Texas counties promise road work if Congress acts
Texas counties promise road work funding from the state highway department if Congress and President Roosevelt proceed with relief measures. Agencies awarded contracts totaling nearly $600,000 for highway improvements. Plans include a master highway study for Fort Worth and Tarrant County and a proposed route along Eagle Mountain Lake.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
State Highway Department
Congress
Roosevelt
Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Azle
Boyd
Wise County
Eagle Mountain Lake
Drafting of Big Business Executives to Serve New Deal Momentum
Washington dispatch notes the administration intensifies use of private executives for New Deal advisory roles. Secretary Daniel Roper says the plan broadens to build a reserve of leaders ready for temporary service. Names such as Winthrop Aldrich Pierre Du Pont Gerard Swope Myron Traylor and others are listed as participants.
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William S. White
Washington
Daniel C. Roper
Williams
Clay Williams
North Carolina Tobacco
NIRA
Roper
Jesse H. Jones
James A. Moffett
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Banking
New York
F. B. Davis, Jr
Rubber
Pierre S. du
Secretary of Commerce
Paramount to Roseland and Rialto Film Week
A film rundown shows Vanessa, Her Love Story with Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery at the Paramount, Behold My Wife at the fair, Rocky Mountain Mystery and Housewife on other screens, plus the Count of Monte Cristo at the Rialto. Roseland Ballroom reopens with a redecorated lounge and new orchestra under Eli Hoover.
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Paramount
Vanessa
Helen Hayes
Robert Montgomery
FAIR
Wife
Sylvia Sidney
Rocky Mountain
Randolph Scott
Donateus
Texas
Retta Dante George Brent Airama
Rialto
Robert Donat
Chidren Mature
Desiaen
Miriam Hugh Fredric March
Gary Cooper
Nat
Foed Snyder
Ramon Saltonstall
Jean Fret Roseland Reggne Johnson
Walpole
Robert Montgomery i
Benjie
Roseland Ballroom
Eli Hoover
Reggie Johnson
Fort Worth
Roseland
Hoover
Count of Monte Cristo
Blue Star Ointment Claims to Kill Itch Germs
An advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment as a solution for itch, rash, tetter, foot itch, ringworm or eczema. It promises quick absorption and germ killing action with a money back guarantee if the first jar fails.
Baby Doe Tabor Found Dead Near Matchless Mine
The Denver Post notes Baby Doe Tabor was found dead at the mouth of the Matchless Mine after years of poverty, following her fame as the wife of the silver king H. A. W. Tabor. Reverend Father Morgan arranged for her body to be moved to Denver for burial beside her husband.
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Calvary
Horgan
Leadville
Tabor
Bret Harte
Denver
H. A. W. Tabor
Silver King
United States
Grand Opera
Baby Doe Tabor
Dee
Tabor Opera House
Denver Post
Father Morgan
Russians deny war rumors and critic German propaganda
Moscow reports claim the Soviet press accuses Germany of using propaganda to push a war with the United States and Japan, while denying rumors of Soviet self liquidation and praising the Red Army as a peacekeeping force against Nazi aggression.
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Moscow
Germany
U.S
Communist
Volkischer Beobachter
Communist Party
Staelin
Washington
London
Paris
Beobachter
Red Army
Pravda
Texas Prison Costs Decline
The Texas Prison Board and Lee Simmons report lower operating cost per inmate from 420 in 1929 to 252 in 1934 and a reduction in annual state loss per inmate from 293 to 76. 1934 population averaged 5 359 with 2 953 new prisoners. 4 escapes occurred and 98 recaptured.
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Austin
Texas Prison Board
Lee Simmons
Simmons
Pris
Lone Hamlin Juror Treated to Free Movie
Juror J. R. Hulen of 1423 Lipscomb Street in Hamlin was treated to a free movie after spending his first evening in the jury room on the fifth floor of the Potter County courthouse. He was accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Less Whitaker. Mr. Walen is married and has one child.
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Tone Eagle
Hamlin
J. R. Hulen
Lipscomb Street
Potter County
Less Whitaker
Mr. Walen
Progress Report on Prisoner Welfare and Cotton Output
The report notes continued progress in prisoner welfare and taxpayer benefits. It records 6,465,059 pounds of lint cotton valued at $785,493, plus $103,213 in seed value. Lint production rose from 149 to 280 pounds per acre over the past two years.
Nine Killed in Austria Avalanche Near Graz
A Vienna ski club outing near Graz Austria killed nine when a massive avalanche swept a party of 25 skiers. Four women and five men died, fourteen were buried but five were rescued several hundred yards away. The accident occurred during a day of skiing.
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Graz
Austria
Vienna
Here
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Dick Wootton
Rocky Mountains
Panama Canal
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