Modern roads fail high speed safety as Fortune warns
Fortune Magazine in its August issue argues the 3,000,000-mile U S road system is obsolete and unsafe for high speed cars. It cites 25,000 deaths on open roads last year and urges better road design, segregation of traffic, bridges or tunnels for cross traffic, property access control, and fast and slow lanes as solutions.
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Fortune Magazine
Fortune
New Jersey
Holland Tunnel
Trenton
U.S
Bureau of Public Roads
New York
Hudson
Jersey
Worcester Turnpike
Massachusetts
Miller McClintock
Southern tenant plan draws high level support across states
Unconfirmed reports from Portugal claim rebels captured Badajoz as Madrid government officials insist the city remains under control. Evacuations reported of one American and 37 British prisoners from Huelva. Governors Allred and Johnson vocal on tenant ownership goals. Arkansas peonage probe eyed by federal grand jury with Futrell backing a southwide conference.
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Spain
Madrid
Madrid War Ministry
Huelva
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Ing
James V. Allred
Texas
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Allred
Columbia
D. C
Olin D. Johnson
J. C. Holton
Mississippi
Friends of the South
South
Richard Leche
Louisiana
George Perry
Virginia
EB. W. Marland
Oklahoma
Hill McAllister
Tennessee
Cummings
Washington
Little Rock
Brien McMahon
Futrell
Move is Made to Handicap Rebels in Spain Fight
Spain fights its own battles as Britain warns of serious repercussions if European powers resort to mediation. The move signals a tighter approach to the rebels and a warning to outside influence.
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Spain
Great Britain
Storm over Mary Astor daughter leads normal life
The article notes the public eye on the Astor case, with Mary Astor's daughter Little Marylyn at Toluca Street home and guards keeping curiosity-seekers away as the father hopes to be out of the public eye. He admits nerves and a wish to forget the upheaval surrounding Miss Astor's diary revelations.
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Astor
Miss Astor
Toluca
Marylyn
Roosevelt
Landon
Arkansas meeting eyed to solve old problem on tenancy
Futrell proposes a southwide group formed by an Arkansas commission to address tenancy issues. Hot Springs is suggested as the meeting site. He envisions federal and state cooperation to finance long term purchases enabling tenants to own their farms.
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Hot Springs
Ark
East Arkansas
Futrell
Rotary Governor Addresses Asheboro Club Luncheon
Hon. Ed Harding of Washington N C district governor of the 57th Rotary district spoke at a Friday luncheon in Asheboro at the Methodist Protestant church dining room. The musician brought his accordion and led club songs before outlining Rotarys four main objectives club service vocational service community service and international service while charging local committee chairmen to uphold their duties.
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Asheboro
Specelal
Ed Harding
Washington
N. C
Rotary
Methodist Protestant Church
German inventor promotes charged vapor to clear atmosphere
A German inventor claims that electrically charged vapor sprayed as fog clouds can clear the atmosphere. He suggests the process neutralizes pollutants and disperses contaminants, presenting early demonstrations and theoretical support for atmospheric cleansing use.
Roosevelt Needs More Auto Workers' Votes In Michigan
Detroit July 21 1936 Franklin Roosevelt enjoys strong labor support in Michigan with 75 to 80 percent among auto workers, while middle class voters worry over constitutional issues and court rulings. Roosevelt must expand his 1932 Detroit area margin, and voices from workers and professionals sketch a tight race with industrial labor as the pivotal force.
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Frazier Hunt
NEA Service, Inc
Detroit
Mich
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Michiganu
United Automobile Workers of America
White House
Hoover
London
AAA
Wayne County
Flint
Pontiac
Jackson
Grand Rapids
Motors
Supreme Court
Life Cycle of the Palolo Sea Creature Observation
The palolo is described as severing its head from the body when full of eggs. It rises to the surface and bursts, scattering the eggs as the head regrows a new body.
Light From Distant Nebula Reaches Earth Telescopes
Light from the nebula far north of Andromeda began its journey long before and is only now recorded on Earth. The observation reflects the vast light travel time to our planet and the history carried by the distant source.
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