Eclipse Observers Early Solar Eclipse On West Coast
Observers on Santa Catalina Island and at Mount Wilson prepared for the first U S total solar eclipse since 1918. Astronomers used cameras spectroscopes and radio links to relay data across the coast while crowds gathered along highways and islands to witness the event.
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Angeles
Californhis
United States
Adio
Santa Cata
San Clemente Islands
San Diego
Nada
Mars
Catalina Island
Mount Ilson Observatory
Tl’asadena
KHJ
Radio Braading
Los Angeleses
Astronomiis
Santa Catalina Island
O. Leusehner
University of Calornia
Santa Catalina
Oberg
Santa Alina
Ipse
Pacific
Chatka
Caribbean
Cuba
Jessor Leuschner
Jdio
U S Merchant Fleet Valued At $226 Million
Washington experts from the Shipping Board complete a survey of the merchant fleet. The 416 ships in operation are valued at $137,311,940 with 882 vessels at $87,906,000 and 36 tugs at $36,151.
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Washington
United States
Shipping Board
Trapped Hornets of the Sea Strike La Honda Rocks
A Pacific fleet destroyer squadron wrecked off Lahonda near Santa Barbara in heavy fog. Delphy first hit rocks, followed by six others, with 22 lives lost and seven ships destroyed. Rescue efforts saved some crews. three missing. Oil slicks complicated recovery. salvage valued around 1.5 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
Uncle Sam
Lahonda
Santa Barbara
Pacific Mail
Cuba
San Miguel Island
Ocean
Delphy
Chauncey
Young
Woodbury
Fuller
Lee
Nicholas
Erickenberg
Brickenberg
Peterson
Seaman Pearson
Delphi
Pearson
Conroy
Oklahoma
Commission to probe dam projects in irrigation system
Secretary Work of the interior department announced a fact finding commission to examine the entire irrigation based dam system. Members include Julius Barnes Oscar Bradfute James Garfield Elwood Mead Campbell Davis and Widtser. The inquiry aims to review administration as settlers face growing unpaid charges after $134 million spent with only $14 million repaid and $6 million unpaid as of December 31 1922.
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Washington
Work
Interior Department
Julius Barnes
United States Chamber of Commercce
Oscar E. Bradfute
Xenia
Cal
Thomas Fef. Campbell
Arizona
David W. Davis
Idaho
John R. Widtser
Salt Lake City
Utah
Weather Brief Flat Tonight and Tuesday
Generally fair conditions prevail tonight and on Tuesday with little change in temperature. Skies remain mostly clear and calm winds are expected, keeping overnight lows mild.
Japs Active in Relief Work in Southern Idaho
Red Cross reports donations for Japanese earthquake relief in southern Idaho are small at 170.60 dollars with booths set up to encourage local giving. Japanese communities in southeastern Idaho have raised over 3000 dollars for relief at home. A Pacific division manager urges exceeding the minimum quota, noting the catastrophe warrants America's best effort and strict accounting for all funds.
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Red Cross
Idaho
William Carl Hunt
Pacific Division
America
Coolidge
American Red Cross
Japan
Seven destroyers wrecked near Santa Barbara coast
Disaster off Santa Barbara leaves one dead and 22 missing with 12 injured as seven US destroyers hit rocks near Arguello light in dense fog. The Cuba liner wrecked on San Miguel Island as rescue efforts focus on bodies trapped in the Young. Radio confusion misdirected ships and the Reno survived by detouring west of the Channel Islands.
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Woebury
Fuller
Lompoe
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Arlight
Calif
United States
Delphy
Cuba
San Miguel Island
Reno
Arguello
Arguello Light
Pacific Mail
Chauncey
Woodbury
P. Lee
Nicholas
Young
Angeles
G. H. Wise
Standard Oil
W. S. Miller
San
San Francisco
San Diego
Channel Islands
Arguella Reef
Tragedy Aboard Delphy After Night Wreck Near Santa Barbara
A disaster struck the trover Delphy and six other destroyers off Santa Barbara on Saturday night causing 26 deaths. Seaman Pearson is named among the victims with hometown details reported but unclear.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Pearson
Koreans Robbed and Killed Japs During Disaster
An AP dispatch from Shanghai relays accounts observed by two Shanghai women holidaying near Yokohama. They report Koreans robbing victims then slaying them as Japanese firefighters captured or killed mob robbers. Witnesses describe a gruesome scene with electrocuted streetcar passengers in Yokohama.
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London
Daily Express
Shanghai
Yokohama
Ozushi
Fire at Tokyo depot crematorium kills thousands refugees
In Tokyo at the Hongo military clothing depot enclosure about thirty thousand refugees perished as a fire swept the area. Kawashima, a survivor, recalled fleeing flames and water as the compound became an oven. Troops later rescued thirty from a pool as the enclosure filled with burned corpses.
