Tributes Paid to George Washington by Congress
Congress observes Washington birthday with readings of his farewell address by Senator Vandenberg and discussions on the bicentennial plans led by Senator Fess and Representative Tilson. President Hoover participates in ceremonies at Alexandria, Virginia as Alexandria commemorates Washington’s 198th birth anniversary.
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Congress
George Washington
Senate
Vandenberg
Michigan
Curtis
Fess
Ohio
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
William Tyler Page
Give
House
Hoover
Leaker Longworth
Alexandria
Pollock
Virginia
Dr. Barker to Speak Free Lectures in Washington
Dr. Charles E. Barker is to visit Washington for a three lecture series under the Rotary club. He will address both young people and adults at no charge, described as the outstanding event in Washington history. Barker is famed for engaging high school students and inspiring youth with practical guidance. Blood flows through young children’s bones is noted as a stark point in his talk.
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Washington
Charles E. Barker
United States
Dr. Barker
Washington Rotary Club
Marchard
Carl Hedges
Eicher
Leslie Richer
Radiator solution stolen for wine kills four youths
In Lyons Nebraska a jug of radiator solution stolen from five youths en route to a dance was consumed as wine. Four men died Lawrence Kohlmeier 24 Nelson Jarvis 27 Leon Harvis 18 Hollis Cleveland 17 Reuben Roberg 23 near death. Ill effects appeared after noon yesterday with Kohlemeier dying within hours.
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Lyons
Neb
U.P
Lawrence Kohlmeier
Nelson Jarvis
Leon Harvis
Hollis Cleveland
Reuben Roberg
Kohlemeier
Hoover Backs Moderate Tariff Rates on Industrial Goods
Hoover endorses a coalition of western Republicans and Democrats pushing moderate industrial tariffs. He favors keeping the 1.76 cents per pound sugar duty and preserving free lists for leather goods shoes shingles and lumber. The tariff fight involves Senate and House differences on flexible rate provisions and a debenture farm relief plan amid partisan sparring and a House rebuttal from Rep. Royal Johnson.
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U.P
Hoover
Senate
United Press
White House
Kansas City
Joseph R. Grundy
Penneyivan
Grundy
Tarf Commission
House
Royal’ Johnson
South Dakota
Treadway
Mass
Moses
New Hampshire
Son of the
Masons Vote Employment of Architect for New Temple
Washington masons approve plans to replace the burned temple with a two story fireproof building on the northwest square corner. They authorize hiring an architect and arranging financing with a $70 000 estimated cost and a mix of commercial loan and member funded bonds or life-insurance plan.
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Ec Temple
Frank L. Wilson
Wilder Bell
Temple Building Company
J. FE. Ream
FE. B. Hammer
Hammer
Finance Committee
Fifth Poison Liquor Victim Dies in Nebraska Party
A party in Lyons Nebraska ends with the death of Reuben Roberg 22 the fifth victim from a Poisonous anti-freeze mix mistaken for wine The women and four men had stolen the substance from the basement of Ed Snethen a local railway agent and consumed it at the gathering.
George Washington Birthday Echoed by Chicago George W Residents
Chicago residents named George Washington react with indifference to the birthday on February 22. A U P report finds 154 entries in the city directory with varied responses, many admitting little knowledge of the historic figure while noting personal quirks and ordinary routines.
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U.P
George Washington
George
Delaware
United Press
Washington
Federal St
G. W
South State
George Wlashington
Irene
South Wabash Ave
Calument Ave
Ogden Ave
Tberghardt Ave
Washington High School Triumphs Over Burlington 22 to 20
Washington defeats Burlington 22 to 20 to share fourth place in the final Little Six standings. The Demons built an early lead, with Schully and Judevine contributing, then withstood Burlington’s late push as a stalling strategy helped seal the win.
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Washington High School
Burlington
Washington
Knoll
Lange
Burlingtons
Schully
Judevine
Metoss
Miller to lead Better Washington club for year
Frank B. Miller will serve as president of the Better Washington club for the coming year with Lloyd Lytle as vice president and Vernon Hull re elected secretary while Lee Holland is treasurer. The officers were chosen at the annual meeting held after the monthly dinner in the YMCA community room.
