Hunts Snakes as Odd Hobby in Missouri Woods
In Bluff, Missouri, A. L. Hinrichs pursues a lifelong hobby of trapping snakes for his Missouri reptile collection. His holdings include rattlesnakes, copperheads, blacksnakes, blue racers, cottonmouths and water moccasins kept in a screened pit with careful separation. He follows the example of his Civil War veteran father, Captain Charles Hinrichs, and once warned that he may release the snakes back to their native haunts someday.
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Popular Bluff
U.P
A. L. Hinrichs
Missouri
Ozark Woods
Hinrichs
Hinrich
Charles Hinrichs
Minnesota gets first U. S. house repair loan
Minneapolis U P credits Minnesota with the initial Modernization Credit loan under the National Housing Act. John P. Powers, a timekeeper at a Cloquet paper company, became the first insured modernization loan recipient from a private lender under the act. The loan amount was 125 dollars.
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Minneapolis
U.P
Minnesota
John P. Powers
Cloquet, Minn, Paper Company
Rio woman builds collection of 250 pitchers
Martha Sundby of Rio began collecting pitchers as a St. Olaf College senior seven years ago. Her collection now exceeds 250 pieces, spanning early Wisconsin pottery to fine glass examples.
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Pitchess
Rio
Wis
Martha Sundby
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Campaign view from the major parties on Roosevelt era policy
Senator Joseph C O Mahoney presents Democratic views on economic recovery under Franklin D Roosevelt. He cites Chicago Tribune data showing rising freight loading, foreign trade, auto production, steel output and building activity from 1933 to 1936, crediting Roosevelt with ending the panic and reshaping business responsibility. He critiques anti Roosevelt critics in business and presses gratitude for the president’s leadership.
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Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Democratic National Campaign Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Landon
Chicago Tribune
O'Mahoney
The
Tribune
Hoover
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Washington
Chicago
Col
Frank Knox
Unusual Honor for Chinese Hero Yu Ya-ching in Shanghai
Yu Ya-ching, a Ningpo immigrant who rose to shipping magnate status, is honored on his 70th birthday as Shanghai names Thibet Road after him. He helped quell Sino-foreign tensions in 1905 and 1925, playing a key mediator role in city affairs.
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Shanghai
U.P
Yu Ya-ching
Thibet Road
Horatio Alger
Ningpo
Nanking Road
Lubbock Education Director Moves to Amarillo Church
J Howard Williams announces that R A Springer, educational director of First Baptist Church Lubbock, is named education director for the Amarillo church. Springer will arrive October 15. He leads the Baptist Training Union of Texas with 158000 members in 8000 groups and has prior service at Forest Avenue Dallas, Cliff Temple Dallas, and Lubbock churches.
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J. Howard Williams
First Baptist Church
R. A. Springer
Lubbock
Amarillo
Springer
Williams
Baptist Training Union of Texas
Forest Avenue Baptist Church
Dallas
Cliff Temple Baptist Church
Lubbock Church
Potter County Tax Record Shows 20 Cents Overcharged
Miss Jewell Davidson county assessor collector settled with the Potter County Commission after findings of an average 20 cents overcharged per $1 in tax collections from nearly $400,000. The state ad valorem taxes were $163,846.56 and county ad valorem taxes $192,803.39 with minor discrepancies noted. Commissioners Percy Gibbs Mark Parker Joe Gray and Frank Buckingham signed the annual settlement.
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Potter County
Potter County Commission
Jewell Davidson
J. N. Riggs
Miss Davidson
Percy Gibbs
Mark Parker
Joe Gray
Frank Buckingham
Garrison Finish Coined From Snapper Garrison Victory
The phrase a garrison finish traces to jockey Snapper Garrison who won the great Suburban Race in 1882 with a last moment surge, inspiring the expression used to describe a come from behind finish.
