Flood control debate ends with joint program plan
A prolonged feud between the forest service and the army engineers over flood prevention shifts to a combined approach. Experts urge reforestation plus levees and costly dams, arguing a steady program beats reactionary funding. Private industries resist upgrades, complicating progress on the Mississippi basin.
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Ashington
Forest Service
Army Engineers
Gulf
Army
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Roosevelt
Alleghenies
Rockies
United States
Ohio
Congress
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Monroe
Flood control and river property on the Ohio
The text argues that flooding issues along the Ohio river affect Cincinnati and Louisville where valuable riverbank industrial property lies. It claims flood control funds are useless without confiscating property and notes private businesses often refuse to relocate.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Louisville
Congress
Floodways, levee breach near New Madrid with protests
The piece recalls army engineers breaching a levee at New Madrid Missouri to open the floodway and save Cairo while residents atop the levee threatened to shoot. It contrasts historic floods with modern damage and notes Mississippi basin erosion, conservation policies, and a 1929 forestry report to Congress amid the 1937 copyright note and a Miss Manners Q&A.
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New Madrid
Cairo
Mississippi
Ohio
Gulf of Mexico
U. S
Mississippi Basin
Congress
Calvin Coolidge
Ill Health Is Shallow Reward For Prominence
A critic warns against public figures sacrificing health for prominence as one woman’s overextended commitments drain energy and happiness. A reader asks Miss Manners for guidance after discovering her boyfriend’s infidelity and broken engagement plans. The reply urges ending ties, avoiding cynicism, and trusting in better prospects with wiser judgment.
Modern Belle and Vertical Clues in a Word Puzzle
A themed puzzle page titled Modern Belle presents a two part word game with horizontal and vertical clues. It lists numbered hints from 12 to 56 across and 1 to 52 down, including terms such as Din, To affirm, Grouper fish, Gypsy, and Attar, inviting solvers to fill a crossword style grid.
Cardinal Dougherty Welcomed In Manila
Manila AP report says Dennis Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia, papal legate to the first eucharistic congress in the Far East, was greeted by aerial salutes and shrieking sirens as ships in Manila bay honored him Monday.
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Manila
Manila Bay
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Far East
Radio Programs Schedule Across Networks and Artists
A dense listing of radio programming by time slot and network from 6:00 to 11:49, detailing shows, hosts, orchestras, and chain affiliations across NBC CBS WJZ WABC WBBM KMOX WGST WCCO WIZ. Notable names include Amos n Andy, Fibber McGee and Molly, Horace Heidt, Dandies of Yesterday, Glen Gray, Grffin and Woollcott, and multiple concert orchestras.
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Amos ’N’ Andy
NBC
Weaf Chain
Arate Small
WJZ Chain
Herbert Foote
CBS
WCCO
Uncle Ezra
Sum and
Abner
Ray Heatherton
WABC
WBBM
KMOX
WGST
Braggiotti
WEAF
Helen Hayes
Horace Heidt
Crooks
Pick
Pat Ce
Warden Lawes
Bishop and the Gargoyle
Radio Theater
Mr. Deeds
Ee Himber
Pearl
Zero Black
Good Time Society
WJZ
Wayne King Orch
National Radio Forum
Senator Borah
Hal Goodman
Don Ferdi
Oe McGrew Orch
Weaf Ain
Glen Gray
Phil Levant Orch
George Olsen Orch
Woc
Hate Nichols Orch
Wabc Bbm
Francis Craig Orc
Claire
EAF Chain
WIZ Chain
Bluebirds
Josh Higgins
Finchville
Ae of All Churches
Devis Harum
the O'’Neills
Dental Association
Collegians
Edward MacHugh
Singer
JZ Chain
Honleyboy
Sassafras
Ted Malone
Gene Arnold
the Cadets
National Farm and Home Hour
Sylvia Clark
George Hall Ord
WABG
Happy Jack
Jenny
Wee Wabc
Ace and Music
Reece School of the Air
ABC
Hampton Institute Sextet
Aid Nbc Mu. Music Guild
Myrt Anda
WCC
Jeee Armstrong
Chein Singing Lady
Tony Russell
del Casino
Tom Thomas
Oat King
Renfrew of the Mounted
Amos
N’ Andy
Easy Aces
1NBC
Wonders of the Heavens
Henrik Willem van Loon
A Griffen
Alexander Woollcott
Della Chiesa
Ben Bernie Orch
Jack Oakie’s College
Top Hatters Orch
Lucas Orch
Masters Orch
Olsen Orch
Eady Aoe
Seek To Bring Blum Hitler Face To Face
France and Germany veterans urge a direct meeting between Premier Leon Blum and Adolf Hitler to ease European tensions. Spain’s civil war rages on with Madrid defending territory as fascist forces threaten Malaga and government troops claim gains. French officials greet the idea coldly while stressing methods rather than aims after Hitler’s Versailles guilt confession speech.
