Above, the dazzling hands of Los Angeles visitor Albert Tangora, who can type 141 words a minute for an hour, The Times says. Tangora, the world’s champion typist, was married in Los Angeles in 1926 to the former Dorothy Lane, who told The Times she promised not to "dictate" to him. Best man at the ceremony conducted at the Little Church Around the Corner (a.k.a. Church of St. Mary of the Angels, 1743 N. New Hampshire, 1724 N. Vermont Ave., 4510 Finley Ave.) was William F. Oswald, world champion typist of 1919.
Below, Mexico celebrates the nationalization of the oil industry … The port strike is expected to end … Stocks slide to new lows but rebound slightly after an address by President Roosevelt that calls for an end to "feudalism" on wages and working hours in the South. Special note: Roosevelt’s speech from Georgia wasn’t broadcast nationally. Americans were able to read the complete text was because it was transmitted via the Associated Press and published in American newspapers. It was a different era in news gathering.
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