Roosevelt asks Congress to extend WPA relief for another year
President Roosevelt urged continued Works Progress Administration funding totaling 1 750 000 000 for the next fiscal year. He cited gains in employment and national income, proposed 1 477 000 000 for the WPA and 123 900 000 each for the Farm Security Administration and National Youth Administration, with about 2 909 000 jobless to be aided.
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Work Started On 571 Warplanes
Fifteen weeks after Roosevelts request Congress tripl ed the army air forces five factories began work on the first of more than 3 000 new warplanes A single order for 571 aircraft the largest war department peacetime order initiated a vast expansion of aerial strength as part of the 552 million national defense program Contracts totaled 50 million signed by Louis Johnson after Roosevelt approved funds Congress moved to allow initial plane orders before the new fiscal year while most contracts would follow after July 1 Officials and manufacturers prepared preliminary steps amid pending congressional action Air Corps expansion coincided with a debate on retiring unfit officers and while administration defense measures awaited final action the air base authorization and related funds were still under committee review
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Hope Seagulls Vie to Halt California Grasshopper Plague
Coalinga California April 27. Kern County faces a three million dollar potato crop menace from a grasshopper plague that has spread to towns and threatens Shafter. Authorities rushed poisoned bran and ordered 50 enrollees from camps to aid farmers. Seaside gulls from the Pacific Coast recalled as a hoped remedy amid a long insect siege across Ivenal Fresno and Kings counties.
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Air Photography Work Described by Rotary Speaker
Marion L. Anderson, chief engineer of the South Dakota Agricultural Conservation Program, described in detail the department’s aerial photography work at the Huron Rotary luncheon. A county photograph for Beadie County is planned for June from 15,000 feet, using overlapping 7 by 7 and 9 by 9 inch image composites. Planes fly 100 to 180 mph along pre arranged flight lines to ensure full county coverage.
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Marion L. Anderson
South Dakota Agricultural Conservation Program
Anderson
Rotary Club
Marvin Hughitt
Beadie County
Straying Chickens Spark A Texas Feud Killings
In Paris Texas April 27 a feud between Marion Mackey and the Snow family erupts in a shotgun attack in Emberson. Four people die J W Snow 79 Mrs Leo Dennis 59 and Mrs Willie Kemp yer 45 daughters of Snow and neighbor Dee Chandler. Mackey wife Marion says her husband warned he would wipe out the family after straying chickens sparked the enmity.
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Chandler
Royal visit tinged by harbor collision sinks pilot boat
In New York a fjord liner Oslofjord carrying Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess Martha collided with a pilot boat Sandy Hook in fog off Ambrose Light. The Sandy Hook sank with 28 aboard but all were saved by the Oslofjord. Prompt the royal party proceeded with their two month visit amid a crowded harbor scene as officials scrambled to account for the accident.
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FDR Arrives At Hyde Park Home
President Roosevelt returned to Hyde Park for a week long stay with temporary White House offices set up. Schedules accelerate for royal visitors from Norway and Denmark while he plans to tour New York City for the world fair opening. He may address world affairs in a forthcoming speech as Nazi Germany’s leader could respond to his peace plea.
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Windsor Doherty Dies At Winner
Windsor Doherty 59 former state railroad commissioner and west river attorney died yesterday after an apoplectic stroke in the county court room. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon in Winner. He practiced law in Yankton and began public service in Tripp County. Survived by two grown daughters.
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Lavish Reception Planned for Hitler's Reichstag Address
Berlin April 27. A lavish reception was arranged for Reichsfuehrer Hitler's Reichstag speech tomorrow to dismiss Britain's conscription move. Goebbels attacked Britain's balance of power policy in Die Volkischer Beobachter while American networks planned to broadcast Hitler's remarks. Diplomatic corps and embassies in Berlin were to crowd the Kroll opera house as preparations aimed to let every German hear the address. A Nazi spokesman mocked Chamberlain's conscription claims, arguing training men quickly is futile for modern war.
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De Valera Cancels U S Trip Over Conscription
Dublin April 27 Prime Minister Eamon de Valera announced in the Dail that he cancelled his trip to the United States where he was to open the Trigh pavilion at the New York World's Fair and meet President Roosevelt. He cited Britain’s conscription plan as the grave event influencing the decision. The move follows concerns over Irish workers in Britain and Northern Ireland possibly being drafted. Consent does not apply to the Irish Republic.
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84 12 Miles Of Trees Planted In Huron Area
Earl J. Pierce reports at week end that 89 percent of planned miles of shelterbelt trees have been planted in the Huron area under the county program. Weather and soil conditions plus reduced crews slow progress though daily plantings improve. About 320 men are working across Beadle Kingsbury Clark Hamlin Sanborn Jerauld and Miner counties, with 350 planned originally. The 1939 planting program aims for 233 miles and should finish by May 40 barring delays.
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Medics prepare new plan to aid low income farm families
S D Medics to present a program to supplement the farm medical aid operated by the South Dakota Farmers Aid Corporation. J B MacMillan says the Farmers Aid and FSA share state HQs in Huron and a committee will refine the plan after the Aberdeen convention. The Interallied Professional Council will review before final approval. MacMillan notes weaknesses exist but are being corrected as the new plan is developed.
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Chamberlain Warns Labor Over Election On Conscription
London April 27 Prime Minister Chamberlain warned the Labor opposition against forcing a general election over conscription as he opened the emergency debate. He argued an election would bring confusion, delay vital measures, and hinder munitions output while pledging higher taxes on the wealthy and anti profiteering penalties. He noted Britain seeks support from Poland Greece Romania and that coalition partners include France Britain Poland Romania and Greece with Russian and Turkish cooperation reportedly secured.
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