Trade fights loom as copper states oppose reciprocity
In a pre Christmas disclosure the state department declared no copper tariff concessions would be made in the reciprocal pact with Chile. President Roosevelt faces a looming battle in Congress to extend the trade act amid farm credit and treasury concerns, while global war events and political purges shape a tense holiday period.
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State Department
Chile
Congress
Cordell Hull
Argentina
U.S
Washington
Roosevelt
U. S
Senate
Hull
New ‘Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
Agriculture
Wallace
Hair-Raising Honeymoon Adventure On A Stormy Sea
Ab Rabbino and his bride set out on a six week honeymoon voyage to California and the Caribbean. A hurricane aboard the Virginia raged as the ship toppled and chaos ensued with many injured and one dead. Later an earthquake near Los Angeles struck as they rested, and a bankruptcy notice from the travel agency doomed their Colorado Springs plans. Ab jokes that marriage somehow brought another round of peril and humor.
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Abner
Rabbino
Mt. Everest
Lindbergh
Paris
Chris Columbus
America
Ab Rabbino
Jonah
Brooklyn
N. Y
Virginia
California
Caribbean Sea
Site
Tampico
Mexico
Los Angeles
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Travel Agency
Pike’s Peak
New York
Ali
Western Newspaper Union
MEET THE WIFE Washington Gets Busy Again And So Do
Washington society focuses on the president’s spouse as a behind the scenes influence. The piece notes Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt and Mrs. John Nance Garner, detailing their roles balancing public duties, household life, and discretion. It quotes Gov W Lee O Daniel praising Mrs Roosevelt and captures Mrs Garner’s view on managing visitors and maintaining service without formal constraints.
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Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Nance
Garner
Aviation Education Gains Traction in U.S. Colleges
Dr. John W. Studebaker reports rising interest in aeronautical subjects across colleges and high schools. He notes 65 universities offer aeronautical engineering courses amid rapid aircraft industry growth and military aviation expansion, with stronger mechanics and meteorology programs noted nationwide.
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John W. Studebaker
United States Office of Education
Studebaker
Skin Test Claiming Cancer Detection By Embryonic Fluid
Temple University oncologist Dr. Benjamin Gruskin reports a new cancer skin test tested by injecting a fluid derived from embryonic calf or sheep tissue under the skin. In cancer patients the injection area reddens and pseudopodia form, signaling cancer. noncancerous cases show no color change or projections. A blood test variant is also mentioned as possible if the skin is unhealthy.
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Benjamin Gruskin
Temple Medical School
Philadelphia
Gruskin
Nnal
Gruiskin
Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine
Snake expert debunks rattlesnake myths in midwest hunt
Larry Kersten of McGregor Iowa, a seven year snake hunter who has caught up to a hundred a day, dispels popular beliefs about rattlers. He says rattles grow a button at each shed and shed two to three times yearly, a rattler strikes without coiling, and the snake shapes itself like an S before striking. In spring he hunts with gear then collects bounties, earning as much as 700 dollars a year.
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Larry Kersten
McGregor
Iowa
Kersten
Largest Meteorites and Moon Craters Across Time
A Mexico iron mass of about 50 tons was unearthed at Bacubirito. Western Arizona hosts a mile wide crater linked to ancient meteor impacts. The Podkamennaya Tunguska event in 1908 likely involved a comet, leaving a crater, animal deaths, and scorched forests. Moon craters show central pits likely from ancient, waterless volcanic activity, challenging eruption theories.
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Self
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Florida
Arauca
New York
Ellis Island
Columbus
Wilhelm Daehne
Pan America
Washington
U. S
Sumner Welles
State Department
Navy
Daphne
Umcle Sam
Bacubirito
Mexico
Arizona
Siberia
Parking specialist argues illicit parking saves money
Miss Con stance Kiehel, an economic analyst for the Social Security board in Washington, proposes a plan to park illegally in congested downtown areas to avoid fees. She notes she has received four tickets recently and 22 over years, claiming the system costs under $1 weekly.
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Constance Kiehel
Social Security Board
Washington
Kiehel
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Nebraska
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