Morro Castle Fire Prompts Blame and Inquiries in 1930s Rail
Survivors accuse crew of delayed SOS and poor aid as the Morro Castle burned off New Jersey coast killing 135. Investigators probe incendiary origin with testimony from radio operator Rogers and others while Havana police cite sabotage by a maritime secret group.
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Morro Castle
New Jersey
Havana
Robert Wilmott
William F. Warms
Asbury Park
Federal Steamboat Inspection Board
George W. Rogers
George S. Alagna
Alagna
Rogers
Rogers’ Admission To Both the Board and the Grand Jury
Wilmott
Gus Harmon
No. 5
International Maritime Association
Communists of
Moscow
Grandmother of the Russian Revolution Dies Near Prague
ATHDRINE BRESHKOVSAKAYA, famed as grandmother of the Russian revolution, dies at her home near Prague after a ninety year life marked by exile in Siberia and decades of struggle to free Russia. The American Federation of Labor proposes a central agency representing business, labor, consumers, and government to plan and implement a production program.
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HE International Typographical Union
Chicago
New York
International Organization
du Pont
Pierre
Irenee
Felix
Lammot
Senate Munitions Inquiry Committee
du Pont Corporation
Irenee du Pont
United States
America
The
Chemical Foundation
D Ponts
King George
England
Washington
London
Nye
Econstruction Finance Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
RFO
Commodity Corporation
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Ohio
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Colorado
Athdrine Breshkovsakaya
Prague
Russia
Siberia
Romanoffs
American Federation of Labor
State Department
Cordell Hull
Hull
Fordney-McCumber
Treasury
National Recovery Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Morgenthau
House of Representatives
Wa Hington
Lewis W. Douglas
Douglas
Roosevelt
Wageacres
Health adventure in school life prompts parent action
A Western Newspaper Union piece urges vaccination against diphtheria and dental and vision checks before children start school. It stresses that school health programs rely on parents to prepare for a healthy 1934-35 year, including immunizations and care for tonsils adenoids teeth and eyesight.
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Henry T. Rainey
House of Representatives
Rainey
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Robinson
Senate
House
Western Newspaper Union
Little John
Little Mary
Armstrong
United States Public Health Service
John and Mary & Good
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Woonsocket
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Woonsocket Rayon Company
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United Textile Workers of America
Senate Banking Committee
Internal Revenue
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan Company
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
National City Bank of New York
Drexel & Co
Internal Revenue Bureau
Huey Long
Louisiana
Congress
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New Orleans
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Maine
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Michigan
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Frank B. Fitzgerald
South Carolina
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Cole Blease
Arizona
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Josephine Roach
Edward C. Johnson
J. C. Stephenson
Lewis Schwellenbach
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George F. Trommer
William Piel
Fred Pabst
Milwaukee
Irenee and
Lammot du Pont
Republican Fund
Blue Eagle
NRA
Recovery Administration
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
Foreign Office
Tokio
Japan
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Geneva
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Portugal
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Sweden
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