Dust storms sweep Kansas farmland into dust bowl era
Gov AL M Landon reports from Topeka on the dust bowl conditions across five states, likening it to a sand flood. He notes 413,000 people live in the affected high plains and explains listing of farm lands as a key mitigation, with initial federal funding of 250000 seen as inadequate.
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Dust Bowl
Alf M Landon
Kansas
Agenciater Press
Topeka
High Plains
Kansas State College
Oklahoma
Colorado
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas to Consolidate 2300 Schools for Savings
Plans to merge 2,300 Kansas schools to save about one million dollars annually are under way under State Superintendent W. T. Markham. Consolidation, authorized by the last legislature, will let districts keep identity while closing excess schools.
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Topeka
Kans
U.P
Kansas
W. T. Markham
Broadway season brightened by Cornell and Perkins plays
Katharine Cornell leads in Flowers of the Forest with Margalo Gillmore and Burgess Meredith as top supporting players. Osgood Perkins stars in Ceiling Zero, joined by John Litel and Margaret Perry, in a wartime aviation drama infused with realism and tension.
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Osgood Perkins
Broadway
Paul Harrison
New York
Margalo Gillmore
Burgess Meredith
Meredith
Hollywood
John Litel
Margaret Perry
Antoinette Perry
Arbor Day Plans Largest Planting Effort in 1935
Nebraska City prepares for Arbor Day on April 22 1935 with hopes for the widest tree planting in history. Nationwide publicity surrounds shelterbelt and arboretum programs as inquiries pour in about Arbor Lodge home of J Sterling Morton founder of Arbor Day and the movement.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Nebraska
Henry A. Wallace
Arbor Lodge
J. Sterling Morton
Arbor Day
Famed Poiret Plans Many New Styles
PARIS April 19. Paul Poiret former fashion czar has returned from the Riviera and seeks to revolutionize fashion by excluding sport clothes from his collection and focusing on elaborate luxurious styles. He stresses the afternoon gown and conducts frequent showings to build a new clientele.
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U.P
Paul Poiret
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Riviera
Poiret
Bs Haying
Trout angler controversy stirs town during tournament prep
An angler recalls a dispute with a warden over off season trout fishing amid preparations for an upcoming fly casting event. The fracas centered on claims of disturbance from a restless trout and ongoing efforts to catch peace and practice for the contest.
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Orlfan Noy
Nelson AG Pullers
Fuller
Feder
Site of Massacre Believed Found near Mangham
Maurice Ries of Tulane’s Department of Middle American Research believes a De Soto era massacre site has been identified on H. P. Deere’s farm at Mangham Louisiana. More than twenty skulls were unearthed, dating to about 400 years ago, suggesting a small war party perished during De Soto’s expedition.
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Maurice Ries
Department of Middle American Research
Tulane
Hernando de Soto
H. P. Deere
Mangham
Ries
Cates
de Soto
Louisiana
Arkansas
Deere
Youngest Passenger Makes Flight Tour to Alaska
Seattle born infant James Henry Crowdy, age one month, is noted as the youngest plane passenger in the Far North. Son of James Crowdy Sr., a Nyac mine operator, he traveled with his parents from Seattle to Anchorage by boat and then 300 miles by air to Nyac, following medical advice.
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U.P
Far North
James Henry Crowdy
James Crowdy
Nyac
Alaska
Anchorage
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