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Frank B. Miller
Washington Club
Lloyd Lytle
Vernon Hull
Lee Holland
T. Rothschild
Enslin
J. W. Enslin
Miller
Leigh Soule
Carl Haven
Walter Oetjen
Week's Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi and Missouri Valley
Weekly outlook covers Feb 24 to Mar 1 with rain in the south and snow or rain in the north on Monday or Tuesday and again Friday or Saturday. Temperatures mostly above normal, with near or somewhat below in the north midweek.
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Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri Valley
Avalanche destroys houses in Italian village. nine dead
In Bolognola, Macerata, Italy, an avalanche buried several homes killing at least nine people and leaving twelve more buried. rescuers worked to reach the trapped as authorities investigated causes.
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Macerata
Italy
Bolognola
Body Recovered from Bronx Coal Yard Slope
The third body from the 600 ton avalanche at McNulty Brothers coal yard in the Bronx was recovered today by a rescue squad of over 100 police, fire, and steam shovel operators. The deceased is identified by workers as "Brownie." At least four more bodies are believed trapped in the coal pocket.
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New York
McNulty Brothers
Bronx
US Air Route Network Expands to Nine Thousand Miles
The United States now has 9 000 miles of air routes linking it with 16 foreign countries and plans to add more than 5 000 miles and at least four other nations to the system in the near future.
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United States
State highway contracts totaling four million to be let March fourth
Iowa highway commission plans to award contracts March 4 totaling about 4 million dollars of the 33 million planned for the year. More than 70 miles were ready to bid this week but were delayed. about 95 miles will have bids opened then. The letting will include paving on U.S. Highway 34 and set the era of the first fully paved cross state highway.
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Ames
U.P
State Highway Commission
Iowa
British Rum Runner and Contact Vessel Captured Off Coast
A British rum runner named Isable and an American contact boat the Mohawk were captured off Montauk Point by a coast guard destroyer from New London. About 2,000 sacks of liquor and 12 bottles per sack were seized. The destroyer sent the vessels to the New York coast guard base. the destroyer’s name was not disclosed.
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New London
Conn
U.P
Coast Guard
T. Chalker
Isable
Montauk Point
L. I
New York Coast Guard
No indictment for Iowa prohibition agents Hindley Moon
Charles Hindley and Roy Moon federal prohibition agents were released after Marion county grand jury found no indictment in the Nellie Church shooting case. Hindley testified he fired at the ground, claiming the bullet ricocheted, after a brush with another car as they returned to Des Moines from a raid.
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Knoxville
U.P
Charles Hindley
Roy Moon
Prohibition
Liberty
Marion County Grand Jury
Nellie Church
Grand Jury
Hindley
Moon
Des Moines
Four Die in Hotel Fire and Train Station Blaze
A gasoline explosion at a dismantled Pennsylvania railroad station in Edenburg Pennsylvania killed four people, with two believed to be women. In Oakland California five died in a cheap lodging house fire, with seven injured as residents fled by windows. authorities fear more may be inside the Webster house flop house.
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Oakland
Cal
Webster House
Fire at Miss Phronia Lamphere Property on West Madison
Fire department called at noon to the Miss Phronia Lamphere property on West Madison street. The kitchen roof was on fire and was extinguished by bucket water before the fire truck arrived.
Weather Update Warm Spell Continues Across Week
Awarm trend persists with temperatures climbing to seventy degrees this afternoon. Yesterday peaked at 70 while Wednesday recorded the highest for the week at 72 and the weekly low was 41 on Wednesday.
Billion Dollar Oil Merger Signals Global Power Shift
The Standard Oil Co. of New York and Vacuum Oil Co. plan a merger forming General Petroleum Corp. Subject to anti trust court approval, the deal could surpass $900 million in assets and create a dominant world oil entity with vast refining and distribution reach in the United States and overseas. The stock swap will be three Vacuum Oil shares per Vacuum holder and one for one for Standard Oil of New York shareholders.
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New York
Standard Oil Co
Vacuum Oil Co
Sir Henri Deterding
United States
Standard Oil of New York
White Eagle Oil Co
General Petroleum Corporation
Vacuum Oil
New Corporation
India
Aden
Near East
Balkans
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Europe
South America
Australia
Africa
Standard of New York
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