MPs search Ligonier area for disaster
Army threatens to ‘shoot it out’ with young mountaineer
By Robert Lane, Pittsburgh Press staff writer
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An actress 59 years –
Death takes May Robson
Grand old lady of theater, 84, dies in Hollywood
Hollywood, California (UP) –
May Robson, grand old lady of the stage and screen, died at her home today of a weakened condition aggravated by neuritis, from which she had suffered for several months.
Miss Robson was 84 and had been before the public 59 years. She was best known for her mother roles.
Miss Robson’s last full-length picture was made last year at the RKO Studio. Despite her failing health, however, she appeared in a short subject at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with Lionel Barrymore, completing it the day before last Thanksgiving.
The actress was born in Melbourne, Australia, daughter of a captain of the Australian Navy. She was educated in Brussels, Paris, London and Australia.
Miss Robson made her stage debut in 1883. She played stock and toured Canada and the United States, boasting there wasn’t a town in either country in which she had not appeared.
One of her triumphs came when she costarred with the late Weber and Fields in Sapolio and other travesties.
In 1925, Miss Robson entered motion pictures. After several productions, she returned to the stage for a few years. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed her in 1932, and she remained in Hollywood until her death.
William Tyler Page, House clerk, dies
Washington (UP) –
William Tyler Page, holder of various clerical positions in the House for more than 60 years and one-time Clerk of the House, died in his home here early today of a heart disease.
Mr. Page was 74 years old yesterday.
A native of Frederick, Maryland, Mr. Page was known widely as the author of An American’s Creed, familiar to most American schoolchildren. He was widely recognized as one of the foremost historians on the national legislature, and his Page’s Congressional Handbook was regarded as a most authoritative outline of Congress and the way it operates.
He was appointed a page in the House clerk’s office Dec. 19, 1881, and has been attached to the chamber in various positions since that date.
Symphony leader dies
Chicago, Illinois –
Frederick Stock, venerable conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, died of a heart attack at his home today. He was 69.
Navy plane from Iceland sinks sub; crew captured
London, England (UP) –
The British Air Ministry reported today that a U.S. Navy Catalina flying boat from Iceland had bombed and sunk a U-boat.
The crew, the Ministry said, abandoned the submarine and boarded an Icelandic fishing ship. Later, they were taken prisoner by an Allied destroyer.
Sun Oil Co. charged with gas violations
Washington (UP) –
The War Production Board today penalized the Sun Oil Co., a major distributor of petroleum products, for alleged large-scale violations of an order limiting the amount of gasoline which may be delivered to filling stations in the rationed East Coast area.
U.S. troops in Syria, Swedish report says
Stockholm, Sweden (UP) –
The Swedish Telegraph Bureau reported from Ankara today that American troops, including specially trained mountain forces, had arrived in Syria.
The reports said the American troops were due to proceed to Iran and the Caucasus.
Large number of American Air Force ground personnel were said to be taking over airdromes in Syria. Two Negro battalions were also reported in Syria.
WAAC increase voted
Washington –
The Senate approved by voice vote today a bill raising the pay for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps to the same level as its Navy counterpart, the WAVES.
Prince at White House
Washington –
The White House announced today that Prince Consort Bernhard of the Netherlands, husband of Crown Princess Juliana, reached Washington yesterday, was an overnight guest at the White House and lunched today with the President. It was said Bernhard’s visit would be brief, probably about two days.
Scrap collections will govern steel output, Weir says
Intensive public campaigns called only way to erase deficit of five million tons of old metal in next year, industrialist asserts
By E. T. Weir, Chairman, National Steel Corp.
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