Air Corps mail test sparks debate on training and readiness
President orders Army Air Corps to carry mail as a test and training measure. He notes observers questioned the corps' training and equipment but asserts the experience serves to improve cross country night blind and instrument flying. Possible inquiries and funding for air defense follow.
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Tebrusry
Sth
Army Air Corps
WA ‘Army Corps
Dern
Army-Air Corps
Secretary of Commerce
Army Air
Army
Air Corps
Birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes Remembered
A reminiscence marks the birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes former Supreme Court justice. The article notes his liberal views and minority opinions that influenced public thought and the legal profession, praising their clarity and literary value.
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Eatly
Oliver Wenell Holmes
States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Holmes
Justice Holmes
Outlook on economy warns of more crises to come
Dr Karl Geiger warns that life will be an ongoing sequence of economic shocks as governments face tough reforms. He argues democratic systems must be retooled for direct action, while readers acknowledge risks yet remain hopeful about resilience despite past crises. Uninjured by fall in Oroville, Herman Schneider survived a 60 foot plunge into the Feather River with no injuries.
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Karl T. Geiger
Oberlin College
Geiser
Falloroville
Cal—Herman Schneider
Feather River
Anat
Virgin Islands Plan Aims to Rebuild Sugar Economy
Chapman, retiring Assistant Secretary of Interior, championed a federal venture in the Virgin Islands to create a federal company buying sugar cane fields, building mills, and operating a rum distillery for about 5,000 residents at St. Croix. If successful, talks of expansion to Porto Rico and the Tennessee River Valley followed.
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Washington
Chapman
Uncle Sam
Fuim
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Harold Tekes
FWA
Virgin Islands Company
Hudson Bay Company
Great Britain
Erie
Bt. Grote
Porto Rico
Tennessee River Valley
Hich
Tn Plan
Littlelnown Chapman
Denver
Lindsey
Alva B. Adms
Ickes
Virgin Tatands
Islands
Rim
Hollywood film stars and where they live in the Los Angeles area
In Hollywood is the frame for where actors choose to reside among Greater Los Angeles. Jim Cagney Kay Francis and Ruth Chatterton headlined homes in Hollywood Beverly Hills Brentwood Malibu and beyond with others like Paul Muni Al Jolson and Bing Crosby living in nearby towns. Major studios lie outside Hollywood in Burbank Glendale City Universal City and Westwood.
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Hollywood
Jimmy Cagney
Kay Francis
Los Angeles
Ruth Chatterton
Beverly Hills
William Powell
Joe Brown
Edward G. Robinson
Richard Bartielmess
Constance Bennett
Paul Muni
van Nuys
San Fernando Valley
Dyorale
Leslie Fenton
al Jolson
Wilshire Boulevard
New York
Ruby Keeler
Toluca Lake District
Richard Alen
Bing Crosby
Jack Oakle
Dick Powell
Warner First National
Burbank
Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer
Cilver City
Universal Studios
Universal City
Pox
West Wood Els
Paris Styles Spring Colors Dominate Fashion Report
The Spring and Summer 1934 collection favors white black navy and brown foundations with bright color accents. Skirts lengthen with fuller silhouettes elbow sleeves return and belts vanish. Hats vary in size and new fastenings appear while colors echo blooming gardens with hybiscus geraniums tiger lily and other bright hues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashivn
Invitation to shoot frightens off bandit
John Garvey owner of a Pittsburgh confectionery store refused to draw a weapon when a young man entered and demanded cigars. Garvey told him to shoot, questioned his recent whereabouts, and the frightened intruder fled. Garvey had noticed the man lingering nearby before the encounter.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
John Garvey
Garvey
Book reveals new Columbus life facts from ancient German text
United Press reports a translated Archaic German manuscript claiming Columbus encountered Amazons and cannibals, and that his voyage linked to Roosevelt era labor programs. The 1684 Herr translation portrays Columbus as a large red faced man, cruel yet idealistic, claiming he’s a benefactor to indigenous peoples.
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Christopher Columbus
Michael Herr
National Museum
United Press
Frederick C.othman
Washington
Roosevelt
Christopher (Ulumbus
America
Columbus
Mo Sager
Hook
CWA
Mich Tel Herr
Uubier
Grorge Ulricher
Strassburg
New York
Lanier
Western
Herr
Attack on Storekeeper Sparks Felonious Assault Charge
In New Castle Pennsylvania Pete William Strom, 20, of New Wilmington, is jailed on a felonious assault with intent to kill charge over an alleged December 1932 shooting of Fred Williamson, a White man and store keeper, who identified him as an assistant after returning from Wayne West Virginia. The suspect had been sought 18 months.
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EW Castle
Mar
Pete William
Strom
Fred Williamson
New Wilmington
Williamson
Whitemen
Williams
New Castle
Wayne
W. Va
Willams
Sheffield Man Hurt in Fall at Lumber Dock
Norcross of Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company was crushed by a lumber truck on a Sheffield dock. He suffered a vertebrae fracture and was taken to Warren hospital. the cause remains disputed whether he was pushed or jumped from the load. Friends wish for his full recovery.
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Norcross
Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company
Warren
Chuck
Missing Athenians Linked to White Slave Trade
In 1989, 1 203 women reported missing to the Athens poller. The 216 untraced cases involve young women mostly under 20, believed to be victims of white slave traffickers.
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Salontea
Athens
Stenogs Learn to Shoot at Topeka Bank
In Topeka Kansas stenographers practice target shooting at the Fidelity Savings State Bank. Officials and office staff are being taught pistol handling as routine at the bank and bandits are warned.
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Topeka
Kan
Fidelity Savings State Bank
Beine
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Mary Knight
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Chevrolet Motor CO
Detroit
Thomas Motor Co
Clinton Street
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F.C. Chapin
N. Center St
Sheffield
Crisco
Pillsoury's
Bet
Miboy
Glendora
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Calif
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Hwestern
Pennsylvania
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Spring Crack
Knowlton's Cash Grocery
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