Po River Trade Highway Planned Across Northern Italy
A National Geographic bulletin outlines turning the Po into a inland waterway from Milan to Venice. The project would take years and cost about 900 million lire, aiming to allow larger boats and shorter routes by adding dams weirs and reservoirs to control flood risk and irrigation needs.
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Washington
Italy
Milan
Venice
National Geographic Society
Belletin
Alps
Great Po
Moun
Connecticut
Rome
Turin
Relic Lead Plaque Melts Into Bullets in Louisiana Tale
New Orleans reports recount a lead plaque marking LaSalle’s 1689 claim of Louisiana melted into bullets by a doctor for a pet, with the relic valued up to a million dollars by historians. The plaque vanished after being recovered by hunter Vilgere Dinet who melted it.
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New Orleans
Louisiane
Louisving Historical Society
Frank H. Waddill
The
Historical Society
Waddill
Goodeu
Hunter
Rene Robert Cavelier de LaSalle
Louisiana
Gulf
Canada
Rockies
Alleghenies
Louis XVI
Loula
Vilgere Dinet
George Lee Huys
Hays
Dinet
Educated Mule Walks on Snowshoes In Northern Manitoba
In Sherridan Manitoba a mule trained by Bill Eloowick now travels with snowshoes about 15 inches in diameter. The mule pulls a toboggan and eagerly uses the gear learned on trap lines six miles north of Hers. The novelty distracts locals from trains planes and dog teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherridan
Manitoba
Bill Eloowick
Eloowick
Secret Gold Rush Rumors Stir Que-Wild Excitement
Reports claim a secret gold rush is being organized to exploit strikes in the Great Bear regions. A mystery plane landed near Meanntic with Harry Hayter at the controls, heightening public suspense and color added to the rumors.
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Meanntic
Que
Great Bear
Color
Here
Harry Hayter
Fuse Saver Sparks Life in Middlesburg Incident
A fuse in Middlesburg, Pa., nearby saved Thomas Mitchell when an iron bar he carried touched a high tension wire. The resulting blast blew the circuit and burned Mitchell’s leg and arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesburg
Thoman Mitchell
Middleburg
This Man Makes Real Diamonds
Prof. Ralph Mckee of Columbia University demonstrates a machine that makes a one carat real diamond from iron containing carbon silicon and phosphorus. The process applies extreme heat and enormous pressure followed by slow cooling to form diamonds.
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Ralph Mckee
Department of Chemical Engineering
Columbia University, Ie
Assassination, Honolulu mass pardon and budget clashes ring in 1932 headlines
The report covers the fatal stabbing of M Doumer by Paul Gorgulef with claims of Russian Communist links, a controversial Honolulu Massie case sentence commutation by Gov Judd Geer, and President Hoover’s budget balancing rebuke amid party tensions. It notes political maneuvering in Maryland and Hoovers 1932 campaign dynamics.
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Doomer
France
Massie
Judd—House
French Republic
Fance
Assasso
Isto
Paul Gorgulef
M. Doumer
Roosevelt, Garner lead in primary results and Capone jailed
The article reports Roosevelt beating delegates and Garner gaining a large plurality in the Democratic primary while Hoover runs unopposed in the Republican contest. Capone is imprisoned in Atlanta for income tax fraud. The piece notes Roosevelt's delegate wins and Capone's lengthy sentence with a brief posttrial remark from Capone.
Agreement Ends Shanghai Hostilities After Bomb Attack
Representatives of the Japanese and Chinese governments reach a pact to end hostilities in the Shanghai area. A Japanese surgeon amputates the right leg of Minister Mamoru Shige after he signed the accord, the most seriously hurt among eleven top Japanese officials wounded in the blast. Japan agrees to begin troop withdrawals immediately, aiming to complete within about four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Mamoru Shigemiten
Hale bill funds construction of fleet to treaty limits
The Senate approved the Hale bill by 44 to 21 to build warships to meet Washington and London treaty tonnage. It funds modernization of two battleships and replaces over-age vessels. If all ships were started now the cost would reach about 00 million dollars. over ten years the annual average would be about 10 million.
