Highway Projects Dominate Government Job Creation
An official tally shows highway and street construction as the largest single source of government job creation. The report lists WPA and PWA funding across dozens of programs, including waterworks, school buildings, public utilities, erosion control, and arts projects, totaling billions with roads taking the bulk.
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Public Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
Paris
PWA
Sewarta
WPA
Bureau of Reclamation
Moon
Atlantic Gulf Canal
Wder
The
Soil Conservation Service
National Youth Movement
Bureau of Public Roads
FIS
FWA
Thmes Take 4000 Slug Shoot Iowan
Sioux City police search for two armed highway bandits who battered and shot Francis O Reynolds, robbing a portfolio with about 4000 dollars in cash and bonds. Reynolds, a bankruptcy referee for Anderson Lipton bank, was hospitalized in critical condition but expected to survive. He had been en route to deliver the money to federal referee H S Snyder when ambushed near Correctionville while changing a tire. motorist Rollo Hart assisted him to hospital.
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Sioux City
Peare
Athless
Francis O. Reynolds
Reynolds
Anderson-Lipton Bank
Iria Grove
Plans for Sylvan Lake Hotel Proposal
Custer state park board members met to discuss the Sylvan Lake hotel project and related park matters. Senators Peter Norbeck B D Cook and Harry L Gandy attended with park superintendent Ray Milliken noting a PWA grant request for the proposed hotel architecture.
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Sylvan Lake
Pierre
Oct
Custer State Park Board
Fternoon
Peter Norbeck
B. D. Cook
Martin
Harry L. Gandy
Rapid City
Ray Milliken
PWA
Spangler Prepares To Round Up Midwest Votes For Republicans
CHICAGO Oct 18 Harrison E Spangler chosen by the Republicans to lead a Midwest vote getting drive launched a grass roots campaign against the national administration. Spangler of Cedar Rapids Iowa outlines a plan to mobilize rank and file voters, describing the campaign as a permanent instrument to stimulate interest in party policies. He has long served in Republican ranks and lives with his wife Fay Memntyee near Cedar Rapids.
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Chicago
Harrison E.spangler
Middle West
Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Midwest G. O. JP
Moses
Iowa
National Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Springfield
Ill
Jexers
Tnteres
Spangter
Fay Memntyee
Ottuniva
Towa
Campaign Plan Against Rebels in Sonora
Plan for an organized drive against Sonora rebels intensified as authorities from municipal to federal levels gathered in Hermosillo to coordinate a crushing campaign. A September 30 manifesto from General Luis Ibarra urged uprising, threatening no peace until the regime is ousted, while rebels raided towns and killed officials, prompting residents to flee or seek safety amid ongoing guerrilla warfare.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mexico
Hermosillo
Phoenix
Ariz
Ribal
Mir
Luis Ibarra
Iside
Sioux Falls Relief Toll Rises in September Report
Washington dispatch reports Sioux Falls South Dakota remained one of 19 cities with rising relief cases from August to September. The city saw a seven percent jump in relief recipients from 1,665 to 1,774 and obligations incurred climbed nine percent from 39,029 to 42,273 dollars under the federal relief administration tally.
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S. F
Washington
Sioux Falls
5. D
Federal Relief Administration
Did You Know lightning struck farm home of Matius
A storm last summer sent lightning into Aar pe Mat ius's farm home. It struck the bed where Mr and Mrs Matius were sleeping, shattered the floor, but both escaped unharmed. The Evening Huronite offers 25 cents for each Did You Know item accepted.
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Aarpe Matius
Matius
Voliva Bars Oysters Sale Threatens Court Action
Zion Illinois, Oct 18 184 Voliva overseer of Zion warns merchants to cease oyster sales as part of a broad ban on items including patent medicines pork lard tobacco alcohol and medical services. court action threatened against dozen merchants for alleged sales of proscribed merchandise after trustees appointed to Zion Industries.
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Zion
Wither
Glenn Voliva
Voliva
Zion Industries
Inow
Corn H og Date Set for October 31 Receipts
Washington reports an October 31 deadline for receipts of 1935 corn-hog contracts and notes $61,002,309 already paid. About 180,000 contracts remain at state boards of review as 635,592 contracts have been received. Over $3,000,000 in checks mailed in the last 10 days, with second payments to come early next year. Iowa leads in payments, Nebraska second. as of October 8, first payments had been made on numerous contracts yet to be tallied.
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Washington
Arm
Seston
State Boards of Review
Towa
Abraska
Weather Delay For Stratosphere Balloon Flight
Rapid City reports no stratosphere hop indication as of 11 o clock. A failing barometer at the camp and lack of clear weather guidance delay decisions, with noon expected for a final ruling. Thomas W. McKnew denies any plan to abandon or postpone the Right for National Geographic Society at the bow amid circulating reports of unfavorable weather this year.
