New Housing Program Aims for 976 Million Spread Over Years
The Wagner housing bill proposes a new agency to manage low rent and slum clearance. It would authorize up to 976 million dollars through 1940 with grants and loans to public housing agencies and demonstration projects. The plan includes a capital stock purchase and government guaranteed securities.
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Robert F. Wagner
New York
Congress
Wagner
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Interior
Civil Service
Public Works Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
National conventions shape up top speakers for 1940 race
Republicans tentatively name Frank O. Lowden as temp chair and keynote at Cleveland with Easterner likely as permanent chair though Walter Edge is a possibility. Democrats seek a Western governor for keynote with Paul V. McNutt, Ben Rogs, or Clyde Berring as candidates. Arkansas Senator Robinson could be permanent chair in Philadelphia, Wagner may speak for Roosevelt speech. A twin motor bombing crash near Fredericksburg Pa kills five crew members including Stetson Brown and Ernest Endy.
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Frank O. Lowden
Timnois
Cleveland
Walter Edge
New Jersey
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Ben Rogs
Idaho
Clyde, Berring
Iowa
Philadelphia
Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Wagner
New York
Borah
Langley Field
Blue Mountains
Fredericksburg
Stetson Brown
St. Johnsbn
Ernest Endy
Oley
Arthur Metz
Chambersburg
William Yost
McKees Rocks
Paul Ampspaugh
Ohio
Wallace reveals large AAA payments to Mississippi firm and state prisons
Senator Vandenberg pushes publicity as Secretary Wallace discloses major 1934 and 1983 cotton benefit payments. The Mississippi company led by Oscar Johnston is listed with $123,747 in 1934. Major recipients include the Mississippi penitentiary with $43,200 and Arkansas state prison with $25,500 in 1983.
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Vandenberg
AAA
Wallace
Mississippi
Oscar Johnston
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Arkansas State
Hitler's Peace Proposals Dividing Locarno Powers Circulated
Joachim von Ribbentrop handed Hitler's four peace proposals to British Foreign Minister Eden who then passed them to French and Belgian ambassadors. The British cabinet found the plan worthy of study while France called it a cunning bid to split Locarno and crown Hitler dictator of Europe. The Austrian diet moved to general military service, backed by Mussolini, as Entente nations protested but likely to fall short.
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Dolf Hitler
Europe
Rhineland
Eden
Joachim von Ribbentrop
London
Hitler
Sarraut
Flandin
Mussolini
Italy
Hauptmann’s Body Cremated in New York
In New York the cremation of Bruno Hauptmann followed private funeral rites after his execution in Trenton for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder. His ashes will be sent to Germany. Hauptmann maintained his innocence to the end. In separate items, Secretary Hull announced a ten weeks embargo on scrap tin exports to foreign countries starting April 16 to curtail wartime material loss, aimed largely at Japan, amid de tinning and resource concerns.
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New York
Bruno Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Germany
Hauptmann
Hull
America
Japan
United States
Italy claims victory over Ethiopians in Mai Deu battle
Reports say Italian northern troops under Marshal Badoglio defeated Ethiopian forces at Mai Deu. Ethiopian casualties exceed 7,000 dead and 50,000 troops regroup south of Lake Ashangi. Italian losses around 1,016 with Eritrean Askaris among the dead. Peace talks with Ethiopia through emissaries of Haile Selassie appear near.
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Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Haile Selassie
Pietro Badoglio
East Africa
Badogilo
Mai Deu
Lake Ashangi
Askaris
Badoglio
Dessye
Swagger Knitted Coat for Spring and Summer
A knitting pattern offers a swagger coat in simple loose stitch with stockinette border for spring and summer wear. Germantown wool knits quickly. Pattern 5534 provides sizes 16-18 and 38-40 with full instructions, illustrations, and material needs. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 West Fourteenth Street New York NY.
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Germantown
Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
West Fourteenth Street
New York
N. Y
King Edward Thrashed by a Train Brakeman
S A Cooper, a Torquay ticket collector, recalls a 19th century incident when a train carrying Dartmouth naval cadets stopped at Torquay. A brakeman disciplined several cadets with a flag stick after a pea shooter prank, leaving one boy believed to be Prince Edward VII, future king.
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Edward VII
Torquay
England
S. A. Cooper
Dartmouth Naval Cadets
Tibetan public safety item about Ngolots leaders
The text identifies Ab See as the head of the Ngolots, described as the most notorious gang in Tibet. It mentions her brother Alakh Jamy Japa as Grand Buddha and head of Lhabrang monastery, with further garbled names including a figure Gomba.
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Tibet
Ab See
Alakh’ Jamy Japa
Lhabrang
Gomba
Adlerika Promises Quick Relief for Constipation
Advert says Adlerika relieves constipation and gas in about 30 minutes with one dose. Claims bowel cleansing beyond ordinary laxatives and reduces intestinal bacteria growth. Sold by druggists and drug departments with stated New York endorsement.
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Adlerika
H. L. Shoub
New York
Ground Grip Tires Gain Traction on Wet Ground
George State of Minot North Carolina endorses Ground Grip Tires claiming 100 percent traction on soft wet ground for his tractor.
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Frank Warrick
Rushville
Ind
George State
Minot, N. C
Harold Elsbury
Sutherland, Ia
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