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Lord
Jones
Judd
Davis
Washington
Congressman Summers
Texas
Honolulu
Congress
Judi
Honoluin
Massie
Clarence Darrow
Senate
Bingham
Hawaiian Islands
United States
al Capone
Federal
Allania
United States Supreme Court
Scarface
Wikergon
Atlanta
Sengts
London
Goldsborough bill and major Supreme Court rulings touch US policy
A House vote on the Goldsborough bill aims to steady dollar value via open market operations, with critics led by Secretary Mills warning of inflation. Supreme Court rulings limit packers deeds and bar negro primaries, while President Hoover’s power commission appointment debates proceed. The piece also recounts John Wright, famed Confederate-Union figure, and the origin of the Teddy bear from Margarete Steiff and Roosevelt's hunting episode transformed by Clifford Berryman cartoons.
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Congress
Hoover
Senate
White House
Galdsborough
House
Federal Reserve System
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Seripetary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury Mills
United States Supreme Court
Benjamin Cardoso
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Justice Cordoxo
Companied
Butler and
von Deventer
Texas
Democratic Executive Committee
Cardado
Hughes
Brandeis, Stone and Roberts
Boover
Bis
George Otis Smith
Federal Power Commission
Smith
Power Commission
Teddy Roosevelt
Germany
Margarete Stef
Richard Steiff
Borgfeldt & Co
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Clifford EK Berryman
Ricgevelt
Berryman
Hear Ag
Margerete Steiff
Opening of Washington Cathedral at Mount St Albans
The Washington Cathedral on Mount St Albans opened for public worship after the foundation stone laid 25 years ago. The opening service drew President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover, former President Woodrow Wilson, the Bethlehem chapel, bishops, and lay readers from across the country, with most of the main building still under construction.
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Ashington Cathedral
Mount St. Albans
Ascension
Hoover
Mire
Woodrow Wilson
Bethlehem Chapel
Episcopal
Dimoreh
Whellington
Notorious Aston Means Linked to Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Aston Means, a famed criminal figure, faces arrest on charges from Evelyn Walsh McLean. She claims she paid Means 100000 dollars to recover the Lindbergh baby but the money was not used and the child not recovered. Authorities probe unclear angles in the case.
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Aston Means
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Washington
Sam Patch the Bold Stunt Jumper and His Fatal Leap
The tale recounts Sam Patch born 1807 in Law town Rhode Island who rose from cotton spinner to famed stunt jumper. In November 1820 he declared Napoleon could not jump the Genesee falls and leaped at Rochester New York, dying in the attempt.
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Sam Patch
Niavara
Tucket
Sam
Genessee Falls
Genessee River
Rochester
N. Y
Sapoleon
Genessee
Waterina
Calon
Seeing Straight A Deacon’s View on Wise Counsel
A quotation from Deacon on how clear vision comes with good counsel. It notes that even a skilled observer may miss the whole, while wise guidance helps see business straight and true.
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Brazilian
St Peter and St. Paul
Make River PO
Apennines
Italian Alps
Europe
Ticino
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Fuse Soves
Edward W. Pickard
Gov
House of Representatives
Hiebndser
War and Navy Departments
Economy Committee
Aryland
Joseph L France
Hepublican
Chicago
Baltimore
Maryland
Sou
D. L
Valiformla Democrata
Bloosevelt
John N. Garner
New Yorker
Gartner
Alabama
Franklin BD
New York
South Dakota
Peter Norbeck
Harry F. Brownell
Sioux Falls
Devil Judd Tolliver
John Fox, Jr
Lonesome Pine
Deri
Judd Tolliver
Kentucky
Big Soundy
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
John Wright
Wright's
John Tad Ned
Wright
Morgan
Old Fort Smith
Ton
Aliee Wright
June
Jerry Fos
Lonesome Core
Panlel Roane Wrich
Teddy Bear
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