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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1932
Page
5
London and Birmingham host the British Industries Fair from February 26 to March 3 as Ottawa tariff deals boost demand for exhibition space. Space bookings in Birmingham and London sections exceed records while government grants end and new badge admission is adopted to raise revenue.
After a five o'clock collision near Snow Hill ambulances rushed victims toward Charleston General and Mountain State hospitals. Miss Lowry sustained knee injuries and arm cuts while others including Mrs Witt, James Martin, B T Witt and Mrs Lowry were treated. traffic along the Midland Trail was blocked as state troopers and city police investigated.
Admiral Keisuke Okada, Japan’s navy chief, told The Associated Press that popular sentiment in Japan toward America would improve once the United States ends its Pacific naval concentration. He cited sensational press rumors and noted mutual irritation but called war between Japan and the United States unthinkable. He stressed two powers dominate Pacific tensions and downplayed fears of immediate action.
The house considers a 3.2 percent alcohol standard to replace 1 percent under the Volstead act. If unconstitutional the act could revert to its current status and enforcement would pause until Congress acts again. Blaine notes this could avoid widespread prosecutions and shift constitutional questions away from the bill.
The report details 311 killed with causes including auto crashes across California Michigan and New York poison deaths from misused substances and alcohol related incidents. It notes 800 injured in traffic crashes on the Pacific coast and 175 in Michigan, several state fatalities from shootings and alcohol disputes, and a lone aviation fatality in Florida due to parachute failure.
A January winter health note urges avoiding crowded spaces and keeping warm to prevent flu. It promotes Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinines as a preventive and treatment, claiming it opens bowels fights infection relieves fever and headache and strengthens the system. All drugstores sell the product with a forty year history.
The article outlines a move away from new five year plan scale constructs toward refining existing heavy industrial plants to boost productivity and reduce crisis. It notes ambitious 1983 targets for pig iron, steel, coal, tractors, and automobiles, with light industry investment doubling and emphasis on reviving neglected local industries.
The central executive committees of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic plan to adopt a 1983 plan at a January 12 session, while the All Union Central Executive Committee postponed its annual session from January 10 to January 20. A Bombay newspaper faced rice-impacted finances with staff paid in rice.
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