Roosevelt abandons national resources plan in favor of faster jobs drive
Washington officials say the national resources board plan backed by President Roosevelt for a vast public works program has been abandoned due to money shortages and speed needs. The move shifts focus to a leaner works program with about 2 billion dollars for projects requiring less material, while rivers harbors and erosion control receive emphasis. Hopkins advised against further large projects amid high material costs.
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Thomas J. Hamilton, JR
Washington
Na Resources Board
Roosevelt
Ickermen
Qad
Senate
Public Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Relef
Hopkins
Ickes
Ater Hopkins
National Resources Board
Resources Board
Wore Progress Administration
Resoutes Board
Army Engineers
Hitler patrol directed to avert rioting in Berlin
Berlin reports say Hitler personally surveyed Kurfürstendamm last night to prevent a repeat of Monday's anti Jewish disturbances. Nazism seeks to blame subversive elements while Jews fear renewed unrest as shops display open anti Jewish slogans under rain, prompting warnings from Jewish groups and stormtrooper leaders to stay disciplined.
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Oy Lou
Loorner
Berlin
Reiche
Eesener National Zeitung
Germany
Ger- Tyan
Great White Way
Organization of
Jewish War Veterans
Retchaband
Storm
Bootleg Racket in Chicago Shrinks to Small-Scale Operations
Chicago bootlegging has collapsed from a multi million dollar enterprise to cheap, small scale operations. FE C Yellowley head of the Treasury Alcohol Tax Unit says only 20 cent per gallon and kitchen size still circulated. Former prohibition enforcer notes a shift from large plants to petty operators and dives, with dwindling profits.
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Chicago
FE. C. Yellowley
Treasury'n Alcohol Tax Unit
Aid
Jong
Yellowley
Hefty Teacher Loses Job Over Weight Rule
NEW YORK July 17 AP The board of education fires Rose Freistater after deeming her too large for a biology laboratory statistician role. Her appeal to weigh as nature dictated was rejected. she shed weight from 182 to 160 pounds but was asked to drop remaining pounds in six months, a request not granted.
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New York
Board of Education
Rose
Biology Laboratory
Outelze
Freistater van Lant
Triple Threat Ghost Haunts Farm Near Valhalla Cemetery
ROCK ISLAND Tl July 17 AP The George Billingsley family near Valhalla cemetery has asked the sheriff to drive out a domestic ghost that moans taps windows and milks cows. Since May the ghost has distressed the Billingsley farm. watchers fired six times but the spirit returns. It has changed costumes from white robes with black face to light face and black robes, sometimes with a straw hat, and it roars or wheezes at times.
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Rock Island
George Billingsley
Valhella
Tfe
Billingsley
Irreverent German Students Expiating Sins In Labor Camp
Berlin July 17 six Heidelberg students faced punishment for disruptive behavior during a Nazi era labor camp episode. The Nazi weekly Sand box alleges aristocratic youths made noises during a speech by Der Fuehrer, triggering expulsions and transfers as wardens sought to restore order.
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Berlin
Gullof
Odey
Adolfiter
der Fuehrer
Landpost
Sunlight cures rickets in rats suggests ancient different rays
Curative ultraviolet light measured by Bunker and Harris at MIT shows rays curing rickets in lab rats fall outside present earth’s reach. They propose ancestors of modern rats lived under brighter, shorter wavelengths, implying earlier sunbaths differed from today and may have shaped evolution of sunlight response.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John W. M. Bunker
Louis Harris
Department of Biology and Public Health
Massachusetts Tech
United States
Tampa
Bunker
Harris
Gattle Free Of Te In Three More States
Tuberculosis eradication efforts continue as affected areas extend into three additional states after years of work. Public health officials report progress and emphasize ongoing measures to eradicate TB and prevent spread.
House Lobby Probe Traced To Senate Plan
Washington July 47 AP Capitol Hill probes into lobbying link to a Senate plan as the House faces a costly inquiry into the holding company bill. Senators Wheeler and Walsh weigh in amid threats and party maneuvering with tensions over who can reveal the loud lobbying influence behind the controversial death sentence section.
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House
Senate
Washington
Capitol Hill
Bility
Wheeler
Montane
Dead Minnows Back Up Warden Campaign
In Quincy on July 17 AP the protest by Charles EB Clarke a former game warden centers on chlorine in the water supply. Clarke claims about a thousand dead minnows were dumped on the water works steps to show the odor and warns he will send more odorous calling cards unless action is taken.
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Quincy
Charles EB
Clarke
Exero
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