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Osaka
Hongo
Tokio
Kawashima
Sharp Quakes Renewed In Japan After Disaster
Renewed quakes last night kept residents nervous but did not halt reconstruction after Japan's disaster. The cabinet cooperates with business and military in rehabilitation. Government plans aim to prevent wide destruction with fire and quake proof buildings and reduced congestion. Military division, revived banking, and fast transport link Tokyo and Yokohama as Admiral Anderson visits Tokio. Public gratitude spread for aid from America and Britain.
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Tokio
Japan
Toko
Osaka
Yokohama
Admiral Anderson
Asiatic Fleet
United States Navy
America
Great Britain
Quake Victims Need Attention in Seattle
The Admiral Oriental liner Jefferson arrives with 400 passengers from Yokohama and Tokyo, many destitute or wounded. The ship reports discharged stores for relief, food supplies running short, and requests additional aid at Seattle.
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Seattle
Admiral Oriental
Jefferson
Yokohama
Tokio
Tokyo Earthquake Devastates Honjo and Tokyo
Describes Japan's worst disaster with instant collapse of buildings and fires in Yokohama and Tokyo. Honjo district suffers extreme loss as refugees crowd open spaces and flames engulf tinder box homes. Allied relief from Admiral Anderson and Admiral Krakarabe aids recovery and reconstruction efforts.
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Tokio
Japan
Yokohama
Honjo
Tokio Bay
Sumida
Admiral Anderson
United States Asiatic Fleet
Krakarabe
Marine
H. G. Parlett
Epidemic fears drive Americans from Tokyo as fires devastate city
Tokyo authorities fight typhoid risks while fires rage across districts including the American embassy and Shimbashi station. American and other nations respond with aid as water supplies are restored. The Red Cross hospital is reported damaged. the Chinese embassy refuge scene is noted.
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Tokio
Japan
United States
Kanda
Uene
Shimbashi
Shiba
Stook Tire
Red Gross
Casualty list of Japan quake swells to huge totals
Tokio and Yokohama report 60000 bodies recovered with 500000 treated for wounds and illness from the quake. A US Huron landing party buried the dead at Yokohama hospital. Refugees flood docks as ships evacuate all nationalities. Latrines set up and cleanup crews move through Tokio and Yokohama.
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Tokio
Yokohama
Huron
Iowan Miss Elder Survives Hiroshima Streetcar Fire
Miss Cath erine Elder of Keokuk Iowa was aboard a Hiroshima streetcar when the quake struck. The car derailed and caught fire but she and her sister’s baby escaped by leaping into a canal and remained in the water until evening. Captain Swain of Boston, serving with the CPR, directed rescue efforts and encouraged the injured aiding many to safety.
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London
Catherine Elder
Yokohama
Shanghai
Daily Telegraph
Miss Elder
K. H. Dimelow
Keokuk
Iowa
Swain
Boston
Canadian Pacific
Bluff Hotel
Ireland Voted Into League of Nations Membership
Ireland was unanimously elected as a member of the League of Nations by the assembly. The vote followed a report by a sub-committee and was greeted with applause as Ireland’s delegation entered the hall. Dr. Epitacio Pessoa was elected to the permanent court of international justice, succeeding Ruy Barbosa, with the decision announced after council concurrence.
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Geneva
Ireland
League of Nations
Assembly
Meirovitz
Latvia
England
League
Torriente
Irish Free State
Cosgrave
Epitacio Pessoa
Brazil
Permanent Court of International Justice
the Hague
Assembly and Council of the of Nations
Ruy Barbosa
K. H. L. Hammarckjold
Sweden
China
Pessoa
League Council
Dr. Pessoa
United States
Resistance Will Be Abandoned After Occupied Areas
Berlin reports that populations in occupied Germany must end passive resistance to French and Belgian authorities. A Central News correspondent says German capitalists plan to send a representative to Paris to test France's willingness to concede, with direct government talks believed imminent.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Paris
France
Death of Ernest C. Warde Actor at 49 in Los Angeles
Ernest C. Warde, son of Frederick B. Warde, veteran actor, died in a Los Angeles hospital after six weeks illness. He was 49 and survived by his widow, a daughter, and his parents. He had served as stage manager for Richard Mansfield and later worked in motion pictures.
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Ernest Ae
Los Angeles
Ernest C. Warde
Frederick B. Warde
Richard Mansfield
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Imes
A. O. Leusehner
University of California
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Barbara Coast
Pesson
Court of International Justice
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