Word: fatale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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More Tension, U. S. Minister Matthew Elting Hanna was on vacation in Guatemala on the fatal Tuesday. Reporters found him. on his swift return to the wreck that had been his home, standing beside a suitcase with Mrs. Hanna. "That suitcase," said Minister Hanna dully, "contains all we have in the world." It was not quite all. As the U. S. Legation crumbled and blazed, the Hannas' pet green parrot had slipped from his cage, crawled down a ledge and flopped into the arms of an Army officer. Nerves stretched to the breaking point. Immediately after the shocks...
Buried under the tragic news from Kansas last week was the official accident, report for the last six months of 1930, issued by the Department of Commerce: two passengers killed in 51,482,633 passenger-miles of flight. There were only three fatal accidents (including mail operations) compared with 15 for the same period...
Thousands of "wild" horses still roam the Western plains. But except for a few specimens, most wild horses are starving runts, and subject to a highly contagious equine disease known as dourine. In hopes of controlling this malady, generally fatal two years after inception, Dr. W. Huffman, representing the U. S. Government, went last week to Boise, Idaho to arrange with State Veterinarian A. T. Dickman for a complete spring horse-cleaning of the Idaho plains. Owners and claimants of the horses-at-large cooperated readily, since U. S. canning factories provide a steady demand for horseflesh...
...present Mayoralty campaign. Boss Rooney switched allegiance from the Thompson faction to the Democratic candidate, Anton J. Cermak. Observers wondered if this had been Boss Rooney's fatal mistake...
...decision in favor of Curtiss Flying Service was set aside by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn, and a retrial ordered in a $25,000 damage suit. Last fortnight a jury again opined that the Curtiss pilot was not blamable for a fatal crash resulting from an air bump...