Black leads push for drastic reform of US mail subsidies
Senator Hugo Black heads hearings on ocean mail subsidies and shipping loans arguing subsidies must be reformed or ended. He cites wasteful loans, inflated salaries, and disguised mail contracts while urging direct, open funding with strict oversight to sustain a credible merchant marine.
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United States
Congress
Willis Thornton
HEA
Ashington
Senate
Hugo Lafayette Black
Alabama
Black
Black Committee
Post Office Department
G. Patterson
Miss Manners
Gas Lock Inventor Promotes Tear Gas Safe Shield
Philadelphia reports James J. Walsh, a World War I gassed inventor, developed a tear gas cartridge for safe locks. His 1929 patent proved effective at deterring robberies, with intruders overcome by gas released inside safes while two thirds vent outside.
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Philadelphia
James J. Walsh
Walsh
Experts Doubt Five Buried Toads Story
Rochester reports from Schenectady say five toads found by laborers were believed buried forty years ago until recent soil tests by Dr Sherman Bustoy of the University of Ra Ceateor. No conclusive evidence supports the claim of a toad burial. researchers urge caution.
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Rochester
Schenectady
Sherman C Bustoy
University of Ra- Ceateor
Europ
25 Year Old Bank Bombing Fatal in Philadelphia
News report details a fatal bombing at a Philadelphia National Bank in January 1907. The blast injured a banker and a 60 year old man, with accounts of a failed loan attempt and a suspect bomber linked to the Fourth See Nat ional Bank.
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Philadelphia
Nares
J Summers
Natonal Bank
de+ norte mar
Spors Cave
Nagging Wife Halts Husband’s Progress At Work
Reader questions about a nagging wife hindering a man’s work and lowering his spirits. Advice suggests leaving him alone or praising small wins to help him advance.
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Yen
Roosting Pigeons Delay Students at Normal University
Reported pigeons perched on the clock tower at Normal University cause students to be late for classes claiming the birds’ actions slow the tower clock. University officials discuss a campaign to remove the pigeons as a remedy.
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Cach
Normal University
Aterans Slaw Wren
Univers Ty
Iwreeons
Mexican Peso as an International Currency Across Eras
The Mexican peso influenced global finance from its early minting to modern times. It spread through Europe China India and the Pacific, driving economic change and rivaling the florin. Its silver coinage reshaped social structures and trade across civilizations.
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Mexico City
INS
Mexico
Europe
China
India
Straits Settlements
Pacific Basin
Anthracite Coal Mining Decrease in 1932 Pennsylvania
In 1932 Pennsylvania anthracite coal production fell by 11 million tons with a $70 million decline in value from 1931. The ten anthracite counties produced 46,949,932 tons with 55,963,275 tons sold. Value for sale dropped to $214,314,400 from $284,955,400 in 1944, while 141 mining establishments employed 16,969 wage earners and 5,381 salaried workers earning $124,725,600 and $123,?9 500 respectively.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Internal Revenue
1000 Attend Corn Empire Day Dinner in Cedar Rapids
One thousand people will attend the Corn Empire Day dinner next Thursday at the El Kahir Shrine temple to celebrate Iowa corn wealth. Cedar Rapids hosts 500 Linn County and neighboring rural business leaders with the Chamber of Commerce sponsoring an evening program and guest speaker.
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Cedar Rapids
el Kahir Shrine
Linn
Chamber of Commerce
Town
Wich
United States
Canada
Argentina
Calfornia
Texas Firm Offers Insults At 25 Cents
A Houston proposition offers to mail anonymous insults for 25 cents. Subscribers send the target’s name and a complaint, which the group will forward as a formal letter on plain stationery, with the sender’s identity hidden. Targets include late radio watchers, yard neglect, loud talk, gossip, and overdone cosmetics.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Community Players Debut Promises Feminine Interest in Whistling in the Dark
Miss Annie Laura Davidson and Miss Ida MacQuin lead the Community Players debut at McKinley school auditorium Tuesday and Wednesday. MacQuin carries a silent, fear driven role while Davidson, new to the group, faces a long part with rising audience interest. Tickets are selling fast through Hobby House and prices remain unchanged despite added costs.
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Annie Laura Davidson
Ida MacQuin
McKinley School Auditorium
Miss McQuin
Wally
Miss McQuinn
Community Players
Cedar Rapids
Davidson
Hobby House
Third Avenue
Seventh Street
Chinese Turn To American Fun To Forget Fate
A Manchukuo era piece notes educated Chinese turning to nightly dancing to forget national woes. Chinese dances in Shanghai and Peiping rise as taxi dancing expands, with Miss Irene Albert training a Chinese floor show in Shanghai and Sheba Yu leading the Chinese Follies of 1933 amid Western music and English songs.
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Peiping
INS
America
Manchukuo
Pan Blue Shirts
United States
China
Shanghai
Harbin
Irene Albert
Sheba Yu
Sheba
Gray Squirrels Migrate East Across Connecticut
Hartford officials report a puzzling migration of gray squirrels moving eastward across the state. Observers note straight-line groups, typically about 100 individuals, diving into lakes or rivers to swim when blocked.
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Hartford
Conn
State Department of Fisheries and Game
Zwim
Indians Had Many Modern Customs Long Before Whites
Philadelphia AP reports Mohawk scholar Rolling Thunder a.k.a. William B. Newell says many so called ultra modern social practices were old Indian customs. He cites companionate marriage streaming to freedom for women divorce by request bead plucking hair care and sun bathing predating white adoption. He notes Iroquois peace plan five nations and misrepresents Thanksgiving origins contrasting Puritan attack with Indian celebrations and casualties.
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Philadelphia
William B. Newell
University of Pennsylvania
New York State
Syracuse University
Newell
Rattlesnakes To Be Dynamited In Glastonbury Rocks
East Glastonbury residents vote to blast the rattlesnakes from the rocks after winter hibernation. Blasting will occur after the first heavy frost when snakes retreat to their dens for the cold months.
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Glastonbury
Conn
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