedness as affectation in jokes
A concise quip notes that much feeble-mindedness may be a pose. It cautions against long tales and suggests skipping long setups by avoiding the usual preface “Stop me if you have heard this one.”
Natural enemies battle pests and iron roads in Britain
Entomologists favor using pests enemies to control insects with minimal chemicals. Iron roads in England promise durability and skid resistance, laid as triangular castings on cement, costing about the same as wooden paving. Public speaking should be calm, auctioneers auction with bold bids, and few prosper from others' errors.
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England
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Dem
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Detroit
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VER
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Gpen
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Maryland
Judiciary Committee
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Indiana
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South Dakota
White House
Hoover
Johnson
Census Bureau
Lindbergh
H. Wallace Caldwell
Chicago
Board of Education
Hopewell
Caldwell
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J W. Dulanty
Irish Free State
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Dominions
Eamon de Valera
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Thomas
Free State
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House of Commons
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Ireland
Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
Republic
Germany
Orient
Japan
China
Chiang Kuang-wai
Kenkichi Ugeda
Yoshinori Shirakawa
Shanghai
Tsing Hai
Kirin
Fu Yu
Gie
Power Trust
Judson King
National Popular Government League
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Nye
Frazier
Brookhart
Cutting
Howell
Walsh
Montana
Wheeler
Costigan
Dill
Gore
Long
Shipstead
Ritchie
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Alfred B. Smith
Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Public Interest
OWA
Middle West
Ilinois
Pecs
la Follettes
George W. Norris
Nebraska
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G. H. Howard
Atlanta
John N. Garner
Wo House
Boston Navy Yard
Charleston Navy Yard
Portsmouth
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Navy Yard
Key West
New Orleans
Baldwin, L. L
Newport Naval Training Station
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stimson
Borah
California
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Western Newspaper Union
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Jesus
Socrates
Scott
Scott & Bowne
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