1926 - Reporting History

Museum Relics Checked Up

Thorough check-up of all parts of the Egyptian collection and similar collections in the New National Museum is being made today under direction of Dr. I. B. Casanowicz, curator in charge, to determine the
extent of recent operations of the “Museum Raffles.”

A 1920's beach scene showing dozens of people wading in the water. In the background are buildings and a pier.

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Oregon Senator Saves Drowning

MIAMI WOMAN IS RESCUED FROM OCEAN BEACH UNDERTOW. WASHINGTON, July 21.—(AP)—Senator Robert N. Stanfield of Oregon risked his life in a successful effort to save a drowning woman in heavy…

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Hundreds Join In Fight Upon Forest Fires Through West

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif July 19.—Hundreds of men continued today to fight the fires in the five government timber preserves in California, and the numerous brush and grass fires on state…

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Dozen Die Of Heat

CHICAGO, July 19.—Upward of a dozen persons died today from the record-smashing heat wave which overspread the middle west yesterday and brought the mercury to new high levels today.

The middle west and northwest probably will have another hot day tomorrow, weather bureau officials indicated tonight. Some hope for relief was held out with the prediction of possible thunder showers for some of the sweltering states.

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Senator Oddie Shot In Face By Fellow Hunter In Nevada

RENO, Nev. July 17.-United States Senator Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada was painfully but not seriously injured while on a hunting trip in the northern wilds of this State yesterday.

Line drawing of a 75' Coast Guard patrol boat, built in the 1920's on the Great Lakes and East Coast for prohibition enforcement.

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Crew Of Dry Navy Boat Become Rum Runners For Change

New York, July 15.—AP—How a coastguard crew turned their government boat into a rum runner in order to “pick up some Christmas money” was told in court today.

Paul Louis Crim, one of the 16 men indicted with William Y. Dwyer in connection with the inactivities of a $40,000,000 liquor ring, suddenly appeared as a government witness in the trial of Dwyer and nine others.