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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1930)
r !MT,I)FOT?D MATL TRIBUNE, ftfEDFftRD, OKKOON'. WKDNKSDAV. DKCMM HKIf Hi. I9;i0 PXCtE FIVE j . o JNenas t$t& Year mv Pic i ures ::..:", - 1 . 1 1 1 AHi fefel ; Ma i .. ...t, ,i fi, N. rinito OHIO PRISON CATASTROPHE. Three hundred convicts lost -their lives when fire swept cell blocks ot the Ohio state prison in Columbus. Firemen, police and convict rescue workers are shown during height of the conflagration. t-llt-.it 'if I'ftdlO BOESY SWEEPS MAJOR GOLF TITLtS. Bobby Jones gave news paper readers a thrill when he cantuietl r.H cf the world's major golf championships. He Is shown here at Philadelphia where he won the national amateur title. mm -m i I'r... , Gandht be- mm Axsnctntett I'rrns t'liotd NEW PLANET FOUND. The bounds of human knowledge of the universe were Increased by the dis covery of a new planet In March Clyde Tombaugh, 23, made the dis covery on a photographic plate (right) taken at Lowell observatory In Arizona. Loiwriflltt Assvcuitrit 'res BABY LINDBERGH. Babies are born every day, but few make front page news before they are 24 hours old. This one did on June 22, He it Ohirl AuquMiiK Limlhrrqh. Ir. . ,nrmi kits Vahatnu GANDHI LEADS follows, in tne.rQ cam. world figure when he h' " 'nJ , He ,h0w demand for poht.cal freedom and f ' Lttcring demon- below converses with follower. Above, a sold er is scattering tratora. - ' -- NEWS OF, THE UNIVERSE-A RECORD OF EVENTS OF 1930 There was plenty of news in 1930. A new planet was discovered, a son was born to the Lindberghs, Bobby Jones captured all of the major golf trophies, King Carol returned to the ehrone, the mystery of Andree's disappearance in the Arctic was solved. These pictures gathered by Associated Press pho tographers depict some of the biggest news stories of the year and give a panoramic view of what can happen in 365 days. L h i 1 1 WW vfeft, ,1nta4- -axb..r.oX tnp.mm.wtiwwiiin. i.wi.iiimr.w1,min...u..i..i '4 fl Mj'TA ... li it 5?T . ilnnnclntrd I'rena Photo" RULING STRIKES AT DRY LAW. The decision of Federal Judge William Clark In New Jersey declaring tha prohibition amend jnent Invalid created wldetpreac discussion and brought plant for an immediate Supreme Court test. Aa8ootulr.il I'icas Photo 8ANTO DOMINGO LEVELED. Here Is one of the scenes of destruc tion wrought by a hurricane that all but destroyed Santo Domingo, capi tal of the Dominican republic. Four thousand were killed. Associated Press Photo PARIS TO NEW YORK FLIGHT. The non-stop westward trans-Atlantic flight from Paris to New York by Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bel lonte in September marked another &ep in the progress of aviation. Bellonte is shown being carried on the shoulders of admirers after land ing the Question . Mark at Curtiss field, New York. 1 -.rT r' tst -f. 5 v Hxfooiated f'rcj,. I'tiato ' BYRD RETURNS. Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd returned from his xpedltlon to the Antarctio and flight across the south pole. ITALY SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE. The Itnllan earthquake I took a large toll in lives and property damage. About 2,000 person! , were killed and many villages and towns in southern Italy destroyed Here Is a scsne In Melfi, one of the stricken towns. 4 isocl'ilert 'rcsl ftmto A KING RETURNS. Carol, Ru mania s prodigal son, returned nd hecame monarch, displacing his son, Michael, who had ruled with a coun cil of regents. H r "6 I ARCTIC MYSTERY SOLVED. A belated chapter was added to history of the Arctic when a sealing party discovered the camp of Salomon August Andree and his two companions on White Island In Auiuiit. The bodies of the men, who attempted the first air epedition to the north pole, were found nearby. Below are relics from the ramp, two files, a boot and pulley block. Above la the expedition's sledge as it was found in th. Ic, , v vv'r iw' -sty ' . DIRIGIBLE R-101 WRECKEO IN PRANC"X. The wro. k ol tiie arillsh dirigio:. R 'Ot in Franc, with th. Iocs ot 48 lives, O1" ,h "iajor air disaster of VJ;o. lien is a view of th wr:kag whilf workers wcr. searching th. debns. j, . to ID : " ( )
