Alabama PWA loans fund 196 new school buildings
H. J. Gaismer announced that the Public Works Administration approved loans totaling 6.4 million dollars to Alabama for 196 new school buildings as part of a broader improvement program. Loans carry a 2.20 percent effective rate with grants making up the remainder, repayments beginning after 1847 and funded partly by school taxes.
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State Department
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State Board’ of Education
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Achoola
La Follettes Myriad Positions On 1940 Third-Party Vote
Washington reports that Wisconsin figures Senator Bob La Follette and Governor Phil La Follette have not committed to Roosevelt. They stay aloof from third party efforts while Wisconsin ally Rep. Thomas Amiss heads the American Commonwealth Federation. Observers doubt a Borah nomination sways them. fear ballot access hurdles loom for a late third party.
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la Follettes
Wisconsin
Benator
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Phil
Roosevelt
Thomas Amiss
American Commonwealth Federaton
Nathan Fine
L. Folletts
Fine
Idaho
Borah
Robert M. Sr
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Gavel Man Conference Nominates La Follette in July Ballot
The progressive action convention briefly considered Robert M. La Follette but placed his name on ballots nationwide by July 4 in Cleveland. Machinery and campaign forces kept him on the ballot in nearly every state, with voters given wide access to cast ballots despite limited nominating discussion.
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Conference For Progressive
Robert M. la Follette
Cleveland
Chicago Butter Prices and Egg Market Report
Chicago May 5 AP Butter prices steady at 12 450. Eggs firm with 92 391 receipts. Extra firsts local 21 to 21 12, care 21 12. Fresh graded firsts local 20 18. Cars 21. Current receipts 20. Storage packed extras 22 14. Storage packed first 22.
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Chicago
Body Found In Waterville Ravaged Child Mary Prawix
The seven year old Mary Prawix was found near Mes salonakee Stream after being bound and gagged and strangled. The case mirrors the October disappearance of Annie Knights, 12, with similar tying twine and gagging patterns. Medical examiner Napoleon Bivin noted the child was criminally assaulted.
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Waterville
Mary Prawix
Vince
Messalonakee Strorm
Annie K. Knights
Fairfield
Napoleon Biwin
Italian Victory Claims Reach Ethiopian Capital
A Rome dispatch says Mussolini may declare final victory soon as Italian occupation deepens toward Addis Ababa. London sources anticipate a military-led governance of Ethiopia by Badoglio after East Africa falls, amid British unease over Labor demands and ongoing theater of operations.
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API
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Legation
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Mavlon
Sichy
British Dialects Recorded as Speakings Fade in Mayfair
May 5 London report on the British Museum rushing phonograph records of British dialects as everyday speech shifts under the influence of talkies and radio. Observers note Americans hear oddities in UK phrasing and a rising use of kin terms and shortened thank you forms.
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London
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England
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Six new zoo lions flee grounds at Schoenbrunn Castle
Vienna reports six new animals at Schoenbrunn Zoo escaping their quarters as two night guards are assigned to corral them. In Birmingham Alabama, the University Tide baseball team posts a batting average of .279 through 340 at bats, with 850 outs.
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Continental Congress
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