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September 4, 1933

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Roosevelt Sails Whaleboat on Deep Sea; His Party Hooks and Loses a 12-Foot Shark

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Hurricane Warnings in Florida.; STORMS THREATEN FLORIDA AND TEXAS

By Unknown Author

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 3 (AP) -- With hurricane warnings displayed between Miami and Melbourne, and storm signals south of Miami, residents of Florida's lower east coast prepared tonight for the reported approach of a severe tropical storm.

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Ford Peace Ship Sold For Junking in Britain

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Oscar II (S S) which he chartered in 1915 to end war, sold to Brit shipbreaking co; will be scrapped

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LAND PLANE SPEED RAISED AT CHICAGO; James R. Weddell Flies 296.94 Miles an Hour in an Unofficial Test. MRS. HAIZLIP A WINNER Her Plane Tips Over but She Is Unhurt -- Close Finish for Rickenbacker Trophy. LAND PLANE SPEED RAISED AT CHICAGO

By Reginald M. Cleveland.special To the New York Times.by Reginald M. Cleveland

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Briton Offers Clue to the Skull of Mkwawa; German War Trophy Believed Seen in Africa

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

H M Ross, Brit land agent in Tanganyika, believes he saw skull of Suitan Mkwawa (which Germans are ordered to return to Africa by treaty provision) in town of Bukoba in 1921

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