Drought enters a severe Northwest U S spring crisis
Portland April 21 The Pacific Northwest endures its worst spring drought on record entering day 37 withering crops and sparking forest fires. Washington Oregon and parts of British Columbia Idaho and California are affected as eastern Oregon faces ruined spring wheat and alfalfa and crickets invade Wasco county. Firefighters battle 100 blazes across western Washington as foresters warn rain is the only relief.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Idaho
California
Wasco County
T. S. Goodyear
Edward L. Wells
U. S
City debates water rates and bond audits amid gambling cases
The article notes plans to hire water rates for large users and an independent city audit after a bond disclosure. Mayor Smith asks for a civic group supervised audit as seven men and a woman plead guilty to gambling across from the new city hall, fines ranging from 250 to 1000 dollars. Pete Greco and Oliver Nolen face liquor law violations with Greco’s club being permanently closed by injunction.
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WhElroy
Research Institute
Smith
New City Hall
Pete Greco
Oliver W. Nolen
T. J. Seehorn
Greco
Nolen
Smith Sets Sights On Public Works Amid Budget Push
Kansas City April 21 AP The mayor Bryce B Smith seeks to trim 506 city employees to ease finances. Public works chief Matthew S Murray his assistant N W Nyland and sub chiefs met with the mayor and acting city manager Eugene Zachman to review cuts. More talks with water department executives followed as Zachman said no provision exists to retire 11 million dollars in bonds due 1942 and 1943.
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Kansas City
Public Works Department
Bryce B. Smith
Matthew S. Murray
Governor’s loyalists hold key appointments in state boards
The governor maintains control of major commissions and department heads including public service, social security, unemployment, liquor, insurance, and the Kansas City election board. A rejection of appointees would challenge the executive and provoke political backlash in a tense climate as lawmakers push routine bills.
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Vye
Public Service Commission
Enire Social Security and Unemployment Compensation Commissions
Liquor and Insurance
Kansas City Election Board
Senators Seek Farm Benefit Increases to Consult Roosevelt
Washington April 21 AP Wary of a Roosevelt veto senators seeking more farm aid plan to consult the White House before voting on the extra funds. Senator Russell co author of a parity fund reinstatement and chair of the agriculture subcommittee leads efforts alongside southern and midwestern blocs debating increases for dairy, livestock, fruit, vegetables, and parity payments. The Senate ponders 90 House budget changes including weather bureau forecast funding and foreign service boosts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Agriculture Department
House
Congress
Senate Committee
Weather Bureau
trans-Atlantic Airlines
South
Central America
Anti Catholic Protesters Ejected At Kennedy Honor
In Edinburgh two anti Catholic demonstrators were removed from Usher Hall as U S Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy received the freedom of the city. John McCormack of the Protestant Action party and a party spokeswoman were expelled after shouting protests during Kennedy words and a Burgess roll signing. Kennedy thanked Edinburgh University for an honorary Doctor of Laws and spoke of covert warfare in international affairs.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Usher Hall
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
John McCormack
Protestant Action Party
Edinburgh Council
Kennedy
London
Edinburgh University
Usher Wall
Politician defined as specialist in compromise and sympathy
Columbia April 21 AP A politician is described as a specialist in human sympathy and compromise who repairs past breaks in civilization and should be a midwife for the future. James Foster Jr. recovering from surgery in St Louis convalesces well. Twilight league softball meeting set for city hall to form a business men's league. season opens May 1. Legislative chatter notes governors and appointments linked to a pen flourish with Stark.
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Columbia, Mo
T. W. Smith
Ill
American Philosophical Association
Smith
Chicago University
James Foster, Jr
E. Dunklin
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Joe Schrader
Jefferson City League
Stark
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Skin Relief
An ad touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a simple inexpensive cure for eczema itching toes feet rashes and other external skin eruptions. It claims night and morning application by first-class druggists and a money back guarantee from Brandenberger Drug Co.
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Moone
Brandenberger Drug Co
Sex Education in Schools Sought by New York Educator
Ellsworth Buck, New York City educator and vice president of the city board of education, urged parents to support sex instruction in junior and senior high schools. A national survey found about 40 per 1,000 births out of wedlock, mostly to ages 15 to 19, with Yonkers best and Richmond worst among 74 large cities in 1934–36. Buck proposed integrating sex education into physiology and related subjects and said a committee would study New York City options.
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New York
Ellsworth B. Buck
New York City
Bureau of Census
Buck
City Board of Education
Budt
Yonkers
Richmond
Bridgeport
Conn
Salt Lake City
Utah
Prohibition Case After Ditch Crash In Rural Hall
Constable J T Spainhour helped the injured driver after a car veered into a ditch. He found 90 gallons of liquor and charged the driver with violation of prohibition laws. Nearby, Idaho Falls residents attended a movie election day and promised future council action. In Weatherford a garageman chased a driver who asked for brake repairs, then found the car in a ravine with no trace of driver.
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Iby
Associated Press
Rural Hall
N. C
Dickens
J. T. Spainhour
Spainhour
Idaho Falls
Idaho
W.S. Brighton
Weatherford
Okla
Pete Buschman
Buschman
Missouri WPA rolls trimmed by 7818 in week ending April 12
Missouri WPA work relief rolls were pared 7 818 during the week ended April 12 compared with the prior week. WPA administrator Col F C Harington said the national reduction was 145 699 while objectors are few and comments from parents have been almost unanimously favorable.
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Washington
Missouri
F. C. Harington
WPA
Photographer to testify in murder case in Colorado
A photographer who photographed the partly clad body of Mrs. Nona Atterberry after she was found dead at the foot of the basement stairs testified as a state witness in the murder trial of Dr. Raymond L. Atterberry. The osteopath, arrested in Denver after reporting his wife’s death as a fall, faced testimony about the scene and his statements to Dr. W. T. Little as investigators detailed the evening of the incident.
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Canon City
Colo
Nona Atterberry
Raymond L. Atterberry
Atterberry
Denver
Atterberry Bungalow
Dr. Little Testi
Mystery Surrounds Death of Mrs Atterberry in Basement
Dr. Little and Frank Bruce found Mrs. Atterberry dead in the basement after a neighbor reported her condition. Autopsy revealed neck and arm bruises, prompting an official investigation. The Atterberries married in Kirksville Missouri in May 1937 where they met at osteopathic college.
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Frank Bruce
Dr. Little
Little
Squirrel Nest Blocks Chimney Fire In Hugh Bi Home
Firemen responded to Hugh Bi’s newly purchased residence after smoke filled the home. They found a squirrel nest blocking the chimney which ignited, sending smoke throughout the house but causing no further injuries.
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Hugh Bi
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