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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1939
Page
5
Vice President John Nance Garner presiding in the senate contemplates fishing plans in Texas after leaving the capital with his wife and many legislators, signaling an end to contentious sessions.
Federal authorities take over the investigation of the streamliner wreck near Elko Nevada with 23 dead. Suspect Bob La Duceur, 28, Lewistown Montana, is among those questioned on sabotage charges as passengers laud stewardess Thelma Ristred for heroism while recovering from injuries.
President Sam Breadon of the St. Louis Cardinals was seriously injured when thrown from a horse at his farm in Fenton Missouri. Breadon was taken to a St. Louis hospital with injuries including a head wound and possible concussion.
William Desert, a professional parachute jumper, escaped death when a jump at an air show was blown toward a power substation near Santa Ana. He maneuvered his parachute through a small wire gap and avoided electrocution, crediting luck and quick action for his survival.
The former private yacht of Kaiser Wilhelm renamed Prince Valdemar has been captured in the war and towed into Miami Florida. It rests near downtown in the harbor area, still bearing its original name.
An ancient depiction shows a two faced Roman god with one youthful, tan face symbolizing the start and the other an old man representing the end of all things. The image illustrates the god’s encompassing role in time and existence.
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