Kansas City Bonds Push Big City Improvement Plan
Kansas City reports its ten year bond program has funded public buildings, boulevards and parks while creating jobs for relief workers. Major projects include a 15 story Jackson County courthouse, a $6 million municipal auditorium, and a $6 million city hall set for 1937 completion. Additional allocations cover airport improvements, hospital upgrades, boulevard widening, traffic safety, water works, and river, sewer, and public safety work amid expansion plans.
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Kansas City
Drc
U.P
Jackson County
America
Middle West
Leeds
Water Department
Grounds for Divorces a Parlor Game in Hollywood
Hollywood columnist recounts a parlor game to recall ridiculous divorce anecdotes among stars. Examples include Jean Harlow and Hal Rosson cited for reading in bed and Joan Crawford for unreasonable arguments, with many other couples blamed for mismatched interests or money disputes.
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Paul Harrison
Hollywood
Flicker Colony
Jean Harlow
Hal Rosson
Hal
Joan Crawford
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Toledo Museum of Art attracts 2500 plus children in day of activities
More than 2,500 children attended a single day of activities at the Toledo Museum of Art. The museum is rated the sixth best in the country.
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Toledo
Toledo Museum of Art
Thymus Extract Hailed as Potential Life Enhancer
London reports the British Medical Research Council cites thymus extract as a future aid for growth and development. Animal studies show precocious teeth, swimming, and running in days. human trials are halted by safety concerns about controlling thymus reactions. The gland is linked to personality development.
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London
British Medical Research Council
Three-Way Car Crash Fatality Near Clinton Oklahoma
A two car and truck collision four miles north of Clinton Oklahoma on highway 14 killed Fred Gore 50 of Webb and seriously injured four others. Two truck occupants escaped unharmed. County officials identified Cox Produce Co of Custer as the truck owner.
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Clinton
Okla
Here
Fred Gore
Webb
Gore
Ihway 14
A. E. Darnell
Cox Produce Co
Custer
Children Run Their Own Church In Dorchester Ward
In Dorchester England children aged three to ten organize a church with a dedicated churchwarden and a choir. A little girl plays the organ while the group takes turns reading the lesson. Tiny chairs and hassocks are set out each Sunday creating a reverent atmosphere. Birthdays are celebrated with each member receiving a cake.
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Dorchester
England
Quake Hazard List Is Made in San Francisco
San Francisco property owners back city quake safety drive with near total cooperation. Over two years inspectors surveyed Market Street from the Ferry Building to Van Ness Avenue and examined 3,856 signs parapet walls marquees and roof tanks. Of these 1,368 deemed likely to cause death or injury in an earthquake. Three hundred fourteen roof tanks were checked and 303 found dangerous.
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Market Street
Ferry Building
van Ness Avenue
City survey finds most parapet walls and signs hazard ous
Sixty two per cent of 1 276 parapet walls 11 per cent of 2 950 hanging signs and 13 per cent of 216 marquees are listed as hazardous. Property owners have shown little action yet after warnings from inspectors. The survey will extend to industrial areas south of Market Street. Initiated in 1933, halted by funds, then resumed with a £50 000 appropriation for 1935 36.
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Cope
Market Street
German shop assistant jailed for Nazi joke
In Halle Germany Kurt Gottschalk a shop assistant received eight months in prison for telling a joke about two Nazis to customers. The court ruled the joke insulted extremist groups and violated public order.
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Halle
Germany
U.P
Kurt Gottschalk
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