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Garrison
Negro Village Tries Old Art in Dewmaine Dolph
Cart ville Illinois report on Dr. A W Springs leading a WPA project in the Dewmaine Dolph Negro village. A 1500 population village revived primitive industries with baskets swings corn shuck furniture and road construction. Springs, Fisk and National Medical College educated, organized aid since 1930 including mine rescues in 1914 and 1917 with medals for lifesaving.
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Carterville
U.P
A. W. Springs
Dewmaine-Dolph
Dewmaine- Dolph
Deep South
Dr. Springs
Springs
Fisk University
Nashville
Tenn
National Medical College of Chicago
Royalton Mine
Bureau of Mines and Minerals
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
WPA
Civil Appeals Motions and Decisions in Seventh Texas District
Proceedings before the Court of Civil Appeals Sept 28 1936 discuss motions to withdraw statements of facts rehearings and postponing briefs. Orders grant some motions and mandate payments waivers. several cases affirmed reversed and remanded. Submissions include Harris Travis Deaf Smith Hutchinson Potter Hall Gray Gray Hansford counties and others.
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Court of Civil Appeals
Seventh Supreme Judicial District of Texas
Traders & General Insurance Company
R. L. Patton
A. J. Kahlich
J. C. Watson
Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York
Jeanne van Arsdale
H. R. Beardmore
John Hunter
Cassel
FE. E. West
Lynn County
C. G. Maples
Armstrong County
William D. Harris
Nannie Belle Harris
Harris County
S. B. Edwards
Eli Dunlap
Deaf Smith County
T. BE. Wilkison
Western Union Telegraph Co
Hutchinson County
Southland Life Insurance Company
Bonnie M. Johnston
Potter County
H. E. Tarver
Elsie Vallance
Hall County
J. Tom Bowers
Aubra Bowers
Gray County
DC. Dilley
J. H. Grover
Hansford County
Washington D C anecdotes and political quips from 1930s era
A playful round of political witticisms features Sen. Alben Barkley, Gen. Hugh Johnson, Sen. Charles McNary, and a weather bureau quip. Jokes touch on Roosevelt’s party, northern sharks, home cooking, and odd personal inquiries to the weather office, reflecting light political humor and daily life concerns.
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Hugh
Johnson
Atlantic
Bethany Beach
Delaware
Quebec plans cleanup of police with foreign experts
Prime Minister Maurice Duplessis moves to overhaul the Quebec provincial police after dismissing the Montreal branch as a corrupt hotbed. He proposes importing two crime experts from Scotland Yard and two from the Paris Prefecture de la Police to help create a modern, non-political force focused on scientific crime detection and efficient justice administration.
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Montreal
Quebec
London
Scotland Yard
Paris
Maurice Duplessis
Duplessis
Campaign tactics shift as soundtrucks spread
Des Moines coverage notes a rise in campaign soundtrucks since Huey Long’s Arkansas visit. Voters grew wary of unusual auto equipment, with one Washington resident facing questions at a gas station about the car radio and its political use.
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Huey Long
Louisiana
Arkansas
Real estate operator Ray Britain recovers from illness
Ray Britain of 1300 Monroe pan in the Oliver Eakle Building has recovered from a serious cold that kept him home most of last week. He operates in real estate with offices in the Oliver Eakle Building.
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Ray Britain
Monroe Pan
Oliver-Eakle
Hamilton replies to McGuffey critique on reader progress
Pasadena report quotes A L Hamilton former superintendent as saying each generation rises with a perceived 25 percent grade but in reality only advances about 1 percent. This defense counters a critic of McGuffey's Reader noting gradual educational improvement.
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Pasadena
Cal
U.P
A. L. Hamilton
McGuffey
Fingerprint Expert Beavers Heads to Dallas Convention
Amarillo police fingerprint man Virgil Beavers departed yesterday for Dallas to attend the International Association of Identification convention.
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Virgil Beavers
Amarillo
Dallas
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