Television Not Yet Ready for General Public, NBC Says
NBC officials indicate television is not yet ready for mass use and must await further developments. Trials continue from Times Square RCA studios and the Empire State Building to study transmission challenges, with limited scope and no public entertainment value.
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Associated Press
York
Theing
NBC
ISL
Jaye
Times Square
RCA
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W2xf
Empire State
Echo Of Debt Row Shapes 1932 Campaign Tone
Byron Frice notes the debt moratorium stalemate and White House stance foretell similar Republican and Democratic platforms favoring Europe solving its own troubles. The piece questions candidate status and labor voting myths, citing Hoover’s stance on debt readjustment and labor reactions in Montana and Indiana.
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Newton D. Baker
Winston-Salem Journal
Montana
Lobos
Jeaterimy Hoover
Indiana Federation of Labor
Third Party Talk and Murray Enter Race Roils 1932 Politics
In early 1932 Republican insurgents in the Senate discuss a third party while Oklahoma Governor Murray enters the New Hampshire Democratic primary. The moves signal a perceived hunger for political revolution and test the strength of the two major parties as upheavals shadow the era.
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Senate
William H Murray
Oklahoma
New Hampshie
New England
Washington
Hoover
Norris
Nebraska
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Johnson
California
Borah
Frazier
North Dakota
New Hampshire
New
Bryan
Jardine Invents Grasshopper Devourer for Farms
Nebraska patent applicant Jardine proposes a vehicle mounted device to grind grasshoppers as they hatch. The machine hooks to a vehicle and shunts insects into furrows for use as chicken feed, fertilizer, or soil amendment.
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Jardine
Omaha
Neb
St Walter
Nebraska
Grand Rapids relief system boosts jobs and city projects
George W. Welsh recounts how the Grand Rapids relief program gave unemployed men city jobs on civic projects paid in store redeemable scrip. The plan funded sewer and flood control work, a large swimming pool, street repairs, and woodpile programs, with profits supporting a relief fund.
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Grand Rapids
Welsh
Grand River
Michi- Town
Richmond Park
Actress Renounces Engagement and Opens Berlin Club
Berlin actress Hertha von Walther renounces engagement to Prince Luis Fernanda from the Bourbon line and launches the Eternal Lamp, a Berlin atmosphere nightclub that becomes a popular gathering spot for film folk and writers. She previously acted in Helsingfors with Finnish government support for prohibition propaganda and faced financial hardship before her big film success.
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Berlin
Hertha von Walther
Germany
Luis Fernanda
House of Bourbon
Alfonso
Spain
Hertha
Miss von Walther
Helsingfors
Nilss von Walther rises from poverty to stardom in Berlin
Nilss von Walther, starting with little money in Leipzig, builds an acting career from small stage roles to leading parts in an Alpine film. She faces early failure in provincial theater before breakthrough success in Berlin, and she maintains a philosophical view on life.
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Nilss von Walther
Leipzig
S. Stock Company
Berlin
Miss von Walther
Divorce Capital Dream Fades in Coeur dAlene Idaho
Coeur d Alene Idaho once hoped to lure divorce seekers with a lake and mountain recreation plan after an Idaho law extended divorce opportunities. Nevada's shorter six week rule dampened Idaho prospects, leaving only one promising prospect from New York and her husband as a cautionary note.
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Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Northwest
Nevada
New York
Fragmentary park incident and mining figures in state text
A fragment mentions a mother and children in a park and a driving away with them. It also notes 75 mines in the Lake Superior iron ore district with over 5,000,000 tons slipped in their activity. German tax reports discuss beer tax reductions under the Young Plan with consumption figures cited.
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