Roosevelt Sets Ship Subside Scheme With New Commission
Washington moves toward a long range ship subsidy program as President Roosevelt names three of five new maritime commission members Henry A Wiley Harry G Hamlet and George Landick Jr to oversee direct construction and operating subsidies The plan envisions 350 new vessels costing around 5 billion with subsidies up to 75 percent split between construction and installments The commission will control about 187000000 in notes and cash plus 100000000 in cash from the Shipping Board and Post Office Department.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
Seven Seas
Commission
Hyde Park
Henry A. Wiley
Navy
Haverford
Harry G. Hamlet
Coast Guard
George Landick, Jr
Treasury
Shipping Board Bureau
Shipping Board
Post Office Department
13 Number Choice To West Toledo Club Patronage
Charles G. Cram, secretary of the East Toledo Club, became the first patron of a bank branch safety-box department and chose the number 13. In London studios, noise from planes disrupts production, so studios will get soundproof roofs to cut interference.
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Toledo
Charles G. Cram
East Toledo
London
U.P
TVA Defended by Maverick at conservation talk
Rep. Maury Maverick of Texas defended the Tennessee Valley Authority at a young men’s conference on conservation problems. He cited the dam’s water backing up and pouring over, saying taxpayers built the dams and the government began producing power for the people. He urged federal cooperation for future soil and water conservation and linked tenancy and absentee ownership to soil neglect. Calcutta’s population is noted as 1,327,500.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Conservation and Power Project
Maury Maverick
Democrat
Texas
Tennessee Valley Dam
Maverick
United States
TVA
Diurnal rhythm controls sleep says Harvard expert
Cambridge reports Dr John H Welch of Harvard laboratories finds animals awaken at sunrise and retire at sunset even in total darkness showing an inherent timing device for sleep. He notes remaining issues for consumers and a glut of similar steel compositions despite the broader concept.
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Cambridge
Mass
John H. Welch
Harvard Biological Laboratory
Welch
Lash Steel Buyers For Naive Ideas
John Johnston, director of research at U S Steel Corp, attacked naive consumer ideas in an American Chemical Society address. He warned that reliance on precise chemical composition overlooks other steel qualities and could mislead buyers about performance and suitability.
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Pittsburgh
John Johnston
U. S. Steel Corporation
American Chemical Society
Bible Printed in Germany Belongs to Portage Man
William E. Brauer of Portage cherishes a Bible printed in Wittenburg Germany. The volume includes a foreword by Martin Luther and is bound with inch-thick wooden covers and pigskin binding, a prized relic in his collection.
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Wittenburg
Portage
Wis
Germany
Martin Luther
William E. Brauer
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