Braddock Triumphs Unlikely Heavyweight Champion At Madison Square Garden
Jimmy Braddock, a 29 year old New Jersey father of three at long odds, defeated Max Baer by unanimous decision after fifteen rounds to become the heavyweight champion before about 30,000 spectators in Madison Square Garden. Referee Johnny McAvoy deducted three rounds from Baer for fouls, yet Braddock maintained a steady pace and grit amid a dramatic upset that stunned the crowd.
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Icicle
New Jersey
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Primo Carnera
Jimmy
Baer
Canute
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Max
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Government bankers opposed central bank plan in U S
R S Hecht, president of the American Bankers Association, argues against a government owned central bank. He cites history in the United States with the Second Bank and praises the private regional Federal Reserve System as better suited to America's diverse geography and economy. He notes Europe’s central banks cover smaller areas and warns a U S central bank would govern a far larger region.
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America
Europe
England
France
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Shifting of Tidal Load Across Earth Stirs Experts
A historian tone discusses dynamic earth forces as tides create two bulges around the planet every 24 hours. The moving tidal load acts like a hand pressing a rubber ball, causing cratering and reshaping of the crust as the bulges shift.
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New York Times
Banks Repay Most Reconstruction Finance Loans
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation advanced 1.86 billion to 7,396 banks and trust companies by April 30 1935, with repayments totaling at least 1.34 billion or over 72 percent. Loans authorized totaled 2.85 billion, while 345 million was withdrawn or canceled and 140 million remains unissued.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Simplification Plan for Bank Checks Adopted Nationwide
Bank Management Commission of the American Bankers Association outlines plans to standardize the size and layout of checks notes drafts and similar instruments. The bulletin notes that recommendations issued about ten years ago by the association and the Commerce Department achieved about 85 percent adherence and the new bulletin aims to sustain that level.
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New York
Bank Management Commission
American Bankers Association
Association
United States Department of Commerce
National Bank Note Retirement Reshapes Currency System
The retirement of national bank notes involves about 800 million dollars, expanding deposits in the Treasury and replacing bonds against outstanding notes. It will take time to withdraw the bonds from circulation and will demand a sizable shift of bank funds in many cases, though disruption is expected to be limited.
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Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit
General Motors
Monkey of the Snow Native to Central Asia
A Smithsonian display shows the kin tsen heou or monkey of the snow from central Asia. Mythinopithecus has an ogre like face with large eyes and orange beard fringe, gold to silver fur, and lives in bamboo forests near perpetual snow. Discovered over sixty years ago by Pere David, it is related to the sacred Hanuman monkey of India.
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Central Asia
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institute Bulletin
Mythinopithecus
Pere David
India
Oboe Indispensable In Modern Orchestras
The oboe, a conical wooden instrument with three joints, is mainly a solo instrument and tunes orchestras by supplying the A. It has a harsh low register, a vivid middle range, and pleasing highs. The English horn, larger and lower pitched, is not a horn but shares lineage with the oboe and has a quieter, solid tone.
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Washington Post
England
Sally Rand Injured by Nail Toss in South Bend
A joker tossed nails at Sally Rand during a performance in South Bend Indiana causing an injured left eyelid. Doctors say the injury is not serious but the incident was a narrow escape for the famed dancer.
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South Bend
Ind
Sally Rand
Resolution on death of Mrs Henry Ellingson Big Timber MT
The Sweet Grass County Pioneers Society of Big Sea passes a June 4 1935 resolution mourning the death of Mrs Henry Ellingson who died May 28 1935 The group offers deepest sympathy to the bereaved family and orders the resolution copied into minutes and sent to the family. Committee on Resolutions chaired by T T Olson.
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Big Timber
Montana
Henry Ellingson
Sweet Grass County Pioneers Society of
Big Sea
Sweet Grass County Pioneers Society
T. T. Olson
Principle of Screw Origin and Industrial Rise
The screw dates to Archimedes and Romans using it in presses. It spread across Mediterranean peoples by the start of the Christian era and became a common mechanism. Early screws were handmade with rough tools until 1836 when American invention enabled machine production.
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Archimedes
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