Treasure Salvage Faces Pirates and Deep Sea Dangers
New York story reports treasure hunters off Virginia Capes arming up to guard $ millions in gold silver bullion and gems from hijackers and bootleggers. Divers led by Fredelin identify the Ward liner Merida wreck 213 feet deep as salvage crews plan to recover wealth while facing nitrogen risks and underwater hazards.
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New York
Virginia Capes
Fredelin
C. C. Neilson
Brooklyn
Merida
Farragut
Mexico
Egypt
Nahant
Brest
Lusitania
J. F. Hagglund
International Submarine Company
Honolulu
United States
Hagelund
Hagglund
Mr. Hagelund
St. Paul
North River
Haggland
Thvermnor’s Island
Ellis Island
Farm Paper Editors Invade Canada on Special Train
Farm papers send five representatives on a special train to study farming in the Canadian territory. The party includes editors from Des Moines and nearby towns. The delegation aims to inspect fields and discuss agricultural practices with local growers.
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Canada
Des Moines
Aus
Ace Sirealin
Broadway Chorus Girls Acknowledge Cinderella Man Incident
Broadway chorus girls from a New York musical show mobbed Edward W. Browning on a hotel roof while he dined alone. They crowded him with kisses and tugs shouting You're Our Cinderella Man as Browning struggled to break free and bolt for safety.
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New York
Edward W. Browning
Mary Spas
Dempsey Wills Forfeit Posted by Promoters in New York
New York Aug 15 AP Tex Rickard and Jack Kearns posted 25000 forfeit each for a Dempsey Wills bout after the state athletic commission reinstated Kearns. Paddy Mullins may post 25000 for Wills. If Dempsey fails to meet signed terms Mullins could claim Kearns forfeit. Dempsey later said he would not fight where Kearns is involved.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
New York State Athletic Commission
Kearns
Paddy Mullins
Dempsey
Mullins
Richard
Los Angeles
Cal
Business Women Incomes Rising and Tax Return Projections
New York reports a material rise in business women’s incomes and notable collections from their commerce, including wholesale bootlegging. Tax returns will be public in two weeks. Treasury officials say secrecy will lift then. Early figures for the sec ond district suggest collections may exceed last year despite lower rates, signaling a pattern likely across districts.
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New York
Treasury Department
Hounds Chase Naked Man in Birthday Clothes in Swope Park
Park officials and two bloodhounds pursued a scantily clad man seen in Swope Park wildwood yesterday. He wore only a hat and shoes, and twice outdistanced the hunting party. Reports began a week earlier with children telling fathers of a naked man fleeing underbrush.
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Kansas City
Swope Park
Russia Expands Entrails Trade From Germany
Moscow reports that Russia's entrails exports in the past six months exceeded 1,000,000 with the United States buying about 45 percent. Prewar, Russia relied on German trade and had extensive setups in Leningrad. now Soviet exporters plan direct dealings with consuming countries to regain the trade.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
Leningrad
Germany
Argentina Imports 24,110 Motor Cars in First Half Year
New York report to the Argentine American Chamber of Commerce states 24,110 motor cars and 8,394 trucks and tractors were imported into Argentina in the first six months of the year. Ninety seven percent of vehicles originated in the United States.
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Argentina
New York
18 Day Drouth Threatens Minnesota Crops
St Paul Minnesota August 18 1939 Up reports three prostrations in the twin cities as live mercury neared 94 degrees the hottest August 17 in 14 years. Crops across many areas have gone 18 days with no rain and are burning up. Experts warn cooler, wetter weather is needed to meet government crop forecasts.
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St. Paul
Minn
Drouth
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Weather Bureau
Lisbon
N. C
Campbell
Minnessota
Bolt Kindles Fire Destroying Barn in Chickasaw Co
Fredericksburg Kansas August 18 Special lightning struck a farm building on Edward Cushs farm two miles south causing a large barn to burn. Several thousand dollars of hay and grain were destroyed and six teams of horses perished. Farmhands rescued the horses but could not save the grain. Loss covered by insurance. Rain delayed field work this morning.
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Fredericksburg
Edward Cusch
Here
Villagers Save Church From Fire in Kamouraska
Montreal August 18 In a five hour blaze at St Germain de Kamouraska and nearby villages residents formed bucket brigades and used hand hoses to save the church and convent as nearly every house in the settlement burned. Damage is estimated at 100000 with at least 50 families left homeless.
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Montreal
St. Germain de Kamouraska
Brightest Boy Enters Cal as Youngest Freshman
Berkeley, Aug 18. Matthew Marsh of Berkeley at age 14 becomes the youngest freshman in University of California history. Vindicating Dr Maria Montessori who called him brightest boy in California ten years ago. He plans to study law and avoided conspicuous dress with his first pair of song trousers.
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Berkeley
Cal
Maria Montessori
Calfornia
Matthew Marsh
University of California
Matthew
Frontier veteran retires after long police service
Los Angeles Aug 18 Thirty eight years with the Los Angeles Police Department end with the retirement of Charles W Moffatt a colorful figure in early frontier life He rose from patrolman to inspector of detectives In 69 years he has been a printer reporter miner sheep rancher broncho-buster Indian fighter prospector poet and outdoor life author He helped form the first detective division two years after joining There were seven officers when he began Now the veteran tends flowers and shrubs around his long time home
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles W. Moffatt
Moffatt
Alaska
Detectiv
Shipping Board estimates private American tonnage at 5
Telegraph briefs report the Shipping Board privately estimates American tonnage at five. New Haven film interests announce plans to go to the Supreme Court to strike down Connecticut moving picture tax and censorship law. An Oslo paper states Amundsen and Ellsworth will attempt a north pole to Alaska transit next winter.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
New Haven
Coon Film Interests
Supreme Court
Connecticut
Oslo
Amundsen
Ellsworth
North Pole
Alaska
Germany decried curb on aviation sparks Berlin protest
Berlin reports show leading aerial companies meeting to condemn ambassador conference limits on civil aviation. Otto Merkel argues Versailles treaty restrains military air but frees civil flight, urging international cooperation and noting U S and European parity in state support. cites Hendon and French contests as benchmarks amid pushback against restrictive measures.
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Berlin
Otto Julius Merkel
Deutscher Aero Lloyd
Germany
London
Moscow
Munich
Merkel
Europe
America
United States
Hendon
Rug
Vanguard
England
France
Farman
Bear Run Over by Auto Becomes Bear Fight
Yakima Washington August 18 Big game hunting by automobile proved risky for L D Gaines driver of an old truck on Rimrock road in the Cascade Mountains The bear charged the hood and then lay still Gaines returned to seize the animal by the ear but the encounter did not end the bear remained alive and aggressive
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Yakima
Wash
L. D. Gaines
Rimrock
Cascade Mountains
Gaines
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Russy
Chickasaw Co
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Frontier
Harkard
Uber
Elzer’s
Go. Wasterioc
Gelhaar’s
Rockford, Ill
Illinois
Wisconsin
Gelhaar
Waterloo
Rockford
Williams
Mr. Waterstone
Williams Co
M. &. Brown
Mr. Brown
Waterstone
Chicago
Chicago Farriers Association
Nat Weasel
Diam
Bridge St. Waterloo
Williams and Gelhaar
Miussissippi
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