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France
Germany
Leon Blum
Spain
Madrid
Gonzalo Quiepo de Llano
Malaga
Mediterranean
Hitler
Reichstag
Yvon Delbos
Popular Front
Chatenroux
He’s A Different Smith And Never Misses His Mail
In Homerville Georgia Willie 5 Smith a 24 year old garage owner jokes that his mail never goes to the wrong Smith He explains that a fractional middle name avoids mix ups with other Frank Smiths in Clinch County His father chose 5 for Willie’s middle name to spare him future mail confusion
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Homerville
Willie 5 Smith
America
Smith
Frank Smith
Willie
Frank
Students From Big 3 To Study U. S. Problems
Harvard Yale and Princeton delegates will meet in Cambridge on February 26 and 27 to discuss unemployment regulation of enterprise currency and credit and federal revenue and expenditure. Five round tables will host business, industrial and political leaders offering off the record views. A plenary session for the press will follow to spark youth interest in public affairs.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Parachute Training School at Chanute Field Ill
The Army Air Corps parachute training school is located at Chanute Field Illinois. Its personnel are drilled in maintenance, repairing, packing and construction of chutes. The course extends over three months.
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Army Air Corps Parachute Training School
Chanute Field
Ill
Bulgarian Women Gain Vote Franchise Under New System
SOFIA AP reports Bulgaria launched a new election system granting voting rights to women and treating all citizens equally. King Boris II, extending reforms, relinquished part of his power while overseeing a broad field of candidates amid heightened public interest.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris II
Maritime Strikers Start Peace Ballot
SAN FRANCISCO AP For ten thousand Pacific coast maritime strikers start voting Monday on peace proposals their leaders freely predicted will end the long tie up possibly by Thursday Shipowners also accepting the strike as virtually settled prepared for release of 240 ships from blockaded ports The owners pointed out however that resumption of sailings must necessarily be gradual since a cargo jam must be moved and ships re serviced
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast Maritime
Dreamer Dies in Rockview Electric Chair
Robert Dreamer a 40 year old Washington Pa railroad worker died in Rockview Penitentiary after his execution for the murder of Thelma Young 17 nine years earlier. He was strapped to the chair at 12 30 am and pronounced dead at 12 33 am after a 2000 volt 13 ampere sentence.
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Rockview Penitentiary
Bellefonte
Robert Dreamer
Washington
Rockview
Thelma Young
W. J. Weixel
Weaver sale to Hladky heirs of three lots on plat 68
Joseph V. Weaver and wife grant to Joseph F. Hladky Jr and Jane Hladky, husband and wife, full ownership of lots 79 80 and 81 in plat 68 for one dollar and valuable consideration. Document 93-36 recorded.
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Joseph V. Weaver
Joseph F. Hladky Jr
Jane Hladky
Wife's 60 Cats Ruled Out As Divorce Cause
WOODBURY N J UP The fact that Mrs J Fred Bellois kept 60 cats in her home was no cause for a divorce Advisory Master William B Knight told her husband Bellois seeking a divorce charged that he was sometimes kept waiting hours for his meals while his wife fed the pedigreed felines and that Mrs Bellois stabled a number of them in his bedroom I had to spend my vacations driving my wife around the country to eat shows Bellois told Judge Knight Mrs Bellois denied that she ever kept her husband waiting for meals and said that the cats she kept in his bedroom were those he disliked the least Cat breeding she said was profitable and interesting Judge Knight in denying Bellois divorce petition said it is not within the jurisdiction of this court to interfere with family regulations The petitioner has failed to establish that the defendant is guilty of extreme cruelty within the meaning of the law.
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Knight
Bellois
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the Lord
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Woodbury
N. J
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William B. Knight
Ben-Gay
Jules Bengué
Paris
Away
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WMT
Raleigh
K@L
Gary Cooper
Jean Arthur
LUX
Cecil B. Demille
KRNT
Columbia
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