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NO STOCKS TODAY
f NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—The |
| New York Stock Exchange
is observing Washington's j
birthday today ■ and no ses
[ sion was held.
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CELEBRATING
Sidelights in the Life of the Man We Honor This Day
’'L'EUVERING INAUGURAL ADDRESS IN NEV YORK,
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L-AST FAKEVEM, TO HIS MOTHER.
crossing'the devavaee
I,A3f .MOMENTS OF GEORGE E'ASHIfTOTo:J
British Speed Ace Breaks Record Today
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According- to Associated Press dispatches received by The Empire this afternoon from Day
tona Beach, Florida, Sir Malcolm Campbell, British race car driver, cracked the world auto speed
record wide open in his giant racing car Bluebird II (pictured above with him in the inset.) He made
a thrilling dash over the sandy speedway in two blistering runs and attained 272.108 miles an hour,
ever the officially measure mile-course. This speed, attained today, cxceds by 18.140 miles an hour,
his old record.
BEN B. THAYER
DIES SUDDENLY
BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 22 — Ben B.
Thayer, Vice-President of the Ana
conda Copper Mining Company,
died suddenly early today in New
York City after a major operation.
This is stated in a message re
ceived here this forenoon.
liody of Alaska
Fisherman Washed
\lJp On Beach
RICHMOND, Cal.. Feb. 22.—
The body of Carl Helgerson,
Alaska fisherman who was
rrcwned on January 24, when
a small boat capsized in a
storm, has been washed ashore
at Port Richmond.
