President Roosevelt vetoes Patman bonus bill amid override vote
The President, returning the Patman bonus measure to Speaker Byrne, vetoes the bill citing wartime veterans and inflation concerns. Congress overruns the veto 322 to 98, prompting new moves including funding debates and potential riders on navy and relief bills. (Includes Ford wage rise and Passamaquoddy project notes.)
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South Dakota
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Wisconsin
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Botanical wonders rival those found in animals
A fragmented excerpt details a Princeton professor discovering a new evening primrose variety whose buds reach full size but never open. It surveys global plant oddities including sausage trees in Central Africa, poached-egg flowers, bottle-trunk trees in Australia, and venomous plants in Africa, highlighting dramatic mimicry and danger in nature.
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Weahington
Princeton
Les
National Geographic Society
Central Africa
Australia
Four Million Cars In Storage Forecast In 1846 Era
Aflandic City analysts note 3 to 4 million of the 20 million U.S. motor vehicles sit in storage. By year end 1846, conduit loans may repurpose 1.5 million of them, Detroit’s Edward B. Clatrant says, head of the American Trade Negotiation executives. By 1905, 2.5 million new cars and trucks are expected, 1.59 million were scrapped.
Unclear fragments hint at exotic fruits and effects
The passage sketches vague scenes of small birds near fruit, mentions immunity hints and Ceylon tree blossoms as food. It references exotic plant products in Western cooking and a strange fruit that tempers taste, claiming a temporary tongue pupil effect after consumption.
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Ceylon
Distinct American Type Seen From Immigrant Blends
Anthropologist Albert E. Jenks of the University of Minnesota predicts a future American race formed by intermarriage among diverse groups. He cites early English and Scandinavian arrivals, later southern European and other peoples, and notes population growth from 2.5 million in 1776 to 122 million by 1980. Intermarriage is creating a composite American type across many counties.
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Minneapolis
United States
Albert E. Jenks
University of Minnesota
Jenks
Burana
Tle
Yenks
Benga Ameall
Welora
French federation leader visits American war veterans tour
Chief of F I D A C Jon Desbons of France arrived in New York for a visit to various American war veteran groups as part of an extended tour of the United States and Canada.
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J. H. Cureton
Owenaboro
United States
Eles
Jon Desbons
France
F. 1
Federation of International War Veterans
Avrived
New York
Canad
Lady Bugs Target Aphis In Orchard Scene
Readable parts describe lady bugs groomed by growers in Pandleton Oregon for a counter attack on the aphids, the main pests of pea and poa plants. The passage references the aphid predator and a tea lady bug as part of pest control in the garden.
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Lady Bugs
Aphis Pandleton
Aphis
Lady Bug
Dgelare
Fewer Farmers Fail in 1934 Despite Drouth
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports fewer farm bankruptcies in the year ended June 40 1934 than 1938 and 194? periods. Total bankruptcies were 4,716, with increases in twelve states mainly in the South Atlanta division. North central and Pacific regions saw large cycles of distress.
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Drouth Washington
Funt
Osea
Bureau of Agricultural Economica
Cnet North Central
Paddie
South Atlanta
Oklahoma woman, 80, still spins wheel in hometown
An eighty year old Oklahoma resident continues to spin a spinning wheel once owned by her father who gave it to her on her twelfth birthday. She recently demonstrated the craft, preserving a family tradition and local heritage in Waynokas.
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Oklahoman
Waynokas
Okite
Atmus
Mra
Phoebe Daytheon
Duavidgon
Alice Eld. Hood
Hag Weed Trainye
Craft group recalls grandmothers making family clothing
A small group recounts how their grandmothers and great grandmothers produced the family's garments. Mrs. Davidson shows worn wool cards and displays numerous pieces she has made, including mittens and wool-titled comforts.
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Groeup
Rookie Whitehead Shines for White Sox in Spring Debut
Chicago White Sox rookie Johnny Whitehead delivers strong showing in spring camp. Emerging from the Dulas organization, he impresses with fastball command and control as Gibney lauds his progress.
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Johnny Whitehead
Chicago White Sox
Dulas
Texans Fryer Farms Kort Worth Era Economic Review
A fragmented historical note outlines four years of farm economy in Lurrant County showing declines and a sharp deficit on April 1 1930 with county figures down from the previous period. It mentions a January 4 tally of 4 058 and a shortfall amounting to 602 in the county farm sector.
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Fryer
Kort Worth
Lexus
Econaus
Calf Tops Record at Sawyer Dairy Farm
A Holatain calf born on D M Sawyer's dairy farm in Gloucester weighs 180 pounds, the largest calf born in the county and possibly state. It surpasses the previous county record of 105 pounds for a calf.
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Gloucester
Ohio
D.M. Sawyer
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