Civilian Conservation Corps proposed to employ 250000
President Roosevelt sent Congress a plan to create a civilian conservation corps to employ 250000 unemployed men in forestry flood control and erosion projects by early summer using unobligated public works funds. Senators Robinson and Wagner introduced the bill to establish the corps with wages up to 50 a month and housing.
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Roosevelt
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Committee On Education and Labor
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Roosevelt proposes civilian conservation corps for jobs
President Roosevelt urges Congress to create a civilian conservation corps to employ 250000 workers by early summer, outline grants to states for relief, and a broad public works program. He also seeks a federal relief administrator to coordinate relief efforts and notes relief funds last through May.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Office of Federal Relief Administrator
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Potsdam Proclaims Militant German Republic Under Hitler
In Potsdam a new militant Germany was proclaimed at the Reichstag opening in the garrison church with President von Hindenburg and Chancellor Adolf Hitler leading. The ceremony signaled a four year dictatorship and a national rebirth of the martial spirit, with the Reichstag to convene in Berlin for its first session.
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Adolf Hitler
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Kroll Opera House
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Future Farmers Of America Organizes Poultry Association
The Stonewall area FFA forms an association to improve poultry quality and support show stock. Melvin Nix is superintendent and Bradford Wat kins director-secretary. 25 boys buy 8000 baby chicks with 1700 to be brooded as a colony. They secure a 30 by 24 room with 105 feet sunlight, divide space into 300-bird pens, use six brooders, and assign day night duties. Boys cooperate on brooders feed and oil, mix their own chick ration to cut costs, and contract 200 gallons of oil at wholesale prices.
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Future Farmers of America
Melvin Nix
Bradford Watkins
Rumor Wave Hits Washington Over Hoover Era Tales
Rumors about the Hoover administration swirl in Washington. Mentions include Senator Walsh death, Mellon gold rumors, and a missing treasury claim. House wine bill notes prompt humor from Rep O Connor and Florence Kahn. Labor Secretary Perkins faces AFL distrust amid department gossip as she plans outreach.
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Washington
Hoover
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
National
Andrew Mellon
England
David Reed
Pennsylvania
Mellon
Senate
America
Treasury
Hoover Administration
Stonewall FFA Exhibitors Head to Southwest Livestock Show
Chicks priced at seven dollars per hundred, oil and feed costs 235.30 while in cooperative plan the colony costs 14. Plans were made to contract broilers with large hotels in the state. Three week old chicks with under ten percent loss. Special Bradford Watkins Joel Chambers Elza Reed Orville Reeves Lowel Townsend LeRoy MecClish Clifford Miller exhibitors and judging team members travel to Oklahoma City this week for the Southwest Livestock Show. First year for Stonewall FFA chapter. Wilson Roles.
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Bradford Watkins
Joel Chambers
Elza Reed
Orville Reeves
Lowel Townsend
LeRoy MecClish
Clifford Miller
Oklahoma City
Southwest Livestock Show
Stonewall F. F
S. Wilson
Vanoss Opens New Home Economics Building
The Vanoss school officially opened its new 48 by 32 foot home economics building on March 14 located east of the main school and opposite the agricultural block. FFA boys helped lay foundations and construct the roof and walls while 98 vocational home economics girls occupy the rooms and praise the new facilities.
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Vanoss School
Charles Wortman
Oklahoma City Markets Report Prices Steady Across Hogs Sheep and Cattle
Hogs 3,000 head at Oklahoma City up to 3.60 top, bulk 3.30, sows and stags 2.60 to 2.55. Sheep 1,000 head, clipped lambs steady, springers 50 lower, top spring lambs under 70 lb 6.25 to packers, best truckins 4.95. Cattle and calves 1,300 mixed, yearlings 4.25-4.50, killers 3.50-4.25, light cows 85 to 50, canners and cutters 1.25-1.5, bulls 1.50-2.25, stockers active, market fully steady.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas City Market Report Prices and Loads
Kansas City market notes list livestock quotes for hogs cattle and sheep with prices by weight and grade. Hogs 220 lb top 3.70. cattle including fed steers 4.00-7.00. vealers 3.00-6.00. sheep 12 000 head slow with lambs 4.85-5.50 and ewes 1.75-2.75.
Poultry prices in Chicago trading report
Chicago on March 22 reports live poultry market with 28 trucks. Hens easy. leghorn hens 12 1 2. colored springs 14. rocks 16. roosters 4. Turkeys 10-15. ducks 11-14. geese 9. Leghorn broilers 11. rock broilers 19-21.
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Roosters
Ceese
Potatoes firm as shipments rise and prices vary by region
U S Dept of Agriculture reports March 22 market: total U S potato shipments 904 with firm demand and improving trading. Wisconsin round whites 72 1 2 to 77 1 2 per cwt, Idaho russets 1.29 to 1.25, Colorado McClures 1.46, South Dakota early Ohios 75 to 80, Minnesota early Ohios 80 to 85, Michigan russet rurals 75.
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Chicago
U. S
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Markets
Butter traded at 6,172 remaining steady with unchanged pricing. Eggs at 18,279 steady with extra firsts at 13 1 4, fresh graded firsts 1 1/2, current receipts 11 1/2.
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Chicago
Wheat Prices Fall on Speculative Demand Curtailment
Chicago traders blamed the slide in wheat futures on reduced buying power as fears about provisions in the agricultural bill in Washington weighed on sentiment amid late heavy snows in the western U.S. crop regions.
