725 Million Road Program In South
A survey by Manufacturers Record forecasts a 135 million highway plan for 13 southern states plus southwest in 1932 to spur southern business. Maryland North Carolina Virginia Alabama Georgia Florida Louisiana Missouri Texas West Virginia Oklahoma and South Carolina show varied road spending and bond plans with bridges and miles of pavement noted.
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Baltimore
South
South Carolina
Maryland
N. C
Virginia
North Carolina
Dion
Alabama
Florida
State Roads Department
Louisiana
L- Benced
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Georgia
Missouri
Texas
West Virginia
Oklahoma
New Comfort for Those Who Wear False Teeth
An advertisement promotes Fasteeth powder for easier denture wear. It claims faster, tighter fit with less gum irritation and urges readers to buy at Eckerd or from their druggist.
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Sonacloe
Eckerd's
Adv
Two Widowed Lovers Remarry After Years apart in Ore
L. H. Fairbanks of Los Angeles and Mrs. Lillian Hesseltine Beattie wed again in Oregon after both were widowed. The couple had married young, were separated by annulment and later by new spouses, and remarried following the death of their first partners.
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Ge. Ore
L. H. Fairbanks
Los Angeles
Lillian Hesseltine
Beattie
Old RR Land Grants Adjusted
Washington says sixty of the seventy two railroad land grants have been adjusted and closed with six remaining awaiting land listing. The grants totaled 132 million acres granted since 1860s, leaving about 3 million acres to be assigned as surveys finish.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Atlantic
North Carolina
Nova Scotia
Work Keeps Prisoners Away In Perry County Jail
Sheriff H. H. Isam of Perry County explains the jail is mostly empty as inmates work off fines by cutting wood from a large pile, illustrating how enforcement and labor duties reduce inmate numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Okla
H. H. Isam
Jobless Leader Forecasts Revolt Amid Relief Demands
The so called Mayor of Shantytown declares in a Washington gathering that ten thousand unemployed men petitioning Congress for relief threaten bloodshed if refused. He urges direct relief funding, inheritance tax on the wealthy, and large public works to raise revenue and ease distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Cox
United
Washington
Congress
Perseverance Lands Man in Jail After Brick-Throw Attempt
Joseph W. Osborne, 56, went to a Buffalo police station asking to be jailed. After two rejections he picked up a brick and aimed at the front window but a patrolman stopped him. He was then led to a cell amid smiles in a bizarre incident.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Joseph W. Osborne
Osborne
Thomas Caulfield
McDowell Piano Suite Prized by Mrs Kennard in Brookline
Mrs Wilhelmina Schaus Kennard prizes five piano pieces by the late Edward MacDowell. The suite written in 1876 in Paris was presented to her, and pianist Heinrich Gebhard recently played it noting the last two pieces The Awakening and The Nightmare foreshadow MacDowell's later success.
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Brookline
Mass
Wilhelmina Schaus Kennard
Edward MacDowell
MacDowell
Paris
Detroit Pupils Turn Teachers for a Day at Cooley High
Detroit seniors at Cooley high school ran the school for a day under principal Owen E. Emmons supervision. Leonard Reichle was the class president and served in the principal role while classmates led faculty heads and supervised study halls.
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Detroit
Cooley High School
Owen E. Emmons
Leonard Reichle
Emmons
Manners Lesson Ends With Jail for Disrespectful Defendent
Los Angeles judge Ida May sentences J Kerns to 140 days in jail for insolent conduct in court. Kerns refused to call Judge Adams Your Honor, using judge and ma am instead. The case notes a departure from the usual 30 day sentence and suspension contingent on leaving the city.
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Los Angeles
J. Kerns
Ida May
Kerns
Adams
Indian man dies after drinking marathon challenge
Ed Lewis of McAlester Oklahoma an Indian man challenged friends at a dance to a drinking marathon. He boasted he could drink more than any or all of them. He was later found sitting in an automobile and was dead.
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Mcalester
Okla
Ed Lewis
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United States
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India Tea Bureau
Beaver St
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Father Cox
America
Shantytown
McDowell
EFIRD
Mommie
Black Koh
Weiner Low
Odiée
Ee Erner
Nobel
Natural Bridge
Chambray
Efird’s Department Store
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