Air View of Hoover Dam Progress and Flood Forecast
Aerial view reveals Hoover Dam progress as Colorado River flood fears rise above 1906 levels. Six Companies leads ahead in constructing two coffer dams and four 66-foot tunnels, pouring 1 200 000 cubic yards of earth and rock daily. The dam will stand 720 feet high, create an 80 500 000 acre‑foot lake, and take about 50 years to repay.
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Colorado River
Coachella Valley
Hoover Dam
Boulder Canyon
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Companies, Inc
Grand Canyon
Assuan
Egypt
California
Interior Decorator Irony Sparks Laughs in 1932 Cartoon
A humorous quip by Irene, described as an interior decorator, defines a chair placement joke about comfort and seating desire. The line, attributed to the Bell Syndicate via WNU Service in 1932, captures playful social satire of that era.
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Irene
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Forest quarrel ends in empty fish claim
In a Green Forest tale Buster Bear and King Eagle feud over a fish Plunger the Fish Hawk dropped. The sea of quarrel grows as animals and birds take sides while the missing fish becomes the focal point of their fight. In their haste to win they forget the original cause and chase the vanishing prize.
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Green Forest
Sammy Jay
Chatterer
Red Squirrel
Buster Bear
King Eagle
Buster
St King Eagle
King of the
Forest
T. W. Burgess
Whole Family Natty Spring Designs Featured in New York
The Whole Family collection showcased in New York highlights junior and adult wear with a focus on flattering fits. Notable items include a trim girl’s coat with raglan sleeves and a high three button effect, and a simple embroidered girl’s dress.
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New York
Howe
Printed Shoes Match Colored Spring Dresses
Printed shoes to match printed frocks are the latest spring footwear trend. Mannequins showcase high heeled slippers with matching floral prints on black backgrounds, reflecting the season's design.
Culinary Tips From 1932 Western Newspaper Union
A collection of simple kitchen tricks and recipes from 1932. Notes include using vinegar to thicken thin soups without vinegar taste, gelatin to firm croquettes, a Dutch fish sauce with milk and lemon, preparing sardines with watercress, turning radishes into tulips, serving demi tasse coffee in hotels, and an orange fruit cake with citrus zest and spices.
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Western Newspaper Union
Reward By Douglas Malloch
A brief poem counsels enduring love and pride in shared labor after death. It envisions future visitors to a tomb saying the speaker lifted loads he never knew, and that their work endured beyond life, offering solace and meaning in toil.
Caprice cap style hinted by bright red grosgrain
Red Hat unveils Caprice a new model named for its bright red grosgrain ribbon and cheerful light hearted design. The label emphasizes color and form to convey mirth and upbeat character.
Mills proposes tax plan to balance budget in Senate
Ogden L Mills and Treasury aides submit a revised program to raise about 1.033 billion dollars to balance the budget. It rejects large retroactive income tax hikes, taxes many excises, and adds a new three quarters of a cent per gallon tax on domestic gasoline. It envisions tighter administration and a possible $200 million in savings.
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Ogden L
Mills
Treasury Department
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Treasury-Post Office
Prohibition Enforcement Fund
Congress
Special Economy Committee
Economy Committee
Hoover
McDuffie
Alabama
Arning
Woman's National Committee For Law Enforcement
Leigh Colvin
New York
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Bishop Cannon
Judiciary Subcommittee
Manufacturers’ Committee
Bingham
Tydings
Britain
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
America
United States
Chamberlain
Lausanne
Burane
Reed
Pennsylvania
England
Borah
al Smith
Europe
Lewis
Illinois
Smith
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Girligags
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Robber
Robben
Busters
By Douglas Malloch
Douglas Malloch
WNU
Wput
Babylon
Tell Yalat
Baron Max von Oppenheim
Treasury
Edward W. Pickard
Ogden L. Mills
la Guardia
Interior Department
Budget Bureau
Department
Wilbur
Chicago
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Dan Steck
Everett Sanders
Indiana
Calvin Coolidge
Lafayette B. Gleason
James Francis Burke
Lehr Fess
Ohio
Yess
Col
Glenn Haynes
J. N. Johnston
Kansas
Stimson
Geneva
Maxim Litvinov
Sir John Simon
Germany
Italy
Irrance
Lec'y Stimson
Interstate’ Commerce Commission
Commission
Hisenate
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Committee
Cripper
Republican
Sheppard
Democrat
Texas
Lowell F. Hobart
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Continental Congress
Washington
Hobart
Russell William Magna
Holyoke
Mass
Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Yarbin
Siberian
Union
Sen
Dickinson
Sen. Capper
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