Friday, November 9, 1928

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The Headlines

PEASANTS ENGULFED, DIE IN ETNA LAVA; Three Refused to Quit Home-- Birds and Beasts, Fascinated by Fiery Streams, Go to Death. TROOPS BLAST TO SAVE CITY Thousands Dig Canal to Deflect Molten River From Giarre as Flow Increases. Seek to Deviate Lava. PEASANTS ENGULFED, DIE IN ETNA LAVA Three Peasants Trapped. Flow 5 Times Faster Than in 1923 Savant Would Fly Over Scene. Birds Lured to Death.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Makin' Whoopee

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Mickey Mouse Doll

You Share a Birthday With

• Ivan Turgenev (1818)
• Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
• Edward VII (1841)
• Hedy Lamarr (1914)
• George II of Great Britain (1683)

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Tech Check

Electric Razor, Penicillin & Bubble Gum.

Cost of Living (1920)