West Pointers in a Minority in Army Officers
Washington reports the annual Army adjutant general Davis release shows West Point graduates make up 3,262 of 11,880 regular active officers. Civil life commissions total 2,900, with 1,604 drawn from enlisted ranks and reserves. Enlisted strength is 155,254 with 96,965 in the U.S. The cost to recruit per man is 63.58 dollars. Reserve officer numbers rise from 81,706 to 95,154 amid new training corps and civilian camps additions.
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Washington
Robert ©. Davis
West
Davis
Philippine Scouts
Congress
Officers Reserve Corps
Pew
Training Corps
Great Telescope for University at Santa Clara
Father Rickard, director of the Santa Clara observatory, announced approval to install a 60 inch reflecting telescope and a five foot spectro-heliograph at the university observatory. The telescope will be built by T S H Shearman of Vancouver with casting and rough grinding in Vancouver and finishing and mounting in San Francisco.
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Santa Clara
Calif
Rickard
T. S. H. Shearman
Vancouver
B. C
San Francisco
Road to Yesterday shown at Capitol theater
A freight train crash in The Road to Yesterday propels characters into medieval times in a stylized railroad catastrophe sequence filmed with two trains. Stars Joseph Schildkraut Jetta Gondal Vera Reynolds William Boyd Julia Faye Trixie Friganza Casson Ferguson headline the cast.
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Capitol
Capitol Theatre
Joseph Schildkraut
Jetta Gondal
Vera Reynolds
William Boyd
Julia Faye
Trixie Friganza
Casson Ferguson
The Merry Widow at the Orpheum
Mae Murray stars in the screen adaptation of The Merry Widow at the Orpheum with John Gilbert and Roy D Arcy. Court life splendor Paris nightlife romance action and sword play fill the production as Jack Derville’s orchestra performs the Merry Widow waltz.
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Orpheum
Mae Murray
John Gilbert
Roy D’arcy
Jack Derville
Steele of the Royal Mounted at Strand four-day run
The Strand presents an adaptation of a Far North adventure story titled Steele of the Royal Mounted. Stars Bert Lytell Stuart Holmes Charlotte Merriam Mabel Jalienne Scott Sydney De Grey and John Toughey. A new comedy and music by George Matheson’s orchestra completes the bill.
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Btrana
Steele
The
Royal Mounted
Strand Theatre
Far North
Bert Lytell
Stuart Holmes
Charlotte Merriam
Mabel Jalienne Scott
Sydney de Grey
John Toughey
George Matheson
White Cargo Coming to Auditorium Theatre
The sensational play White Cargo, a three year New York Daly's success, will debut at the Auditorium Theatre on Wednesday December 9. It has earned universal approval from critics and the public in Chicago Boston and London, promising high merit for local theatre-goers.
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Auditorium
New York
Daly's
London
Chicago
Boston
Auditorium Theatre
Countess Peggy Says No Trouble with Joyce
Countess Marner Peggy Hopkins Joyce arrived in Los Angeles to plan further appearances before film cameras. She met reporters at the station who asked about previous trouble, which she denied saying there was none and that everything is hot stuff.
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Los Angee Calif
Countess Marner
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Hollywood
Guiazica
West Coast Chamber Meet Promises Major 1931 Agenda
San Francisco Pec 3 The mid year meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to be held in Seattle December 7 and 8 is billed as the west’s most important. Four main topics will be discussed with leaders from industry ecommerce and agriculture in attendance. Notable speakers include J I King John B Miller Fran Adams Carl C Plehn and John W O Leary. The program features banquets luncheons and a full day on chamber technique the day after the meeting ends.