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Washington
Grain futures edge lower amid bearish wheat tones
Wheat territory was construed as bearish with a weak close. Wheat finished 1 1/2 to 1 1/2 points lower, corn fell 1/4 to 1 1/2, oats eased slightly, and provisions held steady to 20 cents lower.
Chicago grain prices amid March wheat market report
Chicago on March 22 reports CP Wheat prices with No. 2 red at 54, No. 5 mixed at 50, corn No. 4 mixed old at 26 3 4, No. 2 yellow 28 1 2 to 3 4, No. 2 white 29 1 2, oats No. 2 white 19, No. 3 white 17 6 4 to 18.
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Chicago
Cotton futures hold steady after sharp reaction in New York trading
New York on March 22 reports a steady undercurrent as cotton fluctuated within a narrow range. Trade price fixing orders absorbed liquidation pressure with lighter selling. May contracts climbed from 6.20 to 6.30, ending the day around 6.25 as the market closed steady to 19 points higher.
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Cotton market closes steady with modest gains in New Orleans
Spot cotton ends 6 points higher in New Orleans trade on March 22 with sales of 751 bales. Prices quoted: low mid 5.74, middling 6.24, good middling 6.64. Receipts 2,290 stocks 1,016,091.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures close steady with modest advances
NEW ORLEANS March 22 AP report says cotton futures closed steady with net gains of five to ten points.
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New Orleans
Oklahoma House Advances Districting Bill Reduces Judges
The Oklahoma House moved a judicial redistricting bill reducing district judges from 48 to 56. Tulsa sees changes with severed Tulsa and Washington counties in the Fifth district while Adair and Sequoyah join Muskogee in the Eighth. Oklahoma City would be trimmed to three judges from four, with Cleveland and Canadian counties included.
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Here
Cleveland
Josephus Daniels Sworn Into Office in Raleigh
Josephus Daniels editor of the Raleigh News and Observer and ambassador design ate to Mexico was sworn in by his brother Superior Court Judge Frank A. Daniels before a full North Carolina supreme court room. The veteran newspaperman and former Navy secretary will travel to Washington then Mexico to assume duties.
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N. C
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Mexico
Roosevelt
Superior Court
Frank A. Daniels
North Carolina
Mexico City
Oklahoma House Prepare Showdown Over 3.2 Beer Bill
Oklahoma City March 22 P R Beer and prohibition resubmission advocates gear to press a House showdown on Graham Garland bill to legalize 3.2 beer. Two reports on validity due from legal advisory committee chairman Bower Broaddus to shape debate and a test roll call.
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P—R
House of Representatives
Graham-Garland
Bower Broaddus
Legal Advisory Committee
Rep
Phillips
Okfuskee County
Oklahoma
Rep. Copeland
Oklahoma County
A. F. Duke
Stephens County
Mrs Judd to Learn Fate From Pardons Board
In Phoenix on March 21, Winnie Ruth Judd awaits a pardon board ruling on commutation of her death sentence for the killings of Agnes Anne Leroi and Hedvis Samuelson. She sits in Florence prison with April 14 execution set, while counsel argues juror prejudice influenced the verdict.
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Arfiz
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Anne Leroi
Hedvis Samuelson
Florence
Judd
Roosevelt's Banking and Rail Program Aims for Swift Action
President Roosevelt outlines concrete steps to reform banking and railroads under his new deal. Proposals include federal oversight of securities and holding companies, tighter bank regulation, separation of commercial and investment banking, and railroad holding company regulation. Advisers and congressional leaders work to lay a core framework before adjournment.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Reserve
jJaeckine
New Mussolini peace plan aims for global accord
Premier Ramsay MacDonald said in Rome a new Mussolini peace plan could involve all nations, seeking an agreed peace rather than imposed terms. He noted the United States would be kept informed as France, Britain, Germany, and Italy discuss a broader European accord.
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Italy
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John Simon
Paris
Edouard Daladier
Benito Mussolini
Macddonald
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Adolf Hitler
Signor
Mussolini
Legion Commander Narrowly Escapes Auto Crash
Louis A. Johnson national commander of the American Legion escaped unharmed after his car skidded on wet pavement and overturned in a ditch near Greeley Colorado during a rainstorm. He sustained a sprained and bruised right forearm, while delivering a speech later.
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Cotton Spinning Industry Operated at 95 Percent Capacity
Census Bureau reports the cotton spinning industry ran February at 95.0 percent capacity on a single shift, up from January’s 95.1 and above February last year’s 92.5.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Oklahoma City and State Voters Pick Party Alignments
Oklahoma city and town ballots yield mayoral and commission races. In Blackwell and Tecumseh, incumbents or challengers advance, with Nobbi Ed mayoral contest in Pauls Valley and Wetumka re elects B H Harrison. Enid, Picher, Miami and other towns prepare for April 4 general elections.
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Oklahoma City
Cornell
Blackwell
Leon Wilbur
A. Brenner
Pauls Valley
M. G. Cox
Broken Arrow
Phenie Lou Ownby
Okalhoma
Robert Schoeffier
Tecumseh
Clyde Pitman
Vinita
A. DP. Warner
Picher
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Miami
J. R. Grimes
W. M. Merrill
Commerce
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