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Rapid City
Strato Bowl
Thomas W. McKnew
National Geographic Society
the Bow
Marketing System Aims to Raise Potatoes Price
The AAA plans to boost the 1935 potato price by removing surpluses from regular channels and creating a western marketing agreement. Payments to growers would reward diverting potatoes, with initial limits of 10 percent of the year's crop and no payments on calls or low grade stock. Public hearings will discuss the plan and diversion to livestock feed or starch with government subsidies.
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Washington
AAA
Far West
J. B. Hutson
Colorado
Idaho
Nebraska
Wyoming
Shite
Expert Crow Hunting Tips From Aberdeen Leader
A. M. Tony Hoover of Aberdeen demonstrated crow calling for a group of Huron sportsmen, bagging about 30 crows in under 30 minutes in a grove. He discussed crow damage to grain and game birds and noted Canton South Carolina’s long running annual hunts as a model for a possible community crow hunt next year.
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Hoover
Aberdeen
A. M
Tony” Hoover
Huron Izaak Walten League
Canton
S. C
War At Glance Highlights European Africa Crisis
Tense shifts in Europe and Africa unfold as Mussolini negotiates with France and Britain over peace while Laval seeks France's minimum terms. Britain demands France back up the Mediterranean, and sanctions on Italy show fragile traction. Haile Selassie orders Ethiopian troops to defend territory as Panamanian and U.S. officials note neutrality and stalled offensives in North Africa and Somaliland amid rain delays.
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Bytederes
Mussolini
Premier Laval
France
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Tuy
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
Geneva
Laval
Il Duco
League
Britain
Tibes
North Africa
Egypt
Russia
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Panama
Roosevelt
New York
Herld-Isihune
United States
Check Is Made On Deals Between U S Banks And Italy
Washington reports say the New York Federal Reserve Bank is daily checking financial transactions between American banks and Italy and Ethiopia to detect possible munitions shipments in violation of Roosevelt's arms embargo and Johnson Act provisions. A separate Mines Bureau statement notes higher November crude oil production to stockpile for exports, with 2,56300 barrels daily advised, up 9,500 from October.
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New York Federal Reserve Bank
Washington
New York Federal, Reserve Bank
Treasury
Italy
Ethiopia
Administration
Roosevelt
Reserve Bank
United States
Great Britain
France
Bureau of Mines
Mussolini in Ethiopian Campaign Faces Overextended War
Washington observers say Mussolini battles a dangerous predicament as De Bono boasts easy victories. They expect a long siege before Addis Ababa, with supply lines stretching 500 miles and Haile Selassie’s guerrilla raids pressing the rear. Many deem the move foolhardy and a setup for broader European drama.
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Addis Ababa
Mussolini
Haile Selassie
Europe
British Ships Aid Italians In Blast
Six crew members were killed and two injured in boiler explosions on the Italian liner Aussonia as it entered Alexander harbor from Haifa. British fleet ships aided, three died on site and three more died aboard the hospital ship Maine. Passengers were evacuated and the vessel beached amid blazing smoke.
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Alexander
Egypt
Haifa
Palestine
Maine
Safety Council Closes Session in Final Conference
Louisville reports that about 7000 delegates at the National Safety Council's 24th congress debated safety education adequacy. Frank C. Berry of the Minneapolis Auto Club challenged the approach as futile and urged precise aims like safe speed limits, stopping distances, and speed margin concepts. V Rohweder of Duluth discussed state safety education organization.
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Louisville
America
National Safety Council
Frank C. Berry
Minneapolis Automobile Club
Teather
V. Rohweder
Duluth
Minnesota Public Safety Committed
Stafety
Couples Wed Despite Trouble in Nebraska and Kansas
C W Swanson of Morrill Neb injured in an auto crash married at Methodist hospital Scottsbluff to Grace Mae Morris of Scottsbluff. In Topeka William Rhea of Larned Kan and La verne Smith of Topeka moved their wedding to Christ's hospital so Felix Exrest who was to be best man could attend amid injuries and hospital settings.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
Topeka
Kast
C. W. Swanson
Morrill
Methodist Hospital
Grace Mae Morris
Christ's Hospital
Felix Exrest
League Debates naval sanctions over Mussolini warning
Well-informed sources in Rome said peace talks between Mussolini and Laval, with British, French and Italian ambassadors, were under way to end the Italo-Ethiopian War. A naval blockade or sanctions were discussed as possible steps, while Britain pressed for collective action and France faced pressure between London, Rome, and domestic sentiment. Russia, Sweden, and Norway joined sanctions against Italy, signaling broader League action as the war persists.
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League
Mussolini
Associated Press
Rome
Premier Laval
France
Grea Britain
Italy
Paris
Laval
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Hip
Designe of Nations
Geneva
Eth
Il Duce
Eric Drummond
London
Lavalo
Suez Canal
Britaln
Britain
Ceremany
Germany
England
Russia
Sweden
Norway
Tory
Ethiopia
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Midwest
Jowan
North Dakota
Fenny
South Dakota
Hutson
U. S
Paul Maleonne
Paul MA
Banger
de Bono
Ethionia
Safety Council
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