MEMORIAL TO EDISON.
Henry Ford Donates £1.000,000
For Museum.
INVENTOR'S 82ND BIRTHDAY
(Australian nnd N.Z. Press Association.> NKW YORK. Februarv 12.
To mark the ncor.sion of Mr. Thonui* A. KdisonV 82nd birthday (yesterday) and the ">Oth anniversary of his invention of the incandescent lamp. Mr. Henry Ford has donated £1.1)0(1.000 for the erection at Dearborn. Illinois*, of .1 museum to house an Edisonian collection.
In a letter announcing his. jjift Mr Ford warmly [.raised his friend. He said the proposed museum was necessary as an inspiration to the youth of Anicrk-u.
TO BE HANGED. CHICKEN FARM MURDERER i t.'nited Service.) I <Uforived 0 a.m.) LOS ANGKLES. February 12.
Gordon Stuart Xorthcott >1 convicted for the murder of three 1,0"v.* still in their teen, on his chicken rami, in California. and the probable killer of j-0 or 30 others was sentenced to be hanged on April 15.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 37, 13 February 1929, Page 7
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