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San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce of the United
Paul Shoup
National Chamber For
Western Division
J. I. King
Pocatello
Idaho
Chamber of Commeres
Carl C. Plehn
University of California
Chamber of Commerce
Monda
John W. O’leary
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chicago
Reed College
Portland
Ore
Pacific Coast
International Chamber of Commerce
Henry M. Robinson
First National Bank of Los Angeles
Dawes Commission
Reginald H. Parsons
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
O’leary
Seattle
Three Naval Officers to Face Court Martial
Three naval officers were ordered tried by court martial over the September collision of the light cruiser Milwaukee and schooner Benjamin A. Van Brunt off Hampton Roads. Captain Frank L. Pinney, Lieutenant (j.g.) Thomas A. Cory, and Ensign Elliot Mc Moore were named, with Captain William C. Watts admonished for inadequate leadership. The inquiry found the Van Brunt master violated navigation rules. no lives were lost.
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Milwaukee
Josiah McKean
William C. Watts
Raleigh
Charles P. Plunkett
Third Naval District
New York
van Brunt
Pinney
Cory
Cincinnati
Moore
Watts
Elkins Park
Grese
McKean
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Fort Construction Company
Pershing Faces Serious Crisis in Tacna Arica Commission
Washington reports two American warships, the Denver and Rochester, have arrived at Arica Chile where General Pershing heads the Tacna Arica plebiscitary commission. Officials defer public reply to Chilean accusations and say the president may speak only through a messenger for the arbitrator, President Coolidge.
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Washington
Arica
Chile
Pyeshing
Tacna-Arica
Denver
Navy Department
Sou American
Rochester
Arien
General Pershing
State Department
TacaasArien
Department
Nly
Coolidge
Rosendahl Testifies In Shenandoah Court Martial
Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, senior surviving officer, testified at the Mitchell court martial about the Shenandoah wreck. He said the gas valve reductions aimed to gain weight, not conserve helium, and that the disaster was not caused by gas pressure.
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Washington
Mitchell
Shenandoah
Navy Court
Naval
Army Court
Charles E. Rosendahl
Midwest
Rosendahl
Naval Tribunal
Lansdowne
Mellon replies to day critics
Secretary Mellon rejects the reform group letter calling present enforcement a national scandal and saying the president has not unreservedly committed to enforce the eighteenth amendment. The missive from the United Committee for Prohibition enforcement quotes Chief Executive oath language and urges louder appeals.
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Washington
Mellon
White House
Reform Organizations
United Committee For Prohibition Enforcement
Coolidge
Smith and Ruel Put Up Hitting in World Series
Hari Smith: at bats 20 hits 7 batting average .850. Ruel: at bats 19 hits 6 batting average .316.
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Hari Smith
Ruel
Smith
Ancient buried city uncovered in Missouri dig
An expedition led by R D Burchard of St Louis uncovering a shaft beneath 12 feet of glacial drift six miles from the Mississippi in Pike County Missouri claims a well defined entry floor 65 feet down and a wall system suggesting underground rooms and passageways possibly containing gold pottery or remains.
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Quincy
Pike County
Mississippi River
R. D. Burchard
St. Louis
Burchard
Burehar
Miner Claims City Discovery in Ancient Ruins
An unnamed explorer describes a subterranean chamber with gravel floor and clay roof as evidence of a buried city. I. D. Tucker and others attest to the find while Burchard risks nearly $20,000 on the venture said to astonish the world.
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Passa
I. D. Tucker
St. Louis
John Nolan
J. A. Jameson
George Thompson
Burchard
Little Known of Discovery by Pike County Excavator
Dr B Lauffer curator at Field Museum in Chicago says he never heard of R D Burchard of St Louis who has been excavating in Pike County Missouri. He adds the excavation should be investigated by a competent archaeologist before forming an opinion about them.
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Chicago
B. Lauffer
Field Museum of
Nationa History
Sid Ae
R. D. Burchard
St. Louis
Pike County
Missouri
Lauffer
Bowling Green residents dismiss buried city rumors
Citizens in Bowling Green Missouri say they have no information about a St. Louis party conducting farm excavations nearby for several months. Press dispatches claimed a buried city ruin from a pre glacial age, but locals could not confirm any discovery.
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Hannibal
Bowling Green
St. Louis
R. D. Burchard
Bowing Green
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