Dam disaster settlement awards total 976000 in Los Angeles
Ray E. Rising won 20000 for his wife and 5000 for his child plus 3000 and 2000 for two more deaths after the St Francis dam break. City of Los Angeles has settled four more damage claims totaling 30000 from the 1928 disaster that killed over 400 and cost about 7 million.
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Los Angeles
St. Francis Dam
Ray E. Rising
Rising
Julia Rising
Dolores
Eleanor
Adeline Rising
Santa Clara River
George L. Eastman
Eastman
Movement to Save Lindbergh Boyhood Home in Minnesota
Three lifelong friends of Charles A. Lindbergh have been named to acquire the frame house near Little Falls on the Mississippi River. Lindbergh and his mother will deed the property to the local board of commerce, with other heirs of the colonel's father expected to consent. Lindbergh lived here while his father served as a Minnesota congressman.
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Little Falls
Minn
Charles A. Lindbergh
Minnesota
Board of Commerce
Lindy
Lindbergh
Whitney Passes Theatrical Producer Dies In Los Angeles
Fred C. Whitney aged 65 theatrical producer died in Los Angeles after a long illness. He had come from New York ten weeks ago to work on a play. The body will go to Detroit for burial where his son William Whitney resides. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Sylvia Whitney of New York a sister Mrs. Charles T. Larned of Detroit and his son.
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Los Angeles
Fred C. Whitney
Whitney
New York
Detroit
William Whitney
Sylvia Whitney
Riverside Drive
Charles T. Larned
Pigeons Hatch Eggs In Paired Sexes
Pigeons commonly hatch eggs in pairs with the smaller egg yielding a male chick and the larger egg producing a female chick.
Bartlett Leads Morrisey On Greenland Science Expedition
Captain Robert A. Bartlett sails northward at the head of a scientific expedition aboard the Morrisey bound for Scoresby Sound Greenland. Junius Bird leads ethnology efforts for the American Indian Heye Foundation while Harry Whitney represents the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Zoo. The crew includes William Pritchard and his son with wireless equipment to stay in contact during the Arctic voyage.
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New York
Robert A. Bartlett
Peary
North Pole
Morrisey
Greenland
New York Harbor
Scoresby Sound
Junius Bird
Rye
N. Y
Museum of the American Indian
Heye Foundation
Harry Whitney
New Haven
Conn
Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Zoo
Captain Bartlett
Brigus
Newfoundland
William Pritchard
Billy” Pritchard
Congress Schedule Highlights Friday Sessions
In Congress on Friday the Senate will take up an ocean mail contract bill while the House meets at noon to consider miscellaneous legislation. Naval affairs hearings continue on the proposed Pacific coast dirigible base and the Vestal copyright bill faces rules committee review. An elections committee reviews the Ludlow-Updike Indiana contest.
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Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Indiana
Congress Debates Tariff and War Legislation Amid Committee Actions
Bishop Cannon exits lobby committee as tariff bill returns to conference. Judiciary subcommittees begin hearings on the Sheppard bill penalizing liquor purchasers. Senator Watson says the London treaty will be dealt with in a special session. Senate tariff bill also back to conference. Miscellaneous war department measures pass. Border patrol bill moves in interstate and foreign commerce committee. Representative Jacob L. Milligan is certified as properly elected. Benjamin M. Anderson of Chase National Bank urges against nationwide branch banking. Naval committee keeps hearings on a Pacific coast dirigible base. Military affairs panel extends talks on amending the 1928 flood control law.
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Senate
Bishop Cannon
Judiciary
Watson
House
War Department
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Jacob L. Milligan
Missouri
Benjamin M. Anderson
Chase National Bank
New York City
House Banking Committee
Naval Committee
Navy
Graf Zeppelin Nears Home After 8000 Mile Flight
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Germany reports Graf Zeppelin is close to return from an 8000 mile journey. In Cambridge England Ambassador Dawes critiques American seekers of honors as too eager for praise. In Havana President Machado slashes salaries to cut the budget. In Bucharest Prince Carol plans to abandon a cohabiting companion. House goods ads invite bargains.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf Zeppelin
Cambridge
England
Dawes
Tennessee Senate Race Sees Four Democrats and One Republican
Nashville June 6 Four Democrats and one Republican seek the junior U S Senate seat from Tennessee after Senator Brock retires. Candidates include David Wesley Dodson Cordell Hull Andrew L Todd and Dr John R Neal for the Democrats and Paul L Divine for the Republicans. Neal aims for both the long and short terms and will face Brock in the primary for the short term.
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Nashville
Tenn
United States
Tennessee
William F. Brock
David Wesley Dodson
Dodson
Cordell Hull
Andrew L. Todd
Murfreesboro
John R. Neal
Knoxville
Oher
Paul L. Divine
Johnson City
Neal
Senator Brock
Flashes of Life and Rumors of Fortune Across the Nation
A jumble from New York and other cities sketches a young bridegroom heir on a Long Island estate who struggles on a $27 weekly income as a breach of promise suit seeks $250,000. Other items note heat in Middletown, goats eating rabbit pedigrees, Caligula era bronze finds, and a Kaw Packing Co executive accused in a death mystery.
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Associated Press
New York
William Willock, Jr
Long Island
Katherine McCormack
Try This Japanese Foot Remedy Corn Killer Ice Mint
Foot sufferers are urged to try a Japanese foot remedy advertised as the real corn killer. It claims to shrink corns and soothe tender feet with cooling Ice Mint, preventing odors and offering comfort for women in heels and men on their feet.
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lee-Mint
French Industries Warn Tariff Rise Endangers World Peace
A joint letter from the French Federation of Industries and the National Association for Economic Expansion asks the United States to halt proposed tariff increases. It calls the duties a prohibitive barrier to major French industries and warns of a global peace and prosperity risk. The signers represent virtually all French industry.
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Paris
United States
M. Filandin
French Federation of Industries
National Association For Economic Expansion
Congress
Notable U.S. Presidents Owned Slaves Once
Ten presidents are named as former slave owners: Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe Jackson Tyler Polk Taylor Johnson and Grant. The list highlights that these figures held enslaved people at some point in their lifetimes.
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Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
Tyler
Polk
Taylor
Johnson
Grant
Hoover to Consider London Naval Treaty Promptly
Congress will review the London naval treaty with prompt consideration in either a regular or special session. A series of briefs from Washington to Columbus Rochester and Biloxi notes other domestic items including prohibition repeal talks and a Navy gift to the President.
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Washington
Borah
Hoover
Senate
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