Clock Keeper Aids Time In Its Flight
Emil P Hjarding, master clockman, maintains four colossal dials on the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building. The 2614 feet diameter dials face the compass from 346 feet up, with 21½ foot minute hands and 13 foot hour hands. He keeps them synchronized to the split second, even manually guiding the mechanism when needed.
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Manhattan
Emil P. Hjarding
Metropolitan Life Insurance Building
Hjarding
London
Brooklyn
Mr. Harding
Wife of gassed convict falls ill after kiss
Mrs. Frank Rascon, 36, became seriously ill after embracing her husband's body following his execution by lethal gas in Arizona. Doctors said she inhaled cyanide fumes during the kiss and will remain ill for several days.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Frank Rascon
Rascon
Arizona
Will King Leopold Take New Bride
Belgium wonders if King Leopold will remarry after Queen Astrid. Rumors from London and Paris spark debate on a suitable bride among European royalty, with Adela ide, Clothilde Napoleon, Maria Francesca of Italy, and others named as possibilities.
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Brussels
London
Paris
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Adelaide
Archduke Otto
Clothilde Napoleon
Eugenie
Greece
Louise Alexandrine
Denmark
Frederica
Brunswick-Luneburg
Western Range Lands Neglected Warns Agriculture Report
A commissioner report cites heavy forage depletion across the western range of 728 million acres, urging removal of surplus livestock to halt erosion and urging balance of crop and range use. It notes 95 percent of public lands degraded in 30 years and calls for integrating watershed forest wildlife recreation and tax delinquency solutions.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Byrd McCarl meeting eyed to curb waste in government
Washington Democrats await a conference between Sen. Harry Byrd and ex-Comptroller General J. R. McCarl. The pair will discuss waste investigations as campaigns near and some lawmakers hope for decisive recommendations while others fear GOP timing.
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Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
J. R. McCarl
Congress
Byrd
Senate
Treasury
McCarl
Byrd Committee
Banks Repay RFC Loans as Repayment Accelerates
Washington report notes after surpassing one billion dollars in RFC stock purchases, banks rush to retire securities. Since 1933 more than $1.066 billion secured, about $309 million has been retired. First National Bank of Chicago paid off a $25 million issue. Interest cut from 6% to 3.5% and to 4% in February 1940. Jones says RFC will not press for retirement of stockholders, and will avoid dictating bank management.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
RFC
First National Bank of Chicago
Jesse H. Jones
Remembering Cedar Rapids Winter And Summer Extremes
Five months ago Cedar Rapids faced 111 degrees in heat while January record lows plumbed 31 degrees below zero. The piece recalls snowplow action on Highway 261 near Mount Vernon, coal rationing, school closings, and flood preparations as temperatures swung from record cold to extreme heat.
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Martelle
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
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Second Street SE
Upper Siberia
Yukon
Linn County
Highway Commission
Vampire Bat Still Terror Of Hot Jungle
Vampire bats roam the equatorial bush and even attack sleepers in towns. The article notes the bat's stealthy, painless bites, potential to kill small children or sicken adults, and advises Cayenne residents to keep shutters closed at night. A bush party manager near Para maribo was bitten through a sleeping net, leaving a bed stained with blood.
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Cayenne
Bram Stoker
Dracula
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Nebraska Farmers See Record Revenue Rise in 1936
Nebraska reports the strongest farm income growth in the nation for the first quarter of 1936. Revenue climbed 28 percent over the same period in 1935, up by 13.86 million dollars, with a 54 percent gain when excluding federal benefit payments, per agricultural statistician A. E. Anderson.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
Lichtenstein Faces Modern Troubles Amid Pressing Debates
Lichtenstein, a tiny principality between Switzerland and Austria, struggles with a youth movement, rising nationalism, anti Semitism, and money woes. Its 11 500 residents rely on agriculture and stamp revenue as debates shift toward economic cooperation with Austria and Switzerland. The aging ruler, Francis I, faces pressure over republican reform and tax burdens.
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Vaduz
Francis I
Europe
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