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March 17, 1931

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20 KILLED, SCORES HURT, AS SHIP BLOWS UP; MOVIE MEN ON SEALER AMONG MISSING; SIXTY REACH ISLAND OFF NEWFOUNDLAND; CAUSE Of BLAST A MYSTERY Either a Boiler or Powder on the Viking Tore Craft to Pieces. SOME ADRIFT ON ICE FLOES Others Are Struggling Across Ice, Helping Wounded Comrades Toward Island.NO WORD FROM FRISSELLNew Yorker, H.J. Sargent ofBoston and A.G. Penrod WereCompleting Moving Picture. Wounded Still on Ice. 20 DIE, SCORES HURT, AS SHIP BLOWS UP Wireless Operator Sees Catastrophe. Hard Task Faces Rescuers. Survivors Are Incoherent. Official Canadian Report. Survivors Too Spent to Talk. Some Making Way to Shore.

By Times Wide World Photo. by Newfoundland-Labrador Film Co

Believed lost in explosion of sealer Viking off Horse Island, White Bay; was completing film of seal hunting industry; career; por

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GRAND JURY LIKELY TO HEAR KERRIGAN ON BANK OF U.S. PLOT; Steuer Indicates He Will Call Mayor's Assistant at the 'Appropriate Time.' TRIAL DECISION PUT OFF Donnellan Sets Ruling for Tomorrow as Defense CounselFight for Delay. LAWYERS CLASH IN COURTDirector, in Tears, Declares BankCollapse Broke Him Physically and Financially. Decision on Trial Put Off. KERRIGAN FACES GRAND JURY CALL Seek Early Trial Date. Four Directors Heard. Ignorant of Bank's Affairs.

By Unknown Author

May be asked to testify at Bank of U S hearings

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Notable Births

Patricia Breslin

1931Patricia Breslin, American actress (died 2011)[†]

Patricia Rose Breslin was an American actress and philanthropist. She had a prominent career in television, which included recurring roles as Amanda Miller on The People's Choice (1955–58), and as Laura Harrington Brooks on Peyton Place (1964–65). She also appeared in Go, Man, Go! (1954), and the William Castle horror films Homicidal (1961) and I Saw What You Did (1965).

1931David Peakall, English-American chemist and toxicologist (died 2001)[†]

David Beaumont Peakall was an internationally recognised toxicologist. His research into the effects of DDE and DDT on eggshells contributed to the ban on DDT in the United States. He proved that the chemicals caused thinning of eggshells, leading to a reduction in the population of various bird species. He also pioneered research on the effects of PCBs on birds.