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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...regatta (named after one-time Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams); defeating Navy and Pennsylvania over 1¾ miles on the Severn; before a crowd of spectators that included Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt; at Annapolis, Md. Because it was Harvard's fourth short-distance victory in four weeks, having previously out-rowed Rutgers, Syracuse, Princeton, Cornell and M. I. T., experts rated Harvard the Eastern sprint champion, likely to beat Yale at four miles next month...
...Derby (Wed. 9:50 a. m. NBC-Blue and MBS), world's best-known horse race, from Epsom Downs by short wave...
...paying California's 3% sales tax. The nine who died were not paying passengers but two Lockheed employes, two Northwest officials and one employe, two wives, two children. Principal post-mortem question mark was why Pilot Willey flew so low. Best guess: For some reason he decided to short-cut straight across the mountains and "fly contact''-in sight of ground-from Burbank to Daggett (in the Mojave Desert), instead of skirting the hills and staying on the airlines' beam. One bit of ground Pilot Willey did not see in time was Mount Stroh...
Save for a brief road tour in 1931-32, a short stand in 1934, oldtime Actress Maude Adams (Peter Pan, The Little Minister) has not made a stage appearance since she retired in 1918. Her only recent connection with the theatre has been as professor of drama at Stephens College, Columbia. Mo. Recently, 65-year-old Maude Adams went to Culver City, Calif., took a screen test. Last week the result was announced: Miss Adams will star in a picture David Selznick plans to produce next fall. Said proud Cinemogul Selznick: "It will be a privilege to introduce...
...cream and fertilizers made more jobs in April, as business moved to satisfy the seasonal demands of gullets and gardens. But seasonal increases in nonagricultural fields fell far short of normal April figures, according to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins last week. Madam Secretary estimated that since fall, 3,000,000 U. S. workers have been laid off. Those who still have jobs are getting lighter pay envelopes than a year ago, although most hourly rates are unchanged since against union resistance it is easier to cut hours than rates. As usual in depressions, payrolls have dropped faster than jobs...