Man Wins Battle With Dust Across Plains Farms
In Liberal Kansas and nearby areas, soil conservation efforts by farmers, WPA workers, and the Soil Conservation Service reduce dust storms. Projects on 25 000 acres near Liberal and 25 600 acres north of Guymon show wind breaks and terracing cutting dust movement. Dalhart Texas pilots report 15 bushels per acre with sudan grass wind breaks.
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Liberal
Kan
Kansas
Panhandles
Oklahoma
Texas
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Kansas Project No. 4
Fred J. Sykes
WPA
Sykes
Sudan
Sam Hayden
Middle West
Louis Lemert
Guyman
Oklahoma _panhandle
Herbert M. Cabell
Agricultural Department
Goodwell
Okla
Guymon
Cabett
Dalhart
Tex
Lone Star Panhandle
B. H Hopkins
Hopkins
Backward Kentucky Hill Folk Benefit From New Educational Radio
Kentucky projects push education in remote hills with radio listening centers run by the University of Kentucky in Louisville broadcasting 900 programs in 1936. The Blue Ridge industrial school, founded by Rev. George P. Mayo, marks 25 years with 200 students and a strong alumni network aiding living standards in eastern Kentucky.
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Charles Grenham
Louisville
Kentucky
University of Kentucky
University
Hill Country
Blue Ridge
Mayo
Charlottesville
Beacon Hollow
County considers purchase for juvenile home site
Johnson county supervisors weigh buying a fourteen room house and five acre tract from W. F. Main of Cedar Rapids for 9000 dollars. Officials argue the purchase is a better investment than current rent for the juvenile home site.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
W. F. Main
Cedar Rapids
Radio schedules list evening and morning programs across networks
A dense listing of radio programming times, networks, and performers for NBC CBS and their station chains. Includes Amos and Andy Myrt and Marge Vox Populi Wayne King and many orchestras with WBABK KMOX WCCO WBBM stations indicated.
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Amos
Andy
NBC
Weaf Kyw
WMAQ
Lois Ravel
WJZ Chain
Myrt
Marge
CBS
WABC
WBEM
Edward Davies
Weaf Chain
I Sam
Abner
WJZ
Sincing Sam
WCCO
Kmox -Hammerstein‘s
WEAF
Kyw
Pick
Pat
WBBM
KMOX
Morton Downey
Howard Price
Tenor
WGST
Lionel Barrymore
Joan Blaine
Walter Damrosch
WJA
Wayne Kingorch
Sersional Radio Forum
Russ Morgan Orch
Public Opinion
Enoch Light Orch
Jack Denny Orch
Benny Goodman Orch
Ink Spots
Ansac Starr Orch
Glen Gray
Wgst Woc
Weaf Today's Children
Choral Club
Gene Arnold
Sears’ Octette
Golden Melodies
American School of the Air
Forever Young
WOW
Nellie Revell
Margaret McCrae
Vic and Sade
Geo Weaf
Woman's Radio Review
Betty and
Bob
An Sorce
Vivian Della Chiesa
WOC
Jimmy _ Farrell
Harvard Glee Club
Gece Armstrong
WLW
Benny Yeauie
WBB
Lowell Thomas
Amos 'N’ Andy
Easy Aces
Myrt and
WEBM
Gould and Shefter
Lum
Kate Smith
Leo Reisman Orch
Crime Clues
Frank Mann
Wayne King Orch
Edgar Guest
KYWW
Ben Bernie
Ethel Merman
Glen Gray Orch
Eddy Duchin
WEAP
Singers of
Western Reserve
Fred Waring Orch
New Hamp
Shire
Er Newman Orch
Nelson Orch
Aay Busse Orch
Pee Shallert
Lucio
Ricardo Orch
Aa Ed King Rch
Bernie Cummins Orch
Ae Lewis’ Orch
Lévant
Shandor
George Olsen
Hibe Borer Orch
Fesse Hawkins
A Fields Orch
Aun Woouk
Hearing On Barber Price Fix in Iowa City
A hearing in district court before Judge James P. Gaffney will consider an injunction by the Iowa City Barbers' association to restrain four shops from charging less than 40 cents for a haircut. Officers of the association filed the petition against Theodore F. Wolden A J Gilpin Frank Bock and Charles VeDepp alleging price cutting harms business and compromises sanitary conditions.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa City Barbers’ Association
James P. Gaffney
Theodore F. Wolden
A. J. Gilpin
Frank Bock
Charles VeDepp
William Penn Feels Burden Of Famous Name
In Philadelphia a dairy foreman nicknamed Bill recounts woes of sharing the William Penn name. He recalls being laughed at or challenged in stores and notes many confuse him with the bronze City Hall statue, wishing for a common name like John Smith.
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Philadelphia
William Penn
Bill
John Smith
Bob Brown
Penn
City Hall
Yorktown christening and White Pigeon plans stir Washington
Fulton Lewis Jr. reports on First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt set to christen the navy carrier Yorktown with champagne plans tangled by Prohibition era rules and a bottle substitute idea. The piece notes shipbuilders’ traditions, attempts at American champagne, pigeons, and a dry First Lady.
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Fulton Lewis, JR
Universal Service
Ashington
Navy
Yorktown
Roosevelt
Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
Fletcher Faces GOP Tensions Within Family Line
Within the Republican ranks a dispute rises as chairman Henry P. Fletcher speaks out amid party efforts to manage internal tensions. The report notes Fletcher’s outspoken stance and the party’s attempt to hush the leadership signals.
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G.O.P
Henry P. Fletcher
Fletcher
Anti Semitic Wave Spreads In Poland
In Poland a controversial anti kosher bill dominates public discourse as parliament face adoption amid global Jewish opposition. Widespread antisemitic sentiment rises among poverty struck peasants blaming Jews for hardships, fueling local excesses and a government seen as unable to halt actions to push Jews from retail trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Polish Jews Split On Emigration The Polish Debate Rages
In Poland a heated debate over Jewish emigration and anti Semitism features Rabbi Thon arguing for cultural regeneration within borders. Nasz Przeglad backs resilience, warning against persecution while deputies blame Yiddish use and trading methods for unpopularity and recall medieval immigration.
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Merce
Palestine
Thon
Nasz Przeglad
Poland
Russia
Walewski
Progovernment
Marchlewski
Oldest Indian School Dances On 56th Anniversary
In Salem Oregon the Chemawa Indian school marked its 56th anniversary with tribal dances and games. Founded in 1880 it is noted as the oldest Indian boarding school in the United States. The first year enrollment was 18 students under Superintendent Lieut. M. C. Wilkinson.
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Salem
Ore
Chemawa
United States
Lieut
M. C. Wilkinson
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Bobby Jones
Atlanta
House
Ben Marsh
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
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