Shelter Belt of Trees Proposed From Canada to Texas Panhandle
President Roosevelt weighs a 100 mile wide shelter belt plan stretching from Canada to the Texas Panhandle. The American Tree Association proposes 1,300 miles of tree strips, costing about 75 million dollars, to combat dust storms and wind erosion with trees such as cottonwood and green ash.
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Canada
Texas Panhandle
Washington
Roosevelt
American Tree Association
F. A. Silcox
United States Forest Service
Hawaii
Budget Bureau
Cummings
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Brouth
Ics
Charles Lathrop Pack
Tree Association
Association
Civilian Conservation Corps
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Pack
Forage Crop Planting Rules and County Farm News
New wheat and corn hog contract changes allow plant any forage crop on general and non contracted acres. AAA rulings remove earlier limits on corn and grain sorghum planting before harvest and require identification of excess acres. County agents and 4 H clubs active with demonstrations and county wide dress and health signals. A note on Bankhead act questions explains acreage and production determinations by USDA and county committees.
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J. B. Hill
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Dreuth
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bankhead cotton act details and administration plan
Summary of Bankhead act provisions defining roles for the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Department of Agriculture. It explains bale tags, tax collection, and the cotton production control associations as the primary administering body. It notes expected opposition and challenges in early administration and clarifies key terms such as crop year and lint cotton.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Cotton Production Control Association
Cotton Production Control
Congress
Bankhead
Collector of Internal Revenue
Washington
Cully Cobb
Bankhead Cotton Act
Cobb
Secretary of Agriculture
Crime and reforms stir Washington in 1934 reports
NEA Service outlines Washington concerns during congressional recess. Crime rises in the capital with a 25 percent murder increase and burglaries up 50 percent over regional averages. The piece also notes debates over Public Order and the NRA, Woodring scrutiny, and efforts to demolish city alleys deemed blighted amid reform push.
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Woodrow Wilson
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Frederick A. Delaney
Roosevelt
Congress
NEA Service, Inc
Fatal crash near Ada claims Shawnee youth
Herman Creager 19 of Shawnee died after his car struck the rear of a Coach Transfer truck about three miles north of Ada. He died at 10:10 a.m. at a local hospital from a fractured skull and other injuries. Creager, son of H. S. Creager, was delivering for his father when the accident occurred. he was alone in the car.
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Herman Creager
Shawnee
Coach Transfer Company
Ada
Creager
Criswell
Oklahoma City
Herman
H. S. Creager
The
Oklahoma News
Prince Henry Consort of Holland Dies in The Hague
Henry, prince consort of Holland and Duke of Mecklen burg, died suddenly of heart disease at 58. He collapsed June 28 at Red Cross headquarters and died at 3 p.m. The Queen Wilhelmina rushed home from Switzerland to be with him as Crown Princess Juliana planned a London visit.
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Hague
Netherlands
Henry
Prince Consort
Wilhelmina
Red Cross
Switzerland
Royal
Juliana
London
Duke of
Mecklenburg
Holland
Royal Palace
The
Von Papen Retains Office Amid Cabinet Session
Berlin July 3 The cabinet session ended with Hitler flying to Neudeck to confer with President von Hindenburg over Franz von Papen’s fate amid expectations of his resignation A new law legalizes shootings during recent anti government clashes and the storm trappers chief will leave the cabinet while other domestic measures were passed
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Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Neudeck
Paul von Hindenburg
Franz von Papen
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Propaganda Ministry
von Papen
Fice
von Hindenburg
Franz Guertner
Goering Announces Drastic Action Against Storm Troops
Berlin reports Hitler orders a hard strike on storm troop leaders amid moves against key figures. Goering outlines measures against reactionaries and radicals, deposes Ernst Boehm, and names Lutze as new chief of staff. Public safety squads patrol streets as arrests and seizures proceed.
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Lou P
Lochner
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Associated Press
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Kurt von Sehleicher
Franz von Papen
Germany
Ernst Boehm
Nazi Storm
Nazi Party
Herrmann Wilhelm Goering
Prussia
Hitler
Goering
Secret Police
Der
Third Reich
Roehm
der Fuehrer
Storm Troopers
Derfuehrer
Schutz Staffel
Karl Ernst
Brandenburg
Bremen
Boehm
Lutze
Theu
Supreme Group
Storm
National Socialist Movement
Violence erupts in Vienna as city hall fire and bomb scare
July 3 report from Vienna notes a quick extinguishing of a city hall blaze and a time bomb in the Tescanisen palace near the security director's apartment. Emil Fey and Prince Starhemberg rushed to sites as authorities convened to discuss tightened security amid the February conflict memory.
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Vienna
Emil Fey
Prince Ernst von Starhemberg
Heimwehr
Salzburg
Tescanisen Palace
Prince Starhemberg
Reactions Abroad Warn of German Fascist Pressure
European observers forecast further clashes in the Reich after Hitler's crackdown. Dollfuss urged restraint while Paris and London weighed shifts toward Hohenzollern influence and the Soviet press warned of a desperate ruling class facing a dangerous new phase.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Engelbert Dollfuss
Austria
Reich
Paris
London
Doorn
Wilhelm
Pravda
Germany
Hitler Purge of Nazis Evokes Italian Backing
In Rome officials note Adolf Hitler moves to purge extremism within the Nazi party. They consider Mussolini possibly counseled the steps during Venice talks and acknowledge Il Duce’s annoyance at some Hitler aides. The action aligns with Mussolini's own views.
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
National Socialist Party
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Europe
Hitler
Venice
Mussolini
Il Duce
Phantom Slayer Kills Two at Steubenville Mill
A masked or phantom killer in Steubenville Ohio shot and killed two Wheeling Steel mill workers William Messer 30 and Ray Kockendorfer 38 as they reported for work in the open hearth area. Earlier in January a brakeman Fred Melsheimer 38 was fatally shot in the yard and James Barnett 28 was wounded in March but survived.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Wheeling Steel Corporation
William Messer
Ray Kockendorfer
Fred Melshimer
James Barnett
Cardenas Confirmed Mexico President in Smooth Vote
D F July 2 Amid orderly nationwide balloting General Azuro Cardenas is declared the forty fifth president of Mexico. One election judge shot in Ocotzintla Vera Cruz amid minor clashes elsewhere. Defeated rivals allege irregularities and vow not to recognize the results.
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Mexico
D. F
Azuro Cardenas
Ocotzintla
Vera Cruz
National Revolutionary Administration Party
Cardenas
Inl
Antonio Villarreal
Adalberto Tejeda
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