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...from Italy to Crete and Egypt; 3) and nearer the Equator, at Singapore and in Sumatra. More than 200 humans perished; some 200 Sumatrans; many an Egyptian. At Santa Barbara, 3-year-old Colin Orr perished beneath a tumbling chimney. The town of Padang, Sumatra, collapsed in one thundering crash. Cairo reported over 4,000 houses in ruins. In Crete, the worst damage was demolition of archaeological treasures, especially at the Museum of Candia. Germany felt several shocks; also France, Italy, Southern Rhodesia and the seismograph at Georgetown University (Washington, D. C.). Studying their charts of the globe...
Died. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Dawson (of Chicago) and four Europeans, in airplane crash at Rossaupt, Czechoslovakia. Mr. Dawson was a lieutenant in the aviation during...
...advances to his hostess, an elderly madam. He lands in the street. . . . Again, his patron tenders him a banquet. He refuses to join in the consumption of bourgeois food and makes his repast on wine from the highboy. His ejection follows a violent attack of temperament during which bottles crash on servants' skulls and the refectory is strewn with pulverized objets...
...number of bases stolen, holding the lead with a half a dozen. Ties with Burns, DeRham, Sullivan and Ullman for the home run lead and with Captain Todd for the sacrifice hit title complete Zarakov's record. Ullman drove a circuit smash into center field on Wednesday to crash into the select group of Crimson home run hitters. g. a.b. r. h. 2b. 3b. h.r. s.h. s.b. Ave. p.o. a. e. Ave. Chase 2b., s.s. 7 13 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 385h 5 10 2 .882 Burns...
...cause. Statisticians opined that the franc is probably still some distance above the critical point of irretrievable decline. They recalled that the pre-War mark* took two years to fall from 48 to the dollar to 184, one year more to slump to 7,350, six more months to crash to 154,000, and a final five months to become invisible...