U.S.S. HOUSTON 
Morning Press News 30 July 1938. 
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Stephen E. Early, Secretary to the President 
The U.S.S. Houston with President Roosevelt and his Dirty 
aboard remained at anchor today end tonight off Seymour" Island 
Galapagos Group. The President spent more than six hours ’ 
fishing from a small motor whaleboat, with indifferent luck. 
Ho and his two companions made a total catch for the day of 
28 fish, including tuna, barracuda, sea trout and groupers. 
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Exploring parties vent ashore expecting to find pink 
flamingoes which previously had been reported to abound on 
Seymour I sland . They were disappointed. If reports regarding 
the preccnce of flamingoes were correct there was nothing 
found by the scientists in their explorations today which would 
tend to confirm such reports. Ideal weather conditions still 
prevailed. 
Chicago : 
Howard Hughes landed his world girdling, twin motored airplane 
at the Chicago air field this afternoon. The famous flyer and 
the i olir members of his crew were received as conquering heroes 
by Major Kelly and an official delegation. The world fliers • 
are' on the way from New York to ^os -^ngeles by way of Houston, 
Texas. The party was escorted to tho downtown district by a 
squadron of motorcj^cle police. 
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A 55 year old physician , Dr. Angelo Michael, died today of 
wounds received when he was attacked by an apparentl 3 r crazed 
Greek cook. Patrolman James Haley killed -Michael 1 s assailant 
after the knifing, ^r. Michael, the cook, and a third man 
became involved in a violent argument over religion. The cook' 
attacked the others with a knife. Nick Canelos, the third man, 
was reported to be near death from his wounds. 
New York: 
The foremost Queen of the Opera, Geraldine Farrar, settled down 
today to writing her biography. The story of Miss Farrar’s 
career entitled "Such Swoet Compulsion" will be published by 
the Greystone Press in the near future. The former opera star 
said she would build up the story around the $21,000.00 
promisory note which her mother signed to finance Geraldine’s 
musical training. The title of the book is taken from Milton’s 
poem containing the line: "Such sweet compulsion" doth in music 
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