Hills And Streams Of Macbride State Park Re‑Shaped For Recreation
Macbride State Park near Solon undergoes transformation into a large recreation area centering a 150 acre lake. CCC crews are building a 600 foot sand beach with a life guard and bath house, while picnic areas and stone shelters dot the grounds. The park will open next summer and features two miles of graded roads seven miles of trails, and a memorial site for Thomas H Macbride.
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Macbride State Park
Solon
Bath House
CCC
Supt
E. W. Olmstead
Palisades
Macbride
Gazette
Macbride Lake
Earl Kurtz
Iowa City
Thomas H. Macbride
University of Iowa
Flowers and Gardens by Mrs J L Rhea
Mrs J L Rhea extols the joy of gardens over mere logic and fashion. She urges practical landscaping, water gardens, and outdoor living spaces, notes rising male interest in floriculture, and offers basic cut flower tips and a picnic idea.
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Hus
Ee Ee Xi
Letter to editor defends Father Coughlin stance and political critics
John Smith of Cedar Rapids challenges Gazette's editorial view on Father Coughlin and the Roosevelt Landon debate. He mocks the claim that anti Roosevelters will support London and urges detailed rebuttal of Coughlin's logic while defending anti establishment sentiment and calling editors arrogant. He ends with a dare to publish in People s Forum.
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Father Coughlin
Roosevelt
London
Coughlin
Landon
People’s Forum
John Smith
Cedar Rapids
Washington Sideshow Cont'd From Page 6 Summary
Political advisers urged the candidate to shine at the GOP convention as a path to Philadelphia. They argued Townsend pension plank gains would end the independent movement on old age pensions. The candidate abandoned hopes and pivoted to a sharper, more aggressive stance.
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G.O.P
Philadelphia
Townsend
Gardea
Calorie Defined as Energy Unit Measure
A calorie is defined as the energy needed to raise 300 pounds to 10 feet, forming a standard unit of heat energy used in calculations and physics.
Peiping Decrees Education For Sing Song Girls
Peiping municipal government orders all sing song girls to enroll in school for at least three months and receive a diploma in culture. Night spot proprietors protest, saying schooling would make them harder to control and disrupt their work.
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Associated Press
Peiping
China
Beer Bath Drowns Worker at Mexico City Brewery
In Mexico City a Central brewery worker Simon Gomez was found dead floating face down in a large brew tank. Police say he fell in and his cries for help were unheard leading to his drowning.
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Mexico City
Simon Gomez
Central Brewery
Beggars Start Newspaper In Budapest To Trade Wares
In Budapest beggars publish a newspaper to sell their wares with an editor at a wine bottle and helpers sending news from across the city. Duplicating machine later prints editions. Advertisements seek exchanges like a dress for crutches and beggar stands offered for cash under the name Happy Future.
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Budapest
Andrassy
Isabella
Miltschitsch Wins 200 Dinar Bet for Egg Eating Feat
Nikolai Miltschitsch un employed and hungry wins a 200 dinar bet by consuming forty fried eggs two pounds of bread and a pint of wine in twenty minutes in Karlovac Jugoslavia.
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Karlovac
Jugoslavia
Nikolai Miltschitsch
Boyscarred by swastika marking incident in Mexico City
Dr Alberto Landa Goyzueta told police his young son Alberto was attacked by boys who cut a swastika into his wrist and rubbed a substance into the wound to scar it. He said other children have been similarly marked.
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Mexico City
Alberto Landa Goyzueta
Alberto
Vera Cruz deer season reopened to reduce overpopulation
The Vera Cruz forestry department invites sportsmen to hunt deer after an unusually long closed season led to a surge in the population. The move aims to control wildlife numbers and protect habitats.
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Japala
Vera Cruz
Mexico
State Forestry, Hunting and Fishing Department
Hypnotist’s act ends with stabbing during show
An itinerant hypnotist at the Izsak tradesmen hall hypnotized Karoly Szanyi and urged he should attack an imagined enemy. Szanyi, moved to defend against the phantom threat, stabbed the hypnotist, inflicting a severe wound.
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Budapest
Izsak
Karoly Szanyi
Trees on hill slope yield tougher timber
A claim notes trees on the northern slope of a hill produce more durable timber than those on the southern side. This comparison highlights environmental influence on wood strength.
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Adeline Taylor
J. L. Rhea
E. M. Boult
VycQuaus Save O& Pta Drug Store
Higley Bidg
Pfunder
Third Avenue
Second Street
Packer
Doan
Dillard’s Aspergum
Blue Jay
Tee
Noxzema
Aa Lge
Garvey
Kolor-Bak
Beachwhite Shoe
YoYo
Gabaly
Egp
Editor
Washington
Beggars’ Newspaper
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